Introduction Since the 1980s when the term LGB (lesbian, gay and bisexual) gained popularity, its community has continued to expand in number and supporters. Those whose sexual orientation is not “normal”, have been forced to fight for equal rights with heterosexuals when it comes to romantic relationships. Some of these areas pursued include social security, workplace benefits, and inheritance (Village and Francis, 2008). While certain countries have participated in the legalization of same-sex…
The CBCL checklist is used with children aged 6 to 18. The checklist contains 113 questions, and is scored on a three-point Likert scale, such as, (0= absent, 1= occurs sometimes, 2= occurs often). It is stated that in 2001, there were options added for multicultural norms that allowed scale scores to be displayed in relation to different sets of cultural/societal norms (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 2009). Centre for Addiction and Mental Health…
CHAPTER SIX RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION RECOMMENDATIONS 1. The following recommendations would certainly assist the authorities of Sri Lanka Army to look after its disabled soldiers with much dignity. a. The Authorities of Sri Lanka Army, together with the Ministry of Defence should initiate training programs aiming at developing the careers of disabled soldiers while in active service. These programs should have direct links with larger organizations which are willing to make job…
period. Additionally, researchers explored the impact of relationships in the facilitation and achievement of success. Approximately 80 males, 150 females from two different colleges participated in the experimentation. Researchers developed Likert scales to measure aspiration, self-esteem and life satisfaction. Results of the study indicated that individuals who were intrinsically motivated had greater psychological health than those who were extrinsically motivated. The outcomes of this…
PSA (Public Speaking Anxiety) among Non-native English Specialization Students Anxiety is a basic human emotion consisting of fear and uncertainty that typically appears when an individual perceives an event as being a threat to the ego or self esteem (Harris and Coy, 2003). There are various types of anxiety, including generalized anxiety disorder, specific phobia, separation anxiety, agoraphobia, panic disorder and social anxiety (Wikipedia). Fear of public speaking, performance anxiety,…
it is leadership. This article targets people from IT [recruitment] industry. Leaders have more impact on employees satisfaction. The key factors of leadership affecting the attrition rate and how it can be controlled are found by a five point likert scale questionnaire. And the results are obtained using [SPSS} technique. Finding: Keywords: Leadership, Attrition, Retention. Introduction: There are many reasons for attrition in an organization.…
direction and may lead to additional research at a later date. (Research to back this up) Survey based research method with a mixed-method approach to questioning will be used in this research. The quantitative questioning will involve the use of a Likert scale to enable easily quantifiable and statistical data. The qualitative questioning will request anecdotal information from open-ended questioning. A standardized structured of questioning will be used, but will allow for deviation to…
According to Coopersmith’s definition, self-esteem is “the evaluation which the individual makes and customarily maintains with regard to himself: it expresses an attitude of approval and indicates the extent to which an individual believes himself to be capable, significant, successful and worthy. In short, self-esteem is a personal judgment of the worthiness that is expressed in the attitudes the individual holds towards himself.” (p. 4–5) To put it more simply, self-esteem is the attitude…
the world.”(Lodderhose). Gareth Neame, executive producer or Downtown Abbey, states that “long term (...) content simply won’t be created in the first place.” (Lodderhose). Therefore, piracy has many disadvantages, both on a global and on a local scale, causing an economic loss, a loss of creativity and a loss of…
Cyberbullying is a type of aggressive behavior that occurs when social communications such as phone calls, text messages, emails, and social networking sites are used repeatedly by individual(s) for harassment, embarrassment, invasion of privacy, black mailing, spreading false rumors, and social exclusion. It mainly consists of two major forms: direct cyberbullying, the online harassment activity is done by the perpetrator, and indirect cyberbullying, in which an instigator is enlisting others…