Development and validation of a social impact questionnaire for household food waste.

This exploratory study was conducted to develop and validate an instrument for measuring the social impact of food waste at the household level. A mixed methodology was employed, commencing with a qualitative approach through in-depth interviews and focus group discussions, to identify the social impact of food waste at the household level. This was followed by a quantitative assessment of the questionnaire's validity and reliability. The process involved seven experts for content validity testing, 150 households for face validity testing, and 202 households for reliability testing. The content validity revealed an I-CVI 0.86-1 and a kappa statistic 0.85-1. The face validity demonstrated I-FVI ≥ 0.90 and S-FVI ≥ 0.95. Additionally, the Cronbach's alpha for the reliability test was 0.743. The questionnaire proved to be a simple, valid, and reliable instrument for measuring the social impact of household food waste. •Mixed method used in developing and validating the questionnaire.•Content validity, face validity, and reliability testing to evaluate a newly developed instrument.

School climate and adolescents' prosocial behavior: the mediating role of perceived social support and resilience.

Prosocial behavior is crucial for adolescent socialization and plays a positive role in all aspects of adolescent development. Based on ecosystem theory and self-determination theory, this study aimed to explore the relationship among school climate, perceived social support, psychological resilience, and prosocial behavior. With 1,688 high school students being sampled, we utilized the Perceived School Climate Questionnaire, the Perceived Social Support Scale, the Chinese Version of Mental Resilience Scale, and the Adolescent Prosocial Tendency Scale. The results showed that: (1) school climate, perceived social support, psychological resilience, and prosocial behavior were all positively correlated; (2) perceived social support and psychological resilience could independently mediate the relationship between school climate and prosocial behavior; these two mediating variables could develop a chain mediation effect to influence the link between school climate and prosocial behavior.

Acculturative Stress and Self-rated Health among Hispanic Emerging Adults: Examining the Moderating Effects of the Social Environment and Social Support.

Little is known about the impact of sociocultural stressors such as acculturative stress on self-rated health among Hispanics. We aimed to examine (a) associations between acculturative stress and self-rated health, and (b) the moderating effects of the community of settlement (i.e., Maricopa County, AZ and Miami-Dade County, FL) and social support on the association between acculturative stress and self-rated health. A hierarchical multiple regression model and moderation analyses were conducted using a cross-sectional sample of 200 Hispanic emerging adults from Arizona and Florida. Findings indicate that higher levels of pressure to acculturate are associated with lower levels of self-rated health. Community of settlement functioned as a moderator whereby pressure to acculturate was only associated with lower levels of self-rated health in Maricopa County. Lastly, a three-way interaction indicated that emotional social support mitigated the association between pressure to acculturate and self-rated health in Maricopa County. This study highlights the importance of accounting for community of settlement when examining associations between acculturative stress and health-related outcomes. A finding that may have implications for interventions is that social support may help to counteract the effects of acculturative stress.

The Influence of E-cigarette Warning Labels on Youths' Use Intentions - A Mediation Analysis of Role of Perceived Harm.

Background: Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) were introduced to the United States marketplace in 2007 and had dominated all other tobacco products used by youth by 2014. In May 2016, the Food and Drug Administration extended the final rule to include e-cigarettes in implementing text-based health warnings on cigarette packs and advertising, as required by the 2009 Tobacco Control Act. This study tested the hypothesis that youth's perceived harm of using e-cigarettes mediates the impact of seeing warning labels on their use intentions. Methods: We used a cross-sectional quantitative research design to analyze the 2019 National Youth Tobacco Survey data from 12,563 students in middle schools (grades 6 - 8) and high schools (grades 9 - 12) in the U.S. We conducted the 4-step Baron and Kenny Mediation Analysis using IBM SPSS® Hayes' PROCESS macro analysis. Results: Our study revealed a mediational process's presence, confirming the mediational role of youth's perceived harm of e-cigarettes on the relationship between seeing a warning label and their use intentions. Conclusion: This study provided insights into the relationship between seeing warning labels and the intention to use e-cigarettes among youth. Through the Tobacco Control Act, influential warning labels potentially increase youth's perception of harm in e-cigarettes, lowering their intention to use.

