The purpose of this study was to develop a valid and reliable scale to measure attitudes toward teenage parents. The instrument, called the Attitude Toward Teen Parent Scale (ATTPS), was based on Robinson's (1988a) suggested myths about teenage fathers. The ATTPS consisted of 20, Likerttype items and was administered to 133 volunteer undergraduate students attending Ball State University. A series of exploratory principal component factor analyses were conducted to identify independent factors represented by the ATTPS. A four-factor solution, accounting for 54% of the variance on the ATTPS was retained . The internal consistency reliability for the ATTPS was .67. Two factors were interpreted as "psychological deviance" (alpha = .77) and "supportive involvement" (alpha = .66). The other two factors were not interpretable. These findings suggested that the ATTPS measured two independent constructs. It was suggested that future research should further test the validity and reliability of the ATTPS by focusing on the two interpretable factors identified in this study, and by increasing the items on the scale as well as the number of subjects tested. Further studies should also examine attitudes among different populations (e.g., varying by race, sex, age, profession) toward teenage parents. / Department of Counseling Psychology and Guidance Services

The present study examined the relationship between Pepper's (1942) worldview theory and health promoting behavior. Three hundred and twenty three college students at a medium-sized Midwestern state university were asked to complete a battery of inventories measuring worldview, health promoting behavior, socioeconomic status, alcohol consumption, demographic variables, and willingness to seek treatment from a variety of health service practitioners. It was hypothesized that there would be a positive relationship between worldview and health promoting behavior. Specifically, individuals endorsing an organismic worldview would engage in more health promoting behaviors than those endorsing a mechanistic worldview. It was also hypothesized that socioeconomic status and gender would be related to worldview and indirectly to health promoting behavior. Finally worldview was hypothesized to be related to subjects' willingness to seek treatment from a variety of "alternative" health providers. The data were analyzed by means of structural equation modeling using the SPSS and AMOS computer programs. The results of the study support the idea that a modest relationship exists between worldview and health promoting behavior. There was also a slight indirect effect of sex on health promoting behavior, with women more likely to endorse an organismic worldview and therefore more likely to engage in health promoting behavior than men. No relationship was found between socioeconomic status and health promoting behavior. In addition, significant correlations were found between certain health care providers over others. Specifically, an organismic worldview was significantly correlated with willingness to receive services from a reflexologist, a clinical or counseling psychologist, a herbalist, an aromatherapist, and a homeopath. / Department of Secondary, Higher, and Foundations of Education

Thesis (M.A.) - Carleton University, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-102). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Syracuse University, 2008. / "Publication number: AAT 3323092."

The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence, work engagement, creativity and demographic variables. A non-experimental and cross-sectional survey design was used and the population consisted of 180 employees working within a call centre division of an insurance organisation in South Africa. The participating sample consisted of 85 respondents which indicated a response rate of 47.2%. The Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire (TEIQue-SF), Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES-17), the Creative Personality Scale (CPS) and the Alternate Uses Tasks were administered to all participants. A theoretical relationship was found by means of a literature study. The results of the empirical study suggest that there was a significant positive relationship between emotional intelligence, work engagement and creative personality. Emotional intelligence was reported to be a significant predictor of work engagement. Significant results were also found in terms of these constructs and demographic factors. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / M. Com. (Industrial and Organisational Psychology)

The entrepreneurial intentions of university students are important factors to consider when developing entrepreneurship offerings at tertiary level institutions. This research study reports on pertinent findings from a study which set out to determine Rhodes university undergraduate students‟ entrepreneurial intentions and their pull and push factors that have brought them to the decision to become entrepreneurs. A survey, using a 43 question structured web-based instrument was used to capture the responses from undergraduate students across different departments at Rhodes University, Grahamstown. Key findings suggest that few undergraduate students intend to enter into an entrepreneurship career immediately after completion of their studies, whereas many of the respondents were more interested in doing so five years after graduation. The vast majority of students were satisfied without having formal entrepreneurial education and factors such as previous employment in entrepreneurial activities, and family influence had a statistical significant relationship with entrepreneurial intention.

