Positive Quality Research Articles

Measurement of Coupling Coordination Between Vocational Happiness and Affective Education Ability of Young Teachers

When teachers are giving affective education, their emotional communication with students is a kind of state or process during which teachers’ work pressure can be alleviated when they are cultivating students’ sentiment, in the meantime, they also could attain positive mental quality and a sense of vocational happiness. Regarding the relationship between young teachers’ vocational happiness and their Affective Education Ability (AEA), only 1-2 articles have discussed it from the perspective of a single ability, there isn’t complete research on the AEA system of teachers. Therefore, to fill in this research blank, this paper aims to measure the coupling and coordination between the development of young teachers’ vocational happiness and their AEA, in the hopes of providing a piece of useful evidence for relevant research. The theory of emotional intelligence and positive psychology serve as the theoretical basis of this paper. In the second chapter, this paper builds a framework for young teachers’ affective education and an AEA training model, and employs Artificial Neural Network (ANN) to extract the time series data features of the divided six evaluation indexes of young teachers’ AEA. In the third chapter, this paper uses the Coupling Coordination Degree (CCD) to measure the coupling and coordination of the development level young teachers’ vocational happiness and their six kinds of AEA, and gives the quantification process. In the fourth chapter, this paper adopts the Grey Relational Analysis (GRA) to quantify the influence degree of all indexes on young teachers’ vocational happiness and their six kinds of AEA, thereby realizing the quantitative measurement of each evaluation index on the comprehensive development of the two. At last, experimental results are drawn to verify the measurement and analysis results of the coupling and coordination of the two.

THE INFLUENCE OF MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS ON COMMUNITY SATISFACTION THROUGH SERVICE QUALITY FOR DISTRIBUTION OF 3 KG ELPIJI GAS SUBSIDIES FOR COMMUNITY MARKETS IN TANJUNG PINANG CITY

This study aims to determine the influence of planning, organizing, actuating and controlling management functions on community satisfaction and service quality. The hypothesis proposed is that Planing affects community satisfaction, Organizing influences Community satisfaction, Actuating affects Community Satisfaction, Controlling affects Community satisfaction, Planning influences Service Quality, Organizing influences Service Quality, Actuating affects Service Quality, Controlling affects Service Quality Service Quality affects Community Satisfaction, Planning influences Community Satisfaction through Service Quality, Organizing Affects Community Satisfaction through Service Quality, Actuating influences Community Satisfaction through Service Quality, Controlling affects community satisfaction through service quality. The sample in this study was all Tanjungpinang city residents who held the Puan Molek card with a total of 199 respondents. The data obtained were analyzed using data analysis techniques with PLS software tools. The results of the study show that planning has a significant positive effect on service quality. Organizing has a significant positive effect on Service Quality. Actuacting has a significant positive effect on quality. controlling influenceService qualitysignificant positive. Planning has no significant positive effect on community satisfaction. Organizingaffect Community satisfaction significantly positive. Actuating has a significant positive effect on Community Satisfaction. Controlling Affects Community Satisfaction Positively Not Significantly, Planning for Community Satisfaction through Service quality is Positively Significant. Organizing community satisfaction through significant positive service quality. Actuating community satisfaction through significant positive service quality, controlling community satisfaction through significant positive service quality.

School quality as a catalyst for bidding wars and new housing development

AbstractWe provide new evidence of the demand for better schools as manifested in bidding wars and changes to the built environment. Using repeat sales before and after a redistricting, we exploit shocks to school quality arising from the continuous, unexpected redistricting of school attendance boundaries in Atlanta. We find that houses redistricted to higher (lower) quality schools are more (less) likely to be involved in a market‐driven bidding war. Similarly, undeveloped, redistricted parcels that receive a positive (negative) school quality shock are more (less) likely to be developed. School quality shocks also have a causal effect on house prices and time‐on‐market.

Quality of wholemeal pasta made with pigmented and ancient wheats

Pigmented and ancient wheats are receiving increasing attention in food applications as they well reflect consumers' request for new sensory experiences, positive nutritional quality, and environmental sustainability. In this study, pigmented and ancient wheats were used in wholemeal pastas that were analysed considering their consumers' acceptability and preference, cooking, physical and nutritional quality. Pigmented and ancient wholemeal pastas were well accepted by consumers with liking scores >7 (1–9 hedonic scale) for overall liking, appearance, odour, taste, and texture. Pigmented wheat pasta was preferred (63%) over ancient wheat pasta (37%) due to its peculiar color and more complex aromatic profile that triggered consumers’ interest. Both pastas can be considered “high quality” due to their low cooking losses, and comparable physical properties to semolina pasta. Pigmented wheat conferred products total phenolic content and antioxidant activity significantly higher than ancient and durum wheat semolina, that were also partially preserved during cooking. Results suggested that both grains can be promising materials for producing wholegrain pasta, especially pigmented wheat which also delivered new sensory experience and potential health impacts to consumers.

