Workers’ individual and dyadic coping with the COVID-19 health emergency: A cross cultural study

The aim of this study was to examine workers’ psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic as a function of their individual coping, dyadic coping, and work-family conflict. We also tested the moderating role of gender and culture in these associations. To achieve this aim, we run HLM analyses on data from 1521 workers cohabiting with a partner, coming from six countries (Italy, Spain, Malta, Cyprus, Greece, and Russia) characterized by various degrees of country-level individualism/collectivism. Across all six countries, findings highlighted that work-family conflict as well as the individual coping strategy social support seeking were associated with higher psychological distress for workers, while the individual coping strategy positive attitude and common dyadic coping were found to be protective against workers’ psychological distress. This latter association, moreover, was stronger in more individualistic countries. © The Author(s) 2022.NSh-2722.2020.6; CSO 2017–84,634-R, R106450036; Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, MICINN; Council on grants of the President of the Russian FederationThis overall research was funded by a grant from the Commissione Strategie di Ricerca – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (protocol n. R106450036) awarded to Claudia Manzi. Data collection by the following researchers was supported by grants as follows: Gerardo Meil (grant CSO 2017–84,634-R from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation); Anna Bagirova (grant NSh-2722.2020.6 from the Council on grants of the President of the Russian Federation)

Commercially available sensor-based monitoring and support systems in parkinson's disease: An overview

Parkinson's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder correlating with dysfunction or deprivation of brains dopaminergic neurons, lack of dopamine, and the formation of abnormal protein particles. There are several clinical tests for detection of Parkinson's disease, but nowadays a demand is rising for an objective assessment of symptoms and health-related outcomes. The rapid development of sensor-based technological devices permits conducting measurements without bias that they are able to be used in scientific research and clinical practice. This paper provides a technical overview of the available commercial wearable systems for monitoring and supporting Parkinson's disease management, taking into account their validity and reliability. The understanding of the current state-of-the-art could help patients and clinicians significantly improve Parkinson's disease management by minimizing health care costs and increasing patient's quality of life. © 2021 Bharati Vidyapeeth, New Delhi. Copy Right in Bulk will be transferred to IEEE by Bharati Vidyapeeth

Children and young people’s ICT experiences in school education: Participatory research design to engage children and young people as experts in research

Labusch A, Eickelmann B, Casamassima G, et al. Children and young people’s ICT experiences in school education: Participatory research design to engage children and young people as experts in research. In: Holmarsdottir HB, Seland I, Hyggen C, Roth M, eds. Understanding the everyday digital lives of children and young people. Palgrave; In Press

Workers’ individual and dyadic coping with the COVID-19 health emergency: A cross cultural study

The aim of this study was to examine workers’ psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic as a function of their individual coping, dyadic coping, and work-family conflict. We also tested the moderating role of gender and culture in these associations. To achieve this aim, we run HLM analyses on data from 1521 workers cohabiting with a partner, coming from six countries (Italy, Spain, Malta, Cyprus, Greece, and Russia) characterized by various degrees of country-level individualism/collectivism. Across all six countries, findings highlighted that work-family conflict as well as the individual coping strategy social support seeking were associated with higher psychological distress for workers, while the individual coping strategy positive attitude and common dyadic coping were found to be protective against workers’ psychological distress. This latter association, moreover, was stronger in more individualistic countries