The Quality of Society and Life Satisfaction in China

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The Quality of Society and Life Satisfaction in China

Peer reviewed

Les facteurs influençant la satisfaction des victimes dans un processus de médiation

Mémoire numérisé par la Direction des bibliothèques de l'Université de Montréal.

Modélisation tridimensionnelle des ARN par exploration de l'espace conformationnel et satisfaction de contraintes

Mémoire numérisé par la Direction des bibliothèques de l'Université de Montréal.

Le CRTC et la satisfaction des abonnés du câble : un défi canadien

Mémoire numérisé par la Direction des bibliothèques de l'Université de Montréal.

Comparison between local anaesthetic agents, lidocaine and bupivacaine, in patients undergoing third molar extraction in terms of patient satisfaction.

AIMS: (1) To determine if anaesthetic agent bupivacaine, has a prolonged effect on the period of acute postoperative pain when compared to lidocaine, a shorter acting agent. (2) To determine patient’s post-operative satisfaction and preference with regard to anaesthetic choice. METHODS: This double blind, randomised, interventional clinical trial included 85 patients. All patients had bilateral impacted lower third molars of removed under general anaesthetic. All patients received 0.5% plain bupivacaine on one randomly allocated side, with 2% lidocaine (with adrenaline) administered on the opposite side. Pain was measured using visual analogue scales at 0, 30, 60 minutes and 3, 4, 6 and 8 hours post-surgery. Pain was analysed for 1 week following surgery. Psychological evaluations and patient reported outcomes, including patient satisfaction were evaluated. RESULTS: A significant difference in pain (P=0.001) was seen during the 3-8 hour post-operative period. The upper limit of the 95% confidence interval was 10.0 or above at 3hours and 4 hours post-surgery. Two-thirds of patients preferred bupivacaine. CONCLUSION: Longer lasting anaesthetics such as bupivacaine offer a longer period of analgesia, and improve overall patient satisfaction.

Les facteurs influençant la satisfaction des victimes dans un processus de médiation

Mémoire numérisé par la Direction des bibliothèques de l'Université de Montréal.

Modélisation tridimensionnelle des ARN par exploration de l'espace conformationnel et satisfaction de contraintes

Mémoire numérisé par la Direction des bibliothèques de l'Université de Montréal.

Le CRTC et la satisfaction des abonnés du câble : un défi canadien

Mémoire numérisé par la Direction des bibliothèques de l'Université de Montréal.

Coach Behaviors and Athlete Satisfaction in Team and Individual Sports

The coach can have a profound impact on athlete satisfaction, regardless of the level of sport involvement. Previous research has identified differences between coaching behavior preferences in team and individual sport athletes. The present study examined the moderating effect that an athlete's sport type (i.e., individual or team) may have on the relationships among seven coaching behaviors (mental preparation, technical skills, goal setting, physical training, competition strategies, personal rapport, and negative personal rapport) for predicting coaching satisfaction. Moderated multiple regression analyses indicated that each of the seven coaching behaviors were significant main effect predictors of coaching satisfaction. However, sport type (i.e., team or individual sports) was found to moderate six of the seven relationships: mental preparation, technical skills, goal setting, competition strategies, personal rapport, and negative personal rapport in predicting satisfaction with the coach. These findings indicate that high coaching satisfaction for athletes in team sports is influenced to a greater extent by the demonstration of these behaviors than it is for individual sport athletes.

Just Need Some Satisfaction: Examining the Relationship between Passion for Exercise and the Basic Psychological Needs

Individuals often pursue activities for which they are passionate about, and this passion is operationalized as being harmonious (an autonomous desireto engage in the activity) or obsessive (a controlled desire to engage in the activity) in nature (Vallerand et al., 2003). With regard to harmonious passion, Vallerand et al. (2003) suggests that it is fostered in environments that nurture innate needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness. The purpose of the present study was to explore the nature of the passion-basic psychological needs (competence, autonomy, relatedness) relationship. Kinesiology students (N = 917; Mage = 18.54 SD = 1.66) completed the Passion Scale (Vallerand et al., 2003) and the Psychological Need Satisfaction in Exercise Scale (Wilson et al., 2006). Results from the SEM path analysis indicated that harmonious passion was positively related to competence (SPE = .43) and relatedness (SPE = .43) and obsessive passion was negatively related to autonomy (SPE = -.18)(CFI = .90, RMSEA = .07, SRMR = .07). Implications for exercise participation/enjoyment are discussed.

Experience in Competitive Youth Sport and Needs Satisfaction: The Singapore Story

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between sport experiences and psychological needs satisfaction of Singapore high school athletes who were involved in inter-school competition. A total of 1250 school athletes from 22 sports participated in the study. The athletes were between 13 and 18 years old and had an average of 3 years of experience in school sport (SD=.18). Cluster analysis was employed to identify homogenous groups based on the seven developmental experiences domains of the Youth Experience Survey (YES 2.0; Hansen & Larson, 2005). A one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was conducted to determine whether differences existed among the clusters in terms of psychological needs satisfaction (i.e., sense of autonomy, perceived competence and relatedness). The results of the cluster analysis showed that there were different subgroups of athletes with distinct developmental experiences, and they varied in the degree to which their psychological needs were satisfied. Generally, subgroups that had high levels of positive experiences and low levels of negative experiences in sport had better fulfillment of psychological needs. It is important to ensure that policies and programmes are formulated, delivered and monitored effectively to promote positive experiences for youth who are involved in competitive sports.

