OBJECTIVES A period of economic recession may be particularly difficult for people with mental health problems as they may be at higher risk of losing their jobs, and more competitive labour markets can also make it more difficult to find a new job. This study assesses unemployment rates among individuals with mental health problems before and during the current economic recession. METHODS Us...

background: using appropriate coping strategies has a positive influence on moderating mental pressures caused by infertility and the stress during treatment. using these strategies needs personal skills and they could be influenced by individual’s inner psychological and environmental factors. the aim of this study was to assess the relationship between the attitude toward infertility and copi...

Heinen, J.T.; Roque, A., and Collado-Vides, L., 2017. Managerial implications of perceptions, knowledge, attitudes, and awareness of residents regarding Puerto Morelos Reef National Park, Mexico. Journal of Coastal Research, 33(2), 295– 303. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208. This study explores the perceptions of local residents of Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico, concerning Puerto ...

BACKGROUND South Korea (hereafter, Korea) has witnessed a rapid increase in its suicide rate over the past few decades and currently reports the highest rate among Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries. Conversely, the United States has maintained its suicide rate near the OECD average. The present study examines and compares attitudes toward suicide among colle...

The compensation hypothesis states that governments adopt social programs to compensate individuals for accepting high trade exposure. Previous empirical studies has tested this hypothesis by analysing the effects of international trade on social welfare spending, finding ambiguous conclusions. We test this hypothesis from a different perspective. Using the International Social Survey Programme...

Qatar is exemplary for a country that has experienced fundamental economic and political changes in the last decades. One of the challenges that Qatar faces in achieving the national vision 2030 is the environmental development. This is by management of the environment such that there is harmony between economic growth, social development and environmental protection. Identity becomes an increa...

Recent theoretical contributions depart from the usual practice of treating individual attitude endowments as a black box, by assuming that these are shaped by the attitudes of parents and other role models. Attitudes include fundamental preferences such as risk preference, and crucial beliefs about the world, such as trust. This paper provides evidence on the three main mechanisms for attitude...

Rapid environmental degradation in China makes understanding how perceived exposure to environmental harm influences environmental attitudes and participation in pro-environmental behaviors among the Chinese people crucial. We used a nation-wide survey dataset in urban China to test two hypotheses: experiencing environmental harm directly affects environmental behavior; environmental attitudes ...

Compulsive hoarding, the acquisition of and failure to discard large numbers of possessions, is associated with substantial health risk, impairment in functioning, and economic burden. Despite clear indications that hoarding has a detrimental effect on people living with or near someone with a hoarding problem, no empirical research has examined these harmful effects. The aim of the present stu...

Th e aim of this paper is to describe and analyse attitudes and behaviours of the student population (N=1347) of the University of Rijeka towards environmental issues. Data were collected during the summer semester of the 2015/2016 academic year. Paper seeks to explore the connection between the following measured concepts: socio-ecological orientations, pro-environmental behaviour, ethos types...