Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2016-01-07T09:30:40Z No. of bitstreams: 1 candiceellenbarbalholage.pdf: 839978 bytes, checksum: 740d74c7e3179d79a8f11d04cdc8f571 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2016-01-25T16:40:44Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 candiceellenbarbalholage.pdf: 839978 bytes, checksum: 740d74c7e3179d79a8f11d04cdc8f571 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2016-01-25T16:41:04Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 candiceellenbarbalholage.pdf: 839978 bytes, checksum: 740d74c7e3179d79a8f11d04cdc8f571 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-01-25T16:41:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 candiceellenbarbalholage.pdf: 839978 bytes, checksum: 740d74c7e3179d79a8f11d04cdc8f571 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-08-11 / A história da Enfermagem é permeada por imagens estereotipadas, preconceituosas, percepções distorcidas e errôneas que se perpetuam até os dias de hoje. A profissão ainda encontra dificuldades em ser reconhecida como uma ciência, que desenvolve suas ações fundamentadas em conhecimento técnico, relacional e científico. Nessa perspectiva, o objetivo desta pesquisa foi compreender as percepções dos enfermeiros atuantes na Atenção Primária à Saúde de Juiz de Fora - MG, acerca do reconhecimento e valorização da sua profissão. Utilizei como metodologia a pesquisa qualitativa do tipo descritiva, obtive as informações por meio de uma entrevista semiestruturada e analisei os dados por meio da análise de conteúdo. Os resultados encontrados foram organizados por mim em quatro categorias, as quais revelam as representações dos enfermeiros acerca do reconhecimento e valorização da sua profissão, os fatores que contribuem para essas representações, os significados e implicações da representação da Enfermagem para o enfermeiro e as possíveis saídas que podem ajudar a transformar de forma positiva o cenário em voga. Os resultados desse estudo revelaram que tais desafios são antigos e que ao longo do tempo as mudanças ocorridas ainda são lentas para se chegar ao seu ideário. / The history of nursing is permeated by stereotyped images, prejudiced, distorted and erroneous perceptions that are perpetuated until today. The occupation still finds their difficulties for being recognized as a science, even devoloping their activities based on technical, relational and scientific knowledge. From this perspective, the objective of this research was to understand the perceptions of nurses working in Primary Health Care of Juiz de Fora-MG about the recognition and appreciation of their occupation. Descriptive qualitative research methodology was used and the information was obtained by a semi-structured interview. The research was previously approved by the CEP / UFJF, and the answers were studied by content analysis. Four categories were used to organize the answers, which revealed representations of nurses about the acknowledgement and appreciation of their profession; the factors that contributed for these representations; the meanings and implications of the importance of Nursing for nurses; and possible solutions that could help transform positively the scenary in question. It was revealed that these challenges are old and the changes that have been happening over the years are still too slow to reach the ideal scenary.

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The thesis addresses response consistency in questionaries, the concept of integrity and use of integrity tests. Next chapter deals with consistency and describes possible sources of response variability and scales which is used for consistency measurement. The third chapter addresses response distortion and methods of its measurement. Last part describes cognitive functions which could affect answering a questionary and introduces a relation between psychopathological symptoms and questionary responses. The empirical part of the thesis studies response consistency in each category and relation between integrity test in work environment, consistency and demographic data of respondents. Difference between a number of identical answers about social desirability and about neutral information showed statistical significance. Therefore, hypotheses about the highest consistency in neutral information was supported. The thesis also revealed that a higher score in interference relates to a higher score of consistency. Finally, two correlations were found out. First was a positive correlation between integrity and number of years respondents have worked, second was a negative correlation between interference and age. Keywords: integrity, social desirability, consistency, validity, counterproductive behaviour

The problem of this study was to determine the relationship of teacher and peer preferences of selected fifth grade students to socio-economic level as measured by the occupation of the head of the household, academic standing as computed from the marks assigned by the teacher, achievement test score results, intelligence test scores, and the sex of the child.

Social desirability refers to the need for social approval or acceptance (Toh, Lee, & Hu, 2006). This need results in the oft-observed human tendency to present oneself in the best possible light (Fisher, 1993), a tendency that may entail research participants giving or selecting the responses that they perceive to be most socially acceptable when completing self-report questionnaires. Whether the product of self-deception or deliberate impression management (Toh et al., 2006), the failure of participants to respond truthfully or accurately when completing self-reports can distort research results (Fisher, 1993; Schriesheim, 1979; Toh et al., 2006) and cast doubt on the validity of findings. This workshop will familiarize attendees with information on the causes of social desirability bias and simple techniques to assess and control social desirability bias in survey research.

The normal forced-choice Structured-Objective Rorschach Test (SORT) and a modified free-choice SORT were administered to sixty high school students to determine the effects of response set (e.g. social desirability). The results were inconclusive. The following trends, however, were observed: (1) The free-choice modification was more resistant to response set distortion than the normal forced-choice SORT. (2) The free-choice administration showed greater flexibility in enhancement and resistance to social desirability. (3) There was little sex difference in factor scores with respect to choice administration. Females, however, gave more responses than males on the free-choice SORT.

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A wellness paradigm may hold promise for unifying and strengthening the identity of the counseling profession. The construct of wellness may also hold implications for assessment of entering master's-level counseling students, as a tool for continuous evaluation of students, or for overall program evaluation. In this study, the only counseling-based wellness assessment measure, the Five Factor Wellness Evaluation of Lifestyle, was tested for its relationship to two other constructs: psychological disturbance and social desirability. In order to test the research hypotheses, a total of nine programs (in five states) and 204 entering master's-level counseling students completed instrumentation packets comprised of the Five-Factor Wellness Evaluation of Lifestyle, the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale, and the Outcome Questionnaire – 45.2. The results of the analyses indicated statically significant relationships in 52 out of 55 correlations between the instruments' total scores and subscale scores. The first null hypothesis was rejected in favor of the alternative hypothesis; there was a statistically significant negative relationship between level of psychological disturbance and level of wellness. The results of the study failed to reject null hypothesis two; the relationship between wellness and social desirability was found to have no statistical significance after removing the influence of psychological disturbance. Null hypothesis three was rejected in favor of the alternative hypothesis; there was a statistically significant negative relationship between level of psychological disturbance and social desirability. Number and percent of participants exceeding psychological disturbance cutoff scores was examined. Measures of central tendency and the effects of demographic variables for each of the instruments were presented. Exploratory data analysis revealed that the first-order wellness factor, second-order wellness factors, and social desirability mean scores of those scoring above the cutoff for Severity of Disturbance, difficulty in Interpersonal Relations, Symptom Distress, and Difficulty in Social Roles were lower than those scoring below each cutoff score. Results of the study were summarized, factors to consider in the interpretation of the results were discussed, and implications for counselor education and future research were provided.

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College students' mental health has been researched for some time. In particular, the correlation between physical activity and mental health symptoms has been researched. The study examines the relationship between physical activity and anxiety, sleep, and overall health. College undergraduate students at the University of Central Florida took an online survey that measured all of these variables. A Pearson's correlation coefficient was used to assess correlations. Positive correlations were found between anxiety and sleep, anxiety and social desirability, sleep and social desirability, and strength training and vigorous physical activity. Negative correlations were found between overall health and physical activity, overall health and vigorous physical activity, and vigorous physical activity and social desirability. However, no significant correlations with physical activity were found. Further research limiting the overreporting of physical activity is needed.