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Volume 2, Issue 1

  • 2016, March

    editorial

    Teaching Statistics: Am I the Lone Dinosaur?Open Access

    N. Clayton Silver*
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17140/PCSOJ-2-e003
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  • 2016, April

    original research

    The Symbolism as a Cheap Channel Code: The Symbolic Language’s Role in CognitionOpen Access

    Márlon Henrique Teixeiral*
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17140/PCSOJ-2-109
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  • 2016, May

    review

    Expected Agreement Coefficient for Norm-Referenced Tests With Classical Test TheoryOpen Access

    Rashid S. Almehrizi*
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17140/PCSOJ-2-110
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  • 2016, June

    original research

    Accessibility of Chronic Pain Treatment for Individuals Injured in a Motor Vehicle AccidentOpen Access

    Eleni G. Hapidou*, Kassandra V. Mollica and Kayli M. Culig
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17140/PCSOJ-2-111
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  • 2016, June

    original research

    Intertarget Distractors and Input Filter Compatibility in the Attentional BlinkOpen Access

    Benoit Brisson* and Marie-Ève Bourassa
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17140/PCSOJ-2-112
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  • 2022, February

    retrospective study

    Assessing Organizational Role Stress of Employees in Public and Private SectorsOpen Access

    Anirudh Katyal, Deepika Behera, Naman Jassal* and Prerona Chakraborty
    DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.17140/PCSOJ-8-164
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    Introduction
    Work plays a vital role in most people’s lives, and thus the impact of stress in the workplace is a significant issue. Since organisational role stress (ORS) has detrimental effects on both the organisation and employee, managing role pressures has greater importance.
    Objective
    This study analysed the comparative organisational role stress between India’s public sector and private sector workers. It also fulfilled its objective of ranking stressors to contribute to total ORS.
    Materials and Methods
    This descriptive-comparative analytical study selected 92 employees (41 private sectors and 51 public sectors) from different organisations in India. The study administered the organisational role stress scale developed by Udai Pareek to employees of both groups. For analysis independent sample t-test were used in the study.
    Results
    The study reveals that public sector employees score higher than private-sector employees in almost all scale dimensions other than role stagnation. Data analysis also inferred that inter-role stressor was the maximum contributor to overall organisational role stress, and the two groups differed most in the dimension of role overload.
    Conclusion
    These have important implications in policy-making to ensure enhanced well-being and productivity.
    Keywords
    Stress; Organisational role stressors; Causes of stress; Workplace stress; Coping strategies; Public and private sector; The stress of Indian employees.


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  • 2021, February

    systematic review

    A Shared Information Technology-Business-Health Model: Lessons for Healthcare Leaders on Integrating Technology from InvestmentOpen Access

    Donald M. Hilty*, John Luo, Evangelina Giron and Dong-Gil Ko
    DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.17140/PCSOJ-7-159
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    Objective: Technology is rapidly shifting our day-to-day existence, education, social relationships, health care and business. Psychiatric leaders have slowly explored telepsychiatric services – but few have an approach to technology in general–due to
    competing clinical, educational and research demands. Technology has typically been added on, rather than integrated, to institutional functions.
    Method: This narrative review used a literature search of Medline, PsycNET, PsycINFO, Embase, Cochrane, SpringerLink, Scopus, ABI/Inform, Business Source Complete, and Web of Science, using subject headings and keywords along with a manual search of reference lists of articles published by November 2020. The keywords explored four areas: 1) business; 2) service delivery; 3) system change; and 4) technology. Articles were reviewed by title/abstract, full text review and review of references. They were included if they discussed integration of technology into health care and compared literature from medicine/health, psychiatry/behavioral health, business, technology, leadership and health care administration. The goal was to explore how medicine/psychiatry has integrated technology compared to business, and apply business approaches to health care and training.
    Results: From a total of 2,710 potential references, two authors found 327 eligible for full text review and found 69 papers directly relevant to the concepts. Business and medicine/psychiatry have similarities/differences from both historical and contemporary views. Many health care systems and companies lack a strategic plan for technology and focus only on short-term due to administrative demands. Clinical informatics is a rapidly expanding area and would be central to this process. It has started to facilitate patient-centered care as defined by quality, affordable, and timely health care. While in principle information systems use integrative approaches, electronic health records, electronic means of communications with patients and staff, behavioral health indicators and related digital advances are often added to existing systems rather than integrated. Effective businesses use integrative approaches to share domain knowledge and streamline practices to link information technology (IT) with research and development, production, financing and marketing management. A case example highlights the IT strategy and business leaders’ comments in shifting to straight through processing (STP) from the banking industry for investments. It also exemplifies a model of shared IT-business understanding, which improves performance via efficiency, quality of data/information processing/integration and managerial teamwork.
    Conclusion: When it is integrated into health care service delivery workflow, evaluated and quality improved, IT facilitates the translation of strategic planning into organizational change. Incremental versus strategically innovative approaches to technological integration for care, education and administration are considered. Successful implementation requires a needs and impact assessment for patients, staff, clinicians and leaders across all levels of the organization. Benefits to the mission, limited disruptions of core operational workflow and reasonable costs reduce the likelihood of failure.
    Keywords
    Health care; Business; Information technology; Shared; Leadership; Understanding; Straight through processing.


