bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Action learning enhances professional development of research supervisors: an Australian health science exemplar
Authors: Davis Kierrynn , Brownie Sonya , Doran Frances , Evans Sue , Hutchinson Marie , Mozolic‐Staunton Beth , Provost Stephen , van Aken Rosalie 
Published: February 2012

AbstractThe worldwide academic workforce is ageing. At the same time, health and human services workforces are expanding. The preparation of educators to fill gaps in expertise and to position the health sciences for future growth is an urgent need. The findings from a recent action learning project that aimed to enhance the professional growth and development of higher degree researcher student supervisors in a School of Health and Human Sciences are presented. Seven early career researchers and the facilitator met for two hours every two to three weeks over 4 months between April and July 2010, in a rural and regional university in New South Wales, Australia. The processes initiated were a combination of experiential knowledge, referral to relevant published reports, use of an effective supervision checklist, and critical conversations. Learning outcomes centered on higher degree management and supervision pedagogy, communities of practice, knowledge translation, and the establishment of a research culture. The contextual barriers and implications of the methodology and learning outcomes for the professional development of health and human science practitioners, researchers and educators is also discussed.
Comparison of lifestyle behaviors and related factors between Asian American and white adults with prediabetes
Authors: Zhou Qiuping (Pearl) , Oh Kyeung Mi 
Published: February 2012

AbstractThis study compares lifestyle behaviors and related factors between Asian American and white adults with self‐reported prediabetes and identifies covariates/predictors for regular physical activity and adequate intake of fruits/vegetables. Using data from the United States of America Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 302 Asian Americans and 9558 white adults were analyzed. There were no significant differences for participating in regular physical activity or consumption of adequate fruits/vegetables between the two groups. Overall, 40% of the respondents engaged in regular physical activity, whereas less than 25% reported an adequate intake of fruits/vegetables. In the adjusted models, compared to white, Asian Americans were less likely to have impaired physical (OR = 0.54, 95% CI: 0.36 0.80) or mental health (OR = 0.36, 95% CI: 0.21, 0.61), or cardiovascular diseases (OR = 0.59, 95% CI: 0.41, 0.87). The covariates/predictors that relate to the behaviors differed between the groups. We conclude that interventions to increase physical activity and healthy eating for Asian American and white adults with prediabetes should address the different covariates/predictors for each group.
Evaluation of educational program on osteoporosis awareness and prevention among nurse students in China
Authors: Zhang Yin‐Ping , Li Xiao‐Mei , Wang Duo‐Lao , Guo Xiao‐Yuan , Guo Xiong 
Published: February 2012

AbstractThis study assessed a targeted continuing osteoporosis educational program and investigated awareness and prevention of osteoporosis in Chinese female pre‐internship nurse students. A quasi‐experimental study was conducted. The program was presented to 256 nurse students. The baseline knowledge score of the nurse students was low (9.78 ± 3.13). They had inadequate osteoporosis health beliefs, self‐efficacy and related behaviors. The educational program significantly augmented osteoporosis knowledge (Student's pairedt = −13.42,P < 0.001), total osteoporosis health beliefs (Student's pairedt = −4.46,P < 0.001), and the subscale (P < 0.001) except for the perceived barriers to exercising and calcium intake. Participants showed a significant increase in self‐efficacy (Student's pairedt = −6.45,P < 0.001) post intervention. Those who completed the program were better prepared to prevent and manage osteoporosis. Additionally, nurse students became more concerned about bone health of family members, subjects and themselves because of attending the program. Results of this study reinforce the need for osteoporosis‐related continuing education in nurse students before clinical internship.
Impact of technology‐based care and management systems on aged care outcomes in Australia
Authors: McDonald Tracey , Russell Frances 
Published: February 2012

AbstractThis study determined the impact of a computerized care documentation system on client outcomes, regulatory compliance, and staff workloads after 3 years of use. The survey was conducted at an 800‐bed aged care facility, and staff using the computerized care system were invited to participate (n = 112). The survey was an adapted version of the Nurses Computer Attitudes to Technology Inventory, which was refined to make it relevant to the aged care workplace. Four multiple regression models were produced, assessing the impact of the computerized care management system on staff and workload; time; accuracy, and regulatory data; and resident care. The analysis showed that the perceived benefits of the computerized system were influenced by personal attitudes towards computer use and feelings of empowerment related to the computer system. Even those with poor computer skills and feelings of insecurity about using computers believed that there were significant benefits to be gained by using the system. This result has implications with regards to the training and recruitment of staff in the aged care sector, as facilities introduce computerized care systems.
Impact of regional and local anaesthetics on length of stay in knee arthroplasty
Authors: Crowley Conor , Dowsey Michelle M. , Quinn Colm , Barrington Michael , Choong Peter F. M. 
Published: February 2012

