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Exploring the progression of local transparency considering institutional and g...
Brás, G.; Dowley, K. M.; Marôco, J.Transparency plays a pivotal role in local governance for various well-documented reasons. This study examines the evolution of local government transparency in Portuguese municipalities during the period Transparency International’s Municipal Transparency Index was operational. We apply latent growth models spanning from 2013 to 2017 which demonstrated that local transparency increased during the analysis peri...
The Quality of Life of Older Individuals Following the World Health Organizatio...
Goes, M.; Lopes, M.; Marôco, J.; Oliveira, H.; Fonseca, C.; Mónico, L.; Parreira, P.; Garcia-Alonso, J.; Pinho, LaraThe aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric qualities of the WHOQOL-BREF(PT) (the questionnaire developed by the World Health Organization Quality of Life Grpup for quality of life assessment), when applied to Portuguese elderly people residing in a community setting. The psychometric qualities were assessed by confirmatory factor analysis. A hierarchical second-order model and a third model were per...
Psychometric Qualities of a Core Set to Ascertain the Functional Profile of Por...
Goes, M.; Lopes, M.; Oliveira, H.; Marôco, J.; Fonseca, C.; Santos, M.; Caeiro, J.psychometric qualities of a core set composed initially of 31 codes and extracted from International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, to ascertain the Functional Profile of Portuguese Elderly Citizens, residing in their own home or at a family or friends’ home. Methods: Cross-sectional, descriptive study, with a final sample totaled 351 elderlies. Data collected by health professionals in t...
How to Delineate the General Profiles of Functionality of Citizen’s Aged 65 Yea...
Goes, M.; Lopes, M.; Oliveira, H.; Marôco, J.; Fonseca, C.; Santos, M; Caeiro, C.Objectives: A core set of International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health codes was used, to ascertain the general profile of functionality as a function of biological and sociodemographic characteristics, notably the age of the citizens. Methods: Data were collected by health professionals in the participants’ houses. The factorial validity of the construct was assessed by a confirmatory fac...
A Nursing Care Intervention Model for Elderly People to Ascertain General Profi...
Goes, M.; Lopes, M.; Oliveira, H.; Fonseca, C.; Marôco, J.A core set of International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health codes was used to ascertain general profiles of functionality as a function of biological and sociodemographic characteristics and to develop structured nursing interventions in accordance with self care deficits identified by studying self care behavior for elderly people living in both extensively and sparsely populated rural are...
A Nursing Care Intervention Model for Elderly People Adopting Self-care as a Ce...
Goes, M.; Lopes, M.; Oliveira, H.; Marôco, J.; Fonseca, C.; Santos, M.; Caeiro, J.Objectives: A core set of International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health codes was used, to ascertain the general profile of functionality as a function of biological and sociodemographic characteristics and to determine systematized nursing interventions in accordance with self-care needs identified with the study of self-care behavior, in elderly living in extensive and sparsely populated ...
Higher education students’ achievement emotions and their antecedents in e-lear...
Raccanello, D.; Balbontín-Alvarado, R.; Bezerra, D. da S.; Burro, R.; Cheraghi, M.; Dobrowolska, B.; Fagbamigbe; A. F.; Ezzat Faris; M.; França, T.The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has had a wide range of negative consequences for higher education students. We explored the generalizability of the control-value theory of achievement emotions for e-learning, focusing on their antecedents. We involved 17019 higher education students from 13 countries, who completed an online survey during the first wave of the pandemic. A structural equation model reveal...
Burnout and dropout intention in medical students: The protective role of acade...
Alves, S. A.; Sinval, J.; Neto, L. L.; Marôco, J.; Ferreira, A. G.; Oliveira, P.Introduction The influence of burnout, academic engagement, and their interaction in dropout intention among medical students should be further studied. Current research shows its consequences are relevant, however, there is little understanding on burnout and academic engagement moderation in dropout intention. The current study tested a model that relates the effects of coping strategies, social support satis...
Openness Toward Organizational Change Scale (OTOCS): Validity evidence from Bra...
Sinval, J.; Miller, V.; Marôco, J.Openness toward organizational change is central to employees’ responses to organiza- tions’ strategic actions. This study aims to assess the validity evidence of the Openness Toward Organizational Change Scale (OTOCS) by examining the internal structure of the measure (e.g., dimensionality, reliability, measurement invariance) and its relations with other variables such as quality of work life, burnout, job sa...
Academic student satisfaction and perceived performance in the e-learning envir...
Keržič, D.; Alex, J. K.; Alvarado, R. P. B.; Bezerra, D. da S.; Cheraghi, M.; Dobrowolska, B.; Fagbamigbe, A. F.; Faris, M. E.; França, T.The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically shaped higher education and seen the distinct rise of e-learning as a compulsory element of the modern educational landscape. Accordingly, this study highlights the factors which have influenced how students perceive their academic performance during this emergency changeover to e-learning. The empirical analysis is performed on a sample of 10,092 higher ed...