The primary aim of this study was to determine the relationship between the practice of transformational leadership and a high-performance culture.The study hypothesized a positive relationship between transformational leadership and a high-performance culture. It also examined the predictive value of transformational leadership behaviours to the different dimensions of a high-performance culture. The survey included a sample of 209 leaders fromvarious South African organisations. The Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ5X Form 5X) was completed by these leaders and their subordinates. The High-performance Culture Questionnaire was completed by the subordinates only. Findings indicated positive correlations between transformational leadership and a highperformance culture. Furthermore, differences were found to exist in the predictive value of transformational leadership behaviours to the various dimensions of a high-performance culture. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings were discussed. / Dissertation (MCom)--University of Pretoria, 2016. / tm2016 / Human Resource Management / MCom / Unrestricted

Syftet med studien var att undersöka vilka upplevelser lagmedlemmar inom ett manligt ishockeylag har kring sammanhållning, samt vilka faktorer som upplevs vara betydande för social sammanhållning och uppgiftsorienterad sammanhållning. Syftet med studien var även att få en fördjupad kunskap kring hur lagets upplevda sammanhållning påverkar den idrottsliga prestationen. Studiens teoretiska ramverk baseras på en begreppsmodell över lagsammanhållning i idrottslag, vilket är en modell som förklarar social sammanhållning och uppgiftsorienterad sammanhållning samt de två huvudgrupperna; gruppintegration och individens attraktion till gruppen. För att undersöka studiens syfte så använde sig författarna till denna studie av semistrukturerade intervjuer som metod. Åtta personer deltog i studien och intervjuades utifrån en intervjuguide vilken var inspirerad av mätinstrumentet Group Environment Questionnaire. Studiens deltagare var mellan 20-28 år. Det insamlade materialet analyserades utifrån en tematisk analys. Studiens resultat visar att manliga idrottare upplever sammanhållning som en central del av ett idrottslag och anser att det finns ett samband mellan lagsammanhållning och prestation. Undersökningsdeltagarna uppmärksammade främst social sammanhållning som en framgångsrik faktor kopplat till prestation. Slutsatsen är att sammanhållning som helhet är en central faktor för ett fungerande och framgångsrikt idrottslag. / The purpose of the study was to investigate what experiences team members within a male ice hockey team have about cohesion, as well as what factors are perceived to be important for social cohesion and task-oriented cohesion. The purpose of the study was also to gain an indepth knowledge of how the team's perceived cohesion affects athletic performance. The study's theoretical framework is based on a conceptual model of team cohesion in sports teams, which is a model that explains social and task-oriented team cohesion as well as the two main groups; group integration and the individual's attraction to the group. To investigate the purpose of the study, the authors of this study used semi-structured interviews as a method. Eight people participated in the study and were interviewed through an interview guide which was inspired by the measuring instrument Group Environment Questionnaire. The participants of the study were between 20-28 years old. The collected material was analyzed through a thematic analysis. The results of the study show that male athletes experience cohesion as a central part of a sports team and believe that there is a connection between team cohesion and performance. The participants of the study paid particular attention to social cohesion as a successful factor linked to performance. The conclusion is that cohesion as a whole is a central factor for a functioning and successful sports team.

The purpose of this study was to validate the Spanish version of the Dallas Pain Questionnaire (DPQ). Not only does the DPQ offer the potential of statistical and clinical diagnostic value but also is easily interpretable across cultural lines. No such instrument has presently been validated for the Mexican-American population. A total of 81 Spanish speaking subjects participated in this study. Of these subjects, 56 were classified as chronic pain patients by nature of their medical diagnosis and duration of pain. The 25 normal subjects were family members of the chronic pain patients and members of the Northern New Mexico Hispanic community chosen at random. Hypothesis one predicted that reliability would be obtained on Spanish speaking populations based on test-retest with correlation coefficients of the items. The second hypothesis predicted that the Spanish DPQ would have content validity or consistent internal structure on those items that measure the trait or behavior of interest based upon factor analysis approaches and internal consistency measures. Hypothesis three predicted that the Spanish version of the DPQ would significantly correlate with the English version of the DPQ on all four factors. All four hypotheses were supported. The Spanish DPQ showed reliability over time based on test-retest. The statistics revealed an internally reliable test, alpha coefficient analysis and factor analysis. The validity was supported by significant correlations with the English DPQ and discrimination between chronic and nonchronic pain patients. While all four hypotheses were upheld, interpretation of the present findings should be moderated by recognition of the limitations of the studies. Future studies should test larger samples to improve confidence in the psychometric properties of the instrument. Still notable limitations of the questionnaire are that the Spanish DPQ is a form that is more accurately viewed as a global measure.

