Impaired function in care-recipients predicts caregiver burden, and also interacts with demographical- and caregiving-related factors. Thus, it will be beneficial to both care-recipients and caregivers to target nursing interventions and community services to improve the functional abilities of individuals with dementia.

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Despite 35 years of study, burnout researchers have failed to reach a consensus about whether burnout is distinct from depression. This review compiled reports containing zero-order correlations between scores on burnout, depression, and other measures of negative affect (NA) based on (a) reviews published by Kahill (1988), McKnight (1996), andBianchi et al. (2015b), and (b) a search of PsycInfo using "depression" and "burnout" as search terms to find relevant studies published after 2014. The resulting data set contained 69 studies with 196 burnout-depression correlations based on 46,191 participants. We found an overall effect size of .492 between scores on burnout and depression measures (essentially equivalent to the .52 value reported in Koutsimani et al. 's, 2019, review) and an effect size of .546 between the Maslach Burnout Inventory emotional exhaustion scale and depression. Similarly, a correlation of .53 between burnout and NA measures is similar in size to the .46 correlation found by Koutsimani et al. Moderator analyses indicated that a larger burnout-depression correlation was associated with a higher proportion of female participants in a study, older participants, participants who had worked longer, and burnout measures with higher reliability estimates. The effects of age and years employed on the burnoutdepression relationship suggest that repeated and negative work experiences are required for burnout to develop to the extent that its effects overlap with symptoms of depression. Conceptualizing the empirical relation between burnout and depression as a single point estimate may miss the more complex empirical picture.

The study explored the effects of computer use on the mathematical performance of students with special attention to ELL students. To achieve a high generalizability of findings, the study used a U.S. nationally representative database, the Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS-K), and adopted proper weights. The study conducted both crosssectional and longitudinal analyses to examine the direct and longitudinal effects of three types of computer use: home computer access, computer use for various purposes, and computer use for math. The study found positive effects of home computer access and computer use for various purposes for English-speaking groups. It is important to note that computer use for math was associated with a reduced gap in math achievement between native English-speaking and ELL students. In particular, when Hispanic and Asian students frequently used computers for math, they showed high math performances when compared with their English-speaking counterparts.

Parental involvement is well documented as a significant contributor to the self-efficacy and academic achievement of students. A structural equation model of parent involvement with family socioeconomic status, student gender, parents' aspirations for their children, mathematics efficacy, and mathematics achievement was tested to examine whether parent involvement in the 10th grade remains relevant to achievement. A sample of data pertaining to 8,673 10th graders from the Educational Longitudinal Study was analyzed. The results indicated that the fit of the measurement model to the data was good (χ 2 = 3081.62, df = 87, p = .0, normed fit index [NFI] = .96, comparative fit index [CFI] = .96, root mean square error of approximation [RMSEA] = .064), as was the structural model (χ 2 = 3470.69, df = 94, p = .00, NFI = .96, CFI = .96, RMSEA = .065). Although the effect was small in magnitude, parent involvement in advising had a significant indirect relationship with mathematics achievement via mathematics efficacy of 10th graders. C 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Research is clear that palliative care workers (PCW) are at risk for burnout and secondary traumatic stress, it is unclear how to address these risks and support PCWs. A recent meta-analysis of interventions supporting PCWs reported that despite ample programs implemented for PCWs, most have failed to demonstrate desired outcomes or are based on nonrigorously tested research. This study seeks to evaluate factors that may contribute to professional quality of life (ProQoL) for PCWs. Specifically, it uses structural equation modeling to examine the relationship between ProQoL, mindful self-care (MSC), and meaning made in PCWs. A total of 141 multidisciplinary palliative and hospice care clinicians from a county-wide agency completed The Mindful Self-Care Scale–33, The Integration of Stressful Life Experiences Scale, and The Professional Quality of Life Scale. MSC behaviors exhibited a direct effect on ProQoL for PCWs so that more engagement in MSC predicted higher ProQoL (β = .81, p < .001). MSC behaviors also demonstrated a direct relationship with meaning made for PCWs so that higher engagement in MSC predicted higher meaning made (β = .33, p < .01). Similarly, meaning made indicated a direct effect on ProQoL so that higher meaning made resulted in higher ProQoL (β = .25, p < .01). The current study suggests that ProQoL for PCWs may be directly affected by meaning made as well as the degree of engagement in MSC behaviors. Based on these findings, future programs aimed at supporting PCWs should consider adding MSC behaviors and meaning-making interventions as components.