AbstractBackground:  Regional and local anaesthetic techniques are thought to improve postoperative pain control and functional outcomes following total knee arthroplasty, potentially leading to a reduction in hospital length of stay.Objectives:  The objective of this study was to evaluate the reporting quality and discuss the clinical findings of the available literature on these modalities that included length of stay as a study outcome.Data sources:  The electronic databases Pubmed, Scopus, Medline, Web of Science and Cochrane library were searched using key words.Review methods:  Eight‐hundred and forty‐three papers were identified in the search. Fifteen of these met the inclusion criteria. Eight further studies were identified from their reference lists to give a final total of 23 studies that were reported against the consolidated standards of reporting trials (CONSORT) 2001 statement checklist.Results:  The mean criteria CONSORT score was 17.3/22 (79%). The majority of studies that compared femoral nerve blocks with placebo or conventional pain management modalities failed to demonstrate a significant reduction in length of stay. All studies that compared femoral nerve blocks with epidurals found no significant difference in length of stay. Only half of the studies comparing local anaesthetic techniques to placebo or conventional pain management methods found a significant reduction in length of stay.Conclusions:  The reporting quality has specific deficiencies in the areas of sample size calculation, randomization whilst there was under‐reporting of blinding. Regional and local anaesthetic techniques have not demonstrated a clear reduction in hospital length of stay. Epidurals and femoral nerve blocks have similar impacts on length of stay.
Levodopa influences striatal activity but does not affect cortical hyper‐activity in Parkinson’s disease
Authors: Martinu K. , Degroot C. , Madjar C. , Strafella A. P. , Monchi O. 
Published: February 2012

AbstractMotor studies of Parkinson’s disease (PD) have shown cortical hypo‐activity in relation to nigrostriatal dopamine depletion. Cognitive studies also identified increased cortical activity in PD. We have previously suggested that the hypo‐activity/hyper‐activity patterns observed in PD are related to the striatal contribution. Tasks that recruit the striatum in control participants are associated with cortical hypo‐activity in patients with PD, whereas tasks that do not result in cortical hyper‐activity. The putamen, a structure affected by the neurodegeneration observed in PD, shows increased activation for externally‐triggered (ET) and self‐initiated (SI) movements. The first goal of this study was to evaluate the effect of levodopa on the putamen’s response to ET and SI movements. Our second goal was to assess the effect of levodopa on the hypo‐activity/hyper‐activity patterns in cortical areas. Patients with PD on and off levodopa and healthy volunteers performed SI, ET and control finger movements during functional magnetic resonance imaging. Healthy participants displayed significant differences in putamen activity in ET and SI movements. These differences were reduced in patients off medication, with non‐task‐specific increases in activity after levodopa administration. Furthermore, the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex showed significant increases in activity during SI movements in healthy controls, whereas it was hypo‐active in PD. This region showed significantly increased activity during ET movements in patients off medication. Levodopa had no effect on this discrepancy. Our results suggest that dopamine replacement therapy has a non‐task‐specific effect on motor corticostriatal regions, and support the hypothesis that increases and decreases in cortical activity in PD are related to the mesocortical dopamine pathway imbalance.
The effectiveness of home‐based individual tele‐care intervention for stroke caregivers in South Korea
Authors: Kim S.S. , Kim E.J. , Cheon J.Y. , Chung S.K. , Moon S. , Moon K.H. 
Published: February 2012

KIM S.S., KIM E.J., CHEON J.Y., CHUNG S.K., MOON S. & MOON K.H. (2011) The effectiveness of home‐based individual tele‐care intervention for stroke caregivers in South Korea. International Nursing Review59, 369–375Purpose:  The purpose of this study was to develop effective intervention programmes that can reduce family caregiver burden as they provide care to stroke patients so that family caregivers can adapt to and deal with the new circumstances from the early stages of stroke. We also intended to verify the effectiveness of the developed programme.Methods:  This study employed a quasi‐experimental design with a repeated‐measures analysis. We included five hospitals specialized in stroke care in Seoul Metropolitan areas. Seventy‐three patients from these hospitals agreed to participate in this study.Results:  The score of family caregiver burden decreased by 8.07 (±18.67) in the experimental group and increased by 1.65 (±7.47) in the control group, which was a significant difference (t = 2.257, P = 0.027) between pre‐ and post‐intervention. The family caregiver burden of experimental group was significantly lower than the control group (F = 3.649, P = 0.033).Conclusions:  The home‐based individual tele‐care intervention, in addition to the hospital‐based group programme, was cost‐effective and supportive in reducing family caregivers' burden by providing relevant information for their needs in timely manner.
Knowledge Benefits of Social Capital upon Repatriation: A Longitudinal Study of International Assignees
Authors: Reiche B. Sebastian 
Published: February 2012

