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We analyzed the relationship between modern forms of populism and citizen support for exclusive welfare policies and proposals, and we focused on support for left-wing- and right-wing-oriented welfare policies enacted or proposed during the Lega Nord (LN)–Five Star Movement (FSM) government in Italy (2018–2019). In light of the theoretical perspective of political ideology as motivated by social cognition, we examined citizens’ support for the two policies considering adherence to populist attitudes, agreement on the criteria useful to define ingroup membership, and personal values. We also took into account the role of cognitive sophistication in populism avoidance. A total of 785 Italian adults (F = 56.6; mean age = 35.8) completed an online survey in the summer of 2019 based on the following: support for populist policies and proposals, political ideologies and positioning, personal values, and ingroup boundaries. We used correlation and regression analyses. The results highlight the relationships between populism and political conservatism. Populism was related to the vertical and horizontal borders defining the “people”; cognitive sophistication was not a relevant driver. We identified some facilitating factors that could promote adherence to and support for public policies inspired by the values of the right or of the left, without a true ideological connotation.
Anna Miglietta; Barbara Loera. Modern Forms of Populism and Social Policies: Personal Values, Populist Attitudes, and Ingroup Definitions in Support of Left-Wing and Right-Wing Welfare Policies in Italy. Genealogy 2021, 5, 60 .
AMA StyleAnna Miglietta, Barbara Loera. Modern Forms of Populism and Social Policies: Personal Values, Populist Attitudes, and Ingroup Definitions in Support of Left-Wing and Right-Wing Welfare Policies in Italy. Genealogy. 2021; 5 (3):60.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAnna Miglietta; Barbara Loera. 2021. "Modern Forms of Populism and Social Policies: Personal Values, Populist Attitudes, and Ingroup Definitions in Support of Left-Wing and Right-Wing Welfare Policies in Italy." Genealogy 5, no. 3: 60.
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic led the worldwide healthcare system to a severe crisis in which personnel paid the major costs. Many studies were promptly dedicated to the physical and psychological consequences of the COVID-19 exposure among healthcare employees, whereas the research on the other working populations has been substantially ignored. To bridge the current lack of knowledge about safe behaviors related to the risk of COVID-19 contagion at work, the aim of the study was to validate a new tool, the [email protected] (Safety at Work), to assess workers’ perceptions of safety. Methods: A total of 1085 participants, employed in several organizations sited across areas with different levels of risk of contagion, completed an online questionnaire. To test the [email protected] validity and measurement invariance, the research sample was randomly divided in two. Results: In the first sub-sample, Confirmatory Factor Analysis demonstrated the adequacy of the [email protected] factorial structure. In the second sub-sample, multi-group Confirmatory Factor Analysis revealed that the [email protected] was invariant across gender, ecological risk level, and type of occupation (in-person vs. remote working). Conclusions: The study evidenced the psychometric properties of the [email protected], a brief tool to monitor workers’ experiences and safety perceptions regarding the COVID-19 risk in any organisational setting.
Daniela Converso; Andreina Bruno; Vincenza Capone; Lara Colombo; Alessandra Falco; Teresa Galanti; Damiano Girardi; Gloria Guidetti; Sara Viotti; Barbara Loera. Working during a Pandemic between the Risk of Being Infected and/or the Risks Related to Social Distancing: First Validation of the [email protected] Questionnaire. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18, 5986 .
AMA StyleDaniela Converso, Andreina Bruno, Vincenza Capone, Lara Colombo, Alessandra Falco, Teresa Galanti, Damiano Girardi, Gloria Guidetti, Sara Viotti, Barbara Loera. Working during a Pandemic between the Risk of Being Infected and/or the Risks Related to Social Distancing: First Validation of the [email protected] Questionnaire. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18 (11):5986.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDaniela Converso; Andreina Bruno; Vincenza Capone; Lara Colombo; Alessandra Falco; Teresa Galanti; Damiano Girardi; Gloria Guidetti; Sara Viotti; Barbara Loera. 2021. "Working during a Pandemic between the Risk of Being Infected and/or the Risks Related to Social Distancing: First Validation of the [email protected] Questionnaire." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 11: 5986.
