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Correlates of depressive symptoms in transgender women initiating HIV treatment in Argentina
2021
Transgender women (TGW) experience high prevalence of depression worldwide.This study analyzed the prevalence and correlates of depressive symptoms among 61 HIV + TGW (age: M = 29.87 years, SD = 6....
2017
BackgroundParents of children with chronic conditions often experience a crisis with serious mental health problems for themselves as a consequence. The healthcare focus is on the children; however ...
2020
Background The COVID-19 pandemic triggered vast governmental lockdowns. The impact of these lockdowns on mental health is inadequately understood. On the one hand such drastic changes in daily routines could be detrimental to mental health. On the other hand, it might not be experienced negatively, especially because the entire population was affected. Methods The aim of this study was to determine mental health outcomes during pandemic induced lockdowns and to examine known predictors of mental health outcomes. We therefore surveyed n = 9,565 people from 78 countries and 18 languages. Outcomes assessed were stress, depression, affect, and wellbeing. Predictors included country, sociodemog…
Sozialstaatsvorstellungen im Wandel? Stabilität, Anpassungsprozesse und Anspruchszunahme zwischen 1976 und 2010
2016
Bitte die Zusammenfassung streichen und durch folgende neue Zusammenfassung ersetzen: Im Mittelpunkt dieses Beitrags steht die Analyse der Entwicklung der Sozialstaatsvorstellungen der Bundesburger. Konkret werden drei Fragen untersucht: 1) Wie haben sich die bereichsspezifischen Sozialstaatsvorstellungen von Mitte der 1970er Jahre bis 2010 entwickelt, bei welchen Aufgabenbereichen lasst sich ein Wandel beobachten und welches Muster – Reduktion oder Zunahme der gewunschten Staatsverantwortung – zeichnet sich ab? 2) Bei welchen bereichsspezifischen Sozialstaatsvorstellungen lasst sich nach der deutschen Vereinigung eine Abnahme der Ost-West-Unterschiede beobachten? 3) Kann eine solche Abnahm…
Charitable food aid in Finland: from a social issue to an environmental solution
2019
Since the establishment of the first food bank in 1995, charitable food aid (CFA) has become entrenched in Finland as a seemingly irreplaceable solution to food poverty. Further, it has recently been suggested that the focus of food aid activities is shifting from food poverty and temporary hunger alleviation towards environmental sustainability through addressing food waste via organized re-distribution of expiring food from retail to charitable organizations. This potentially creates a mechanism that (1) solidifies food poverty and (2) fortifies the paradoxical situation where charitable organizations delivering food aid are dependent on food waste rather than trying to reduce it. To unde…
Money, morality and magistrates: prosecuting and judging in the Republic of Benin
2018
Since 2012, Beninese magistrates have gone on multiple strikes. Most of them complain about their substantial workload, low pay, and poor working conditions. They also highlight the discrepancies b...
Loan loss provisions. A study by economic cycles
2017
Este trabajo estudia los determinantes de las dotaciones para provisiones del deterioro de los créditos en las entidades de crédito españolas desde 1983 al segundo trimestre de 2013. Resultan significativos, además de la morosidad, las provisiones genéricas, el margen de interés, la estacionalidad centrada en el cuarto trimestre y los periodos de crisis. Al ser un periodo extenso se estudian cómo actúan los determinantes en cada uno de los 4 ciclos económicos que se han dado. Se encuentran similitudes importantes en los periodos de crisis y en los periodos de crecimiento, junto a las singularidades de los propios ciclos. Las aportaciones de esta investigación son: i) el diferente comportami…
L'efficacité des privatisations françaises : une vision dynamique à travers la théorie de la gouvernance
2004
International audience; A reading of the process of privatization through the corporate governance theory leads to propose a model taking into account, on the one hand, the time dimension of the process of privatization, on the other hand, the contextual, organizational, governance and strategic variables which influence this process. After replicating some traditional tests, we test this model on a sample of French privatized firms and on a seven years horizon. The positive effect traditionally attributed to privatizations is not confirmed. The importance of the effect is subordinated to some of the suggested variables.; Une lecture du processus de privatisation à travers la théorie de la …
Revolving doors: are they valued in the Spanish stock market?
2016
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of political connections in the value of companies listed on the Spanish stock market. Design/methodology/approach The authors study two issues on this topic: the impact on the company value of the appointment as director of an ex-politician through an event study; and the long run stock market performance of companies with political connections. The authors employ a sample of listed firms in the Spanish stock market for which the authors collected data about their political connections. The authors perform the study during a wide period (1996-2011), comprising four legislatures. Findings The results show that from the market persp…
A Configurational Approach to Analyze Family Governance and Family Firm Outcome Preferences
2020
This chapter follows the new research current that looks for heterogeneity between family businesses and its consequences. Through a cluster analysis, the chapter presents a taxonomy of four groups with different family government profiles, depending on the scope—number of issues considered—and the level of formalization. Alike, the research describes the different relative importance that each group attaches a to financial and non-financial performance measures, as well as to the dimensions of business and family success. The chapter analyzes a sample of 147 SME family businesses that belong to the tourism industry. All of them are closely held family businesses that range between the firs…