The aims of this study were to assess the quality of life (QOL) in people with spinal cord injury (SCI) following the earthquake in China (2008) and to identify the most important areas of rehabilitation. All study participants (14 people with SCI) completed a closedquestion social questionnaire, Life Satisfaction Questionnaire, and Aims of Rehabilitation Questionnaire. The most satisfying area...

This longitudinal panel study investigated predictors of career adaptability development and its effect on development of sense of power and experience of life satisfaction among 330 Swiss eighth graders. A multivariate measure of career adaptability consisting of career choice readiness, planning, exploration, and confidence was applied. Based on Motivational Systems Theory four groups of pred...

The Vocational Interest-Career Examination (VOICE) is an Air Force instrument designed to assess vocational interests among Air Force enlistees. Its development and validation are described by Alley and Matthews (1982). In * ^"^) addition, job satisfaction can be predicted by the VOICE (Alley, Wilbourn, & Si Berberich, 1976). Job satisfaction has been found to be related to fatigue, (^ dissatis...

BACKGROUND An international six-centre randomised controlled trial comparing individual placement and support (IPS) with usual vocational rehabilitation for people with serious mental illness found IPS to be more effective for all vocational outcomes. AIMS To determine which patients with severe mental illness do well in vocational services and which process and service factors are associated...

This study aims to explore vocational high school students’ attitudes toward integrating blended learning into situational writing, and the learning effectiveness of that integration. A total of 84 vocational high students were divided into an experimental group and a control group. The experimental group received writing instruction through an online platform, whereas the control group receive...

The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between: 1) organizational climate with teacher job satisfaction, 2) commitment satisfaction and 3) together satisfaction. research was conducted at SMK in Ciracas District, East Jakarta a population 362 teachers. Using Slovin formula an error rate 0.05, simple random sample 191 teachers taken. Test hypothesis using correlation test. For ...

BACKGROUND This experiment evaluated the effectiveness of 2 approaches to vocational services for persons with severe mental disorders: (1) individual placement and support (IPS), in which employment specialists within the mental health center help patients to obtain competitive jobs and provide ongoing support, and (2) enhanced vocational rehabilitation (EVR), in which stepwise vocational serv...

Background: This study assessed health promoting lifestyle behaviors (HPLP) among apprentices trained in the Kayseri Turkey Vocational Education Center. Methods: This descriptive study was performed in 2012 in a province of Turkey. The study group included a cohort of 332 students attending the Vocational Education Center. All data were collected by using a 54-item (6-item related with socio-de...

Labour costs account for 40 % of all the costs in German horticulture. Employee satisfaction has a significant impact on the economic and social sustainability of horticultural companies. Traditional linear relationships between environmental characteristics and subjective job satisfaction have been assumed in psychological research. Warr (2007) challenged this conception with the non-linear vi...