Objectives. This study reanalyzed data from Burlingame and colleagues’ (2018) randomized controlled trial on the effect of adding Group Questionnaire (GQ) to Outcome Questionnaire (OQ-45) feedback. These data were assessed for the feedback effect using the amount of GQ alerts in one session reported by the group member to track change in GQ subscales as a measure of reversing therapeutic relationship failure.Methods. 374 participants engaged in 58 psychotherapy groups. Every participant provided GQ measurements after every group session. These GQ measurements formed ‘person-session units’ representing whether or not each type of alert was present following each group meeting. Person-session units showing one, two, and three or more GQ alerts were selected for analysis. The GQ subscales of positive bond (PB), positive work (PW), and negative relationship (NR) were tracked over the following two sessions using hierarchical linear models (HLMs) to correct for group membership and analyze slopes of change between GQ feedback and no-feedback conditions.Results. Insignificant results were shown in condition by session interactions for every GQ subscale following every specified amount of co-occurring GQ alerts. These results contrast with Burlingame and colleagues’ (2018) findings that half of all condition by session interactions shown were significant using GQ change and status alerts to trigger analyses.Conclusions. The results of this study do not appear to better discriminate the effect of adding GQ to OQ feedback for group leaders. Thus, it does not appear that group leaders can better reverse the tide of relationship failure in psychotherapy groups when there are specific numbers of GQ alerts presented to them versus the alert types offered in GQ feedback reports.

As principais desordens dos membros superiores e cervical (CANS - Complaints of arms, neck and shoulders) podem ser definidas como queixas musculoesqueléticas nas regiões de membro superior, ombro e pescoço não atribuídas a trauma agudo ou a desordens sistêmicas. Essas desordens são comuns entre trabalhadores usuários de computador. O Maastricht Upper Extremity Questionnaire (MUEQ) é uma das poucas ferramentas existentes na literatura para avaliação de risco ergonômico e psicossocial em trabalhadores, além da vantagem de ser específico para usuários de computador, porém não está validado no português-brasileiro. O objetivo deste trabalho foi realizar a adaptação transcultural para o português-brasileiro e validação do MUEQ em trabalhadores de escritório usuários de computador e verificar a prevalência das CANS na amostra recrutada. A tradução e adaptação transcultural seguiram as diretrizes do Consensus-based Standards for the selection of health status Measurement Instruments nos estágios: tradução, síntese, retrotradução, revisão pelo comitê de especialistas e pré-teste. Na etapa do teste da versão pré-final, foram aplicados 55 questionários em trabalhadores usuários de computador, que relataram dificuldades de compreensão abaixo do valor estipulado de 20%, não sendo necessária a reformulação da ferramenta. Para testar a confiabilidade, outros 50 sujeitos preencheram o questionário, em dois momentos, com nível de reprodutibilidade considerado excelente (ICC>0,75). A amostra para a análise da consistência interna e análise fatorial do questionário contou com 386 trabalhadores usuários de computador de mesa entre 18 e 60 anos. Para a consistência interna foram observados valores de de Cronbach maiores que 0,7 para todos os domínios. Na análise fatorial os domínios/subdomínios apresentaram valores de