Thesis (Ph.D. (Industrial Psychology)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2008.

This research project is an investigation into the wellness levels of victims of domestic violence. Wellness was measured using the Five Factor Wellness Assessment by Meyers and Sweeney (2005). The research is grounded in a theoretical trifecta comprised of the works of Alfred Adler, Hiram Maslow and the global concept of wellness as defined by Jane Meyers and Thomas Sweeney. An exploratory factor analysis was run on the Five Factor Wellness Assessment to assess the goodness of fit for the population being studied. Wellness levels were assessed upon intake into a domestic violence shelter and compared with the national normative wellness scores using a series of one way two-tailed T-tests. Additionally, the national normative wellness scores were compared with the wellness scores of a local population using the same analysis method. The wellness scores of the victims of domestic violence were compared with the local population using a MANOVA. Statistical significance levels were established at .003 using a Bonferroni adjustment to accommodate the number of variables that comprise the assessment. Results indicated that there are statistically significant differences between the victims of domestic violence and the national normative population in a negative direction. There are also statistically significant differences between the scores of the local population and the national normative population in a positive direction. Finally, the wellness scores of the victims of domestic violence when compared with the local population are also statistically significantly different with the victims scores being much lower than the scores of the local population. These findings create a wealth of information for practitioners and researchers in the domestic violence field and a plethora of new avenues for research.

As healthcare costs continue to rise across the country more companies are beginning to look for new strategies to cut costs. The evolving health and wellness industry has been shown to reduce expenditures from costly medical services by improving long term healthy behaviors in the work force, aiming to impact the demand and supply sides of healthcare. This paper looks at the history behind the health and wellness movement and specifically evaluates Healthy Incentives, King County's own health and wellness initiative and the impact such a program has on direct medical expenditures as well as key health risk factors that are affecting millions of working Americans.

This study consists of two phases for the purpose of investigating (a) the construct of wellness and its relationships with self-esteem, physical symptoms, art self-concept, and gender, and (b) the effect of Art-Enriched Wellness Program (AWP) on improving wellness levelof Middle East Technical University (METU) students. In the first phase of the study, four questionnaires, namely Wellness Inventory, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, Physical Symptom Checklist, and Art Self-Concept Scale were administered to 629 METU students (297 male, 300 female, 32 indicated no gender). The results of explanatory and confirmatory factor analysis yielded a 30 items scale with 4 factors / cognitive-emotional wellness (CEW), relational wellness (RW), life-goal (LG), and physical wellness (PW). The results of five separate multiple linear regression analyses revealed that all the suggested independent variables, i. e., self-esteem, gender, physical symptoms and art self-concept were the predictors of the total wellness scores. As for the subscores, significant predictors appeared as / self-esteem and physical symptom for the CEW scores / gender, self-esteem and art-self-concept for the RW scores / self-esteem and art-self concept for the LG scores / and physical symptom, gender, and self-esteem for the PW scores. In the second phase of the study, for the purpose of testing the effectiveness of Art-enriched Wellness Program (AWP) developed by the researcher, an experimental design with one treatment and one non-treatment control group and four measurements (pre, post, and two follow-ups with two-week and four-month intervals) was used with a sample of 16 participants ( N = 6 for the treatment group, 3 females and 3 males / N = 10 for the non-treatment control group, 8 females and 2 males). The experimental group participated in 20 hours- 8 week AWP (each session was 2.5 hours), while the non-treatment control group received no treatment during that time. Results of a series of Mann Whitney U tests revealed that AWP was effective in increasing total wellness scores of the experimental group subjects both in post-test and in follow-up 1 measures. It was also effective in increasing CEW scores of experimental group subjects in the post-test and follow-up 1, and in increasing LG scores of them in follow-up 1.

Thesis (Ph.D. (Industrial Psychology)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2008.

Thesis (Ph.D. (Industrial Psychology)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2008.

Every year universities across the United States administer the National College Health Assessment (NCHA) to assess their students’ general health based on nine topic areas (i.e. sleep, nutrition, mental health, drug use, sexual behavior, etc.) in relation to their impact on academics. Overall, there is low participation among minority-serving institutions, more specifically Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The lack of participation among these universities may be for several reasons, such as financial constraints on the university or the use their own instruments to assess their students’ health and wellness needs. Further, they may not see a need for the NCHA. Most universities use data analyzed from the NCHA to tailor their wellness programs to their students’ specific needs. This foundational research study utilized a case study design to explore the capacity of one HBCU to provide wellness programs and services to their students and to assess how the wellness needs of current students are identified and met. The secondary purpose of this study was to assess the attitudes of health administrators and students regarding their schools’ wellness programs and services as well as to identify the strengths and gaps in services provided. One-on-one interviews with university staff and administrators, student focus groups, and document analysis were used to collect data. Case analysis was performed to generate research themes to answer the research questions. Six themes were created to answer the corresponding research questions. Conclusions from this study may provide insight into how this university developed and implemented wellness related programs and services to meet the wellness needs of its students.

The presented thesis deals with food and beverage section of Wellness Hotel Frymburk. The aim of the thesis is to analyze product of food and beverage section of Wellness Hotel Frymburk, comparasion with dining facilities in the selected area. An important goal is also a reccomendation for the further development of the product the studied hotel. Also will be inquired customer satisfaction with the current state of the service provided in this thesis. They will be also consulted on the opinions of management at current issues. In this thesis will be solved particulary the issue of regional gastronomy and employees in food service.

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This Diploma thesis describes the marketing strategy of Infinit Ltd. The author focuses on the Vysočany Pool and Sauna world branch, which is located at the Wellness Hotel Step. In the analytic part the author uses the following methods: situation analysis, bench-marking and SWOT analysis. Within the marketing strategy the author describes the characteristics of the marketing mix. The result of this thesis is to give a suggestion that would improve the current situation of this branch.