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Item Solve: Testing the interrelationships among employees in medium scale enterprises(2011-04) Ekore, J. O.The study examined interrelationships of emerging psychosocial problems (stress, tobacco and alcohol use, HIV/AIDS, and violence, as addressed by ILO's SOLVE program) in medium scale enterprises. They constitute major challenges to employees’ health and organizational outcomes. Unlike other countries, where strong evidence exists to show the interrelationships, there is paucity of literature involving the Sub-Saharan Africa sample, where attempts to promote the knowledge and application of SOLVE has posed great problems. Based on previous literature, it was hypothesized that there would be significant positive interrelationships among the dimensions in SOLVE. The survey utilized a questionnaire, consisting of 20 items, measuring the dimensions in SOLVE. A sample of 186 respondents was drawn from middle-level supervisors in medium scale enterprises. They are students in a weekend Master’s in Managerial Psychology (MMP) program. There were 102 (54.8%) male and 84 (45.2%) female respondents. Their mean age was 36 (sd=3.55). Findings established significant interrelationships among the five psychosocial factors, i.e. SOLVE dimensions, which confirmed the hypothesis. There was no significant difference between males and females in their responses to the measures. Apart from adding to previous literature on the association of the variables, the outcome will enable the promotion of SOLVE among workers as a best practice in creating healthy workplacesItem Fear of HIVsusceptibility influencing burden of care among nurses in South-East NIgeria(Scientific Journal, 2013) Asuquo, E. F.; Adejumo, P.; Etowa, J.; Adejumo, A.HIV/AIDS currently is a major cause of disability and mortality especially in sub-Saharan Africa. As the population affected by HIV/AIDS increases, so does the burden of this chronic disease and the challenges associated with caring. HIV scourge in Nigeria has been overwhelming since 1992 with debilitating impacts and this study presents the extent of fear of susceptibility and the level of caregivers burden among Nigerian nurses. To direct the study, three special objectives and one hypothesis were raised, which were to determine the extent of fear of susceptibility and perceived seriousness of HIV, to ascertain the percentage of nurses who tested to know their HIV status and the associated level of caregivers burden among nurses. The study also determined the relationship between fear of susceptibility and caregiver’s burden. A purposive sampling technique was used to select 210 nurses caring for people living with HIV/AIDS in the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Nigeria. Structured questionnaires and relevant validated scales such as Zarit Burden Interview [1] and abridged Champion Health Belief Model Scale [2] were used to elicit data. Results revealed that the majority of 41.0% respondents nursed fear of susceptibility despite the practice of universal precaution and perceived HIV as a serious and life threatening infection, 36.0% were not sure of their experience and 23% had no fear of HIV. 33.8% respondents experienced mild to moderate level of burden, 27.2% respondents experienced moderate to severe level of burden while 15.7% experienced severe burden. A Chi Square value of 68.2 at P < 0.05 was obtained showing a significant relationship between fear of susceptibility and caregivers burden. This paper discusses the implications of these findings for nursing and health care and recommends the implementation of educational opportunities to allay fears and minimize caregiver burden among nurses and other health care professionals.Item Social support, social maladjustment, and psychological wellbeing as determinants of psychopathic deviance among civil servants in Akure, Nigeria(Nigerian Psychological Association, South Western Zone, 2011-06) Adejumo, A. O.The influence of social support, social maladjustment and psychological wellbeing on psychopathic deviance (PD) among civil servants in Akure, Nigeria was investigated. The survey adopted a cross-sectional design including 194 male and 153 female participants with a mean age of 33.97 years, selected using multi-stage sampling. Data was collected using an 89-item structured-questionnaire. Four hypotheses were tested of which two were confirmed. Social maladjustment (F [1, 339]= 120.49; p= .001), and general health (F [1, 339] = 41.83; p= .001); as well as a combination of social support, social maladjustment, and general health (F [1, 3092] = 52.47; p= .001) significantly influenced PD; General health (GH) predicted PD (R2=.51, F [3,343] = 90.21; P<.0l). There were significant differences between participants high and low social maladjustment (t [345] = -9.52; P> 0.00), and GH (t [345] = -9.08; P = 0.00) on PD, but not between participants with high and low social support (t [345] = -0.23; P = 0.82). This shows that the psychological factors determine PD among civil servants. Prospective employers should investigate these variables among civil service applicants, while psychological interventions would be imperative for secondary PD prevention in having mentally-healthy civil servants.