eigenvalue superiores a 1 e os valores de variância explicada acumulada dos fatores de cada domínio variou entre 40% e 60%. A prevalência das CANS nos últimos três meses por pelo menos uma semana foi de 73,32% (IC=0,69-0,77) na amostra total (n=283) e 82% (IC=0,76-0,87) das mulheres e 62% (IC=0,55-0,69) dos homens relataram alguma das CANS. Os domínios foram mantidos iguais à versão original do MUEQ. A queixa musculoesquelética mais observada foi a dor no pescoço (51%). A partir deste trabalho disponibilizou-se um instrumento abrangente e confiável para a avaliação ergonômica e psicossocial relacionado às queixas em cervical e membro superior em trabalhadores usuários de computador brasileiros e foi observada alta prevalência de CANS na população observada. / Complaints of the Arm, Neck and Shoulder (CANS) have a multifactorial etiology, and, therefore, its assessment should take into consideration work-related ergonomic and psychosocial aspects. The Maastricht Upper Extremity Questionnaire (MUEQ) is among the few specific tools available to evaluate the nature and occurrence of CANS in computer office workers. The purpose of the present study was to perform the cross-cultural adaptation of the MUEQ to Brazilian Portuguese and verify the psychometric properties of the MUEQ-Br in Brazilian computer office workers and to assess the prevalence of CANS in a sample of Brazilian computer office workers. The translation and cultural adaptation followed the guidelines of the Consensus-based Standards for the selection of health status Measurement Instruments in six stages: translation, synthesis, back translation, review by the expert committee, pre-test and submission of documents to the committee. In the test of pre-final version, 55 questionnaires were administered to computer workers who reported difficulties in understanding below the stipulated 20%, without the need for redesign of the tool. The pre-final version test counted on the participation of 55 computer office workers. For reproducibility, it was considered a sample of 50 workers who answered the questionnaire twice with a one-week interval. A sample comprised by 386 (37.44 years, Confidence Interval (CI) 95%:36.50-38.38, 216 women and 170 men) workers from the University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto campus to validate the structure of the questionnaire, verify internal consistency and CANS prevalence. Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) was used for the statistical analysis of reproducibility, Cronbachs Alpha for Internal Consistency, and the Principal Component Analysis method for Exploratory Factor Analysis. The psychometric properties of the MUEQ were assessed using exploratory factor analysis, which revealed 14 factors. The calculation of internal consistency, reproducibility and cross validation provided evidence of reliability and lack of redundancy. It was verified ICC values greater than 0.75 and cronbachs alpha greater than 0.7. Factor analysis was conducted for every section of the questionnaire and 14 factors were found, two for each section accounting for approximately 40 to 60% of the variance. The prevalence rate of CANS indicated that 73% (IC=0,69-0,77) of the respondents reported at least one complaint in the arm, neck and/or shoulder in the total sample (n=283), 82% (IC=0,76-0,87) of the women and 62% IC=0,55-0,69) of the men. The highest prevalence rates were found for neck symptoms (51%). The MUEQ-Br demonstrated to be a valid tool for the assessment of risk factors related to pain in the upper extremity among Brazilian computer office workers.

