The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of need fulfillment given by opposite-sex friends (NFOF) on breakup considerations, the mediating role of love commitment in this relationship, and the moderating role of need fulfillment given by romantic partners (NFRP). A total of 334 unmarried individuals in romantic relationships from Northwest China were invited to participate in the study. The findings revealed the following: (1) NFOF significantly and positively predicted breakup considerations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Existing research has demonstrated that thriving at work has a positive effect on work performance, but little is known about how thriving at work affects family role performance. Based on the work-home resource model, this study examines the impact mechanism of thriving at work on family role performance.
Methods: This paper uses an experience sampling method to conduct a 5-day daily study of 151 married employees in Northwest China, and the data were analyzed using a multilevel linear model.
Objectives: To identify randomized controlled trials comparing the use of hydrophilic and nonhydrophilic catheters for intermittent catheterization (IC) in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI), and to perform a meta-analysis evaluating the occurrence of hematuria and urinary tract infection (UTI).
Data Sources: We searched the following electronic databases to identify studies: EMBASE (1991 to August 2011), PubMed (1991 to August 2011), Cochrane Library (no date restriction), China National Knowledge Infrastructure (no date restriction), and the Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (no date restriction).
Study Selection: Randomized controlled trials, parallel-control, crossover-control, and prospective cohort studies that assessed morbidity associated with the use of hydrophilic catheters and nonhydrophilic catheters in patients after SCI were included.