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Financial system in steering the economy towards planetary well-being
2024
This chapter discusses the possible roles that financial system may play in steering economic production towards planetary well-being. The costs associated with using natural resources are seldom equal to the actual environmental costs incurred. The present chapter proposes linking Sir Partha Dasgupta’s Impact Equation and the standard asset pricing framework and discusses the roles that financial institutions and central banks as well as debt and equity funding play in supporting production that preserve planetary well-being via the incentives of those in need for and those willing to supply funding. It is proposed that the increasing costs of capital and the financial exclusion of non-env…
Education for planetary well-being
2024
The aim of this chapter is to present how education can promote planetary well-being as well as what the adoption of the planetary well-being means for education. The main objective is to explore theoretical perspectives on the new concept education for planetary well-being by examining its underlying philosophical assumptions and by introducing related approaches in the field of education. There exist several initiatives and frameworks that have aimed to make education more sustainable and just, but many of these are based on the concept of sustainable development and have considerable limitations regarding their potential to address the ecological crisis and bring about urgently needed so…
A web-based positive psychology intervention to promote well-being in pregnant women
2017
Introducción El embarazo es una época de cambios, un periodo de la vida que representa el inicio de un nuevo rol para las mujeres de todas las edades. Existe un amplio consenso sobre el papel del estado psicológico materno en la influencia que ejerce sobre el desarrollo del feto, el curso del embarazo y la salud física y psicológica, tanto de la madre como del bebé. La naturaleza, incidencia y las consecuencias perjudiciales del bajo bienestar psicológico materno durante el embarazo han sido ampliamente examinadas y documentadas (e.g., Agius, Xuereb, Carrick-Sen, Sultana y Rankin. 2016; Staneva, Bogossian y Wittkowski, 2015). Un pobre bienestar materno se caracteriza típicamente por bajos n…
The paradox of endogenous poverty line in the poverty indices
2007
february 23-25, 2007; When measuring poverty, the poverty line is considered to be relatively determined as a percentage of the median income or as a percentage of the average income so as to allow international comparisons. The poverty line relative to the median income may be described as endogenous in contrast with the poverty line relative to the average income which may be described as exogenous because it is independent of the normalized distribution of incomes. As the existing literature is focused on the properties of the indices but not on the respective interest of the endogenous and exogenous poverty lines, this paper compares the two definitions of the relative poverty. The Rela…
Controversies in ameloblastoma management: Evaluation of decision making, based on a retrospective analysis
2020
Background The ameloblastoma management is still challenging to the high recurrence rates and significant morbidity associated with radical treatment. The purpose of this 10-year retrospective study was to analyze the influence of ameloblastoma type and treatment strategy on the long-term outcomes and recurrence rates. Material and Methods The retrospective analyses of 64 histologically-confirmed ameloblastoma cases was performed. The possible risk factors for recurrence and the development of complications were estimated statistically. Results The treatment strategy applied for this group of patients was the following: thirty-four patients (53.1%) were treated conservatively with enucleati…
Corrigendum: Predicting Well-Being Among the Elderly: The Role of Coping Strategies
2020
TOWARDS WELL-BEING AT SCHOOL WITH INTEGRATIVE PEDAGOGY
2011
The purpose of this presentation is to consider intervention for developing school well-being and preventing bullying. Intervention is realized with the Integrative Pedagogy [1] [2] and viewed from the perspectives of the school community and the professional development of the school staff. Finnish comprehensive school teachers are highly educated and motivated for their jobs. This has seen as one of the reasons for the good learning results in the academic skills of pupils. There is, however, a need for improvement the well-being of pupils. Bullying in schools is also a common issue. The teachers together with other school professionals need training, both as individuals and as a communit…
Psiholoģiskās labklājības saistība ar apmierinātību ar darbu
2017
Pētījuma mērķis ir, apskatīt psiholoģiskās labklājības saistību ar apmierinātību ar darbu. Pētījumā piedalījās 65 respondenti, no kuriem 26,2% ir vīrieši un 73,8% sievietes, vidējais vecums ir 34,91 . Psiholoģiskās labklājības noteikšanai tika pielietota Psiholoģiskās labklājības aptauja (Scale of Psychological Well- Being, Ryff, 1989), adaptēta Latvijas apstākļiem (Voitkāne, S. & Miezīte, S., 2002). Apmierinātības ar darbu noteikšanai tika izmantota aptauja - Apmierinātība ar darbu (Job satisfaction survey /JSS/, Spector, 1985). Šo aptauju Latvijā ir adaptējis Ints Burvis 2005.gadā. Pētījuma rezultāti parādīja, ka pastāv zināmas statistiski nozīmīgas saistības starp psiholoģisko labklājību…
Psiholoģiskās labklājības saistība ar apmierinātību ar partnerattiecībām
2016
Šī pētījuma mērķis ir izpētīt, vai pastāv psiholoģiskās labklājības un apmierinātības ar partnerattiecībām atšķirības indivīdiem, kas atrodas reģistrētā laulībā, un, kas ir partnerattiecībās, bet neatrodas reģistrētā laulībā, un, vai pastāv atšķirības psiholoģiskās labklājības saistībā ar apmierinātību ar partnerattiecībām indivīdiem, kas atrodas reģistrētā laulībā, un, kas ir partnerattiecībās, bet nav reģistrētā laulībā. Pētījumā piedalījās 117 respondenti (90 sievietes, 27 vīrieši) vecumā no 20 līdz 77 gadiem (M = 38,94 gadi, SD = 12,27). 51 respondents norādīja, ka ir oficiāli nereģistrētās attiecībās (43,6%), 66 respondenti norādīja, ka ir oficiāli reģistrētās attiecībās (56,4%). Pētīj…
Psychological well-being and perceived stress for students during the covid-19 pandemic
2022
Pētījuma mērķis ir, izpētīt studentu uztverto stresu un psiholoģiskās labklājības saistību Covid-19 pandēmijas laikā. Pētījumā piedalījās 61 respondents, no kuriem 48 (78,8%) ir sievietes un 13 (21,3%) vīrieši. Pētījuma dalībnieki ir dažādu studiju līmeņa un programmu studenti no Latvijas vecumā no 18 līdz 25 gadiem. Vidējais respondentu vecums ir 21,49. Psiholoģiskās labklājības noteikšanai tika izmantota Psiholoģiskās labklājības aptauja (Scales of Psychological Well-Being (RPWB,), Riff, 1989). Metodi tulkoja un adaptēja Latvijā S.Voitkāne, S.Miezīte un M.Raščevska (Voitkāne, Miezīte & Raščevska, 2004). Lai noteiktu Covid-19 studentu uztverto stresu tika izmantota aptauja – (COVID-19 Stud…