  • 2021, February

    opinion

    My 84-Year-Old Mother Lost Her Wedding Ring?Open Access

    Michael S. Kennedy*
    DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.17140/PCSOJ-7-160
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  • 2021, April

    original research

    Psychological Effects of Coronavirus Disease 2019 on StudentsOpen Access

    Sreeja R. Kuppam*
    DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.17140/PCSOJ-7-161
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    Background
    This qualitative study investigated the psychological effects on 21 U.S. high school students during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
    Aim
    The study aimed to identify and assess the pandemic’s effect on the mental health of these students.
    Method
    To determine the stress and anxiety students faced during the pandemic, an online survey used five open-ended questions that focused on awareness of the pandemic surrounding the major themes of insight, stress, anxiety, social support, and adapted coping strategies. NVivo software analyzed the raw data. Colaizzi’s descriptive phenomenological analysis method converted the quantitative results into a visual/verbal form. Based on the analysis, the researcher identified the pandemic’s effects on students’ mental health and well-being.
    Results
    All 21 participants responded to each of the five questions. Of the participants, 72% demonstrated a negative outlook on their future. Seventy percent (70%) of the participants felt that COVID-19 hurt their social life because of safety precautions, such has social distancing. Even though schools and their faculty tried to keep students engaged and active, 64% of the participants found it challenging to be physically distanced from friends and teachers while learning from home. Of the students, 62% worried about missing out on sports and activities canceled due to the pandemic. 63.14% of the students felt the pandemic stressed
    them to the point that fear and anxiety overwhelmed them with many questions about the future.
    Conclusion
    This study’s results may help create programs that better meet students’ mental and social needs.
    Keywords
    COVID-19; Pandemic; High school; College students; Mental health; Stress; Anxiety; Coping strategies; Depression.


  • 2021, May

    original research

    Relationship between Academic Stress and Emotional Intelligence in High School StudentsOpen Access

    Naman Jassal*
    DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.17140/PCSOJ-7-162
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    Background
    Academic stress is a mental distress originated from the anticipated frustration associated with academic failure. Whereas, emotional intelligence (EI) is a characteristic of an individual that determines the degree, and intensity with which they are able to understand and accept one’s own emotions as well as that of others.
    Aim and Objective
    The broad aim of the present study was to investigate an empirical-based examination of the relationship among academic stress and EI in high school students. The objectives of the study were to ascertain if there exist any gender, family structure and single child differences between academic stress and EI.
    Method
    This study is based on a quantitative analysis of the data. To collect validated data, purposive sampling was taken from varied streams and family structure of the age group 16 to 18-years; with no gender disparity. Student Academic Stress Scale (SASS) and emotional intelligence test (EIT) were used in this research. The data obtained was further validated through statistical techniques of correlation and analysis of variance (ANOVA) methods.
    Results
    The results showed an inverse correlation between EI and academic stress in high school students. The study also revealed single child and family structure factors are associated with the level of EI and showed an impact on academic stress of high school students.
    Keywords
    Academic stress; Emotional intelligence; High school students; Family structure.


  • 2021, July

    opinion

    Feeling Angry at Coronavirus Disease 2019Open Access

    Ines E. Vigil*
    DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.17140/PCSOJ-7-163
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  • 2020, October

    original research

    The Effect of Internal Locus of Control and Social-Emotional Learning on Life and Relationship SatisfactionOpen Access

    Sibylle Georgianna* and Jennifer Jagerson
    DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.17140/PCSOJ-6-157
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    Objective

    The current study examined the impact of a non-governmental organization’s academic tutoring and mentoring program on the social-emotional learning (SEL) and subjective well-being of 240 marginalized young women.

