In recent years, research has shown that the issue of security is an essential indicator for public well-being. Along with the advance of science and technology, the application of monitor, which includes the field of crime investigation and prevention, has become more and more importance. Furthermore, the location of monitor is also involved with personal privacy. As a result, it is necessary to prove which one is better for explanation of sense of happiness. Based on the Maslow theory of needs, this study explores the relationship between Kaohsiung resident needs and the installation of monitor in terms of quantitative research methods. For the variable of installation demand, it adopts the way of self-questionnaire mining dimensions including security, social, respect, self-actualization and cognitive needs. After validity analysis, the positive cognitive demand had three factors along with seven independent variables, the reliability above 0.7. Dependent variable of the installation of monitor was adapted from Chinese version of Hu Yan (2000). In this study, the version of SPSS 12.0 software was used for statistical analysis along with Likert scale scores. The higher score of scale is, the more sense of happiness does. After practical analysis, it was found that the people with installed monitor will have higher degree of feeling and safety, not to mention the sense of happiness. They feel that they live in the protection of life and have a sense of accomplishment more than the other events of middle level. In terms of age, work, marriage, positive cognitive and living environment, there is significant difference among them. However, there is no significant difference between monitor alliance and happiness. The study assumed that there are some significant positive correlations among the aspects of safety, community, respect and self-actualization, and it shows that it is necessary to install the street monitor. However, for the aspects of privacy violation as well as stalk information leakage, it was significantly lower degree of positive correlation, indicating the doubtful attitude of public for installation monitor. Therefore, the study infers there might be some impact on personal privacy, so it is necessary to set up stricter management practices on the use of information to alleviate people¡¦s concerns and to prevent people from human rights with law. Within this study, it explains the overall sense of happiness for 72.1%. Maslow's theory is closely linked with the public safety protection measures in life, and it is a practical application. As a result, it proposed the follow-up researchers to delve into the effect of monitor, especially on crime prevention.

This study aimes to the investigate relationship between individual and organizational variables on staff innovative behavior. The individual variable is personal sense of humor, and the organizational variable is organizational playfulness climate. The analysis are done by using hierarchical linear modeling for Windows. The major results of thisstudy are as following: 1. The sense of humor has significant influence on staff innovative behavior. 2. Organizational playfulness climate has significant influence on staff innovative behavior. 3. The relationship between sense of humor, and staff innovative behavior is not affected by organizational playfulness climate. Finally, some suggestions provide as references to businesses and further studies.

<p>The aim of the study was to investigate the sense of coherence among students in Zambia. Sense of coherence was assessed with the questionnaire SOC-29. The respondents were 102 students, aged 15 to 20 years, in three schools in Livingstone. A secondary aim was to examine the relationship between sense of coherence, gender and age. The mean score on SOC-29 was 131 for the Zambian students, which is lower than SOC measured for Swedish adolescents (m=138,5) as well as the Swedish population (m=146). There were no significant correlations between sense of coherence and gender, nor between sense of coherence and age.</p>

Reprint. Thesis (Ph. D.)--Cornell University, 1913. / "Reprinted from the American Journal of Psychology, July, l9l3, vol. xxiv, pp. 305-359 ; October, 1913, vol. xxiv, pp. 508-519. Includes bibliographical references (p. 508-519).

Background and Purpose: Progressive cerebellar ataxia is a rare neurological condition characterised by uncoordinated movement, and impaired speech articulation. Rehabilitation and physiotherapy in particular, form the cornerstone of healthcare intervention. Little qualitative research has been undertaken to understand the subjective experience of this complex condition. This study explored the experience of progressive cerebellar ataxia, physiotherapy and physiotherapy services from the perspective of people living with this condition. Method: Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis underpinned this inductive qualitative enquiry. Twelve people with a progressive cerebellar ataxia participated in semi-structured interviews. All participants had some experience of physiotherapy. Interviews were transcribed. A case by case idiographic analysis was undertaken followed by a cross case analysis. Findings: Five super-ordinate themes were identified. ‘The embodied experience of progressive cerebellar ataxia’ emphasised the foregrounding of the body, and the disruption of the skilful interaction between body and world. ‘Identity, stigma and disrupted embodiment in public spaces and places’ encapsulated how participants made sense of actual and perceived stigma and discrimination. ‘Lifeworld meets biomedicine: a complex juxtaposition’ described participants’ problematic relationships with healthcare practitioners and their disease-centric world. ‘Wresting control in the face of uncertain and changing forces’ portrayed participants’ attempts to understand and reinterpret their condition on their own terms. ‘Exercise: a multifaceted contributor to managing life with ataxia’ captured the meaning of exercise and physical activity. One over-arching theme, ‘Retaining a homelike way of being-in-the-world’, cautiously indicated that whilst participants described ‘unhomelike’ lifeworlds (uncomfortable and disturbing); they simultaneously held onto, and sometimes realised, the possibility of ‘homecoming’, for example through the generation of new modes of belonging. Conclusion: This study provided a detailed, phenomenological account of the lived experience of progressive cerebellar ataxia. New insights were developed that have the capacity to inform not only physiotherapy practice but also other healthcare disciplines. New avenues for future research were also identified.

