Objectives An emerging body of literature links stressors or obstacles (e.g., compliance to an unemployment benefit eligibility requirement) poor job search quality, questioning the effectiveness such requirements in helping unemployed find employment. We investigate whether requirement affects person's perception time pressure, which theory relates quality and itself is hard gauge. Methods con...

The study of growth and perceived benefit after traumatic events has been hailed as one of the most promising directions for stress research. This research, however, has been limited by several methodological limitations. These limitations are addressed in this prospective study, which examines perceived benefit and mental health adjustment after 3 different types of disaster. Survivors of a to...

Introduction: The present study aimed at determining the effect of social media on breast cancer knowledge and health behaviors of the women. Methods: The data were collected from 476 women who had willing to participate in the study, using Google forms on social media from February to May 2018. Results: The results indicated that the time spent on social media decreased, and self- efficacy a...

The purpose of this research was identifying socio-economic characteristics affected on respondents’ participation in contract farming. The survey was conducted using structured questionnaire in populous states namely Kedah, Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang, Perak, Selangor and Johor in Peninsular Malaysia. A total of one-hundred and sixty seven FFV farmers were randomly selected and personally int...

Forty-one high-school students evaluated each of 30 activities (e.g. smoking, drinking, drug use, sex) on each of 14 characteristics of perceived risk and perceived benefit. They also indicated whether they themselves engaged in the activities. Adolescents who participated in an activity perceived the risks to be smaller, better known, and more controllable than did non-participants. Participan...

Introduction: The present study aimed at determining the effect of social media on breast cancer knowledge and health behaviors of the women. Methods: The data were collected from 476 women who had willing to participate in the study, using Google forms on social media from February to May 2018. Results: The results indicated that the time spent on social media decreased, and self- efficacy a...

Research on how immigrants are perceived by locals has flourished extensively within the past decades. Through lens of integrated threat theory and benefit model, this study examines immigrants’ perceptions Finns tend to perceive them based their lived experiences. In a sample 103 from over 40 nationalities living in Finland, results indicate that overall, believe they more as than Finnish soci...