End-of-life care training has gaps in helping students to develop attitudes toward caring for the dying. Valid and reliable assessment tools are essential in building effective educational programmes. The Frommelt Attitude Toward the Care Of the Dying scale (FATCOD-B) is widely used to measure the level of comfort/discomfort in caring for the dying and to test the effectiveness of end-of-life care training. However, its psychometric properties have been questioned and different proposals for refinement and shortening have been put forward. The aim of this study is to get to a definitive reduction of the FATCOD-B through a valid and parsimonious synthesis of the previous attempts at scale revision. Data were gathered from a sample of 220 medical students. The item response theory approach was used in this study. Of the 14 items selected from two previous proposals for scale revision, 3 had a weak correlation with the whole scale and were deleted. The resulting 11-item version had good fit indices and withstood a more general and parsimonious specification (rating scale model). This solution was further shortened to 9 items by deleting 2 of 3 items at the same level of difficulty. The final 9-item version was invariant for gender, level of religiosity and amount of experience with dying persons, free from redundant items and able to scale and discriminate the respondents.
Giorgia Molinengo; Barbara Loera; Marco Miniotti; Paolo Leombruni. Shortening the Frommelt Attitude Toward the Care Of the Dying Scale (FATCOD-B): a Brief 9-Item Version for Medical Education and Practice. Journal of Cancer Education 2021, 1 -7.
AMA StyleGiorgia Molinengo, Barbara Loera, Marco Miniotti, Paolo Leombruni. Shortening the Frommelt Attitude Toward the Care Of the Dying Scale (FATCOD-B): a Brief 9-Item Version for Medical Education and Practice. Journal of Cancer Education. 2021; ():1-7.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiorgia Molinengo; Barbara Loera; Marco Miniotti; Paolo Leombruni. 2021. "Shortening the Frommelt Attitude Toward the Care Of the Dying Scale (FATCOD-B): a Brief 9-Item Version for Medical Education and Practice." Journal of Cancer Education , no. : 1-7.
Background The Dissociative Experiences Scale-II (DES-II) is a self-report questionnaire that measures dissociative experiences such as derealization, depersonalization, absorption and amnesia. The DES-II has been prevalently used as a screening tool in patients suffering from psychotic disorders or schizophrenia. However, dissociative experiences can also be part of normal psychological life. Despite its popularity, the most problematic aspect of the DES-II is the inconsistency in its factor structure, which is probably due to the tendency to treat ordinal responses as responses on an interval scale, as it is assumed in the Classical Test Theory approach. In order to address issues related to the inconsistency of previous results, the aim of the present study was to collect new psychometric evidence to improve the properties of the DES-II using Rasch analysis, i.e. analyzing the functioning of the response scale. Methods Data were obtained on a sample composed by 320 Italian participants (122 inmates and 198 community-dwelling individuals) and were analyzed with the Rasch model. This model allows the estimation of participants’ level of dissociation, the degree of misfit of each item, the reliability of each item, and their measurement invariance. Moreover, Rasch estimation allows to determine the best response scale, in terms of response modalities number and their discriminant power. Results Three items of the scale had strong misfit. After their deletion, the resulting scale was composed by 25 items, which had low levels of misfit and high reliability, and showed measurement invariance. Participants tended to select more often lower categories of the response scale. Conclusions Results provided new knowledge on the DES-II structure and its psychometric properties, contributing to the understanding and measurement of the dissociation construct.
Aristide Saggino; Giorgia Molinengo; Guyonne Rogier; Carlo Garofalo; Barbara Loera; Marco Tommasi; Patrizia Velotti. Improving the psychometric properties of the dissociative experiences scale (DES-II): a Rasch validation study. BMC Psychiatry 2020, 20, 1 -10.
AMA StyleAristide Saggino, Giorgia Molinengo, Guyonne Rogier, Carlo Garofalo, Barbara Loera, Marco Tommasi, Patrizia Velotti. Improving the psychometric properties of the dissociative experiences scale (DES-II): a Rasch validation study. BMC Psychiatry. 2020; 20 (1):1-10.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAristide Saggino; Giorgia Molinengo; Guyonne Rogier; Carlo Garofalo; Barbara Loera; Marco Tommasi; Patrizia Velotti. 2020. "Improving the psychometric properties of the dissociative experiences scale (DES-II): a Rasch validation study." BMC Psychiatry 20, no. 1: 1-10.
