The Moderator Effect of Age over the Relations between Human Values and ZTPI

AbstractThe goal of this research was to explore the presumed relations between human values and Time Perspective (TP) concept and then to test the moderation efect of age category over those correlation that proved statically significant. Five general human factors of values (Status and Wealth, Spirituality and Religiosity, Adventure, Organization and Family and Intimate relationships) were assessed using the Romanian Inventory of Values. The Romanian version of Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory – ZTPI (Zimbardo & Boyd, 1999) was then applied. The both measurements were collected from a sample of 183 persons, divided in two distinct groups of ages. Significant correlations were found between human values factors and TP. The hierarchical regression models confirmed the moderator effect of age category over many of the relations discovered initially between human values and TP facets. In conclusion, the human values an individual has acquired along his/her life seems to become a predictor of the preferred TP, but the power of prediction is often controlled by the age category

The Relation of Human Factor of Values with Time Perspective

AbstractThis research explored the relations between some human values and Time Perspective (TP) concept. Five human values were assessed using a Romanian inventory of values. A Romanian version of Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory was applied to a sample of 1.260 Romanian ethnics. Significant correlations were found between values factors and TP. Then we tested the moderator effect of gender variable for each significant correlation between values and TP facets. The conclusion of the research is that for both genders, the values one person has acquired along his/her life seems to become a predictor of the preference in framing consecutive actions

Comparative Study: The Quality of Life of Patients with Leukemia, Anxiety and Depressive Disorders

AbstractThe purpose of this research was that of comparing the differences in the quality of life at three groups of patients, one comprised of individuals diagnosed with acute leukemia, the second one including individuals with anxiety disorders and the third one with individuals with depression. The participants (N=593) were asked to fill in the questionnaire of the quality of life assessment elaborated by the World Health Organization (WHOQOL). The data gathered were processed on the base Anova One Way and as a planned contrast. The results obtained showed significant differences among the three groups compared. The group of the individuals with leukemia obtained significantly weaker results on the physical dimension and significantly stronger results on the psychological, environmental and social relations dimensions. Still for the patients with leukemia, depending on the groups of treatment they belong (induction, re-induction and consolidation) important variations were noted for all WHOQOL dimensions