Satisfaction level of adults with University Programmes

This research analyses the degree of satisfaction of a sample of 874 students from University Programmes for adults and elderly, from Spain. The investigation is framed along the lines of positive psychology, specifically in Martin Seligman’s proposal, founder of this movement, who advocates that the main objective of this branch of psychological science is to investigate the healthy aspects of human life. The methodology applied is mixed. The level of satisfaction, collected through the survey technique was analysed by the SPSS 20.0 (using method CHAID) statistical program for the quantitative data; and by the Programme Atlas.Ti 6.0 (textual and conceptual analyses) for the qualitative data. The analysed data reveal that students are highly satisfied with the programme, the teachers and their peers. The discussion confirms these results, since it has also stood out in others studies

Error Recovery Performance: The Impact of Leader Behavioral Integrity and Job Satisfaction

This article introduces the concept of error recovery performance, followed by the development and validation of an instrument to measure it. The first objective of this article is to broaden the current concept of service recovery to be relevant to the back-of-house operations. The second objective is to examine the influence of leader behavioral integrity (BI) on error recovery performance. Moreover, the study examines the mediating effect of job satisfaction between BI and error recovery performance. Finally, the study links error management performance with work-unit effectiveness. Data for Study 1 were collected from 369 hotel employees in Turkey. The same relationships were tested again in Study 2 to validate the findings of Study 1 with a different sample. Data for Study 2 were collected from 33 departmental managers from the same hotels. Linear regression analysis was used to test the direct effects. The mediating effects were tested using the mediation test suggested by Preacher and Hayes. In addition, in Study 2, general managers of the hotels were asked to rate the effectiveness of each manager and their respective department. Results from Study 1 indicate that BI drives error recovery performance, and this impact is mediated by employee job satisfaction. Results of Study 2 confirm this model and finds further that managers’ self-rated error recovery performance was associated with their general managers’ assessment of their deliverables and of their department’s overall performance.

Dyades d’attachement et satisfaction sexuelle chez des couples en psychothérapie

Le présent mémoire doctoral a comme principal objectif de déterminer si la dynamique d’attachement entre les deux conjoints (i.e., le pairage des styles d’attachement de chacun : sécure, préoccupé, craintif et détaché) permet de mieux rendre compte de l’insatisfaction sexuelle que le style d’attachement de chacun, pris séparément. Afin d’y parvenir, les conjoints seront pairés quant à leur style d’attachement afin de créer des pairages (3 et 16 pairages). Par la suite, ces pairages seront comparés sur le plan de leur insatisfaction sexuelle tout en tenant compte du genre des conjoints et de certaines covariables (durée de la relation et statut marital). L’échantillon de l’étude se compose de 1078 individus hétérosexuels qui consultent en psychothérapie conjugale (539 couples). Deux questionnaires (le Questionnaire sur les expériences d’attachement amoureux (QEAA) (Experiences in close relationships (ECR) ; Brennan, et al., 1998; traduit par Lafontaine & Lussier, 2003) et le Questionnaire de Hudson (Index of Sexual Satisfaction (ISS); Hudson, 1978; traduit par Comeau & Boisvert, 1985)) sont utilisés afin de mesurer les représentations d’attachement des participants et le degré de l’insatisfaction d’un individu par rapport à sa relation avec un partenaire. Dans un premier temps, une analyse factorielle exploratoire permet de vérifier que le Questionnaire de Hudson comporte une seule composante dans sa structure. Ensuite, une ANOVA à mesures répétées pour le genre des participants (3 (pairage) X 2 (femmes vs hommes)) détermine s’il existe des différences de moyennes entre les dyades d’attachement, et ce, selon le sexe. Les résultats montrent que les pairages vivant le plus d’insatisfaction sexuelle sont celles composés de deux conjoints insécures et ceux étant plus satisfaits sont ceux unissant deux partenaires sécures. Enfin, une ANOVA à mesures répétées pour le genre des participants (16 (pairage) X 2 (femmes vs hommes)) est employée dans le but de déterminer s’il existe des différences de moyennes entre les dyades d’attachement des participants. Les femmes les plus satisfaites sont les femmes préoccupées jumelées à un homme sécure et celles les plus insatisfaites sexuellement sont dans un pairage craintive-craintif. Chez les hommes, les satisfaits sexuellement sont issus du pairage composé d’une femme préoccupée et d’un homme préoccupé et ceux étant les plus insatisfaits de leur sexualité sont les détachés jumelés à une femme détachée. Les analyses présentement également les taux de prévalence des types d’attachement, mais aussi des pairages de ces mêmes représentations, et ce, dans une population clinique. Le type d’attachement sécure semble donc avoir un effet protecteur pour l’insatisfaction sexuelle, tout comme le style préoccupé. Toutefois, la détresse sexuelle apparaît être plus présente au sein des types détaché et craintif.