    Participants

    One-hundred-fifty-nine currently enrolled 7-12th grade students with a mean age of 16.39, SD=1.55; 40 students who were enrolled in college with a mean age of 20.25, SD=1.57, and 25 who had graduated from college with a mean age of 22.48, SD=2.16 and their leaders participated.

    Methods

    All participants completed in a survey that assessed the degree of participants’ locus of control, expectations of success (self-efficacy), current goals and career-related aspirations and their satisfaction with their relationships and life in general. Twenty-one of the participants and all leaders also were interviewed.

    Results

    Regression analyses revealed that both the participants’ self-management and the leader’s locus of control were significant predictors of the participants’ internal locus of control. Congruent with interview findings, latent structural equation analysis revealed that three manifest variables of social-emotional learning, “self-management”, “social awareness”, and “self-efficacy” had direct positive effects on participants’ subjective well-being (i.e., their satisfaction with life and relationships).

    Conclusion

    Culturally sensitive approaches to mentoring and training are needed and helpful. Future research should be carried out to mitigate design limitations and further the current study’s addition to the body of research on social-emotional learning and well-being.

    Keywords

    Self-management; Self-efficacy; Social awareness; Social-emotional learning (SEL); Internal locus of control; Life satisfaction; Relationship satisfaction; Subjective well-being (SWB).


  • 2021, February

    original research

    Design and Validation of the Quality of Work Life Scale for Call Center Workers of a Private Company in Downtown of Lima, 2019Open Access

    Joanne E. M. Yllescas*
    DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.17140/PCSOJ-6-158
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    Objective
    The purpose of the research was to build a scale of quality of working life, in telemarketers of a call center company in Downtown of Lima, with a sample of 700 telemarketers.
    Methods
    The methodology was obtained through a non-probabilistic convenience sampling, the validity was carried out through the judgment of 10 experts and the indices were obtained using the V. of Aiken p>0.80 and the Binomial test p<0.05 in 29 questions.
    The construct validity was obtained through confirmatory factor analysis, to explain the quality of working life composed of five dimensions according to Maslow’s theory.
    Results
    In the results, the Kaiser Meyer Olkin (KMO) measurement test yielded a value of 0.930, which means that it is greater than>0.80 over the number of observations for the base of respondents (700), for the test of Bartlett’s sphericity. is not significant
    (p<0.05), which means a correlation between the variables, in the total variance explained indicates that the instrument has five factors that explain 54.982% of the total variance, it tells us that the test is acceptable, whose factorial the loads ranged between 0.4 and 0.8 respectively. The reliability by internal consistency with a value of 0.919.
    Conclusion
    The relevance of the theoretical model to explain the quality of working life composed of five dimensions according to Maslow’s theory was verified, showing adequate adjustment indices: X2/gl=4.920 and 4.711, CFI=0.835 and 0.90, RMSEA=0.075 and
    0.073, except TLI=0.805 and 0.815 that did not show an adequate value.
    Keywords
    Quality of work life; Quality-of-life; Design; Validation; Psychometry.


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    Editor-in-Chief

    Donald M. Hilty, MD


    Associate Chief of Staff, Mental Health
    Northern California Veterans Affairs Health System
    10535 Hospital Way, Mather, CA 95655
    and
    Professor, and Vice-Chair, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
    University of California, Davis School of Medicine

    Associate Editors

    Guy Balice, PhD


    Associate Professor
    Department of Clinical Psychology
    The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
    617 W 7th Street
    Los Angeles, CA 90017, USA

    E. Cruz Eusebio, PsyD, NCSP


    Distinguished Associate Professor
    Department of School Psychology
    Faculty Council Chair-Chicago
    The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
    325 N. Wells Street #519
    Chicago, IL 60654, USA

    E-mail: eeusebio@thechicagoschool.edu

    N. Clayton Silver, PhD


    Associate Professor
    Department of Psychology
    University of Nevada
    Las Vegas, USA

    E-mail: fdnsilvr@unlv.nevada.edu

    Deborah A. Gagnon, PhD


    Professor of Psychology
    Member, Health Sciences Faculty
    Chair, Division of Social Sciences
    Coordinator, Cognitive & Brain Science
    Coordinator, Science, Health, & Values
    Wells College
    Aurora, NY 13026, USA

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