Practice Factors which Influence Quality of Life for Chronically mentally Ill African Americans

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Student Cheating Habits: A Predictor Of Workplace Deviance

Unethical behavior seems to be increasing exponentially in every facet of today’s business environment.  Property and production deviance are just two of the unethical behaviors exhibited by employees.  According to a study conducted by S. Nonis and C. Swift (2001), students who engage in dishonest acts in college classes are more likely to engage in dishonest acts in the workplace.  Research conducted during the three year period 2002 - 2005 by Don McCabe in conjunction with The Center for Academic Integrity at Duke University reveals that 70 percent of the 50,000 undergraduate students surveyed admit to some cheating (McCabe 2005).  This article reports the results of a student survey documenting the self-reported cheating habits of business and non-business majors and their reported involvement in deviant activities in the workplace.  The research indicates that a higher percentage of non-business majors report cheating on tests and homework than business majors and students who cheat in high school and/or college are more likely to engage in certain deviant behaviors in the workplace.  In addition, the article also compares the percentage of students engaging in property and production deviance with the results of an earlier study by R. C. Hollinger and J. P. Clark examining workplace deviance among employees in the retail sector.

Student Cheating Habits: A Predictor Of Workplace Deviance

Unethical behavior seems to be increasing exponentially in every facet of today\u27s business environment. Property and production deviance are just two of the unethical behaviors exhibited by employees. According to a study conducted by S. Nonis and C. Swift (2001), students who engage in dishonest acts in college classes are more likely to engage in dishonest acts in the workplace. Research conducted during the three year period 2002 - 2005 by Don McCabe in conjunction with The Center for Academic Integrity at Duke University reveals that 70 percent of the 50,000 undergraduate students surveyed admit to some cheating (McCabe 2005). This article reports the results of a student survey documenting the self-reported cheating habits of business and non-business majors and their reported involvement in deviant activities in the workplace. The research indicates that a higher percentage of non-business majors report cheating on tests and homework than business majors and students who cheat in high school and/or college are more likely to engage in certain deviant behaviors in the workplace. In addition, the article also compares the percentage of students engaging in property and production deviance with the results of an earlier study by R. C. Hollinger and J. P. Clark examining workplace deviance among employees in the retail sector

Assessing the Status of Environmental Education in Illinois Elementary Schools

One-thousand Illinois elementary teachers received a survey intended to assess the amount and manner in which they included environmental education in the classroom during the 2005 academic year. Over 91% of respondents (n = 234) said that they taught about the environment at least once during the school year, yet most students were only exposed to 22 to 100 minutes during that year. Of the teachers that included environmental education, 49% said they did so because of personal interest in the environment; 47% of the teachers that excluded it said the reason was because of a lack of class time

Well-being in a biracial sample : racial identification and similarity to parents

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Boston University, 1994.It has been estimated that there are between one and ten million "biracial persons living in the United States at this time, yet a paucity of empirical data exists as to how those with mixed racial heritages manage the developmental tasks associated with identity formation. This project studies racial identification and parental similarity as they relate to psychological well-being in a non-clinical sample of biracial persons. Well-being served as the independent variable in the analyses and was assessed with the Affect Balance Scale which measures both positive and negative affective experiences in subjects' daily lives. Greater wellbeing is attributed to those for whom positive affect is not outweighed by negative affect. All subjects were adults with one black (African-American) and one white (European-American) parent. [TRUNCATED

An Exploratory Study of Physical Phenotype, Biomarkers and Psychosocial Health Parameters in Boys with Klinefelter Syndrome

Klinefelter Syndrome (KS) is a genetic condition that occurs only in males. In adult men, KS is associated with reproductive, cardiometabolic, bone and psychosocial health problems that are believed to emerge during peri-puberty. In children, the condition is under-diagnosed and not well understood due to the wide-ranging spectrum of physical features. Although pediatric studies are rare, androgen deficiency is believed to underlie many of the KS-related abnormalities in both physical and emotional well-being. The purpose of this dissertation was to systematically describe the physical and psychosocial health of peri-pubertal boys with KS. Aim I of the study was to explore associations between physical and psychosocial health while Aim II explored body composition and bone mineral density. For Aim I, a cross-sectional exploratory study examining the associations between physical phenotype, reproductive hormones, cardiometabolic risk factors, and psychosocial health was conducted in a sample of 43 boys with KS between the ages of 8 and 18 years. Physical examination, laboratory and self-administered psychosocial health data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and univariate and multivariate linear regression techniques. For Aim II, a retrospective chart review examining body composition and bone mineral density (BMD) was conducted of 20 KS patients ages 8-18 years who attended a pediatric endocrine practice at a Columbia University-affiliated hospital. Aim I participants demonstrated a range of physical phenotype features. On average, boys showed at least 5 KS physical traits. Gonadotropins were elevated without androgen deficiency in most boys. Adverse cardiovascular risk factors were observed in about a third of the boys with higher frequency in pubertal boys. Quality of life and self-esteem scores were low compared to reference standards; average scores for self-concept and depression were within the normal range. Physical phenotype was inversely associated with quality of life, but not with the other measures of psychosocial health. Low testosterone was associated with interpersonal problem subscale of the Children's Depression Inventory, but not for other psychosocial measures. Serum testosterone was not associated with cardiometabolic biomarkers. For Aim II, boys with KS demonstrated a higher mean body fat by Dual Energy Xray Aborptiometry (DEXA) compared to a healthy reference group and overall mean normal lumbar spine BMD. Four of the oldest boys demonstrated lower BMD than expected for age. Findings from this study suggest that in peri-pubertal boys with KS, phenotype may adversely influence quality of life especially with respect to school and physical function. The adverse psychosocial health of boys with KS may not be related to androgen deficiency. Biomarkers of cardiometabolic risk were most evident in pubertal boys. Testosterone does not appear to be a main mediating factor in cardiometabolic risk in this age group. KS boys may have increased fat as measured by DEXA and normal BMD. The onset of bone loss present in KS men may begin in late adolescence. The implications from this study include recommendations that primary care providers and developmental specialists become more familiar with the clinical pattern of KS as represented by physical, hormonal as well as behavioral signs and symptoms. In primary care, it is recommended that complete genital examination including testicular volume measurement be conducted during well-child visits and that karyotype be ordered on boys who show a high index of suspicion for this diagnosis. A multidisciplinary team-approach for management KS-related symptoms needs to be created for each child and family affected by KS with integration of services between pediatrician, endocrinologist, developmental, psychological and school specialists. It is also recommended that boys with KS be referred for baseline bone mineral assessment during adolescence