Using the Perceive, Recall, Plan and Perform Assessment of cognitive strategy use with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: Initial exploration of clinical utility.

INTRODUCTION: Culturally safe and meaningful cognitive assessment methods for use with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are scarce. Concerns are raised regarding the efficacy of existing methods in cross-cultural contexts. The Perceive, Recall, Plan and Perform (PRPP) Assessment offers a person-centred alternative whereby cognitive strategy application is examined during performance of culturally relevant everyday tasks. This paper explores its use with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia. METHODS: A critical case study design was applied to examine the effectiveness and relevance of the PRPP Assessment with two Aboriginal Australian people in the Northern Territory of Australia. 'Ivan' and 'Jean' were each receiving occupational therapy through a rehabilitation service over a 6-month period following acquired brain injuries. Ivan and Jean were assessed performing everyday tasks of interest and importance to them as part of routine care. A partnership approach was adopted throughout the process, and both consented to their stories being told. RESULTS: The PRPP Assessment was able to measure changes in Ivan's and Jean's cognitive strategy use and its impact on performance of meaningful tasks. Ivan demonstrated a 46% increase in performance mastery and a 29% increase in cognitive strategy use with most improvements identified in his ability to sense information, initiate action, and continue performance. Jean demonstrated a 71% increase in performance mastery and a 32% increase in cognitive strategy use. Her greatest improvements were in the ability to recall schemes, self-evaluate, and initiate action. CONCLUSION: The two critical case stories shared in this study suggest that the PRPP Assessment has emerging evidence of clinical utility when used with Aboriginal people with acquired brain impairment. The information gained revealed strengths in performance; it was effective in measuring change in cognitive strategy use, was able to inform the goal setting process, and guided intervention to support cognitive strategy use during task performance.

A Comparison of Working Conditions and Workers' Perceptions among On-Site, Telework, and Hybrid Workers in Ecuador during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many companies to adopt different work modalities to ensure their operation during this period. In this study, we described and compared working conditions and perceptions among face-to-face workers, teleworkers, and hybrid workers in Ecuador. A cross-sectional study was conducted with a sample of 542 participants, using a self-report survey to assess sociodemographic data, working conditions, and workers' perceptions. Variables were described and then compared by the Chi-square test, ANOVA, and the Kruskal-Wallis test. The results indicated a higher proportion of on-site workers without higher education and in the public sector compared to the other modalities. At the same time, there was evidence of increased perceived productivity. People in the hybrid modality tended to have more than one job, earning a higher monthly salary, perceiving a decrease in productivity, an increase in daily working hours, and a lower capacity for time management. In addition, most teleworkers reported fair working conditions, a dedicated workspace, and easy adaptation to this work mode. This study builds a more in-depth understanding of how workers perceived their working conditions among work modalities for organizational decision-making because the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic is modifying the ways of working permanently.

The role of family intimacy in playing collaborative e-sports with a Switch device to predict the experience of flow and anxiety during COVID-19 lockdown.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, most people have more time to stay at home and play games together. In particular, so as to maintain social distancing, most people play with their family members. To understand how people's family intimacy affects their game experience and perceived value of playing, the present study applied a boating game, River Survival, played collaboratively via Swtich. People with experience of playing the game with family members were targeted in this study. They were notified via Facebook and Line special interest groups and responded to the questionnaire through a website. Data of 301 respondents were validated, and were subjected to structural equation modeling. The results of this study indicated that family intimacy positively predicted flow experience, but there was no significant relation to gameplay anxiety. Flow experience positively predicted perceived value, but gameplay anxiety did not significantly predict perceived value. The implication of this study is that without intimacy among team members, players cannot experience flow state or perceived game values.

Effects of Sodium Benzoate, a D-Amino Acid Oxidase Inhibitor, on Perceived Stress and Cognitive Function Among Patients With Late-Life Depression: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Sertraline- and Placebo-Controlled Trial.