Psychology in South Africa is facing a dire need for valid and reliable mental health instruments for all its citizenry. There presently exists a reliance on instruments of foreign origin. Very often such instruments are used without their psychometric properties having been tested in the local setting. The present study employed a multi-stage process for translating the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) into Zulu. A simplified English version of the GHQ and the translated Zulu version were subsequently administered to a sample of two hundred and fifty seven (257) bilingual high school students. The data from this sample was used to assess the equivalency between the Zulu version and the English version. At the scale level, both versions of the GHQ showed adequate internal consistency and reliability. Item analysis revealed certain differences between the two versions. Possible explanations regarding semantic differences are discussed. Substantial overlap between the factor solutions of the two versions was found. These factor solutions were found to correspond well with those recorded in the literature. The present sample scored much higher on the GHQ than foreign samples do. Suggestions for raising the cutting scores for South African samples are made. On the whole, the Zulu version displayed evidence of reasonable equivalence to the English version. A comprehensive research programme for the GHQ in South Africa is presented. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 1996.

As principais desordens dos membros superiores e cervical (CANS - Complaints of arms, neck and shoulders) podem ser definidas como queixas musculoesqueléticas nas regiões de membro superior, ombro e pescoço não atribuídas a trauma agudo ou a desordens sistêmicas. Essas desordens são comuns entre trabalhadores usuários de computador. O Maastricht Upper Extremity Questionnaire (MUEQ) é uma das poucas ferramentas existentes na literatura para avaliação de risco ergonômico e psicossocial em trabalhadores, além da vantagem de ser específico para usuários de computador, porém não está validado no português-brasileiro. O objetivo deste trabalho foi realizar a adaptação transcultural para o português-brasileiro e validação do MUEQ em trabalhadores de escritório usuários de computador e verificar a prevalência das CANS na amostra recrutada. A tradução e adaptação transcultural seguiram as diretrizes do Consensus-based Standards for the selection of health status Measurement Instruments nos estágios: tradução, síntese, retrotradução, revisão pelo comitê de especialistas e pré-teste. Na etapa do teste da versão pré-final, foram aplicados 55 questionários em trabalhadores usuários de computador, que relataram dificuldades de compreensão abaixo do valor estipulado de 20%, não sendo necessária a reformulação da ferramenta. Para testar a confiabilidade, outros 50 sujeitos preencheram o questionário, em dois momentos, com nível de reprodutibilidade considerado excelente (ICC>0,75). A amostra para a análise da consistência interna e análise fatorial do questionário contou com 386 trabalhadores usuários de computador de mesa entre 18 e 60 anos. Para a consistência interna foram observados valores de de Cronbach maiores que 0,7 para todos os domínios. Na análise fatorial os domínios/subdomínios apresentaram valores de eigenvalue superiores a 1 e os valores de variância explicada acumulada dos fatores de cada domínio variou entre 40% e 60%. A prevalência das CANS nos últimos três meses por pelo menos uma semana foi de 73,32% (IC=0,69-0,77) na amostra total (n=283) e 82% (IC=0,76-0,87) das mulheres e 62% (IC=0,55-0,69) dos homens relataram alguma das CANS. Os domínios foram mantidos iguais à versão original do MUEQ. A queixa musculoesquelética mais observada foi a dor no pescoço (51%). A partir deste trabalho disponibilizou-se um instrumento abrangente e confiável para a avaliação ergonômica e psicossocial relacionado às queixas em cervical e membro superior em trabalhadores usuários de computador brasileiros e foi observada alta prevalência de CANS na população observada. / Complaints of the Arm, Neck and Shoulder (CANS) have a multifactorial etiology, and, therefore, its assessment should take into consideration work-related ergonomic and psychosocial aspects. The Maastricht Upper Extremity Questionnaire (MUEQ) is among the few specific tools available to evaluate the nature and occurrence of CANS in computer office workers. The purpose of the present study was to perform the cross-cultural adaptation of the MUEQ to Brazilian Portuguese and verify the psychometric properties of the MUEQ-Br in Brazilian computer office workers and to assess the prevalence of CANS in a sample of Brazilian computer office workers. The translation and cultural adaptation followed the guidelines of the Consensus-based Standards for the selection of health status Measurement Instruments in six stages: translation, synthesis, back translation, review by the expert committee, pre-test and submission of documents to the committee. In the test of pre-final version, 55 questionnaires were administered to computer workers who reported difficulties in understanding below the stipulated 20%, without the need for redesign of the tool. The pre-final version test counted on the participation of 55 computer office workers. For reproducibility, it was considered a sample of 50 workers who answered the questionnaire twice with a one-week interval. A sample comprised by 386 (37.44 years, Confidence Interval (CI) 95%:36.50-38.38, 216 women and 170 men) workers from the University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto campus to validate the structure of the questionnaire, verify internal consistency and CANS prevalence. Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) was used for the statistical analysis of reproducibility, Cronbachs Alpha for Internal Consistency, and the Principal Component Analysis method for Exploratory Factor Analysis. The psychometric properties of the MUEQ were assessed using exploratory factor analysis, which revealed 14 factors. The calculation of internal consistency, reproducibility and cross validation provided evidence of reliability and lack of redundancy. It was verified ICC values greater than 0.75 and cronbachs alpha greater than 0.7. Factor analysis was conducted for every section of the questionnaire and 14 factors were found, two for each section accounting for approximately 40 to 60% of the variance. The prevalence rate of CANS indicated that 73% (IC=0,69-0,77) of the respondents reported at least one complaint in the arm, neck and/or shoulder in the total sample (n=283), 82% (IC=0,76-0,87) of the women and 62% IC=0,55-0,69) of the men. The highest prevalence rates were found for neck symptoms (51%). The MUEQ-Br demonstrated to be a valid tool for the assessment of risk factors related to pain in the upper extremity among Brazilian computer office workers.