abstractThis study integrates social resources theory and social exchange theory arguments to examine the knowledge benefits that international assignees' host‐unit social capital entails upon repatriation. Specifically, I hypothesize that assignees' host‐unit social capital, operationalized as their number of work group contacts and their proportion of trusted ties at the host unit, positively relates to two specific knowledge benefits upon repatriation: continued access to host‐unit knowledge; and continued transfer of host‐unit knowledge to colleagues in assignees' new positions. Assignees' perceptions of career and repatriation support are expected to moderate these relationships. The hypotheses are tested with a longitudinal sample of 85 inpatriate assignees in 10 German multinationals. I contribute to the literatures on international assignments, social capital, and MNC knowledge flows by explaining how and under what conditions assignees' host‐unit social capital entails knowledge benefits upon repatriation.
Does Ownership Type Matter for Corporate Social Responsibility?
Authors: Dam Lammertjan , Scholtens Bert 
Published: February 2012

ABSTRACTManuscript Type: EmpiricalResearch Question/Issue: This study examines how different types of owners relate to corporate social responsibility (CSR).Research Findings/Insights: We use firm‐level data for more than 600 European firms from 16 countries and 35 industries for 2005. We find that ownership by employees, individuals, and firms is associated with relatively poor corporate social policies of the firms they invest in. In contrast, the holdings by banks and institutional investors as well as those by the state appear to be neutral in this respect.Theoretical/Academic Implications: This study develops and tests notions as to how particular types of owners could have a specific impact on the firm's CSR. The relative value put upon CSR can differ along different types of owners. This results from their different economic roles in society. The study provides empirical support for the relationship between ownership type and CSR policies in Europe. As such, it provides a new focus on the content of shareholder activism, namely that shareholder background has to be taken into account. Another innovation is that we show it is important to account for the multidimensional nature of CSR as well.Practitioner/Policy Implications: This study offers a new perspective for firms, investors and other stakeholders about portfolio investments and CSR. As we find that it does matter who invests, corporate engagement policies can be directed much more effectively. In particular, the investors who act as intermediaries appear to be the most sensitive ones in this respect. Our study suggests that firms should take the background of their shareholders into account in relation to their CSR strategy. Furthermore, our study helps stakeholders to direct their efforts more effectively. It also provides a perspective for executives and investment managers of multinational firms to consider if and how they can create social value next to shareholder value. We suggest that policy makers promote the transparency of ownership information as well as that of CSR performance.
Kindergartners' Temperament, Classroom Engagement, and Student–teacher Relationship: Moderation by Effortful Control
Authors: Valiente Carlos , Swanson Jodi , Lemery‐Chalfant Kathryn 
Published: February 2012

AbstractThe purpose of this study was to examine whether kindergartners' (N = 291; M age = 5 years) effortful control (EC), impulsivity, anger, or shyness predict their classroom participation, school liking, and student–teacher relationship. Parents and teachers reported on children's temperament. Children's EC and impulsivity were also assessed with the Continuous Performance Task. Teachers and children reported on classroom participation and school liking, and teachers reported on the student–teacher relationship. Consistent with predictions, EC was frequently positively related to the outcomes. Both impulsivity and anger were often negatively related to the outcomes. Evidence of a quadratic relation, in the form of an inverted U, between shyness and the student–teacher relationship also emerged. There was evidence that EC moderated many of the main effects. Subsequent analyses for impulsivity and anger demonstrated that the negative relations were often only for children low in EC whereas the negative relation for shyness was for children high in EC. Findings illustrate the utility in considering multiple ways components of temperament relate to early indices of school success.
A Process Model of Parenting and Adolescents' Friendship Competence
Authors: Cook Emily C. , Buehler Cheryl , Fletcher Anne C. 
Published: February 2012

AbstractThis study examined the prospective relationship between negative parenting behaviors and adolescents' friendship competence in a community sample of 416 two‐parent families in the Southeastern USA. Adolescents' externalizing problems and their emotional insecurity with parents were examined as mediators. Parents' psychological control was uniquely associated with adolescents' friendship competence. When both mediators were included in the same model, adolescents' perceptions of emotional insecurity in the parent–adolescent relationship fully mediated the association between parents' psychological control and adolescents' friendship competence. Parental hostility was associated with friendship competence indirectly through adolescents' emotional insecurity. Results contribute to identifying the mechanisms by which parenting affects youths' friendship competence, which is important in informing theory and practice regarding interpersonal relationships in adolescence.
Social Status, Perceived Social Reputations, and Perceived Dyadic Relationships in Early Adolescence
Authors: Badaly Daryaneh , Schwartz David , Gorman Andrea Hopmeyer 
Published: February 2012