Universities perform very demanding tasks within a workplace characterized by a critical psychosocial environment. Against this backdrop, the aim of this study is to extend the current literature on the job sustainability of faculty professors, examine the associations of certain job resources (meaningfulness of work, reward) and job demands (work overload, conflict among colleagues) with workaholism, burnout, engagement. A self-report questionnaire was administered within a public higher education institution in Italy to a sample constituted by 291 professors. The results of path analysis show that meaningfulness of work and reward positively correlate with work engagement, work satisfaction, and psychological wellbeing and ward off emotional exhaustion and intention to leave. Work overload correlates positively with workaholism, work-family conflict and intention to leave and negatively with job satisfaction. Finally, workaholism correlates with work engagement and mediates the relationship between work overload and work-family conflict, emotional exhaustion, and psychological discomfort. The study highlights that to support the work of academic workers and build healthy and sustainable universities, it is necessary to promote job resources and control job demands. Moreover, the study highlights that work engagement and workaholism can be respectively considered as the positive and negative sides of heavy work investment.
Daniela Converso; Ilaria Sottimano; Giorgia Molinengo; Barbara Loera. The Unbearable Lightness of the Academic Work: The Positive and Negative Sides of Heavy Work Investment in a Sample of Italian University Professors and Researchers. Sustainability 2019, 11, 2439 .
AMA StyleDaniela Converso, Ilaria Sottimano, Giorgia Molinengo, Barbara Loera. The Unbearable Lightness of the Academic Work: The Positive and Negative Sides of Heavy Work Investment in a Sample of Italian University Professors and Researchers. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (8):2439.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDaniela Converso; Ilaria Sottimano; Giorgia Molinengo; Barbara Loera. 2019. "The Unbearable Lightness of the Academic Work: The Positive and Negative Sides of Heavy Work Investment in a Sample of Italian University Professors and Researchers." Sustainability 11, no. 8: 2439.
Background: Relating to the macro-level changes and the increasing complexity of the academic system, a growing number of studies began to investigate the perceived working context impact on well-being and job satisfaction of academics. A unique duality characterizes this context: academics cannot be longer defined as stress-free, but at the same time they are still satisfied and engaged in their work. There is a need to evaluate the academic environment not only in terms of stressor and strain, but also in terms of which experiences are sources of fulfillment. The study aimed to explore psychometric properties of a new instrument (AQoLW) for assessing context-specific features of the academic work and environment that characterized academics' quality of life at work. Method: A 24 item scale was deployed to academics (full, associate, and assistant professors) in a public university in the north of Italy. Items were defined to represent the main academic activities in order to measure if respondents perceived each of it as a challenging or a hindrance demand. The scale was administered online to 1,012 academics, 443 females (48.7%), mean aged 51.1 years (SD = 8.2). In order to test three theoretical models underling AQoLW, a training sample was randomly extracted (242 participants) and analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). A validation sample with the remaining 668 participants was used to test the measurement invariance by role of the best model emerging from the training sample. Results: Model fit demonstrate the goodness of a latent structure composed by five intercorrelated factors (CFI = 0.91, RMSEA = 0.08, SRMR = 0.07). Cronbach α of the five subscales was good, ranging from 0.76 to 0.88. The scale overtakes configural invariance, but not strong invariance by role. Conclusions: The scale is able to intercept the mainly dimensions of the academic work that contribute to the quality of life of academics' staff, namely: research and public engagement, didactic work and relationships with students, career development and competition, ordinary obligations, and fund raising. AQoLW is the first tool to evaluate the academic work and its environment, identifying which activities are stressful demands and which are engaging, and promote scholars' satisfaction.
Daniela Converso; Barbara Loera; Giorgia Molinengo; Sara Viotti; Gloria Guidetti. Not All Academics Are Alike: First Validation of the Academics' Quality of Life at Work Scale (AQoLW). Frontiers in Psychology 2018, 9, 2408 .
AMA StyleDaniela Converso, Barbara Loera, Giorgia Molinengo, Sara Viotti, Gloria Guidetti. Not All Academics Are Alike: First Validation of the Academics' Quality of Life at Work Scale (AQoLW). Frontiers in Psychology. 2018; 9 ():2408.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDaniela Converso; Barbara Loera; Giorgia Molinengo; Sara Viotti; Gloria Guidetti. 2018. "Not All Academics Are Alike: First Validation of the Academics' Quality of Life at Work Scale (AQoLW)." Frontiers in Psychology 9, no. : 2408.