KRÄNKNINGAR INOM VÅRDENRAPPORTERADE AV MANLIGA PATIENTER INOM PSYKIATRISK VÅRD  - EN ENKÄTSTUDIE EVA LÖNNQVIST SORTANDREA PETROVIC Lönnqvist Sort, E & Petrovic, A. Kränkningar inom vården, -Rapporterade av män inom psykiatrisk vård. Examensarbete för magisterexamen med inriktning mot psykiatrisk omvårdnad 15 högskolepoäng, Malmö Universitet: Fakulteten för Hälsa och Samhälle, Institutionen för vårdvetenskap, 2022.  Bakgrund: Vårdpersonal har ett ansvar att värna om patienters hälsa. Trots detta visar studier att kränkningar i vården är ett förekommande fenomen som orsakar lidande och har negativ inverkan på framtida vårdkontakter. Syfte: Studiens syfte var att undersöka förekomst och medfört lidande av kränkningar i vården, rapporterat av män inom psykiatrisk vård. Metod: Frågor gällande kränkningar i vården ingick i en prevalensstudie med manliga patienter inom psykiatrisk vård (n=210). Frågeformuläret NorVold Abuse Questionnaire for men [m-NorAQ] användes vid datainsamlingen. Av de 210 männen besvarade 142 män de frågor i m-NorAQ som rör kränkningar i vården och inkluderades därmed i studien. Av dessa vårdandes 70 inom allmänpsykiatrisk vård, samt 72 inom beroendevård. Insamlad data analyserades med deskriptiv statistik. Resultat: Av 142 män rapporterade 56 (39.4 %) att de upplevt kränkningar i vården. Två tredjedelar av männen som rapporterat kränkningar angav att de upplevde någon grad av lidande som konsekvens. Konklusion: Resultatet visar att en hög andel av männen upplevt kränkningar i vården och att dessa upplevelser kan medföra lidande. Studien bidrar till kunskap kring kränkningar i vården, dock krävs vidare forskning för att kunna uppnå en bredare och fördjupad förståelse av detta fenomen. / ABUSE IN HEALTH CAREREPORTED BY MALE PATIENTS IN PSYCHIATRIC CARE- A QUESTIONNAIRE STUDY EVA LÖNNQVIST SORTANDREA PETROVIC Lönnqvist Sort, E & Petrovic, A. Abuse in Healthcare, - reported by male patients in psychiatric care. Degree project in nursing,15 credit points, one year master. Malmö university: Faculty of Health and Society, Department of Care Science, 2022.  Background: Health care professionals have a responsibility to care for the health of patients. Nonetheless, earlier studies show that Abuse in health care (AHC) is an occurring phenomenon that causes suffering and has a negative impact on future contact with health care. Aim: The aim of the study was to explore the prevalence of AHC and entailed suffering reported by male patients in psychiatric care. Methods: Questions regarding AHC were part of a prevalence study of male patients within psychiatric care (n=210). The NorVold Abuse Questionnaire for men [m-NorAQ] was used to collect the data. Of the 210 men, 142 answered the questions regarding AHC in m-NorAQ and were therefor included in the study. Seventy of the men were treated within general psychiatric care and 72 were receiving care for addiction. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data. Results: Fifty-six (39.4 %) of the 142 men reported experiences of AHC. Two-thirds of the men who had reported experiences of AHC declared some degree of suffering from the experiences. Conclusion: The results show that a large part of the men had experienced AHC and that the experiences can cause suffering. The study contributes to the body of knowledge regarding AHC, more research is required to gain a broader and deeper understanding of this phenomenon.

The holistic user experience (UX) is comprised of both pragmatic and hedonic qualities and encompasses both product-centric and service-type experiences. Currently there is no questionnaire that measures the holistic UX for both types of experiences, and, without one, it is not possible to measure multimodal experiences that cross between experience types within the same extended experience. To address this need, the User Experience Questionnaire (UEQ), originally designed to measure product-centric experiences, was generalized to work for both product-centric and service-type experiences in a variant called the Generalized User Experience Questionnaire (UEQ-G). In a first study, the UEQ-G was tested alongside the UEQ in legacy, product-centric scenarios. Participants were asked to test two mobile applications and then evaluate them using either the UEQ-G or the UEQ. The performance of both questionnaires was indistinguishable, and the UEQ-G was found to be an appropriate tool for evaluating product-centric scenarios. In a second study, the UEQ-G was tested in service-type scenarios where, in each scenario, there were two conditions for which a UEQ-G factor was designed to be either high or low depending on the scenario condition. Participants were asked to observe a scenario video in either the high or low condition and then complete a series of five questionnaires that included the UEQ-G. Each of the UEQ-G factors was found to be sensitive to differences in scenario conditions; however, a question was left unanswered about the stimulation factor’s validity. In a final study, the UEQ-G was used to evaluate multimodal experiences in the wild. Participants were asked to order food using the Chickil-A® mobile app and then go to the restaurant to pick up their orders. Upon their return, participants were asked to complete the same series of questionnaires from the second study including the UEQ-G. Results indicated that the UEQ-G was able to detect both hedonic and pragmatic qualities within the multimodal experience and that the vast majority of the relationships seen in the second study were also seen in the third. Through these studies, the UEQ-G demonstrated potential as a questionnaire for measuring the holistic UX in multimodal experiences.

Master of Science / Food Science Institute / Delores Chambers / Psychographic Questionnaires: A Comparative Review of Structures and Scales In recent years there has been a growing trend toward integrating psychographic profiles into sensory studies with the aim of more holistically explaining consumer segmentation and preferences. With this shift in approach have come questions on the nature of psychographic scales and the theoretical implications of their structure. Given the plethora of existing psychographic scales in common practice, the purpose of this review is to give a concise overview in the breadth of structures, with the aim of helping sensory researchers identify the most appropriate scale for their needs. The review begins with a critical comparison of the three most common scale classes: Likert, Semantic Differential, and Behavioral Frequency, and their relative advantages and disadvantages. Following that, a review of psychographic questionnaire design highlights differences from sensory practices, drawing attention to sources of response bias in specific design typologies which may reduce data quality in a product design.