Adaptation of a 3-factor model for the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index in Portuguese older adults

The present study examined the factor structure of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) in a sample of older Portuguese adults using a cross-validation approach. Design is a cross-sectional. A convenience sample of 204 community-dwelling older adults (M=70.05, SD=7.15) were included. The global sleep quality (GSQ) score ranged from 0 to 18 with a mean of 5.98 (SD +/- 3.45). The distribution showed that gender and perception of oneself as healthy influences GSQ in this sample. Cronbach's alpha was 0.69, but increased to 0.70 if the "use of sleep medication" component was deleted. Exploratory factor analysis (EPA) demonstrated two factor model is better than one factor, and a model fit with good indices (chi-square=8.649, df=8, p=0.373). Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was performed on the single factor, two factor, and three factor models, with and without the "use of sleep medications" component. The best model was the 3-factor model without the "use of sleep medications" component (chi-square=1.214, df=6, GFI=0.997, AGFI=0.918, CFI=0.986, RMSEA=0.046). The adaptation of the model is similar to the original model, with the only change being the exclusion of the "use of medications to sleep" component. We suggest using that component as a complementary qualitative assessment of health.Foundation for Science and Technology - Portugal (CIEO - Research Centre for Spatial and Organizational Dynamics, University of Algarve, Portugal)Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES) [BEX 1990/15-2]info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Job satisfaction in hotel employess: a systematic review of the literature

Hotel employees' job satisfaction is very important to their performance. In a systematic review of the previous literature on hotel employees, it was found that the most studied variable was job satisfaction; there were no other systematic reviews on the topic. In this review, performed in the Web of Knowledge, Web of Science (Social Sciences Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Medline), and Science Direct between 2000 and 2014, 51 studies were found.These studies indicated that satisfaction is crucial to the financial performance and prosperity of hotels and acts a mediator in customer satisfaction. Contributing to greater satisfaction are factors such as greater autonomy and independence, greater power of decision making, flexible schedules, better working conditions, and training. The factors that promote dissatisfaction are wages and reduced benefits. The studies also indicated that a higher level of job satisfaction can have a direct impact on increasing the financial performance of the hotel. The implications of this study for hoteliers and directors relates to the creation of adequate working conditions to increase job satisfaction and provide hotel employees with a greater sense of subjective well-being

An integrated model for the study of teacher motivation

Recent studies show that teachers suffer more than other professional groups from the occupational lack of motivation. A global understanding of teacher motivation requires an adequate framework for its study. The main goal of the current research was to propose and test a model of teacher motivation that integrates constructs from several cognitive-motivational theories. This integrative model starts from the perspectives of Expectancy-Value and Learned Helplessness but overcomes some of the limitations of each. The participants were 272 elementary and secondary teachers in Portugal. They responded to a series of inventories designed to measure their expectancies of control, success and efficacy, attributions, intrinsic motivation and perceived goal value levels, and how these interact to influence professional engagement (the model’s exogenous variable). Analyses of path coefficients and the variance of endogenous variables support the proposed integrated model and suggest strategies for teacher education that may increase teacher motivation

Positive psychology and tourism: a systematic literature review

This study aims to outline the relationship between Positive Psychology and tourism through a systematic literature review. Tourism seeks to increase the wellbeing of people, and wellbeing is a crucial variable in Positive Psychology which in turn aims to understand and promote people's potential. This research used as search terms 'Positive Psychology', 'wellbeing', 'happiness', 'tourism', 'visitor' and 'travel', terms which were applied through the Online Knowledge Library. The inclusion/exclusion criteria led to a sample of 49 references which were then individually analyzed. Results showed a recent increase in studies focused on the relationship between the variables, Europe being in the lead. Overall, policies are important for tourism development; tourism promotes wellbeing for residents and tourists; entrepreneurs have an innovative opportunity in wellbeing; and nature is linked to wellbeing. Implications and suggestions for future studies are presented.Agência financiadora ARDITI - Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação: M1420-09-5369-FSE-000001info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

The inventory of callous–unemotional traits: psychometric properties among referred and non-referred portuguese female juveniles

The presence of callous-unemotional (CU) traits delineates a subgroup of male youth with severe conduct disorder and antisocial behavior, but little research has been done among female youth. Drawing on 377 female adolescents (103 selected from forensic settings and 274 selected from school settings) from Portugal, the current study is the first to simultaneously examine the psychometric properties of the Inventory of Callous Unemotional Traits (ICU) in incarcerated female youth and community youth. The results support the use of the ICU in terms of its factor structure, and internal consistency despite the fact an item had to be removed from the Callousness dimension. Statistically significant positive associations were found with measures of psychopathic traits and aggression, as well as non-significant associations with empathy and social anxiety. Significant associations were also found with several indicators of delinquent careers including age of criminal onset, age of first contact with the law, Conduct Disorder symptoms and diagnosis, crime seriousness, previous violent offending, number of criminal charges, alcohol use, and drug use. Findings are discussed in terms of the use of the ICU among female juvenile offenders and community youths.European Social Fund (POPH/FSE