: The study focused on the relations between Italian nationals’ personal values and their expectations towards the way ethnic minorities should acculturate. The main aim was to understand whether nationals’ personal values predict their acculturation preferences towards immigrants, both directly and through national identity. Four hundred and forty-six Italian high school students (Mage = 19.1; SD = 0.57; females = 54.4%) completed a self-administered questionnaire assessing personal values, nationalism, patriotism, acculturation preferences and demographics. An SEM model with bootstrapping estimations was tested. As expected, the results highlighted that personal values predict acculturation preferences towards immigrants in two ways — directly and also through an indirect effect on nationalism — supporting the claim that ingroup and outgroup definitions are closely intertwined. The results also highlighted the need to differentiate between nationalism and patriotism, with the latter having no influence on Italian nationals’ readiness to accept immigrants. Overall, the research demonstrates the relevance of personal values in studying intergroup relations and draws attention to the potential value of communication policies centred on self-transcendence values to improve interethnic relations.
Anna Miglietta; Stefano Tartaglia; Barbara Loera. Personal values and the acceptance of immigrants: why national identification matters / Los valores personales y la aceptación de inmigrantes: ¿Por qué es importante la identificación nacional? International Journal of Social Psychology 2018, 33, 682 -714.
AMA StyleAnna Miglietta, Stefano Tartaglia, Barbara Loera. Personal values and the acceptance of immigrants: why national identification matters / Los valores personales y la aceptación de inmigrantes: ¿Por qué es importante la identificación nacional? International Journal of Social Psychology. 2018; 33 (3):682-714.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAnna Miglietta; Stefano Tartaglia; Barbara Loera. 2018. "Personal values and the acceptance of immigrants: why national identification matters / Los valores personales y la aceptación de inmigrantes: ¿Por qué es importante la identificación nacional?" International Journal of Social Psychology 33, no. 3: 682-714.
Concerns about change, a measure of the perception about future losses due to organizational change, have received scarce attention within the organizational change literature. This study addresses some relevant questions still unexplored regarding, on the one hand, the relationship between concerns about change and employees’ burnout and work engagement. Moreover, it evaluates the buffering role of social supports, namely that of colleagues and superiors, during the anticipation stage of an organizational change process. Six hundred and thirty-two employees of an administrative public sector filled out a self-reporting questionnaire. Data analysis was performed using hierarchical moderated regression in order to show direct and moderating effects. Results suggest that concerns about change, measured during the anticipation stage of an organizational change process, relate to higher burnout and lower work engagement. Social support significantly affects the relationship between concerns and outcomes. Overall, the study shows the role exerted from concerns about change in affecting employees’ wellbeing since the early stage of the organizational change process, providing scholars and practitioners in HR management with new insight regarding the importance of support from colleagues and supervisor to sustain successful change implementation and employees’ wellbeing.
Gloria Guidetti; Daniela Converso; Barbara Loera; Sara Viotti. Concerns about change and employee wellbeing: the moderating role of social support. Journal of Workplace Learning 2018, 30, 216 -228.
AMA StyleGloria Guidetti, Daniela Converso, Barbara Loera, Sara Viotti. Concerns about change and employee wellbeing: the moderating role of social support. Journal of Workplace Learning. 2018; 30 (3):216-228.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGloria Guidetti; Daniela Converso; Barbara Loera; Sara Viotti. 2018. "Concerns about change and employee wellbeing: the moderating role of social support." Journal of Workplace Learning 30, no. 3: 216-228.
The study aimed to measure burnout among librarians in a city in Northern Italy, and to identify which demands and resources influence emotional exhaustion and cynicism. In particular, it focused on the relationship with patrons, since in the service sector users are mostly studied as a cause of stress and rarely considered as a source of support for service operators. Hierarchical regressions carried out on data (167 self-administered questionnaires) showed that burnout dimensions are influenced by some socio-demographic and job characteristics, and by the positive and negative aspects of relationships with users. We present some practical implications for library managers, in order to reduce the impact of their patrons’ negative behaviour and to improve conditions to facilitate the expression of users’ support for workers.