As chronic illnesses continue to be a burden in today’s organisations, it remains a very crucial call for management to find ways to eradicate the associated organisational problems. While people of all ages are affected by chronic illnesses, there is a higher risk of the elderly developing chronic diseases. However, as much as chronic illnesses are inevitable among employees, there should be ways at least to curb negative social and goal achievement impact which they bring in organisations. In this regard, a survey of 80 employees was conducted to examine the relationship between employees' knowledge about, contact with, and attitudes towards their co-employees with chronic illnesses (CI). Results indicated that employees' knowledge about and contact with individuals diagnosed with chronic illnesses were significantly related to better attitudes toward this population. The findings also revealed that knowledge was related to positive attitudes among employees who had more personal contact with individuals with Chronic illnesses (CI) and such findings indicate the importance of exposing employees to information about chronic illnesses and direct practice experience with individuals who have these illnesses. To be noted also is that 39% of the respondents preferred to be exposed to health bulletins and magazines; 18% of the respondents preferred the help of health workers and about a third (30%) favoured brochures, posters and printed materials such as flyers. Managerial implications for employees with chronic illness are discussed

The present study investigated the attitudes of middle managers towards organisational change within the automotive industry in South Africa. As a result of global recession, the automotive industry has been going through a series of changes but at a very slower pace. An empirical investigation was undertaken using a sample of seventy two (72) middle managers drawn using the cluster sampling technique. An organisational change attitude questionnaire adjusted to suit the automotive industry environment was employed to collect data. The findings of the study indicated that middle managers have positive attitudes towards technological change (59%), Innovative Change (84%) and Total Quality Management (65%) However, middle managers indicated that they have negative attitudes towards re-organisation. There was moderate significant relationship between factors influencing attitudes (administration, participation, communication and the threats and benefits) and the attitudes portrayed. Factors such as administration of the change process, threats and benefits of the outcomes as well as opportunity for personal growth were found to be highly influential to middle managers attitudes towards change. In all cases, demographic variables such as gender, age and experience played a significant role in the views of middle managers towards organisational change. Key words: Attitudes, organisational change, middle managers, factors influencing attitudes and automotive industry.

Orientador: Anita Liberalesso Neri / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-07T22:38:09Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Lopes_Andrea_D.pdf: 1085991 bytes, checksum: 1aa9d76f96791a79d287fc3de9cd74f4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 / Resumo: Objetivo: analisar significados, motivações, benefícios percebidos, bem-estar subjetivo, ajustamento psicológico e atitudes em relação à comunidade' entre idosos brasileiros e americanos que realizam trabalho voluntário. Participantes: 54 brasileiros e 49 americanos com mais de 60 anos, principalmente mulheres. Instrumentos e técnicas: questionários e escalas levantando informações sociodemográficas, natureza do vínculo institucional, modos de vida, motivações, significados, benefícios percebidos, bem-estar subjetivo, ajustamento psicológico e atitudes em relação à comunidade; entrevistas semi-estruturadas; observação participante. Análise de dados: análise de conteúdo, estatística descritiva e análise etnográfica. Resultados: Forte similaridade entre os dois grupos, embora os americanos tenham vínculo mais forte com o trabalho voluntário. Todos valorizaram a solidariedade, a oportunidade para a auto-desenvolvimento e a geratividade propiciadas pelo trabalho voluntário; os americanos enfatizaram mais os ganhos em geratividade e os brasileiros a auto-aceitação e o crescimento pessoal. A satisfação e os afetos positivos foram elevados nas duas amostras; o significado do termo voluntário associa-se a valor social. Houve diferenças entre as motivações iniciais, voltadas ao outro, e as motivações permanência, voltadas ao self ; satisfação com o voluntariado associou-se a treinamento e supervisão; identificaram-se relações de interdependência no ambiente institucional. Conclusão: a atividade voluntária formal entre idosos estimula o processo de socialização e o auto-conhecimento / Abstract: Objective: to assess meanings, motivations, perceived benefits, subjective well-being, and psychological adjustment and attitudes toward community among Brazilian and American seniors that do volunteer work. Participants: 54 Brazilian and 49 American people older than 60 years of age, especially women. Instruments and techniques: questionnaires and scales gathering the following data: sociodemographic, nature of the institutional link, ways of life, motivations, meanings, perceived benefits, subjective well-being, psychological adjustment, and attitudes regarding community; semi-structured interviews; participant observation. Data analysis: content analysis, descriptive statistics, ethnographic analysis. Results: strong similarity between the two groups, although Americans have a strongest link with volunteer work. Everyone valued solidarity, opportunity for self-development and gerativity brought by the volunteer work; Americans emphasized gains in generativity and Brazilians, self-acceptation and personal growth. Satisfaction and positive affects were high in both samples. There were differences between the initial motivations, focused on other people, and the permanent motivations, focused on the self; satisfactions with volunteer work were associated to training and supervision; interdependent relationships in the institutional environment were identified. Conclusion: formal volunteer work among seniors stimulates processes of socialization and self-knowledge / Doutorado