The purpose of this study was to examine how retirement home staff promotes the sense of security of older persons receiving care in retirement homes. In qualitative interviews with staff the following research questions were studied: which factors are described as central for older people’s sense of security? How does retirement home staff promote security for older people in their daily work? Which potentials and difficulties is retirement home staff identifying in promoting security? Theoretical perspectives used in the analysis: the salutogenic perspective and the life-course perspective. Results: relationships, influence and knowledge were central for older people's sense of security. Staff's efforts to promote security were based on creating relationships and on being a handy resource, which created conditions for quality-care. Lack of time was presented as a difficulty. I argue that interpersonal relationships and the promotion of older people’s influence and knowledge should have a central role in care-work.

Not much research regarding burnout amongst clergy in South Africa has been done. Recently a shift in the direction of positive psychology or salutogenesis took place and which highlighted two relatively new constructs, namely sense of coherence and engagement. Previous research in the "Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk" (NG Church) found a correlation between sense of coherence and burnout. In the "Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika" (NH Church) however, no research regarding burnout within a salutogenic paradigm was ever done. The general objective of this research was to determine the levels and relationship of sense of coherence, coping, burnout and engagement amongst ministers of the NH Church. A cross-sectional research design was used. The Orientation to Life Questionnaire (OLQ), COPE-Questionnaire (COPE), Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS) and the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES) were used as measuring instruments on a stratified random (proportional) sample (n = 200) of ministers of the NH Church and from which 87 useable responses were received. Structural equation modelling was applied on the MBI-HSS to confirm a three-factor model with best fit. Cronbach alpha coefficients, inter-item correlation coefficients and factor analysis were used to determine the reliability and validity of the measuring instruments. Descriptive statistics, Pearson-product correlation coefficients, canonical correlation coefficients, and analysis of variance were used to analyse the data. The results showed that high levels of sense of coherence, approach coping and high levels of engagement are related to low levels of burnout, while venting of emotions are related to high levels of burnout. It was also found that sense of coherence and coping predicted emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation and personal accomplishment. Furthermore, it was found that levels of emotional exhaustion for ministers in the age group 25-29, were consistently lower than that of any other age group in the sample, while levels for the age group 50-65 were also lower than that for ministers in the age groups 30-39 and 40-49, but still higher than levels for age group 25-29. Limitations of the study and recommendations regarding the organisation and future research were indicated. / Thesis (MA (Industrial Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2004.

Companies, also financial institutions, realign, redesign, restructure and downsize on an ongoing basis, increasing tension in employees to survive in the work environment. Besides coping with the impact of recessions and layoffs, employees also have to cope with increased workloads and the pressures of modem life. Employment is not only a means of financial viability, but also defines individuals' identities. Job loss - or even the threat of it - can be psychologically devastating and may influence the psychological well-being of employees. This may impact their perceived job satisfaction as well. The current trend within organisations is to move towards a model that focuses on strengths, where individuals take charge of their own lives and have effective working conditions where they successfully cope and perform optimally. The objective of this research was to determine the relationship between psychological wellbeing (i.e. self-efficacy, positive and negative affect, and sense of coherence) and job satisfaction of employees in a financial institution. The research method for this article consisted of a brief literature review and an empirical study using a cross-sectional survey design to collect data. An availability sample (N = 117) was taken from employees from different levels in a financial institution. The Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ), Generalised Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES), Affectometer 2 (AFM), Orientation to Life Questionnaire (OLQ) and a Biographical questionnaire were administered. The statistical analysis was carried out with the help of the SPSS-programme. The statistical methods utilised in the article consisted of descriptive statistics, Cronbach alpha coefficients, Pearson product-moment correlation coefficients, Regression analysis and Manovas. The results showed acceptable internal consistencies for all the constructs. Product-moment correlation coefficients showed significant positive correlations between self-efficacy, positive affect, sense of coherence and job satisfaction and significantly negative correlations between negative affect, self-efficacy, positive affect and sense of coherence. Self-efficacy, positive and negative affect, and sense of coherence predicted 19% of the variance in job satisfaction with sense of coherence the only significant predictor of Job Satisfaction. No differences in terms of biographical characteristics in the experience of self-efficacy, positive affect, negative affect, sense of coherence and job satisfaction could be found. Recommendations for future research were made. / Thesis (M.Com. (Industrial Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2006.

The subject of this thesis is primarily the ethical point of Wittgenstein’s Tractatus. In the work, Wittgenstein investigates the connection between ethics and the world by examining the nature of the proposition. In the Lecture on Ethics, Wittgenstein reinvestigates this connection more directly by explaining the nature of the ethical expression. I argue that the ethical point of the book is to help one to understand the ephemeral characteristics of ethics insofar as they cannot be articulated by demonstrating what can be articulated. In the Lecture, Wittgenstein also points to a deep challenge encountering the Tractarian pictorial language. Logic reminds us that we are held captive by pictorial language and could never get outside it. Ethics, on the other hand, is a constant attempt to get outside of it by usage of simile. Although this attempt seems to be hopeless, it is unavoidable and significant. It characterizes the human condition.

The aim of this research is to identify how industrial heritage in redeveloping industrial areas may be used to contribute to a neighbourhood sense of place. This is examined through case studies, semi-structured interviews and first hand observations. Focus is placed on planning processes and results yielded. This project began with the belief that highlighting a community's heritage, when done effectively, and at a comprehensive scale, will foster a distinct neighbourhood character and sense of place. Based on the literature and research collected, an analysis of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats associated with incorporating the industrial heritage of South Point Douglas in Winnipeg, Manitoba is provided. Future steps are also recommended. This community was chosen , in part, because of its large supple of underused industrial buildings, its central location, and its historical significance to the development of the City of Winnipeg.