Mara Martini; Sara Viotti; Daniela Converso; Jolanda Battaglia; Barbara Loera. When social support by patrons protects against burnout: A study among Italian public library workers. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science 2018, 51, 1091 -1102.
AMA StyleMara Martini, Sara Viotti, Daniela Converso, Jolanda Battaglia, Barbara Loera. When social support by patrons protects against burnout: A study among Italian public library workers. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science. 2018; 51 (4):1091-1102.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMara Martini; Sara Viotti; Daniela Converso; Jolanda Battaglia; Barbara Loera. 2018. "When social support by patrons protects against burnout: A study among Italian public library workers." Journal of Librarianship and Information Science 51, no. 4: 1091-1102.
Objective:Given the increasing number of patients requiring palliative care and the need for more professionals who are able to provide care for the dying comfortably, assessment of medical attitudes toward end-of-life care is becoming a key aspect of medical education. The present study aimed to establish whether the Frommelt Attitude Toward the Care Of the Dying, Form B (FATCOD–B) meets current psychometric standards of validity for an assessment tool in medical education.Method:The participants were 200 undergraduate medical students. Since in a previous study the FATCOD–B was found to have a weak structure due to poor item validity, a refined version was proposed and tested in the present study. Confirmatory factor analysis and the Rasch model were employed to assess its dimensionality and psychometric properties.Results:The construct measured by the FATCOD–B continues to be misspecified. The tool has a two-dimensional structure. The first is well-structured and demonstrates appreciable measurement and discriminant capabilities. The second has low validity because its measurement capabilities are based on weakly correlated items.Significance of results:Our results suggest that the FATCOD–B measures a two-dimensional construct and that only its first dimension is a robust measurement tool for use in medical education to evaluate undergraduates' attitudes about caring for the dying.
Barbara Loera; Giorgia Molinengo; Marco Miniotti; Paolo Leombruni. Refining the Frommelt Attitude Toward the Care of the Dying Scale (FATCOD–B) for medical students: A confirmatory factor analysis and Rasch validation study. Palliative and Supportive Care 2017, 16, 50 -59.
AMA StyleBarbara Loera, Giorgia Molinengo, Marco Miniotti, Paolo Leombruni. Refining the Frommelt Attitude Toward the Care of the Dying Scale (FATCOD–B) for medical students: A confirmatory factor analysis and Rasch validation study. Palliative and Supportive Care. 2017; 16 (1):50-59.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBarbara Loera; Giorgia Molinengo; Marco Miniotti; Paolo Leombruni. 2017. "Refining the Frommelt Attitude Toward the Care of the Dying Scale (FATCOD–B) for medical students: A confirmatory factor analysis and Rasch validation study." Palliative and Supportive Care 16, no. 1: 50-59.
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, the availability of tools that can quickly provide valid results is crucial. A new HRQoL tool has been proposed for patients with asthma and rhinitis: the RhinAsthma Patient Perspective—RAPP. The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric robustness of the RAPP using the Item Response Theory (IRT) approach, to evaluate the scalability of items and test whether or not patients use the items response scale correctly. Methods: 155 patients (53.5% women, mean age 39.1, range 16–76) were recruited during a multicenter study. RAPP metric properties were investigated using IRT models. Differential item functioning (DIF) was used for gender, age, and asthma control test (ACT). Results: The RAPP adequately fitted the Rating Scale model, demonstrating the equality of the rating scale structure for all items. All statistics on items were satisfactory. The RAPP had adequate internal reliability and showed good ability to discriminate among different groups of participants. DIF analysis indicated that there were no differential item functioning issues for gender. One item showed a DIF by age and four items by ACT. Conclusions: The psychometric evaluation performed using IRT models demonstrated that the RAPP met all the criteria to be considered a reliable and valid method of measurement. From a clinical perspective, this will allow physicians to confidently interpret scores as good indicators of Quality of Life of patients with asthma.
Giorgia Molinengo; Ilaria Baiardini; Fulvio Braido; Barbara Loera. RhinAsthma patient perspective: A Rasch validation study. Journal of Asthma 2017, 55, 119 -123.
