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Validation of the Short ‐Form 36 Health Survey (SF‐36) for use in Mexican older persons
The objective of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of SF-36 in a sample of 1,915 community-dwelling Mexicans 60 years and older, from two Mexican cities. Item mean scores were lowest in the dimensions of General Health (58.6), Social Functioning (58.9) Role Physical (66.5) and Vitality (67.8), and the highest mean scores were obtained in the Role Emotional (82.2), Mental Health (76.9), Bodily Pain (72.2) an d Physical Functioning (70.3). The SF-36 showed appropriate internal consistency, construct validity, and factor structure. Reliability results showed a Cronbach’s alpha with coefficient for all...
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - November 28, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Impact of Institutional Quality on the Quality of Life in Africa: An Economic Approach
This study examines the impact that institutional quality exerts on the quality of life. Using the 2-step system Generalized Method of Moments technique on panel data covering 2006 through 2018 on 47 African countries, the empirical results indicate that institutional quality, proxied by Political Stability and Absence of Violence, Voice and Accountability, and Control of Corruption have a positive impact on the quality of life. While real income, CO2 emissions, internet, education and globalization were found to exert a statistically significant positive impact, government health expenditure, unemployment, urbanization an...
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - November 27, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Wellbeing Heterogeneity within and Among University Students
AbstractThe widespread international concern over the low average wellbeing of university students shows no sign of abating. Neglected in the debate is a recognition that wellbeing itself is multidimensional and not all components respond in the same way to external and internal pressures. We draw on a large sample survey of first year students who enrolled in a New Zealand university in 2019 and measure their wellbeing using the WHO-5 measuring instrument. Instead of modelling the index itself we address its five individual components. We apply the marginal (population-averages) model using the generalised estimating equa...
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - November 24, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Consumer Financial Capability and Financial Wellbeing; Multi-Year Analyses
This study attempted to fill this gap and examined the association between financial capability and financial wellbeing using pooled cross-sectional data from all five waves of National Financial Capability Studies (NFCS) conducted between 2009 and 2021, covering periods both before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Financial capability was assessed using both a financial capability index and a set of financial capability components. Descriptive statistics revealed that financial wellbeing, as measured by financial satisfaction, showed an upward trend from 2009 to 2021. The financial capability index also exhib...
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - November 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Associations Between Demographic Variables, Psychosocial Health, Quality of Life, and Happiness in the Context of COVID-19
ConclusionPsychosocial health is of considerable importance in individuals in the time of COVID-19. (Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life)
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - November 14, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

The Mixed Blessing of Leaders ’ Artificial Intelligence (AI)-oriented Change Behavior: Implications for Employee Job Performance and Unethical Behavior
AbstractThe rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) has led many companies to embrace AI-oriented changes; leaders ’ AI-oriented change behaviors have therefore become increasingly prevalent in contemporary organizations. However, knowledge on the effects of such behavior remains limited. Additionally, literature on change-oriented behavior (e.g., taking charge, change-oriented citizenship) has uniformly demon strated that it is beneficial for employees, teams, and organizations. We challenge this consensus by revealing that leaders’ AI-oriented change behavior has mixed effects on employee outcomes. In Study...
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - November 14, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Life Satisfaction during the Second Lockdown of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany: The Effects of Local Restrictions and Respondents ’ Perceptions about the Pandemic
This study examines the consequences of the pandemic on subjective well-being. First, we investigate to what extent regional and temporal differences in COVID-19 restrictions can explain individuals ’ life satisfaction in Germany. Second, we examine to what extent “subjective” evaluations of the pandemic are related to life satisfaction. Third, we examine whether these relationships vary with gender, parenthood, and partnership status, or whether relationships changed regarding specific s ub-populations (i.e., mothers, fathers, childless women/ men). Merging representative survey data from the German Family Demograph...
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - November 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Spatial Patterns of Subjective Well-Being on the Aquitaine Coastline, France
AbstractWell-Being, as a mutidimensional concept, has progressively become an essential measure to categorize territories and to evaluate and communicate on their economic, social and environmental performance. Especially, subjective measures are gaining increasing attention for policy makers. In this context, the spatial dimension of the concept of Subjective Well-Being (SWB) has not been sufficiently explored and remains a major challenge for researchers. This paper is an attempt to detect and explain spatial differentiations in the assessment of SWB. To this end, we propose an innovative clustering method (ClustGeo) ada...
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - November 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research