Mandatory versus voluntary adult learners : implications for trainers

During the past fifteen years, Professor John Keller has developed a systematic, comprehensive model to motivate adult learners. Its major elements are Attention- Relevance-Confidence-Satisfaction (ARCS), and research with volunteers confirms that the strategies improve adult responses in learning settings. Training in business and industry, however, often involves mandatory attendance by participants. According to research, such "captive" audiences "ought" to be more resistant to the learning process. The purpose of this study, then, was to explore, first, whether Keller's tactics produce different outcomes for mandatory rather than voluntary participants in short, one-time-only presentations, and second, whether prior interest mitigates the expected negative responses from mandatory attendees. Teachers from poor rural school districts covered by a federal grant were the subjects. A presentation designed with Dr. Keller's assistance was delivered to teachers of all grades. Responses indicating attendees' post-presentation feelings about the emotional impact and recognition of specific techniques were collected from eight locations. A literature survey that included the topics of attention, curiosity, adult learning theory, Keller's design, and voluntary/mandatory participation provided information that assisted in interpreting the answers from the 196 attendees. Distribution analysis revealed that pre-presentation responses were severely skewed; therefore, non-parametric statistics, Chi-Square and the Nomographic Test of Percentages, were used for analysis. Chi-Square analysis between perceived level of mandatory attendance and post-presentation responses resulted in no significant associations, largely because of the extreme data skew. The Nomographic Test of Percentages between relevant pairs of percentages resulted in no-interaction findings. Attendees who were interested in the subject of drug education were not influenced by their mandatory/voluntary status. Limitations of the nomographic scale precluded statistical analysis of comparisons that involved low interest, voluntary attendees, but in the population grouping that included seven of the eight sessions, many such unmotivated participants responded with high scores. Use of Keller's strategies apparently overcame initial barriers. Such a finding is comforting to trainers who routinely deal with mandatory attendees. Positive emotional and presumably learning outcomes are quite possible if the materials are designed with attendee Attention-Relevance-Confidence-Satisfaction in mind

Factors Associated with Asthma Self-Management in African American Adolescents

Few studies have focused on asthma self-management in African American adolescents, a group with high rates of the disease. This study examined factors associated with asthma self-management in 133 African Americans aged 14-16 years including gender, asthma impairment, prior asthma education, cognitive and emotional illness representations. Twenty-five percent of the variance in asthma self-management was explained by having attended an asthma education program, perceiving more asthma consequences (illness consequences), and reporting greater understanding of asthma as an illness (illness coherence). Findings suggest that these variables may be important targets of interventions to improve asthma self-management in African American middle adolescents

Eksplorasi Etnomatematika Pada Gerakan Tari Manuk Dadali Terhadap Konsep Geometri

Mathematics is a subject that has several main topics such as shapes and sizes with their own difficulties so that they need to be studied in a way that is closer to everyday life. One way that can be done is to link mathematics with culture, for example, is traditional dance. Manuk Dadali  is a traditional dance from West Java that can be used as learning material for students through ethnomathematics-based learning. This research is an exploratory research conducted to analyze and discuss the geometric concepts contained in the Manuk Dadali Dance using an ethnographic approach. The data is collected by observation, documentation and interviews. Based on the research conducted, it was found that geometric elements in Manuk Dadali dance movements and floor patterns, including angular geometry, two-dimensional geometry, and transformation geometry.  Mata pelajaran matematika merupakan mata pelajaran yang memiliki beberapa pokok bahasan seperti bentuk dan besaran dengan kesulitannya sendiri sehingga perlu dipelajari dengan cara yang lebih mendekati kehidupan sehari-hari. Salah satu cara yang dapat dilakukan adalah dengan mengaitkan matematika dengan kebudayaan, contohnya adalah tarian tradisional. Tari Manuk Dadali adalah tarian tradisional asal Jawa Barat yang dapat digunakan untuk bahan pelajaran peserta didik melalui pembelajaran berbasis etnomatematika. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian eksploratif yang dilakukan untuk menganalisis dan membahas konsep geometri yang terdapat pada Tari Manuk Dadali menggunakan pendekatan etnografi. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan cara observasi, dokumentasi dan wawancara. Berdasarkan penelitian yang dilakukan ini ditemukan unsur-unsur geometri pada gerakan tarian Manuk Dadali dan pola lantainya, di antara lain yaitu geometri sudut, geometri dimensi dua, dan geometri transformasi.