Exploration of an Education-Led Mental Health Education Model—with the Enhancement of Positive Psychological Qualities as the Core

Improving positive psychological quality not only can make students gain more happiness, but also can promote students' all-round development, which has become the direction of mental health education in colleges and universities to focus on. As a part of ideological and political education, mental health education should take the initiative to undertake the mission of education and leading of the times, which is both the actual nature of the change of the concept of education in the background of the Great Ideological and Political Science, and the natural nature of the increasing improvement of mental health education mode in the process of practice. The education-led mental health education model should focus on improving students' positive psychological quality, and implement it in the "four-in-one" mental health education pattern, while actively building an internal and external guarantee system to ensure the effective implementation of the model.

Oral versus long-acting injectable antipsychotic in first episode schizophrenia: A 12 weeks interventional study.

There is underutilization of long-acting injectable (LAI) antipsychotics for first-episode schizophrenia (FES) despite having convenient dosing and treatment retention. LAIs are predominantly used for patients with poor compliance, chronic course, and multiple relapses. Seventy-two treatment naïve patients with the first episode of Schizophrenia (DSM-5) were assessed for baseline severity of psychopathology using the positive and negative syndrome scale (PANSS) and quality of life (QOL) using the WHOQOL-BREF scale. Patients were randomized to receive either oral haloperidol or LAI haloperidol for a period of 12 weeks. Both the groups had a significant reduction in PANSS scores and improvement in QoL over 12 weeks period (P = 0.0001). The LAI group showed greater adherence and significantly better quality of life than the oral group (P = 0.023). The mean numbers of side effects were less in the LAI group at week 2 as compared to the oral group. LAI haloperidol is similar to oral haloperidol in patients with FES with respect to treatment response and offers benefits in form of a lesser number of side effects during early treatment, overall better adherence rates, and better QOL.

Investigating and validating the factors influencing the quality of the work life of women employees in Thanjavur Corporation

A school is the greatest tool available to spread information to others. It is the best training ground to teach individuals to become agents of change and productive members of society. Yet, schools cannot do this without having teachers who wish to bring forth change and who possess the necessary human traits, abilities, skills, and competence. The importance of a teacher in the educational process is unquestionable. The teachers occupy the key position in all the human factors in the education system, and it is only through them that the ultimate process of education takes place. The aim of the study is to know the factors influencing the quality of work life of school teachers and the factors influencing job satisfaction. And also, to validate the impact of quality of work life on job satisfaction. The researchers have conducted the research with 480 respondents who are working as teachers in government, government-aided, and private schools. The researchers have used reliability analysis, exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factory analysis, and structural equation modelling to analyze the data. In order to promote a positive and healthy quality of work life among its employees and to benefit both the employee and the organization’s overall development, it is essential that the organization support quality of work life. Institutions and the workplace are found to be extremely responsible for this factor

Exploration on the Cultivation of Senior High School Japanese Teachers in Colleges and Universities

With the deepening of foreign language curriculum reform in primary and secondary schools and the reform of multilingual foreign language college entrance examination, there has been a "Japanese craze for national college entrance examination". However, compared with the rapid growth of the number of candidates for the college entrance Japanese examination, the number of Japanese teachers in senior high schools is still significantly insufficient, and the cultivation of Japanese teachers in colleges and universities is still in its infancy. Based on "the knowledge requirements of Interpretation of Japanese Curriculum Standards", "the experience of front-line teachers" and "the expectation of Japanese candidates for the college entrance examination", this study believes that colleges and universities should cultivate senior high school Japanese teachers from the following aspects: (1) the curriculum should pay attention to interdisciplinary; (2) cultivate Japanese teaching ability in practice; (3) pay attention to Japanese education in senior high schools and the college entrance Japanese examination; (4) cultivate positive psychological quality.

A Study on the Mechanism of Cultivating positive Psychological Quality of Students with Academic Difficulties in Colleges and Universities

A Study on the Mechanism of Cultivating positive Psychological Quality of Students with Academic Difficulties in Colleges and Universities

A Study on the Current Situation of Positive Psychological Quality of Student Leader in Colleges and Universities: A Case Study of Guangxi a Vocational Education College

A Study on the Current Situation of Positive Psychological Quality of Student Leader in Colleges and Universities: A Case Study of Guangxi a Vocational Education College

Co-rumination and conversational self-focus: Adjustment implications of problem talk in adolescents' friendships.