AMA StyleGiorgia Molinengo, Ilaria Baiardini, Fulvio Braido, Barbara Loera. RhinAsthma patient perspective: A Rasch validation study. Journal of Asthma. 2017; 55 (2):119-123.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiorgia Molinengo; Ilaria Baiardini; Fulvio Braido; Barbara Loera. 2017. "RhinAsthma patient perspective: A Rasch validation study." Journal of Asthma 55, no. 2: 119-123.
Sara Viotti; Gloria Guidetti; Barbara Loera; Mara Martini; Ilaria Sottimano; Daniela Converso. Stress, work ability, and an aging workforce: A study among women aged 50 and over. International Journal of Stress Management 2017, 24, 98 -121.
AMA StyleSara Viotti, Gloria Guidetti, Barbara Loera, Mara Martini, Ilaria Sottimano, Daniela Converso. Stress, work ability, and an aging workforce: A study among women aged 50 and over. International Journal of Stress Management. 2017; 24 (Suppl 1):98-121.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSara Viotti; Gloria Guidetti; Barbara Loera; Mara Martini; Ilaria Sottimano; Daniela Converso. 2017. "Stress, work ability, and an aging workforce: A study among women aged 50 and over." International Journal of Stress Management 24, no. Suppl 1: 98-121.
Social support is an important resource for reducing the risks of stress and burnout at work. It seems to be particularly helpful for educational and social professionals. The constant and intense relationships with users that characterize this kind of service can be very demanding, increasing stress and leading to burnout. While significant attention has been paid to supervisors and colleagues in the literature, users have rarely been considered as possible sources of social support. The only exception is the Zimmermann et al.’ (2011) research, focused on customer support as a resource for workers’ well-being. This paper proposes the validation of the customer-initiated support scale developed by Zimmermann et al. (2011), translated into Italian and focused on educational services users (children’s parents), to measure the user support perceived by workers: the User-Initiated Support Scale (UISS). In Study 1 (105 teachers), which specifically involved educators and kindergarten teachers, the items and scale properties were preliminarily examined using descriptive analyses and exploratory factor analysis (EFA). In Study 2 (304 teachers), the construct and criterion validity and scale dimensionality were analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). In Study 3 (304 teachers from Study 2 and 296 educators), measurement invariance was tested. The EFA results from Study 1 showed a one-factor solution (explained variance, 67.2%). The scale showed good internal coherence (alpha = .88). The CFA in Study 2 validated the one-factor solution (CFI = .987; SRMR = .054). Bivariate correlations confirmed construct validity; the UISS was positively associated (convergent) with user gratitude, and not associated (divergent) with disproportionate customer expectations. Regarding the criterion validity test, the UISS was strongly correlated with burnout and job satisfaction. The analysis of measurement invariance performed on the Study 3 data confirmed the equality of the parameters of the covariance structure model between the two samples of kindergarten teachers and educators. This research study offers a useful version of a tool for measuring a crucial, but often ignored, protective resource for all professionals working directly with people (patients, students, and service users) that can represent important sources of well-being, directly or indirectly lessening the negative impacts of job demands.
Barbara Loera; Mara Martini; Sara Viotti; Daniela Converso. Users’ Support as a Social Resource in Educational Services: Construct Validity and Measurement Invariance of the User-Initiated Support Scale (UISS). Frontiers in Psychology 2016, 7, 1 .
AMA StyleBarbara Loera, Mara Martini, Sara Viotti, Daniela Converso. Users’ Support as a Social Resource in Educational Services: Construct Validity and Measurement Invariance of the User-Initiated Support Scale (UISS). Frontiers in Psychology. 2016; 7 ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBarbara Loera; Mara Martini; Sara Viotti; Daniela Converso. 2016. "Users’ Support as a Social Resource in Educational Services: Construct Validity and Measurement Invariance of the User-Initiated Support Scale (UISS)." Frontiers in Psychology 7, no. : 1.
Barbara Loera; Mara Martini; Sara Viotti; Daniela Converso. User Initiated Support Scale. PsycTESTS Dataset 2016, 1 .
AMA StyleBarbara Loera, Mara Martini, Sara Viotti, Daniela Converso. User Initiated Support Scale. PsycTESTS Dataset. 2016; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBarbara Loera; Mara Martini; Sara Viotti; Daniela Converso. 2016. "User Initiated Support Scale." PsycTESTS Dataset , no. : 1.
