The importance of levels of knowledge in developing a unified theory for HIV / AIDS counselling: a comparison of two culturally different samples.
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗
Biomedical subjects
L L Stewin
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What psychiatric nurses say about constant care.
As part of a qualitative research project on constant care, 8 psychiatric nurses described their perceptions of the constant care experience and its purposes and values. One of the major domains that emerged from the interviews was "nursing"; it consisted of nine themes, some of which indicated that constant care alters the passage, meaning, and use of time, is a dynamic rather than a static relationship, and enhances a nurse's sense of powerfulness. The findings showed that constant care is a dynamic, and to some, distorting, experience. It demands extra work from the nurses, yet constrains them from doing counseling or other higher-order interventions. Having more nursing experience was seen as an advantage in preparing for constant care, controlling angry feelings, and discriminating for potentially dangerous situations. Also, due to the interactive nature of constant care, a nurse could not merely guard a patient because the nurse is also on constant care. These findings have implications for making patient assignments, teaching novice nurses how to do constant care, affirming current practice even though it is against hospital policies, and illustrating how nurses can be aware of and resourceful when constant care is stressful.
Attitude of Health Personnel↗
Sex differences, social desirability, masculinity, and the tendency to worry.
Relationships between worry and sex differences, social desirability, masculinity, and femininity were explored in this study. Data were obtained from 141 undergraduates who answered a questionnaire containing a worry scale, the Crowne-Marlowe (1964) Social Desirability Scale, the Bem (1974) Sex Role Inventory, the Trait Anxiety scale of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (Spielberger, Gorsuch, & Lushene, 1970), and several demographic items. Women reported significantly higher levels of worry than men did, and worry was significantly correlated with lower social desirability and with lower masculinity but not with femininity. However, multiple regression strategies revealed that sex differences in reported worry cannot be accounted for solely by variations in social desirability and masculinity. Also, sex differences in the tendency to worry were not eliminated by statistically controlling for trait anxiety, social desirability, and masculinity simultaneously.
Adult↗
Worry, anxiety, and preferred length of sleep.
Sixty-three female and 43 male undergraduates responded to a "worry" scale, a trait anxiety measure, and a question asking preferred length of sleep to clarify conflicting findings regarding the relationship between worry and anxiety and length of sleep (e.g., Hartmann, 1973; Hicks & Pellegrini, 1977; Kumar & Vaidya, 1984). Worry and length of sleep were positively correlated, supporting Hartmann's contentions. Anxiety was related to sleep in a U-shaped curvilinear fashion. Anxiety and worry were substantially correlated (r = .60) for subjects above the median on worry but were not correlated for subjects below the median. Worry may be the underlying construct in the positive relationship between anxiety and length of sleep for highly anxious persons. Comparison of high worry-low anxiety and low worry-high anxiety groups also suggests that our understanding of the relationships among sleep, anxiety, and worry may benefit from the simultaneous consideration of worry and anxiety factors.
Adolescent↗
High and low job satisfaction: some characteristics of two groups of occupational therapists.
From a sample of 1400 occupational therapy respondents, the characteristics of two groups, those scoring high on the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (N = 280) and those scoring low (N = 280) on this measure of job satisfaction, are compared on age, position, educational levels and the value and salience scales of the Life Roles Inventory. The implications of these findings for occupational therapy unit management and supervision are discussed and recommendations for continuing professional education are made.
Canada↗
Occupational therapy career patterns in profile.
From a career pattern study of two groups of Alberta occupational therapists (N = 119), five predominant patterns were identified. These are presented in the form of career profiles together with related literature. Recommendations for continuing education and implications for practice are discussed.
Adult↗
Career patterns in two groups of Alberta occupational therapists.
Many factors contribute to job satisfaction and commitment to a particular career choice. Developmental approaches and those involving the self concept as outlined by Super are applicable to occupational therapy. This article presents the results of a career pattern study in two groups of Alberta occupational therapists (N = 119). Using the Life Roles Inventory, values, participation, commitment, and role value realization in five major life roles are described; similarities and differences between groups are outlined. Personal interviews were used to collect career pattern data from both groups; several themes were identified.
Alberta↗
Ability, anxiety, and conceptual level.
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Adolescent↗