BACKGROUND: Compared with adults with depression in the general population, elderly depressive patients are prone to poor treatment response, more side effects, and early withdrawal with current antidepressants (which principally modulate monoamines). Whether N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor enhancement can benefit treatment of late-life depression deserves study. This study aims to compare sodium benzoate (a D-amino acid oxidase inhibitor and an indirect N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor enhancer), sertraline (a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor), and placebo in the treatment of late-life depression. METHODS: In this randomized, double-blind trial, 117 patients with major depressive disorder aged 55 years or older received 8-week treatment of 250-1500 mg/d of sodium benzoate, 25-150 mg/d of sertraline, or placebo in 2 medical centers. The primary outcome measures were Hamilton Depression Rating Scale and Perceived Stress Scale scores. RESULTS: Three treatments similarly decreased clinicians-rated Hamilton Depression Rating Scale scores. Compared with placebo, sodium benzoate but not sertraline substantially improved Perceived Stress Scale scores and cognitive function. Sertraline, but not benzoate, significantly reduced self-report Geriatric Depression Scale scores. Benzoate and placebo showed similar safety profiles, while sertraline was more likely to raise low-density lipoprotein than benzoate and placebo. Benzoate-treated patients were less likely to drop out than sertraline or placebo recipients. CONCLUSIONS: Sertraline can reduce subjective depressive symptoms, while benzoate can decrease perceived stress, improve cognitive function, and enhance treatment adherence in late-life depression patients. The results show promise for D-amino acid oxidase inhibition as a novel approach for perceived stress and cognitive decline among patients with late-life depression. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03414931. Registered January 2016.

Transcender la adicción. Una persona no es su adicción / Trascend addiction. A person is not their addiction

Este artículo pretende ser el epítome de una trayectoria, de una línea de actuación mantenida en eltiempo y enmarcada en una visión de la persona, no como objeto de tratamiento, sino como sujetoresponsable y co-constructor de la respuesta a una problemática adictiva.Transcender la adicción es el liberar la mirada de un paradigma arcaico, opresor y estigmatizante.Es, así mismo, establecer una relación horizontal, propositiva y motivante, en vez de la relaciónvertical imperante. Lo técnico no debe priorizar a lo relacional.Transcender la adicción es ir más allá de un diagnóstico; ir más allá de la consideración de enfermedadmental, para poder centrar el proceso en la persona y, fundamentalmente, en la parte sana, en laparte no contaminada, para la consecución de su ser libre, ser libre para.Siendo la identidad una necesidad afectiva, cognitiva y activa, debe constituirse en el pilar básico deltratamiento. No se trata de rehabilitar adicciones, sino generar la posibilidad de que una persona sereencuentre a sí misma en el camino de su existencia.Cierto día se oyó un lamento “yo no soy mi adicción, no me lo hagáis creer” (AU)

This article aims to be the epitome of a trajectory, of a line of action maintained over time andframed in a vision of the person, not as an object of treatment, but as a responsible subjectand co-builder of the response to an addictive problem.Transcending addiction is freeing the gaze from an archaic, oppressive and stigmatizing paradigm. It is, likewise, to establish a horizontal, purposeful and motivating relationship, instead ofthe prevailing vertical relationship. The technical should not favor the relational.Transcending addiction is going beyond a diagnosis; go beyond the consideration of mentalillness, to be able to focus the process on the person and, fundamentally, on the healthy part,on the uncontaminated part, in order to achieve their free being.Since identity is an affective, cognitive and active need, it must become the basic pillar of treatment. It is not about rehabilitating addictions, but generating the possibility for a person torediscover themself on the path of their existence.One day a lament was heard: “I am not my addiction, don’t make me believe it”. (AU)

Trascend addiction. A person is not their addiction / Transcender la adicción. Una persona no es su adicción

