We examined the multivariate life-history trajectories of age 0 and age 1 female Gambusia affinis to determine relative effects of age-based and environment-based cues on reproductive investment. Age 0 females decreased reproductive investment prior to the onset of fall and winter months, while age 1 females increased reproductive investment as the summer progressed. The reproductive restraint ...

Embedded in the self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 2000) framework, we obtained self-report data from 418 paid and voluntary coaches from a variety of sports and competitive levels with the aim of exploring potential antecedents of coaches' perceived autonomy supportive and controlling behaviors. Controlling for socially desirable responses, structural equation modeling revealed that great...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To understand the process used by surrogate decision makers who have chosen to withhold and withdraw life-sustaining measures in intensive care units (ICUs). DESIGN Grounded theory. SETTING Multihospital system in central Texas. SAMPLE 17 surrogates who decided to withhold and withdraw life-sustaining measures from patients with a variety of diagnoses, including cancer....

Patients with life-threatening illnesses face great psychological challenges and frequently experience emotional distress. Yet, the end of life also offers opportunities for personal growth and the deepening of relationships. When physical symptoms and suffering are controlled, it is easier to address patients' central concerns-about their families, about their own psychological integrity, and ...

The idea that expanding work and consumption opportunities always increases people’s wellbeing is well established in economics but finds no support in psychology. Instead, there is evidence in both economics and psychology that people’s life satisfaction depends on how experienced utility compares with expectations of life satisfaction or decision utility. In this paper I suggest that expandin...

background: due to the high clinical challenges, differences in coping strategies, and high workload in nurses, there is a need to develop strategies to keep them in the profession. the aim of the present study was to explore the iranian nurses’ coping strategies to deal with intention to leave. methods: a qualitative content analysis was used to obtain rich data. we performed 13 in-depth face-...

entering into the third millennium and current information age, organizations andpeople are increasingly using technologies and networks. in recent decades,technological progresses have rapidly dominated the world. in this vein, theemergence of the internet in different aspects of life is considered to be the greatestdevelopment of the 21st century. the internet, along with technologicaladvance...

by a variety of economic, social, and political policies and forces. These policies and forces—what the WHO describes as the social determinants of health inequities—in turn determine access to life chances and opportunities for health based on social markers of advantage and disadvantage such as race and ethnicity, class, and gender. In this article I explore some of the mechanisms through whi...

An aging population, growing awareness of chronic disease, and access and navigation of health care services prompt much discussion regarding aging in Australia. Debate within academic and policy circles directs attention toward preventive health, with a growing interest in “healthy aging” and “active aging” where quality of life, rather than years of life, is important. There is little doubt t...

Will reading habit influence your life? Many say yes. Reading childhood immunization opportunities to improve immunization rates at lower cost is a good habit; you can develop this habit to be such interesting way. Yeah, reading habit will not only make you have any favourite activity. It will be one of guidance of your life. When reading has become a habit, you will not make it as disturbing a...