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Job Burnout amongst the Institutional Caregivers Working with Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Utilization of the Chinese Version of the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory Survey
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Lin, Lan-Ping; Lin, Jin-Ding – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2013
Burnout has been considered important to understand the well-being of people who work with individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID) and developmental disabilities (DD). To identify personal and workplace characteristics associated with burnout, this study aimed to utilize the Chinese version of the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory to provide a…
Descriptors: Autism, Feedback (Response), Caregivers, Work Environment
Interactive Influences of Family and School Ecologies on the Depression Status among Children in Marital Immigrant Families
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Lin, Fu-Gong; Tung, Ho-Jui; Hsieh, Yu-Hsin; Lin, Jin-Ding – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
The incidence of transnational marriage has increased significantly in Taiwan in recent years. Children born in immigrant families are predisposed to acculturation and learning problems. We aimed to determine if the children of marital immigrants are more depressed than children from native families, and examine the individual and joint effects of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Parent Child Relationship, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries
Interactive Effects of Delayed Bedtime and Family-Associated Factors on Depression in Elementary School Children
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Lin, Jin-Ding; Tung, Ho-Jui; Hsieh, Yu-Hsin; Lin, Fu-Gong – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
Shorter sleep time was reported to be associated with psychological functioning in children. We intended to examine the relationship between nocturnal sleep duration and depression status by investigating if delayed bedtime could be one of the enhancement factors for depression in children. A cross-sectional study was performed to investigate the…
Descriptors: Sleep, Elementary School Students, Reference Groups, Prevention
Extrinsic High-Effort and Low-Reward Conditions at Work among Institutional Staff Caring for People with Intellectual Disabilities in Taiwan
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Lee, Tzong-Nan; Lin, Jin-Ding; Yen, Chia-Feng; Loh, Ching-Hui; Hsu, Shang-Wei; Tang, Chi-Chieh; Wu, Jia-Ling; Fang, Wen-Hui; Chu, Cordia M. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
The purposes of the present study were to determine whether extrinsic high-effort/low-reward conditions at work are associated with personal characteristics and the organizational environments. A cross-sectional survey was conducted (76.7% response rate, N = 1243) by recruiting the staff caring for people with intellectual disabilities of Taiwan…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Foreign Countries, Rewards, Work Environment
Job Strain and Determinants in Staff Working in Institutions for People with Intellectual Disabilities in Taiwan: A Test of the Job Demand-Control-Support Model
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Lin, Jin-Ding; Lee, Tzong-Nan; Yen, Chia-Feng; Loh, Ching-Hui; Hsu, Shang-Wei; Wu, Jia-Ling; Chu, Cordia M. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
Little is known about the job strain of staff working in disability institutions. This study investigated the staff's job strain profile and its determinants which included the worker characteristics and the psychosocial working environments in Taiwan. A cross-sectional study survey was carried out among 1243 workers by means of a self-answered…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Job Training, Foreign Countries, Rewards
Staffing Trends of Disability Care Institutions in Taiwan during the Period 2002-2007
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Fang, Wen-Hui; Yen, Chia-Feng; Wu, Jia-Ling; Lin, Lan-Ping; Kuo, Fang-Yu; Chou, Yu-Ching; Lin, Jin-Ding – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
The objectives of this study were to examine trends related to the staffing of disability welfare institutions caring for people with disabilities in Taiwan. Nationwide data from the 2002 to 2007 "Service Manpower in Disability Welfare Institutions" report, which are derived mainly from the Department of Statistics, Ministry of the…
Descriptors: Nurses, Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Social Work