This article aims to be the epitome of a trajectory, of a line of action maintained over time andframed in a vision of the person, not as an object of treatment, but as a responsible subjectand co-builder of the response to an addictive problem.Transcending addiction is freeing the gaze from an archaic, oppressive and stigmatizing paradigm. It is, likewise, to establish a horizontal, purposeful and motivating relationship, instead ofthe prevailing vertical relationship. The technical should not favor the relational.Transcending addiction is going beyond a diagnosis; go beyond the consideration of mentalillness, to be able to focus the process on the person and, fundamentally, on the healthy part,on the uncontaminated part, in order to achieve their free being.Since identity is an affective, cognitive and active need, it must become the basic pillar of treatment. It is not about rehabilitating addictions, but generating the possibility for a person torediscover themself on the path of their existence.One day a lament was heard: “I am not my addiction, don’t make me believe it”. (AU)

Este artículo pretende ser el epítome de una trayectoria, de una línea de actuación mantenida en eltiempo y enmarcada en una visión de la persona, no como objeto de tratamiento, sino como sujetoresponsable y co-constructor de la respuesta a una problemática adictiva.Transcender la adicción es el liberar la mirada de un paradigma arcaico, opresor y estigmatizante.Es, así mismo, establecer una relación horizontal, propositiva y motivante, en vez de la relaciónvertical imperante. Lo técnico no debe priorizar a lo relacional.Transcender la adicción es ir más allá de un diagnóstico; ir más allá de la consideración de enfermedadmental, para poder centrar el proceso en la persona y, fundamentalmente, en la parte sana, en laparte no contaminada, para la consecución de su ser libre, ser libre para.Siendo la identidad una necesidad afectiva, cognitiva y activa, debe constituirse en el pilar básico deltratamiento. No se trata de rehabilitar adicciones, sino generar la posibilidad de que una persona sereencuentre a sí misma en el camino de su existencia.Cierto día se oyó un lamento “yo no soy mi adicción, no me lo hagáis creer” (AU)

Humor of the Leader: A Source of Creativity of Employees Through Psychological Empowerment or Unethical Behavior Through Perceived Power? The Role of Self-Deprecating Behavior.

Although we use humor in our daily communication, there still needs to cognize its effects on the attitudes and behavior of the employees. Based on benign violation theory (BVT), the study proposes that leader's humor (LH) conveys social information about counter norms. The BVT has been amalgamated with social information processing theory (SIPT) to develop hypotheses assuming the consequences of LH on the attitude and behavior of the employees. This study hypothesizes that even though LH is linked positively with employee creativity via leader-member exchange and psychological empowerment in sequence (blessing path), it may also send information to the employees about the acceptability of norm violation. This perception ultimately leads to power perception and, causes unethical behavior in the series (curse path). Moreover, this study also postulates that leader's self-deprecating humor (LSDH) moderates these indirect effects by enhancing the blessing and reducing the curse, which emerged from LH. Quantitative data of 630 software engineers from software houses based in Pakistan provided support to test the hypotheses. The results demonstrate that LH is a double-edge sword that enhances blessing (creativity) as well as curse (employee unethical behavior), whereas LSDH augments the blessing and throttles back the curse. Theoretical and managerial implications have also been discussed.

Reframing mental illness: The role of essentialism on perceived treatment efficacy and stigmatization.

People believe that treatments for illnesses are effective when they target the cause of the illness. Prior work suggests that biological essentialist explanations of mental illness lead people to prefer medications or other pharmacological treatments. However, prior work has not distinguished between biological and essentialist explanations. In three studies (total n = 517), we presented adults with vignettes about an individual with an artificial mental illness and manipulated the descriptions to emphasize or de-emphasize essentialist characteristics. Critically, none of the vignettes made reference to a biological basis for the disorder. Participants rated their willingness to interact with the person described in the vignettes and how effective they believed drug treatment and talk therapy would be on the mental illness. Across the three studies, describing mental illness with an essentialist framing led participants to think drug treatments would be more effective, but there was no effect for stigma or perceived effectiveness of talk therapy. This effect appears to be mediated by how much participants essentialized individuals with the disorder. The first framing that participants encountered seemed to shape their reasoning for the remainder of the study, even if they saw conflicting framing later on. The framing manipulation had similar effects for individuals with and without a mental illness. Results suggest that it is important to consider how mental illness is framed to the general public as it might impact people's treatment preferences.

