In this exploratory study into the world of 8–17-year-old children’s non-formal technology education, two different types education with varying levels non-formality were investigated to see how participants find fun in these situations as it is apparent that if something non-mandatory attend to, there should be some type enjoyment found process. The results analysis suggest are three main ways...

How to secure a sustainable future is currently one of the key challenges across society. Bandura’s theory human agency provides important insights into this question by recognising role individual, proxy and collective in initiating action change. In article, we conceptualise sustainability discuss psychological features competencies that are relevant for supporting education. Agency may manif...

Research has found that neighborhood structural characteristics can influence residents' mental health. Few studies, however, have explored the proximal reasons behind such influences. This study investigates how different types of communities, in terms of environmental stressors (social and physical disorder and fear of crime) and social resources (informal ties and formal organizational parti...

BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT Many countries are giving patients a more active role in health care, on both the individual and collective level. This study focuses on one aspect of the participation agenda on the individual level: self-management. The study explores self-management in practice, including the implications of the difficulties encountered. OBJECTIVE To gain insight into the complexity ...

Researchers have long noted that child support policy for low-income parents may discourage formal child support payments and increase fathers’ participation in the underground economy. Among other factors, low-income fathers may have an incentive to avoid the formal child support system through underground work, since child support order amounts for low-income fathers can be quite high relativ...

Structural equation modeling was used to test a theoretically based model of environmental, family, and child factors as determinants of the leisure and recreation participation of children with physical disabilities. Participants were 427 families and children (229 boys and 198 girls) with physical functional limitations, in 3 age groups (6–8, 9–11, and 12–14 years). Data were collected via ho...