This study examines the relationships between the volition subsystem, activity pattern, and life satisfaction of 60 elderly individuals. The volition subsystem includes an individual's interests, values, and personal causation. The Occupational Questionnaire (OQ) was developed to measure volition subsystems and activity patterns, and it was pilot tested for reliability and validity. Scores on t...

This study examined relationships between students’ perceptions of course-related interaction and their course satisfaction within the learner-centered paradigm in distance education. A Students’ Perceived Interaction Survey (SPIS) instrument was developed to examine nine separate hypotheses about the nature of course-related interaction. A volunteer sample of 855 students from the 949 students...

UNLABELLED Some individuals with hearing loss choose to be fitted with hearing aids. Compliance is significantly affected by how satisfied patients are with their hearing aids. Patient satisfaction can be assessed through questionnaires and scales. OBJECTIVE To assess the degree of satisfaction of patients fitted with hearing aids. METHOD Scale "Satisfaction With Amplification in Daily Life...

In this paper we elaborate on two specific processes that relate personal values to satisfaction with (financial) services. These processes are reflected in the value percept model and value disconfirmation model. We generalize both models into a new value disparity-disconfirmation model. This model provides testable conditions to evaluate and compare the validity of the value percept disparity...

This study was conducted to determine factors that influence the relationship quality in a retail clothing store setting. Relationship quality comprises two elements, trust and satisfaction. Subjects of this study were taken from customers of two major retail clothing outlets in Penang. The results revealed that all five variables; physical aspects, reliability, personal interaction, problem-so...

The dualistic nature of the present study explored if there existed any relationship between organizational silence, job insecurity, job satisfaction, and burnout among EFL instructors and if job satisfaction me- diated the latent relationships among organizational silence, job insecurity, and burnout. To this end, 120 EFL instructors from different Azad University branches in the Fars pr...

BACKGROUND Job satisfaction is an important focal attitude towards work. Understanding factors that relate to job satisfaction allows interventions to be developed to enhance work performance. Most research on job satisfaction among nurses has been conducted in acute care settings in industrialized countries. Factors that relate to rural nurses are different. This study examined inter-personal,...

As parents’ socioeconomic condition considerably affects their children’s health, in the present paper, parents’ education and its relation with their lifestyle, including breast feeding, nutrition, supplement intake, smoking, and personal hygiene, are studied. Parents’ behavior is an important factor in affecting children’s health status. A cross-sectional descriptive analysis was conducted us...