Gender Variability of Perceived Stress and Negative Inferential Feedback in Depression.

BACKGROUND: The role of negative inferential feedback and perceived stress in hopelessness depression is known. However, studies on their gender variability are lacking. The difference in various domains of negative inferential feedback and its impact on cognitive hopelessness, depression, and outcome of psychotherapy between men and women has been hypothesized. AIMS: This study analyzed the difference in stress levels and hopelessness in the form of negative inferential feedback in depressed men and women. METHODOLOGY: In all, 35 men and 35 women suffering from depression were recruited. They were first assessed on the Hamilton's Depression Rating Scale, and their sociodemographical details were recorded. They were then administered the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and the Adaptive Inferential Feedback Questionnaire. RESULTS: Perceived stress in depressed women showed a positive correlation with negative inferential feedback (r = 0.39, P = 0.04). Levels of depression were comparable in the two genders. Comparison between the two genders showed no difference in proportion across the levels of severity of depression (χ2 = 5.44, P = 0.14). Depressed women rated higher stress, mainly in the helplessness domain of the PSS (P = 0.04). Women were shown to have more negative inferential feedback and attribute their hopelessness to more stable and global causes when compared with men (P = 0.04). CONCLUSION: Depressed women perceive more stress and receive more negative feedback, than men, to negative life events. Women attribute their hopelessness to more stable and global causes when compared with men.

An explorative study on coping flexibility with behavioral approach system-activating stimuli: A comparison of people with and without bipolar disorder.

Life events play a significant role in affecting mood symptoms of people with bipolar disorder (BD). However, we lack empirical data about the associations among disorder, mood state, behavioral activation system (BAS) sensitivity, and psychosocial functioning level. Thus, the present study aimed to identify the role of coping flexibility with BAS activating stimuli in relation to mood states among a sample of individuals with BD (n = 90) and a healthy control group (n = 90). Through multiple regressions, the moderating role of coping flexibility was determined. Findings showed that coping flexibility had an additional value in predicting mood states beyond BAS sensitivity and psychosocial functioning level. Specifically, perceived controllability was considerably important for the BD group, whereas fit index was crucial in the controls. In addition, a moderation analysis showed that perceived controllability alleviated the effects of BD diagnosis, BAS sensitivity, and psychosocial functioning level on mood states. Theoretically, this study helps integrate the concept of coping flexibility into the BAS dysregulation theory as it applies to BD. The practical implication for enhancing mindfulness practice is also discussed.

Resilience Resources Moderate the Association of Adverse Childhood Experiences with Adulthood Inflammation.

BACKGROUND: Exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACE) has been associated with elevated circulating inflammatory markers in adulthood. Despite the robust effect of ACE on later health outcomes, not all individuals exposed to ACE suffer from poor health. PURPOSE: The goal of this study was to evaluate whether current resilience resources may attenuate the impact of ACE on inflammatory markers among individuals with elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) levels. METHODS: Participants (N = 174) completed one-time self-report questionnaires assessing ACE exposure within the first 18 years of life and current resilience resources, and provided blood samples for interleukin-6 (IL-6) and CRP. RESULTS: Individuals who were exposed to multiple ACE had greater IL-6 than participants with lesser ACE exposure. However, current resilience resources significantly moderated this effect. Among individuals who reported multiple ACE, higher resilience resources were associated with lower IL-6 levels. CONCLUSION: These data suggest that resilience resources might attenuate the association between ACE and later health outcomes.

Intention of Continuing to use the Hospital Information System: Integrating the elaboration-likelihood, social influence and cognitive learning.