Friendships are central relationships during adolescence. Given the increased experience of stress during adolescence, friends are especially critical sources of support at this time. Although experiencing social support is related to well-being, adolescents' experiences sharing problems with friends is not always positive. In this chapter, we consider two forms of problematic talk, co-rumination and conversational self-focus. Co-rumination refers to conversations about problems that is excessive, repetitive, speculative, and focused on negative affect. Conversational self-focus refers to adolescents re-directing conversations about friends' problems to oneself. Both co-rumination and conversational self-focus are associated with depressive symptoms. However, whereas co-rumination draws friends together and is associated with positive friendship quality, adolescents who engage in conversational self-focus are increasingly rejected by friends. Directions for future research and applied implications of studying social support processes between friends are discussed.

Analysis of Positive Psychological Quality Improvement Path of Hearing-impaired College Students

Analysis of Positive Psychological Quality Improvement Path of Hearing-impaired College Students

LESÕES PSICOLÓGICAS EM JOVENS BOXEADORES

ABSTRACT Introduction: Boxing is a fighting sport, and many factors cause physical injuries in athletes because of how they compete and train. Injuries are common for athletes who usually participate in this sport. Based on this, the relationship between positive psychological quality at the sport level should be explored, providing a theoretical basis for cultivating optimistic personalities in young athletes. Objective: Analyze the psychological injuries in young boxers to establish a standard to improve the psychological quality evaluation system of young athletes in China. Methods: By comparing the characteristics of different injuries, the possibility of injury occurrence in different activities can be explored, providing a theoretical basis to guide injury prevention, then promoting sports injury prevention. Results: The study shows that through professional training methods to improve the psychological quality of young boxers, these sportsmen should also recognize the importance of psychological training. Conclusion: Technical help in this approach can complete healthy training, aiming to meet the demands of the sport and collaborate to achieve better results. Level of evidence II; Therapeutic studies - investigating treatment outcomes.

Tolerance of cotton to certain biotic factors and fiber quality parameters of the ridges created by simple and complex hybridization

Among the strains derived from simple hybrids studied in the experiments, T-3 T-9, T-18 and strains T-43, T-53, T-57 and 60 from strains derived from complex hybrids were resistant to gommosis and wilt diseases. As a result of several years of research, it was found that the ridges obtained from complex hybrids were less affected by gommosis and wilt diseases than the ridges obtained as a result of simple hybridization. It was found that wilt disease was 3-4 times more resistant in the ridges created as a result of simple and complex hybridization compared to the model seed. Lines T-155, T-158, T-163, T-167, T-188 and T-208 from simple hybrids of cotton and lines T-212, T-215, T-220 and T-222 from complex hybrids are other It was determined that the quality of the fiber meets the requirements of the world standards in relation to the ridges and pattern type. In the studied samples, the families of ridges that do not have positive quality indicators such as fiber micronaire, yarn elasticity coefficient, fiber length, relative tensile strength and fiber uniformity are discarded, and experiments are carried out in the following years in order to incorporate new ridges that meet the requirements of the world standard with other economically valuable characteristics detached to continue.

A New Way of Thinking and Talking About Economy: Clinic Managers' Perspectives on the Sustainable Implementation of a Decommissioning Programme in Sweden.

Healthcare systems may run into economic problems that may require 'active' decommissioning by policy-makers and managers. The aim of this study was to investigate, from a sustainability perspective, the implementation of an extensive decommissioning programme in one of the Swedish regions. Interviews were performed with 26 clinic managers 3 years after initial implementation. Those were analysed inductively, and then discussed based on a model of potential influences on sustainability. Although the programme was only 'partly sustained', the result point to a sustained attention to the health system's poor economy, visible in a great effort by the clinics to maintain their budgets. The most important influences were intervention fit and modifications made at the clinic level (i. innovation characteristics), clinic and health system leadership (ii. context), champions (iii. capacity) and shared decision-making and relationship building (iv. processes and interactions). When implementing decommissioning, it is particularly important to engage managers responsible for the care of patients and clinic budgets from an early stage and to allow them to design approaches based on the staff's and managers' detailed knowledge of the situation at their clinics and of the disease area, that is, to achieve fit at the clinics. In this way, the decommissioning approaches can more likely get the character of quality improvement efforts, which increases sustainability and may lead to positive quality outcomes. Despite being unpopular, the study suggests that decommissioning can have positive effects as well, such as creating opportunities to make difficult but necessary changes and fostering increased collegial support during the centralisation of services.

