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Wang R, Yu H, Han X, Yang Y, Chen D, Niu Q, Liu Y, Zhou M, Zhu X, Zhang Y. Identifying the personal characteristics of decent work perception for nursing students in China using latent profile analysis. BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION 2024; 24:315. [PMID: 38509488 PMCID: PMC10953217 DOI: 10.1186/s12909-024-05206-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
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BACKGROUND Given the importance of perceptions of decent work for nursing students' future career choices, we attempted to determine potential classifications and characteristics of nursing students' perceptions of decent work so that targeted interventions could be developed. METHODS A convenience sample of 1004 s- to fourth-year nursing students completed the General Information Questionnaire, Self-Regulatory Fatigue Scale, Occupational Identity Questionnaire, and Decent Work Perceptions Scale in a cross-sectional survey in Heilongjiang Province, China, resulting in 630 valid questionnaires with a valid return rate of 62.75%. Nursing students' perceptions of decent work were defined using descriptive and regression analysis. RESULTS Latent profile analysis (LPA) identified three subgroups: low perceived decent work group, medium perceived decent work group, and high perceived decent work group, accounting for 4.76%, 69.37%, and 25.87% of the sample, respectively. The results of unordered multiclass logistic regression show that nursing students with relatively low levels of perceived decent work are more likely to have a low professional identity, a lack of respect for nursing seniors, an involuntary choice of nursing major, and a low family income. CONCLUSION Different types of nursing students have different perceptions of decent work, and these universities and related departments can use different educational guidance strategies.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ruijing Wang
- Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Prenatal Diagnostic Center, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, 150000, China
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- Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, 150000, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150000, China
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- Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, 150000, China
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- Nursing General Teaching and Research Department, Heilongjiang Nursing College, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, 150000, China
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- Student Work Department, Research Institute, Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, 150000, China
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- Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Student Work Department, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, 150000, China
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- Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, 150000, China
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- Research Department, Second Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, 150000, China
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- Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Student Work Department, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, 150000, China.
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Zammitti A, Moreno-Morilla C, Romero-Rodríguez S, Magnano P, Marcionetti J. Relationships between Self-Efficacy, Job Instability, Decent Work, and Life Satisfaction in A Sample of Italian, Swiss, and Spanish Students. Eur J Investig Health Psychol Educ 2023; 13:306-316. [PMID: 36826207 PMCID: PMC9955210 DOI: 10.3390/ejihpe13020023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2022] [Revised: 01/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/25/2023] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Recent research has shown that self-efficacy has a positive relationship with life satisfaction and with the perception of access to decent work. On the other hand, a perception of instability regarding the profession is negatively correlated with these dimensions. Few authors have studied these constructs within the same research. Therefore, the aim of the study was to fill this gap in the literature by testing a structural equation model in which the perception of access to decent work could mediate between perceived self-efficacy in one's training and life satisfaction, and between perceived instability of the profession and life satisfaction. Data was collected through an online research survey. Five hundred and seventeen university students (104 males and 413 females) aged between 18 and 30 years (M = 22.50; ds = 2.61) from three different countries participated: 181 were Italian, 173 were Swiss, and 163 were Spanish. The results only partially confirmed our model. The idea of finding a decent work mediates the relationship between perceived job instability and life satisfaction, but not between self-efficacy and life satisfaction. Perceived self-efficacy together with the idea of finding a decent work have a direct effect on life satisfaction. In career development, counselors must take into account what the perception of job instability entails for students, which may be demotivating and not allow future workers to imagine a decent job.
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- Andrea Zammitti
- Department of Educational Sciences, University of Catania, 95124 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Research and Assessment Methods in Education, School of Education, University of Seville, Campus Pirotecnica s/n, 41013 Seville, Spain
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- Department of Research and Assessment Methods in Education, School of Education, University of Seville, Campus Pirotecnica s/n, 41013 Seville, Spain
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- Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Kore University, Cittadella Universitaria, 94100 Enna, Italy
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- Department of Education and Learning, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, 6600 Locarno, Switzerland
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Zammitti A, Russo A, Ginevra MC, Magnano P. "Imagine Your Career after the COVID-19 Pandemic": An Online Group Career Counseling Training for University Students. Behav Sci (Basel) 2023; 13:bs13010048. [PMID: 36661620 PMCID: PMC9855113 DOI: 10.3390/bs13010048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2022] [Revised: 12/28/2022] [Accepted: 01/03/2023] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively influenced the psychological well-being of people around the world; university students have experienced feelings of fear of the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the intolerance of uncertainty, and a worsened quality of life, related to the reduction of social contacts. Scholars all around the world widely suggest the need to take care of this issue, proposing solutions to support students' adjustment in the post-pandemic period. The literature on positive psychology and the life design approach has identified multiple psychological resources, the character strengths, that can sustain people's life satisfaction and well-being in changing contexts, including their university experience. We proposed an online group career counseling intervention for 30 Italian university students (experimental group) to promote university students' psychological resources and mitigate the long-term negative implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on life satisfaction. The other 30 students formed the control group. We found that the students engaged in the online group career counseling intervention evidenced, at the post-test, higher levels than the pre-test of (a) resilience, (b) subjective risk intelligence, (c) career adaptability, (d) self-efficacy, (e) optimism, (f) hope, (g) life satisfaction, and lower levels than the pre-test of (h) fears of COVID-19 pandemic. No differences at Time 1 and Time 2 were found in the control group. Implications for future research and practice will be discussed.