Background: A growing number of studies reveal that there are significant associations between a patient’s perception of quality of care and a health professional’s perceived quality of work life. Previous studies focused on the patients or on the workers. Alternatively, they centre the discussion on either the negative or the positive effects, both on patients and care workers. This research work focuses on the positive relationship with patients - a possible resource for care workers. Method: Study 1: a CFA was conducted to test the factorial structure and the tenure of the Italian version for patients of the Customer-initiated Support scale. Study 2: using a multi-group path analysis, the effects of work characteristics and of the relationship with patients on burnout were tested in two different contexts: emergency and oncology ward. Results: Study 1: the one-factor instrument shows good reliability, convergent and divergent validity. Study 2: for oncology nurses cognitive demands, job autonomy, and support from patients have direct effects on emotional exhaustion and job autonomy; interactions between cognitive demands and patients’ support have an effect on depersonalization. For emergency nurses cognitive demands and interactions between job autonomy and support from patients have effects on emotional exhaustion; job autonomy, patients support and gratitude have direct effects on personal accomplishment. Conclusions: Results confirm expectations about the role of patients’ support and gratitude in reducing nurses’ burnout, with differences in the two contexts: emergency nurses show higher burnout and lower perception of positive relationship with patients, but present more intense protective effects of the interaction between job autonomy and support/gratitude. Suggestions can be offered to managers in developing interventions to promote “healthy organization” culture that consider jointly employees and patients’ needs.
Daniela Converso; Barbara Loera; Sara Viotti; Mara Martini. Do positive relations with patients play a protective role for healthcare employees? Effects of patients' gratitude and support on nurses' burnout. Frontiers in Psychology 2015, 6, 1 .
AMA StyleDaniela Converso, Barbara Loera, Sara Viotti, Mara Martini. Do positive relations with patients play a protective role for healthcare employees? Effects of patients' gratitude and support on nurses' burnout. Frontiers in Psychology. 2015; 6 ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDaniela Converso; Barbara Loera; Sara Viotti; Mara Martini. 2015. "Do positive relations with patients play a protective role for healthcare employees? Effects of patients' gratitude and support on nurses' burnout." Frontiers in Psychology 6, no. : 1.
Objective:A steady increase in the number of patients requiring end-of-life care has been observed during the last decades. The assessment of healthcare students' attitudes toward end-of-life care is an important step in their curriculum, as it provides information about their disposition to practice palliative medicine. The Frommelt Attitude Toward Care of the Dying Scale (FATCOD–B) was developed to detect such a disposition, but its psychometric properties are yet to be clearly defined.Method:A convenience sample of 608 second-year medical students participated in our study in the 2012/2013 and 2013/2014 academic years. All participants completed the FATCOD–B. The sample was randomly divided in two subsamples. In the item analysis, reliability (Cronbach's α), internal consistency (item–total correlations), and an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) were conducted using the first subsample (n= 300). Using the second subsample (n= 308), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was performed using the robust ML method in the Lisrel program.Results:Reliability for all items was 0.699. Item–total correlations, ranging from 0.03 to 0.39, were weak. EFA identified a two-dimensional orthogonal solution, explaining 20% of total variance. CFA upheld the two-dimensional model, but the loadings on the dimensions and their respective indicators were weak and equal to zero for certain items.Significance of Results:The findings of the present study suggest that the FATCOD–B measures a two-dimensional construct and that several items seem in need of revision. Future research oriented toward building a revised version of the scale should pay attention to item ambiguity and take particular care to distinguish among items that concern emotions and beliefs related to end-of-life care, as well as their subjects (e.g., the healthcare provider, the patient, his family).
Paolo Leombruni; Barbara Loera; Marco Miniotti; Francesca Zizzi; Lorys Castelli; Riccardo Torta. Confirmatory factor analysis of the Frommelt Attitude Toward Care of the Dying Scale (FATCOD–B) among Italian medical students. Palliative and Supportive Care 2015, 13, 1391 -1398.
AMA StylePaolo Leombruni, Barbara Loera, Marco Miniotti, Francesca Zizzi, Lorys Castelli, Riccardo Torta. Confirmatory factor analysis of the Frommelt Attitude Toward Care of the Dying Scale (FATCOD–B) among Italian medical students. Palliative and Supportive Care. 2015; 13 (5):1391-1398.