INTRODUCTION: Anticipating effective factors in information system acceptance by using persuasive messages, is one of the main issues less focused on so far. This is one of the first attempts at using the elaboration-likelihood model combined with the perception of emotional, cognitive, self-efficacy, informational and normative influence constructs, in order to investigate the determinants of intention to continue use of the hospital information system in Iran. METHODS: The present study is a cross-sectional survey conducted in 2014. 600 nursing staff were chosen from clinical sectors of public hospitals using purposive sampling. The questionnaire survey was in two parts: Part one was comprised of demographic data, and part two included 52 questions pertaining to the constructs of the model in the study. To analyze the data, structural equation model using LISREL 8.5 software was applied. RESULT: The findings suggest that self-efficacy (t= 6.01, ß= 0.21), affective response (t= 5.84, ß= 0.23), and cognitive response (t= 4.97, ß= 0.21) explained 64% of the variance for the intention of continuing to use the hospital information system. Furthermore, the final model was able to explain 0.46 for self-efficacy, 0.44 for normative social influence, 0.52 for affective response, 0.55 for informational social influence, and 0.53 for cognitive response. CONCLUSION: Designing the necessary mechanisms and effective use of appropriate strategies to improve emotional and cognitive understanding and self-efficacy of the nursing staff is required, in order to increase the intention of continued use of the hospital information system in Iran.

Surgical robotics beyond enhanced dexterity instrumentation: a survey of machine learning techniques and their role in intelligent and autonomous surgical actions.

PURPOSE: Advances in technology and computing play an increasingly important role in the evolution of modern surgical techniques and paradigms. This article reviews the current role of machine learning (ML) techniques in the context of surgery with a focus on surgical robotics (SR). Also, we provide a perspective on the future possibilities for enhancing the effectiveness of procedures by integrating ML in the operating room. METHODS: The review is focused on ML techniques directly applied to surgery, surgical robotics, surgical training and assessment. The widespread use of ML methods in diagnosis and medical image computing is beyond the scope of the review. Searches were performed on PubMed and IEEE Explore using combinations of keywords: ML, surgery, robotics, surgical and medical robotics, skill learning, skill analysis and learning to perceive. RESULTS: Studies making use of ML methods in the context of surgery are increasingly being reported. In particular, there is an increasing interest in using ML for developing tools to understand and model surgical skill and competence or to extract surgical workflow. Many researchers begin to integrate this understanding into the control of recent surgical robots and devices. CONCLUSION: ML is an expanding field. It is popular as it allows efficient processing of vast amounts of data for interpreting and real-time decision making. Already widely used in imaging and diagnosis, it is believed that ML will also play an important role in surgery and interventional treatments. In particular, ML could become a game changer into the conception of cognitive surgical robots. Such robots endowed with cognitive skills would assist the surgical team also on a cognitive level, such as possibly lowering the mental load of the team. For example, ML could help extracting surgical skill, learned through demonstration by human experts, and could transfer this to robotic skills. Such intelligent surgical assistance would significantly surpass the state of the art in surgical robotics. Current devices possess no intelligence whatsoever and are merely advanced and expensive instruments.

Analysis of the surgical operation as perceived by inpatients / 中华医院管理杂志

Objective To learn the extent to which the inpatients perceive the surgical operations to take,for the purpose of safeguarding inpatients' legitimate rights.Methods 1753 inpatients were surveyed with cluster sampling and individual interview,and their medical records were studied to learn their perception of the surgery and the completion of their surgery consent.Results Problems found include poor perception of the operation and poor completion of the surgery consent; significant differences(P＜0.01)are found in their perception of the risk and the complications,as well as their perception of options,and supervision of pre-surgery talks.Conclusion It is imperative to improve the completion of the surgery consent and supervision of the pre-surgery talks,and to provide medical workers with better legal education,for better protection of inpatients' legitimate rights.

Depression Symptom of Nurse and Its Relation to Trait Coping Style,Role Perceive and Personal Control / 中国临床心理学杂志

Objective:To explore the depressive symptom of nurses and its relationship with trait coping style,role perceive and personal control.Methods:425 nurses in the 2nd Hangzhou general hospital completed a battery of questionnaires consisted of part items of SCL-90,Trait Coping Style Questionnaire(TCSQ) and Role Perceive and Personal Control Scale.Results:There are significant correlation among the SCL-90 score,the coping styles,and the control feeling and role conflict.Based on depression factor ,factors of negative coping style,control feeling,role conflict and positive coping style were included in stepwise regression equation.Conclusion:Depressive symptom of nurses was related to trait coping style,role perceive and personal control.