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- Andrea Zammitti
- Department of Educational Sciences, University of Catania, 95124 Catania, Italy
- Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology, University of Padova, 35139 Padova, Italy
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- Department of Educational Sciences, University of Catania, 95124 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology, University of Padova, 35139 Padova, Italy
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- Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Kore University, Cittadella Universitaria, 94100 Enna, Italy
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Zambelli C, Marcionetti J, Rossier J. Representations of decent work and its antecedents among vocational guidance and career counselling specialists. BRITISH JOURNAL OF GUIDANCE & COUNSELLING 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/03069885.2022.2124401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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- Camilla Zambelli
- University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Locarno, Switzerland
- Research Center in Vocational Psychology and Career Counselling (CePCO), Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Locarno, Switzerland
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- Research Center in Vocational Psychology and Career Counselling (CePCO), Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Gori A, Topino E, Svicher A, Schuldberg D, Di Fabio A. Insight orientation scale: A promising tool for organizational outcomes-A psychometric analysis using item response theory. Front Psychol 2022; 13:987931. [PMID: 36118493 PMCID: PMC9479453 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.987931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2022] [Accepted: 08/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Insight is a construct carried out into different theoretical orientations with increasing application out of the boundaries of clinical psychology. Recent studies have investigated insight also as a promising variable for organizational outcomes. Given the relevance of Insight in promoting change, this paper aimed at describing the psychometric analysis of one of the shortest, most agile, and most versatile tool for measuring some of the characteristics of insight, the Insight Orientation Scale (IOS), using Item Response Theory. To achieve this goal, we applied a Mixed Rash Model to the IOS. Data from 1,445 individuals were analyzed by the means of WIN-MIRA and Multilog. Based on the likelihood statistics (CAIC) we assumed a three-class solution for the IOS. Results also indicated that the greater part of items had good discrimination and threshold parameters. These findings confirmed psychometric stability of the IOS highlighting its measurement precision, supporting its utility in both research and practice.
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- Alessio Gori
- Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy
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- Department of Human Sciences, LUMSA University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Education, Languages, Intercultures, Literatures and Psychology (Psychology Section), University of Florence, Firenze, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT, United States
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- Department of Education, Languages, Intercultures, Literatures and Psychology (Psychology Section), University of Florence, Firenze, Italy
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Zammitti A, Russo A, Santisi G, Magnano P. Personal Values in Relation to Risk Intelligence: Evidence from a Multi-Mediation Model. Behav Sci (Basel) 2021; 11:bs11080109. [PMID: 34436099 PMCID: PMC8389275 DOI: 10.3390/bs11080109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2021] [Revised: 07/24/2021] [Accepted: 07/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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In a risk society, personal values can be important resources, useful for managing uncertainty and guiding people in the perception of risk. The goal of this article is to explore the relationship between risk intelligence and personal values. The participants were 731 Italian adults aged between 18 and 65 years (M = 30.25; DS = 10.71). The survey was composed of the following measures: Subjective Risk Intelligence Scale and Portrait Values Questionnaire. Data analyses have found significant relationships between some types of personal values and risk intelligence: subjective risk intelligence is negatively related to conservation and positively related to openness to change and self-transcendence, but it was not related to self-enhancement. Furthermore, values of openness to change and self-transcendence mediate the relationship between age and subjective risk intelligence, while conservation values and self-enhancement values did not mediate the same relationship. Implication for practice and future research will be discussed.
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- Andrea Zammitti
- Department of Educational Sciences, University of Catania, 95124 Catania, Italy; (A.Z.); (G.S.)
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- Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Kore University, 94100 Enna, Italy;
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- Department of Educational Sciences, University of Catania, 95124 Catania, Italy; (A.Z.); (G.S.)
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- Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Kore University, 94100 Enna, Italy;
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Di Fabio A, Svicher A. The Psychology of Sustainability and Sustainable Development: Advancing Decent Work, Inclusivity, and Positive Strength-Based Primary Preventive Interventions for Vulnerable Workers. Front Psychol 2021; 12:718354. [PMID: 34385966 PMCID: PMC8353074 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.718354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Accepted: 06/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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This study discusses the contribution of the psychology of sustainability and sustainable development to the wellbeing of vulnerable workers. The psychology of sustainability and sustainable development is a current area of the research study in the field of sustainability science. It deals with sustainability as a framework to recognize and integrate the value of the psychological approach in the construction of processes linked to sustainable development. Accordingly, the psychology of sustainability and sustainable development could provide sustainable development processes for the employment of vulnerable workers. The contribution starts with the definition of the coordinates of a sustainable development process for vulnerable workers, anchoring it to the principles of decent work and inclusivity. Subsequently, positive variables involved in the sustainable development processes and their relationship with decent work and inclusivity are discussed. Moreover, positive healthy organizations are introduced as work environments capable to take care of the wellbeing, also, of vulnerable workers. Lastly, the applications of positive strength-based primary preventive interventions for vulnerable workers are analyzed. Perspectives for further research studies and interventions are also examined.
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