Chicago/Turabian StylePaolo Leombruni; Barbara Loera; Marco Miniotti; Francesca Zizzi; Lorys Castelli; Riccardo Torta. 2015. "Confirmatory factor analysis of the Frommelt Attitude Toward Care of the Dying Scale (FATCOD–B) among Italian medical students." Palliative and Supportive Care 13, no. 5: 1391-1398.
Mara Martini; Barbara Loera; Daniela Converso. Perceived-Gratitude Scale. PsycTESTS Dataset 2015, 1 .
AMA StyleMara Martini, Barbara Loera, Daniela Converso. Perceived-Gratitude Scale. PsycTESTS Dataset. 2015; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMara Martini; Barbara Loera; Daniela Converso. 2015. "Perceived-Gratitude Scale." PsycTESTS Dataset , no. : 1.
The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) is the mainstream measure for burnout. However, its psychometric properties have been questioned, and alternative measurement models of the inventory have been suggested. Different models for the number of items and factors of the MBI-HSS, the version of the Inventory for the Human Service sector, were tested in order to identify the most appropriate model for measuring burnout in Italy. The study dataset consisted of a sample of 925 nurses. Ten alternative models of burnout were compared using confirmatory factor analysis. The psychometric properties of items and reliability of the MBI-HSS subscales were evaluated. Item malfunctioning may confound the MBI-HSS factor structure. The analysis confirmed the factorial structure of the MBI-HSS with a three-dimensional, 20-item assessment. The factorial structure underlying the MBI-HSS follows Maslach’s definition when items are reduced from the original 22 to a 20-item set. Alternative models, either with fewer items or with an increased number of latent dimensions in the burnout structure, do not yield better results to justify redefining the item set or theoretically revising the syndrome construct.
Barbara Loera; Daniela Converso; Sara Viotti. Evaluating the Psychometric Properties of the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS) among Italian Nurses: How Many Factors Must a Researcher Consider? PLoS ONE 2014, 9, e114987 .
AMA StyleBarbara Loera, Daniela Converso, Sara Viotti. Evaluating the Psychometric Properties of the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS) among Italian Nurses: How Many Factors Must a Researcher Consider? PLoS ONE. 2014; 9 (12):e114987.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBarbara Loera; Daniela Converso; Sara Viotti. 2014. "Evaluating the Psychometric Properties of the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS) among Italian Nurses: How Many Factors Must a Researcher Consider?" PLoS ONE 9, no. 12: e114987.
Barbara Loera; Silvia Gattino; Daniela Converso. Giustizia organizzativa, supporto sociale e burnout tra lavoratori della Sanità: effetti diretti e di moderazione. PSICOLOGIA DELLA SALUTE 2013, 27 -48.
AMA StyleBarbara Loera, Silvia Gattino, Daniela Converso. Giustizia organizzativa, supporto sociale e burnout tra lavoratori della Sanità: effetti diretti e di moderazione. PSICOLOGIA DELLA SALUTE. 2013; (1):27-48.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBarbara Loera; Silvia Gattino; Daniela Converso. 2013. "Giustizia organizzativa, supporto sociale e burnout tra lavoratori della Sanità: effetti diretti e di moderazione." PSICOLOGIA DELLA SALUTE , no. 1: 27-48.
Sara Viotti; Daniela Converso; Barbara Loera. [Job satisfaction, job burnout and their relationships with work'and patients' characteristics: a comparison between intensive care units (ICU) and not-intensive care units (not-ICU)]. Giornale italiano di medicina del lavoro ed ergonomia 2013, 34, 1 .
AMA StyleSara Viotti, Daniela Converso, Barbara Loera. [Job satisfaction, job burnout and their relationships with work'and patients' characteristics: a comparison between intensive care units (ICU) and not-intensive care units (not-ICU)]. Giornale italiano di medicina del lavoro ed ergonomia. 2013; 34 (2):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSara Viotti; Daniela Converso; Barbara Loera. 2013. "[Job satisfaction, job burnout and their relationships with work'and patients' characteristics: a comparison between intensive care units (ICU) and not-intensive care units (not-ICU)]." Giornale italiano di medicina del lavoro ed ergonomia 34, no. 2: 1.