Differences in fatigue and psychological distress across occupations were examined among 8521 employees participating in the Maastricht Cohort Study of "Fatigue at Work." Additional information on the perceived psychosocial work environment was incorporated. A total of 131 occupations, classified according to the Netherlands Standard Classification of Occupations 1992, were studied. Results sho...

Unfortunately just a few number of children and adolescents use sufficient amounts of fruit and vegetables. This study aimed to investigate the association between fruit and vegetables consumption and perceived self-efficacy, outcome expectations and outcome evaluation in adolescent girls in Shahrekord city.This is a descriptive analytic study conducted on 308 high school girls (first grade) wh...

BACKGROUND Studies show that hospital built environments can affect physical and psychological outcomes and healthcare satisfaction in adults, but pediatric research is sparse. OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of the built environment on hospitalized pediatric hematology-oncology patients and their parents by testing the hypothesis that perceived built environment satisfaction mediates th...

A model hypothesizing relationships between work environment variables (perceived coworker support, task interdependence) and work outcome variables (job satisfaction, job performance, organizational citizenship behavior) through a mediator variable (felt responsibility) was tested. Data from 141 law enforcement officers supported the hypothesized relationships. Perceived coworker support and t...

Image quality is generally estimated under a controlled environment. However, given the increasing number of images being viewed on observers' own displays, it becomes of interest to understand what might affect the perceived image quality in an uncontrolled environment. In the paper, an experiment conducted to learn the impact of the display white point on the perceived image quality by observ...

understanding the antecedents and consequences of customer satisfaction in the mobile communications market is important. this study explores the effects of service quality, trust and perceived value on customer satisfaction, which, in turn, affects continuance intention of mobile services. service quality and customer satisfaction were measured by multiple dimensions. a research model was deve...

This study empirically examines the acceptance of new information systems in a commercial bank environment. The modified technology acceptance model is used to examine organizational acceptance, staff satisfaction, superior satisfaction, customer satisfaction, system reliability, user friendliness, perceived usefulness, and perceived ease of use. The results show perceived usefulness and percei...

BACKGROUND The purposes of this study were to: 1) explore the potential role of sex in the association between the perceived environment and walking; and 2) determine the efficacy of an Internet-based research platform for collecting population-level physical activity and correlates data. METHODS Visitors to the Canada on the Move website were asked questions about their demographics, physica...

OBJECTIVES The primary aim was to examine the relationships between perceived and objective measures of the neighbourhood environment, measured in late infancy, and subsequent overweight (including obesity) in 3-year-old children and their mothers. The secondary aim was to assess whether moving residence confounded these relationships. METHODS We analysed data on 8 154 children and their moth...

INTRODUCTION Environmental supports for physical activity may help residents to be physically active. However, such supports might not help if residents' perceptions of the built environment do not correspond with objective measures. We assessed the associations between objective and perceived measures of the built environment among adults in Cuernavaca, Mexico, and examined whether certain var...