Orientador: Anita Liberalesso Neri / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-18T14:15:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Patrocinio_WandaPereira_D.pdf: 5331714 bytes, checksum: ec5688135d7ec8de33b5a7b15586799f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 / Resumo: Objetivos: Implementar um programa de educação popular em saúde para um envelhecimento saudável em duas comunidades da cidade de Campinas, baseado na perspectiva de Paulo Freire e na política de envelhecimento ativo (OMS); verificar a influência deste programa sobre a mudança de atitudes dos idosos em relação à velhice, à saúde, à participação social e a aspectos psicossociais. Métodos: foram realizadas intervenções educacionais em dois grupos de idosos residentes em região de baixo índice de vulnerabilidade social (N = 5) e médio índice de vulnerabilidade social (N = 11) com delineamento pré-teste, intervenção, pós-teste e seguimento, no qual a intervenção consistiu em um encontro semanal de 150 minutos, de agosto a dezembro de 2009. As medidas incluíram questionários e escalas sobre variáveis sociodemográficas, psicossociais, de participação social, de saúde e sobre atitudes em relação à velhice. Os programas foram elaborados com temas escolhidos pelos idosos. Resultados: Análises estatísticas e de conteúdo mostraram mudança nas atitudes em relação à velhice, com diminuição de opiniões negativas, aumento das positivas; percepção de que a velhice comporta tanto ganhos como perdas; melhora no tempo diário de prática de atividade física; e melhora no consumo diário de verduras e legumes para os dois grupos; as pontuações em satisfação com a vida foram geralmente altas; as avaliações de saúde percebida foram positivas. Conclusões: O desenvolvimento de um programa educacional baseado no modelo de Paulo Freire e realizado de forma multidisciplinar, com conteúdos adequados e de interesse dos idosos resultou em melhora em aspectos da qualidade de vida dos participantes. Os resultados sugerem que intervenções deste tipo podem favorecer a saúde física e mental de idosos. / Abstract: Objectives: This study was aimed to implement a program of popular health education toward healthy aging in two communities of Campinas, based on the perspective of Paulo Freire and the politics of active aging (WHO) and to verify the influence of the program on the attitudes of the participants toward old age, health, social participation and psychosocial aspects. Methods: educational interventions were performed in two groups of community dwelling-elderly from regions of low and intermediary social vulnerability index, with pretest, intervention, post-test and follow-up design. The intervention consisted of a weekly meeting of 150 minutes, from August to December 2009. Measurements were taken by questionnaires and scales of sociodemographic, psychosocial, social participation, health variables, as well as images of aging. The programs included themes chosen by the participants. Results: Statistical and content analysis showed change of the attitudes toward aging, reduction the negative evaluations, increasing of positive ones, and perception of old age as a stage that comprises both gains and losses, improvement in daily physical activity and improvement of the intake of vegetables. The scores were generally high in all measures for satisfaction with life; ratings of perceived health were high in both groups. Conclusions: An educational program based on the model of Paulo Freire and multidisciplinary in nature, showed to be effective to the improvement of quality of life aspects of the participants. The results suggest that such interventions can promote the physical and mental health of elderly. / Doutorado / Psicologia Educacional / Doutor em Educação