What Predicts Older Adults’ Adjustment to Aging in Later Life? The Impact of Sense of Coherence,Subjective Well-Being,and Sociodemographic,Lifestyle, and Health-Related Factors     

Sofia von Humboldt  Isabel Leal  Filipa Pimenta 《Educational gerontology》2013,39(9):641-654

The aim of this study was to build a structural model to explore the predictors of adjustment to aging (AtA) in a community-dwelling older population. A community-dwelling sample of 1,270 older adults aged between 75 and 102 years answered a questionnaire to determine sociodemographic (sex, age, professional and marital status, education, household, adult children, family's annual income, living setting, and self-reported spirituality), lifestyle, and health-related characteristics (perceived health, recent disease, medication, and leisure). Several instruments were used to assert psychological variables, namely AtA, sense of coherence, and subjective well-being. Structural equation modeling was used to explore a structural model of the self-reported AtA, encompassing all variables. Significant predictors are self-reported spirituality (β = .816, p < .001); perceived health (β = .455, p < .001); leisure (β = .322, p < .001); professional status (β = .283, p < .001); income (β = .230, p = .035); household (β = –.208, p = .007); sense of coherence (β = ?.202, p = .004); and adult children (β = .164, p = .011). The variables explain, respectively, 60.6% of the variability of AtA. Self-reported spirituality is the strongest predictor of AtA. Other predictors are perceived health, leisure, professional status, income, household, sense of coherence, and adult children. This study emphasizes the need for deepening the variables that influence older adults’ AtA—in particular, perceived health and further lifestyle-related characteristics—as being relevant for promoting aging well in later life, within a salutogenic context for health care.  相似文献   

The reform process of Portuguese higher education institutions: from collegial to managerial governance     

Bruckmann  Sofia  Carvalho  Teresa 《Tertiary Education and Management》2014,20(3):193-206

Tertiary Education and Management - Portuguese public higher education institutions have been undergoing a major reform process since 2007. The most noticeable changes were introduced by Law...  相似文献   

Circulating a Good Service Model at Its Core: Circulation!     

Edmée Sofia Hernandez  Carol Anne Germain 《Public Services Quarterly》2013,9(2):143-147

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Psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the Éxamen Geronto-Psychomoteur (P-EGP)     

Ana Morais  Sofia Santos  Paula Lebre 《Educational gerontology》2013,39(7):516-527

ABSTRACT

Aging involves concomitant and interrelated changes in sensory, motor, and cognitive function. There is a decrease in psychomotor skills—such as balance, spatial orientation, mobility, and motor coordination—visible in increased difficulties performing daily instrumental activities (e.g., self care and domestic activities). The absence of valid psychomotor instruments for the elderly population to be used by psychomotor therapists can be identified as one of the reasons why there is a scarce research in this area. Currently, in Portugal, psychomotor therapists do not have any specific, validated scale within the psychomotor domain built and/or adapted to guide psychomotor interventions with the elderly population. Therefore, the aim of this study was the translation, adaptation, and validation of the Portuguese version of the Éxamen Geronto-Psychomoteur (P-EGP) in a population of 497 elders, aged between 60 and 99 years, with and without dementia. Results of the study are presented and discussed in terms of the reliability and validity of P-EGP. The results demonstrate that P-EGP appears to be a valid and reliable assessment of psychomotor skills for the elderly population in Portugal. Practical implications and future directions of research are also discussed.  相似文献   

Constructing Scientific Explanations: a System of Analysis for Students’ Explanations     

de Andrade  Vanessa  Freire  Sofia  Baptista  Mónica 《Research in Science Education》2019,49(3):787-807

Research in Science Education - This article describes a system of analysis aimed at characterizing students’ scientific explanations. Science education literature and reform documents have...  相似文献   

Predicting volleyball serve-reception at group level     

Ana Paulo  Frank T.J.M. Zaal  Ludovic Seifert  Sofia Fonseca  Duarte Araújo 《Journal of sports sciences》2018,36(22):2621-2630

In a group-serve-reception task, how does serve-reception become effective? We addressed “who” receives/passes the ball, what task-related variables predict action mode selection and whether the action mode selected was associated with reception efficacy. In 182 serve-receptions we tracked the ball and the receivers’ heads with two video-cameras to generate 3D world-coordinates reconstructions. We defined receivers’ reception-areas based on Voronoi diagrams (VD). Our analyses of the data showed that this approach was accurate in describing “who” receives the serve in 95.05% of the times. To predict action mode selection, we used variables related to: serve kinematics, receiver’s movement and on-court positioning, the relation between receiver and his closest partner, and interactions between receiver-ball and receiver-target. Serve’s higher initial velocities together with higher maximum height, as well as smaller longitudinal distances between receiver and target increased the chances for the use of the overhand pass. Conversely, decreasing alignment of the receiver with the ball and the target increased the chances of using the underhand-lateral pass. Finally, the use of the underhand-lateral pass was associated with lower quality receptions. Behavioural variability’s relevance for serve-reception training is discussed.  相似文献   

Mapping Ethics With the Digital Maps Metaphor: Addressing Raised Eyebrows and Bolded Question Marks in Relation to Developmental Test Methodology          下载免费PDF全文

Sofia J. Frankenberg 《Mind, Brain, and Education》2018,12(1):2-11

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Enhancing the Popularity and the Relevance of Science Teaching in Portuguese Science Classes     

Cecília Galv?o  Pedro Reis  Sofia Freire  Paulo Almeida 《Research in Science Education》2011,41(5):651-666

PARSEL Project emerged from the urgent need to overcome the problem of lack of scientific literacy in the population, which should be a priority in a society where science occupies a central place. Indeed, nowadays for any citizen to participate in a responsible and informed way in society he has to be scientifically acknowledgeable. Nevertheless, not only are scientific levels low in the general population, but also there is an increasing number of students who avoid science and technology courses and related professions. Within this context, PARSEL aims at raising science and scientific courses’ popularity and relevancy as well as at enacting teachers’ professional development. In order to achieve these goals, the PARSEL group developed 54 pan-European modules, which were tested and evaluated by several teachers in several European countries and Israel. Teachers maintained a close relationship with the university, were highly encouraged to appropriate the modules and to adapt them to their local conditions and, also to discuss and share their experiences. In Portugal, modules were tested by a group of eight teachers, and their students. This paper presents data concerning teachers’ evaluation. Data was collected by means of interviews, observation and written documents and reveals that teachers positively evaluated PARSEL’s impact on their own professional development. Furthermore, they considered modules as well as the teaching-learning approach essential for making science learning relevant and popular for their students.  相似文献   

Distance learning technology and service support in Greece: The case study of the Aristotle University over the last decade     

Angeliki Z. Agorogianni  Zaharias D. Zaharis  Sofia D. Anastasiadou  Sotirios K. Goudos 《Education and Information Technologies》2011,16(1):25-39

In this paper we present the distance-learning (DL) environment of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. The technical infrastructure is based on synchronous DL facilities. DL classrooms have been used successfully over the last decade. We present a generic data model for DL service provision. Supplementary services have also been developed in order to provide support for the DL service provision. The use cases of the DL service are described. The pedagogical issues regarding both students and teachers have been investigated using statistical surveys. The findings are presented in this paper. Finally, the conclusion and future work is discussed.  相似文献   

From the Editor’s Desk     

Sofia A. Villenas  Enrique G. Murillo Jr. 《Journal of Latinos & Education》2017,16(3):173-175

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