The Burnout Syndrome has been considered a public health issue because of the physical and mental health implications on workers, with clear effect on the quality of life at work. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of the Burnout syndrome in elementary school teachers in the city of João Pessoa, PB, and its relationship with sociodemographic and labor variables. Results showed th...

According to WHO (1996), Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is considered as one of the most incapacitating and a leading cause of disability among anxiety disorders [1]. OCD constitutes either obsessions or compulsions or commonly both. An obsession refers to unwanted or intrusive thoughts, urges or mental images which enter one’s mind repeatedly whereas compulsions refer to repetitive behavi...

In this literature review, the authors suggested that three themes arose from recent vocational psychology literature promoting (a) agency in career development, (b) equity in the workforce, and (c) well‐being in work and educational settings. The authors reviewed research on career adaptability, self‐efficacy beliefs, and work volition with the goal of delineating variables that promote or con...

Forty six cases of epilepsy were identified from the National Survey of Health and Development. An index of social visibility at school was constructed from teachers' reports of survey members' behaviour at 15 years of age. For the sample as a whole this index was significantly associated with poorer educational outcomes, after adjusting for social background and measured attainment, but was no...

This research examines factors that help or hinder the ‘career progress’ of individuals in NCDS through the labour market. We employ different measures of an individual’s status based on earnings. To a large extent this paper is an empirical implementation of the Sicherman and Galor model of Career Mobility (Journal of Political Economy 1990) in that this paper attempts to chart exactly how peo...

OBJECTIVES The objective of the study has been to assess the associations between psychological distress and exposure to workplace bullying, taking into account possible influence of adverse psychosocial job characteristics and occupational burnout in a sample of Kaunas (Lithuania) teachers. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study sample included 517 teachers from 13 secondary schools and was conducte...

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh takut akan kegagalan terhadap prokrastinasi akademik yang dimoderasi status identitas vokasional pada mahasiswa Bidikmisi Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia. dilakukan 227 orang Indonesia tingkat satu, dua, tiga dan empat menggunakan instrumen Academic Procrastination Scale (APS), The Performance Failure Appraisal Inventory (PFAI), Occupational I...

This article examines the relationships between family socioeconomic status (SES) and mathematics achievement across countries while taking into account (a) country’s development (b) types of resources (physical versus human) available at home. The 2012 round Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) data were analyzed using necessary condition analysis (NCA) procedures. study found...

The responsibilities and challenges of Academic Fieldwork Coordinators vary considerably across occupational therapy assistant programs in the United States. In second part a nationwide convergent mixed-method study conducted to identify roles Coordinator, we examined role responsibilities, structural supports, barriers that influence their success satisfaction. described valuable they play sup...