AbstractThis investigation examined social acceptance and popularity as correlates of perceived social reputations and perceived dyadic relationships in a cross‐sectional sample of 418 6th and 7th grade students (approximate average age of 12 years). We assessed early adolescents' social status using peer nominations and measured their perceptions of their social status, behavioral reputations, and friendships from a combination of self‐ratings and peer nominations. Social acceptance was positively related to perceptions of social acceptance and friendships and negatively related to perceptions of rejection and a victimized reputation. Popularity was positively associated with perceptions of popularity, rejection, and an aggressive reputation and negatively associated with perceptions of unpopularity and a socially withdrawn reputation. Our results were, in general, consistent with the suggestion that social acceptance is related to perceiving facets of reputations and relationships relevant to forming and maintaining friendships whereas popularity is related to perceiving facets pertinent to gaining social power.
Popularity Contagion Among Adolescents
Authors: Marks Peter E. L. , Cillessen Antonius H. N. , Crick Nicki R. 
Published: February 2012

AbstractThis study aimed to support the theory of popularity contagion, which posits that popularity spreads among friends spontaneously and regardless of behavioral changes. Peer nominations of status and behavior were collected annually between 6th and 12th grades from a total of 1062 adolescents. Longitudinal hypotheses were mostly supported using path analyses, showing (1) that individual popularity could be predicted by friends’ popularity levels over time, even when controlling for stability of individual popularity; (2) that this prediction was not accounted for by behavioral contagion of aggressive or prosocial behaviors; and (3) that individual social preference generally could not be predicted by friends’ preference levels over time. Implications, limitations, and directions for future research are discussed.
Cumulative Risk, Negative Emotionality, and Emotion Regulation as Predictors of Social Competence in Transition to School: A Mediated Moderation Model
Authors: Chang Hyein , Shelleby Elizabeth C. , Cheong JeeWon , Shaw Daniel S. 
Published: February 2012

AbstractThe goals of this study were to examine the additive and interactive effects of cumulative risk and child negative emotionality on children's social competence in the transition from preschool to school and to test whether these associations were mediated by child emotion regulation within a sample of 310 low‐income, ethnically diverse boys. Multiple informants and methods were used to measure contextual risk factors and negative emotionality at the ages of 1.5 and two, emotion dysregulation at the age of 3.5, and social competence in the home at the age of five and in school at the age of six. Results indicated that the relation between cumulative risk and emotion dysregulation was amplified for children with higher levels of negative emotionality. In turn, emotion dysregulation predicted lower social competence across both the home and the school contexts. This study represents an early effort to develop an integrative model of social competence by considering joint contributions of contextual risk, negative emotionality, and emotion regulation.
Reactive Temperament and Sensitivity to Context in Childcare
Authors: Phillips Deborah , Crowell Nancy A. , Sussman Amy L. , Gunnar Megan , Fox Nathan , Hane Amie Ashley , Bisgaier Joanna 
Published: February 2012

AbstractConsistent with Biological Sensitivity to Context and Differential Susceptibility hypotheses, this study found that children who, as infants, were more temperamentally reactive were more sensitive to the quality of childcare they experienced as toddlers, but not to the amount of childcare with peers they had experienced since birth. Children with both highly positively and negatively reactive temperaments were more socially integrated when care quality was higher and less integrated when care quality was lower compared with moderately reactive children. Reactive temperament was not found to moderate relations between care quality or care duration and internalizing or externalizing behavior problems. These findings support the need to consider individual differences among children in evaluating the impacts of childcare.
How Real is Mobility Between Low Pay, High Pay and Non-Employment?
Authors: Pavlopoulos Dimitris , Muffels Ruud , Vermunt Jeroen K. 
Published: February 2012

SummaryThe aim of the paper is to investigate the effect of measurement error on low pay transition probabilities. Our approach combines the virtues of panel regression and latent class models, though it does not require the use of validation or reinterview data. Using British, German and Dutch panel data, we show that the true estimated low pay transition probability is much lower that what previous research has found. This implies that almost half of the observed transitions can be attributed to measurement error. The highest low pay transition probabilities are found in Germany and the lowest in the Netherlands. When applying this correction for measurement error in a multivariate model of low pay transitions, the results indicate that measurement error attenuates considerably the effects of the main covariates, such as training, job change, change in the type of employment contract and shift from part-time to full-time employment.
When, Where and How to Perform Efficiency Estimation
Authors: Badunenko Oleg , Henderson Daniel J. , Kumbhakar Subal C. 
Published: February 2012

SummaryWe compare two flexible estimators of technical efficiency in a cross-sectional setting: the non-parametric kernel stochastic frontier analysis estimator of Fan, Li and Weersink with the non-parametric bias-corrected data envelopment analysis estimator of Kneip, Simar and Wilson. We assess the finite sample performance of each estimator via Monte Carlo simulations and empirical examples. We find that the reliability of efficiency scores critically hinges on the ratio of the variation in efficiency to the variation in noise. These results should be a valuable resource to both academic researchers and practitioners.