Quality of Life Related to Visual Impairment in Visually Impaired Learners at the Center for Social Promotion of the Blind in Parakou in 2022

Introduction: Sight is important for learning and daily living life and becomes a challenge in cases of visual impairment. This study aims to assess the impact on the quality of life of learners at Parakou Social Promotion Centre for the Blinds. Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 57 visually impaired and blind participants, using the PedEyeQ scale. Data were analysed using statistical tests to identify factors influencing quality of life. Results: The prevalence of visual impairment was linked to a variety of causes, with an overall satisfaction rate of 50.9%. Specific dimensions such as "Self-image" showed positive scores, but "Daily life" revealed dissatisfaction in 51.1% of blind people. Factors such as female gender and age between 15 and 25 were associated with a less positive quality of life. Conclusion: This study highlights disparities in the quality of life of visually impaired learners, underlining the importance of appropriate interventions to improve their well-being

“A gente é invisível pra sociedade”: impactos das condições de trabalho na saúde e qualidade de vida em entregadores de comida na pandemia de covid-19

Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic aggravated the scenario of low income, hunger, unemployment, and informality generated by the 2017 Labor Reform and the dismantling of social policies, leading many workers to enter the food delivery business that misses labor rights or protection. Thus, this study aimed at investigating how such working conditions impacted food delivery workers’ health and quality of life in Curitiba, Brazil, during the pandemic according to delivery categories. Field research, based on saturation of discourse, was conducted in 10 delivery points using a semi-structured instrument. Despite mentioning several negative aspects regarding working conditions, most delivery workers perceived a positive quality of life, mainly associated with the possibility of work and financial return. App-based delivery workers felt more intensely the negative impacts on health and quality of life. These findings point to the need for further discussions on how these new contemporary and precarious labor arrangements impact occupational health in different contexts and categories.

Character strengths and health-related quality of life in a large international sample: A cross-sectional analysis

We examine associations between 24 character strengths (CS) and 15 health-related outcomes. We hypothesize that CS are favorably associated with positive health-related quality of life (HRQoL) outcomes, health behaviors, purpose in life, and lead to lower disease risk. Data from a large sample of approximately 60,000 respondents from 159 countries were used. CS yielding the most significant favorable associations across HRQoL outcomes were zest, self-regulation, hope, and gratitude. Concerning health behaviors, the primary character strengths were zest and self-regulation, while for a sense of purpose in life, these were hope, spirituality, and zest. The most consistently unfavorable association with the outcomes was observed for the strength of appreciation of beauty. Some negative associations may result from suboptimal use of CS.

Evaluation of the 14‐h together relationship and financial education program for couples

AbstractA 14‐h version of TOGETHER, a relationship and financial education program for couples (Author, 2015), was evaluated by comparing pre‐ and post‐intervention changes in psychological distress, relationship functioning, and financial management in couples that participated in this shorter 14‐h workshop (14HW) version, in the original 20‐h workshop (20HW) version, or in a control group that received no intervention. The total sample included 649 community couples (14HW group: 320; 20HW group:182; control group: 147) recruited from the Washington, DC, metropolitan area. Self‐report data were analyzed through dyadic multilevel models to test mean differences within each group (control, 14HW, and 20HW) and across groups from pre‐intervention to post‐intervention controlling for demographic differences and baseline measurement of variables. Compared to the 20HW version, the 14HW format had lower attrition and greater participation. In addition, improvements in positive conflict management, relationship quality and satisfaction, and commitment, and reductions in negative conflict management and difficulties paying bills were not significantly different from the 20HW group, but they were significantly different from the control group. Participants reported high levels of program satisfaction. Limitations and programmatic implications, as well as the need for further evaluations of the 14HW version, are discussed.

EXAMINING SUBJECTIVE BURDEN AMONG SPOUSAL CAREGIVERS OF PARTNERS WITH DEMENTIA: THE IMPACT ON MARITAL QUALITY

Abstract Although sometimes caregiving is associated with closeness in marriage, at other times the stresses may affect marriage relationships negatively. In the current study we explore how caring for a partner with dementia, and subjective burden are associated with marital quality. We further explore how dementia care and subjective burden might interact (suggesting a pileup of stress) to affect marital quality. Using data from 1,066 spousal caregivers that participated in the NSOC study and their corresponding care recipients from the NHATS study, the current analysis explored cross-sectional associations between spousal caregiving (primary vs. Secondary caregiver, subjective burden, gender, age, education) and partner care recipient characteristics (dementia classification, household income) predicting positive and negative marital quality. Results suggested that dementia classification and subjective burden were associated with lower positive marital quality and higher negative marital quality. The relationship between subjective burden and positive marital quality was moderated by whether or not the care recipient had dementia. Specifically, when dementia was present, the negative association between subjective burden and positive marital quality was stronger. Spousal caregivers often carry substantial burden to help their partners with activities of daily living. Care provision can alter the marriage relationship in negative ways when perceived burden is high. The current study suggests that the negative association between burden and positive marital quality is even stronger when caring for a spouse with dementia. Gender differences need further exploration, as well as how these patterns play out in early vs. later stages of dementia and across time.