The aim was to identify the means of correction and prevention burnout syndrome in college teachers who switched online teaching during period quarantine caused by COVID-19 pandemic. Descriptive experimental research designs were used achieve aim. Causal relationships defined using one-way analysis variance (ANOVA) correlational analysis. Fisher’s angular transform criterion Mann–Whitney U test...

A retrospective evaluation of attitudinal, behavioural and knowledge change among diverse stakeholder groups was conducted in Limpopo Province of South Africa to assess the effectiveness of a series of values clarification (VC) interventions. Telephone and face-to-face interview (193) results revealed that over two-thirds (70.2%) reported behavioural changes and 93.2% reported increased compass...

The research described in this article was a descriptive study for determining the relationship between the degree of burnout experienced by nurses working in Kocaeli (Turkey), and their personal and professional values. A questionnaire was developed by using information gained from the literature on this subject and from the Maslach Burnout Inventory. The questionnaire was delivered to nurses ...

This pilot study explores the reasons patients have for refusing chemotherapy, and the ways oncologists respond to them. Our hypothesis, generated from interviews with patients and oncologists, is that an ethical approach that views a refusal as an autonomous choice, in which patients are informed about the pros and cons of treatment and have to decide by weighing them, is not sufficient. A dif...

Based on data from a representative survey among more than 2200 households, this paper empirically examines the agreement to the German energy transition in total and to six single energy policy measures, which are components of this challenging national policy approach. Our micro-econometric analysis with uniand multivariate binary and ordered probit models reveals that both economic calculus ...

W HAT one sees, what one observes, is inevitably what one selects from a near infinitude of potential percepts. Perceptual selection depends not only upon the "primary determinants of attention" but is also a servant of one's interests, needs, and values. Can one lean on the slender reed of "the limited span of attention" and its primary determinants to explain the selectivity of perception? Th...

Preconception lifestyle modification and reducing several known risk factors may have 16 an influence on the future pregnancy outcome. The aim of the study was to analyse health behaviour 17 and personal values, as well as to assess the relationship of these factors in women without children, 18 in pregnant ones and in women who had already delivered babies. The questionnaire survey 19 included...

Near-death experiences reportedly foster value transformations and decrease suicidal ideation. Eighty-nine survivors of near-death experiences judged values related to material and social success as less important than did 175 control subjects. Decathexis of personal failures may account for the reported suicide-inhibiting effect.