A5032705719- Workplace Health and Well-being
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Italian Social Issues and Migration
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- Italian Fascism and Post-war Society
- Management, Economics, and Public Policy
- Health and Well-being Studies
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Educational and Social Studies
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Environmental Sustainability in Business
- Legal and Labor Studies
- Work-Family Balance Challenges
- Workaholism, burnout, and well-being
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Retirement, Disability, and Employment
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
- Media Influence and Politics
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
- Occupational Health and Safety Research
University of Turin
2016-2025
Background The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) is the mainstream measure for burnout. However, its psychometric properties have been questioned, and alternative measurement models of inventory suggested. Aims Different number items factors MBI-HSS, version Human Service sector, were tested in order to identify most appropriate model measuring burnout Italy. Methods study dataset consisted a sample 925 nurses. Ten compared using confirmatory factor analysis. reliability MBI-HSS subscales...
Objective: Demographic changes involving western countries and later retirements due to the recent pension reforms induce a gradual aging of workforce. This imply an increasing number workers with health problems decreasing ability work. In this direction, present study aims at examining role job personal resources between age work within nurses. Method: The was cross-sectional not randomized; data were collected by self-report questionnaire during multi-center survey conducted in two...
A growing number of studies reveal that there are significant associations between a patient's perception quality care and health professional's perceived work life. Previous focused on the patients or workers. Alternatively, they center discussion either negative positive effects, both This research focuses relationship with patients-a possible resource for workers.Study 1: CFA was conducted to test factorial structure tenure Italian version Customer-initiated Support scale. Study 2: Using...
Purpose The study aims to propose a systematic and innovative model of purchase intention development that integrates Theory Planned Behaviour (TPB) with its main extensions clarifies the logical status variables involved structure causal path. Design/methodology/approach TPB is most useful predictive intentions, which can be viewed as product various psychological determinants. Previous works have proposed selectively include knowledge, trust or social norms, but an integrated proposal has...
The aim of this study was to investigate health care professionals' level in-depth understanding about the various types and characteristics stalking. In particular, examines knowledge on stalkers their victims, acted behaviors, coping strategies used stop harassment. data were collected by means an ad hoc questionnaire. sample comprised 210 participants working in local units Turin, a large city located northern part Italy. majority women (160, 76.2%). aged 20-64 years, mean age 41.63 years...
Abstract Background Despite the growing presence of menopausal women in workplaces, studies aimed at exploring link between symptoms and job well-being are scarce. In interest addressing this gap, present study to explore whether might contribute increased levels burnout relationship can be moderated by social or personal resources. Method The design was cross-sectional non-randomized. Ninety-four nurses completed a self-report questionnaire including scales measuring symptoms, burnout,...
Universities perform very demanding tasks within a workplace characterized by critical psychosocial environment. Against this backdrop, the aim of study is to extend current literature on job sustainability faculty professors, examine associations certain resources (meaningfulness work, reward) and demands (work overload, conflict among colleagues) with workaholism, burnout, engagement. A self-report questionnaire was administered public higher education institution in Italy sample...
Purpose Concerns about change, a measure of the perception future losses owing to organizational have received scarce attention within change literature. This study aims address some relevant questions still unexplored regarding, relationship between concerns and employees’ burnout work engagement. Moreover, it evaluates buffering role social support namely, that colleagues superiors, during anticipation stage an process. Design/methodology/approach Six hundred thirty-two employees...
The Dissociative Experiences Scale-II (DES-II) is a self-report questionnaire that measures dissociative experiences such as derealization, depersonalization, absorption and amnesia. DES-II has been prevalently used screening tool in patients suffering from psychotic disorders or schizophrenia. However, can also be part of normal psychological life. Despite its popularity, the most problematic aspect inconsistency factor structure, which probably due to tendency treat ordinal responses on an...
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic led the worldwide healthcare system to a severe crisis in which personnel paid major costs. Many studies were promptly dedicated physical and psychological consequences of exposure among employees, whereas research on other working populations has been substantially ignored. To bridge current lack knowledge about safe behaviors related risk contagion at work, aim study was validate new tool, SAPH@W (Safety Work), assess workers’ perceptions safety. Methods:...
The present study provides evidence for a valid and reliable tool, the Academic Quality at Work Tool (AQ@workT), to investigate quality of life work in academics within Italian university sector. AQ@workT was developed by QoL@Work research team, namely group expert field organizational psychology affiliated with Association Psychologists. tool is grounded job demands-resources model its psychometric properties were assessed three studies comprising wide sample lecturers, researchers,...
Background: Relating to the macro-level changes and increasing complexity of academic system, a growing number studies began investigate perceived working context impact on well-being job satisfaction academics. A unique duality characterizes this context: academics cannot be longer defined as stress-free, but at same time they are still satisfied engaged in their work. There is need evaluate environment not only terms stressor strain, also which experiences sources fulfillment. The study...
Background: We recently devised a shortened version of the 54-item Multiple Sclerosis Quality Life (MSQOL-54) in paper (MSQOL-29, consisting 25 items forming 7 subscales and 4 single items, one filter question for 3 ‘sexual function’ items) electronic format (eMSQOL-29). Objectives: To prospectively assess eMSQOL-29 psychometric properties, acceptability/equivalence versus MSQOL-29. Methods: sclerosis (MS) patients ( n = 623; Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) range 0.0–9.0) completed...
Objective: In daily practice, Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) tools are useful for supplementing clinical data with the patient's perspective. To encourage their use by clinicians, availability that can quickly provide valid results is crucial. A new HRQoL tool has been proposed patients asthma and rhinitis: RhinAsthma Patient Perspective—RAPP. The aim this study was to evaluate psychometric robustness RAPP using Item Response Theory (IRT) approach, scalability items test whether or...
Given the increasing number of patients requiring palliative care and need for more professionals who are able to provide dying comfortably, assessment medical attitudes toward end-of-life is becoming a key aspect education. The present study aimed establish whether Frommelt Attitude Toward Care Of Dying, Form B (FATCOD-B) meets current psychometric standards validity an tool in education.The participants were 200 undergraduate students. Since previous FATCOD-B was found have weak structure...
University organizational contexts have been changing significantly in recent years, and academic staff are expected to manage larger workloads at an increased pace. This can threaten their well-being exacerbate work-related stress—possibly creating negative impacts on mental physical states. Surprisingly, occupational psychological health is still rarely studied. By referring the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) conceptual model, this study aimed analyze relationship between university...
Abstract Objective: A steady increase in the number of patients requiring end-of-life care has been observed during last decades. The assessment healthcare students' attitudes toward is an important step their curriculum, as it provides information about disposition to practice palliative medicine. Frommelt Attitude Toward Care Dying Scale (FATCOD–B) was developed detect such a disposition, but its psychometric properties are yet be clearly defined. Method: convenience sample 608 second-year...
The demand for palliative care is increasing worldwide. Beyond the acquisition of technical knowledge, development adequate personal disposition toward relationship with dying a key aspect future training doctors. This study evaluates psychometric properties 9-Item Version Frommelt Attitude Toward Care Dying Scale (FATCOD-9IT) authors recently developed and its capability to distinguish medical students different attitudes at stages training. included 595 students, 400 first 195 fifth year....