Funcionários de hotelaria: uma revisão sistemática da literatura

With the increase of studies on hospitality professionals over the years, it is essential to perform a review on those works. This review was conducted through the databases Web of Knowledge, Web of Science (Social Sciences Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Medline), and Science Direct. We searched for articles published between 2000 and 2014, crossing the keywords ?hospitality?, ?tourism?, and ?hotel? with the keywords ?professionals?, ?employees?, and ?workers?. Our aim was to identify the most studied variables on hospitality employees. The search process resulted on 3700 initial references, being selected 242. We verified that work satisfaction was studied in 51 articles and stress, burnout, and mental exhaustion in 31. For that reason, this review aggregates and analyses these results. This study has implications for the understanding of the roll of these variables in hospitality and tourism economic profitability, as well as in human resources management policies and individual well-being

Versão portuguesa do Job Diagnostic Survey (JDS)

O objectivo deste trabalho é analisar a estrutura factorial da escala “Job Diagnostic Survey” (Hackman e Oldham, 1980), construída para avaliar as cinco dimensões características do trabalho: variedade de aptidões, identidade do trabalho, significado do trabalho, autonomia e feedback. Utilizou-se uma amostra heterogénea de 552 trabalhadores pertencentes a diversos grupos profissionais. Avaliaram-se nove modelos alternativos sobre a estrutura do instrumento, recorrendo à análise factorial confirmatória. Os resultados mostram que o modelo de Hackman e Oldham mais um factor de método relacionado com os itens negativos é o modelo que apresenta um melhor ajuste. Esta solução identifica uma estrutura de seis factores (os cinco factores do Modelo das Características do Trabalho e um sexto factor de método constituído pelos itens negativos). Os itens associados a estas dimensões definem sub-escalas com níveis de fiabilidade razoáveis, o que permite considerá-las operacionalizações psicometricamente aptas para avaliar as cinco dimensões características do trabalho definidas por Hackman e Oldham

Positive attitudes at work, some of its consequents and antecedents: a study with hotel professional

Concerning the model Attitudes-Intentions of behaviour (Bagozzi, 1992) and the comprehensive model of Turnover (Griffeth & Hom, 2001), the present study intends to analyze the mediating role of three attitudes (affective commitment, general satisfaction and satisfaction oriented towards the client) in the relationship that variables characterizing the work (Job Motivating Potential, Perception of Employment Alternatives and Sacrifice Perception) establish with output variables (Intention of Turnover and Organization Recommendation). We used a heterogeneous sample of 303 workers belonging to different actors of hotel business. The results of the mediating tests clarify the importance of the considered attitudes in the way job characteristics affect the intentions of behavior of the hotel employees. In general, we think our results can contributed to develop a relevant model for explaining the behavioral intentions of the professionals working with clients (front-office), which conciliates the practices of human resources with the logic of the market

Desenho do trabalho, atitudes positivas e suas implicações em unidades de hotelaria

A presente investigação propõe um modelo analítico que tenta conciliar as PRH (práticas de recursos humanos) com a lógica do negócio e que se baseia em três modelos teóricos: “Características do Trabalho” (Hackman & Oldham, 1987), “Três Componentes do Envolvimento Organizacional” (Allen & Meyer, 1990) e “Intenção de Turnover” (Hom & Griffeth, 2001). O modelo proposto avalia o efeito exercido por determinados antecedentes de atitudes positivas no trabalho (potencial motivador do trabalho, percepção de alternativas de empregabilidade e de sacrifícios elevados) em variáveis de resultado (intenção de turnover e recomendação da empresa), analisando-se o papel mediador das atitudes (implicação afectiva, satisfação geral e satisfação orientada para o cliente) sobre essa relação. Para o efeito, inquiriu-se uma amostra heterogénea de 303 trabalhadores pertencentes a diversos grupos profissionais de hotelaria, recorrendo aos instrumentos “Satisfação Orientada para o Cliente Interno” (especialmente desenvolvido para o efeito), “Affective, Normative and Continuance Commitment” (versão portuguesa de Almeida, Faisca & Jesus, 2007) e Job Diagnostic Survey (versão portuguesa de Almeida, Faísca e Jesus, 2009). Adoptou-se uma metodologia de análise de dados diversificada (regressões múltiplas e equações estruturais), tendo os resultados evidenciado um efeito positivo e significativo dos antecedentes nas variáveis de resultado analisadas: as variáveis antecedentes explicam 46% variação da intenção de sair da empresa e 33% da recomendação da empresa. Alguns antecedentes estudados exerceram efeito directo sobre as variáveis resposta, outros exerceram indirecto através das atitudes de satisfação no trabalho e implicação afectiva. Estes resultados são discutidos à luz do desenvolvimento de modelos de intervenção que envolva atitudes e intenções de comportamento com implicações relevantes para as organizações de hotelaria

Common mental disorders in primary health care: A review study

Os transtornos mentais comuns (TMC) são um conceito criado para designar um conjunto de sintomas não psicóticos que habitualmente estão relacionados com quadros subclínicos de ansiedade, depressão e stresse, os quais pela sua elevada prevalência nos Cuidados de Saúde Primários (CSP) são considerados como um dos maiores problemas de saúde pública mundial