Understanding who adopt green production and why they choose this strategy is an important issue that needs to be addressed in the context of increasingly severe agricultural pollution. Previous studies have generally investigated subsistence-oriented smallholders, typically employing profit maximization or risk minimization models. However, Chinese farmers have differentiated, and have unique characteristics. This study collected data from 960 random samples of rice farmers and conducted quantitative analysis. The findings reveal that 94.9 % of the farmers had less than 2-ha rice-planting area, and 80.21 % of farmers reported that their purpose of planting rice was for family self-feeding. Furthermore, the new standard to define smallholder based on whether their production purpose is self-feeding or selling and found that non-smallholders had an overall advantage and passed the t-test. Even more non-smallholder (76.32 %) intentionally chose green pesticide than smallholders (66.1 %), but their decision-making logic was different. Binary logistic regression results show that three aspects of self-actualization (environmental, market, and personal) positively and significantly affected the green production behavior of smallholders, but not significant for non-smallholders. This study suggests that in China, where smallholders are the mainstay of agriculture production, green production by smallholders will greatly improve the ecological environment and provide high quality agricultural products.

The problem of self-actualization of disabled children is actual because of barriers in modern society that prevent maximal possible disclosure of their potential and abilities at different stages of growing up. Despite high interest of modern researchers to problematic of self-actualization, this scientific category practically was not investigated in relation to individuals with disabilities, including children, that does not allow to ensure with high degree of efficiency inclusive life-style for this category of citizens. The purpose of the study is to identify specifics of self-actualization of disabled children in various periods of their sociogenesis in family conditions as first social environment of occurring inclusive processes. At that, self-actualization is considered as one of social factors determining formation of inclusive lifestyle of child with persistent health disorders. The theoretical analysis permitted to establish relationship between such categories as self-actualization, lifestyle and social inclusion of disabled children. At the empirical level, the analysis of results of semi-formalized interviews of parents (n=292) and disabled children (n=292) in the Murmansk Oblast, revealed characteristics of self-actualization of disabled children in the family. The social barriers preventing this self-actualization in family environment and inhibiting inclusive processes were identified. The results of the study can be laid in the foundation of designing and implementing variable inclusive social practices of disabled children with disabilities at different stages of sociogenesis, and expanding possibilities for their self-realization, considering needs of socializing personality.

With the improvement of consumers\' environmental awareness and the popularity of the Internet of Things, green smart home products (GSHPs) are becoming the dominant trend of future home life. This shift not only makes tedious home life easier and more convenient but also helps families save energy and reduce carbon emissions. However, given the impact of the current technological level, the proportion of users who actually purchase GSHPs remains small. Thus, seeking ways to promote the consumption of GSHPs has become an urgent issue. Hence, this study seeks to fill the gap in the existing research on green consumption behavior and obtain a full understanding of the factors influencing the purchase intention of GSHPs. To do so, this work uses task-technology fit theory and considers the actual situation of green smart home consumption to add social-technology fit into the original theoretical basis. In particular, this research focuses on middle- and high-end Chinese consumers who have experience in purchasing GSHPs. Moreover, it aims for an in-depth exploration of the formation mechanism of Chinese consumers\' purchase intention for GSHPs through structural equation modeling. Using survey data collected from 331 green smart home product users in China, the study empirically examines the relationships among autonomy, environmental agility, sense of belonging, and self-actualization, and both task-technology fit and social-technology fit, which are expected to shape the purchase intention of GSHP users. The empirical results provide broad support for our hypotheses. The results of this study offer important contributions to the increasing research on GSHPs consumption and shed light on the importance of both technology characteristics and the needs of users in achieving both task-technology fit and social-technology fit and, ultimately enhancing the users\' intention to purchase GSHPs.

OBJECTIVE: To explore the theme of retirement in the epic tale of Odysseus and the implications it can have for contemporary retirees in the light of recent empirical research.
METHODS: Homer\'s Odyssey (ca. 8th cent. B.C.E.) and Tennyson\'s poem \"Ulysses\" (1833) were closely read and compared to disclose the impact retirement had on a literary character who had for most of his life thrived on action.
RESULTS: While Homer avoided directly describing the quality of Odysseus\' life once he had returned home from war, Tennyson focused on it, arguing that a life devoid of adventure would have been intolerable for such a personality.
CONCLUSIONS: Seeking out new adventures and experiences, despite one\'s age, may serve to mitigate one of the most common negative components of retirement today, boredom, and thereby lengthen and enhance the quality of retirees\' lives.

Maslow\'s Human Motivation extended Theory, in its late version, proposed transcendence as one of the highest levels, inclusive or holistic in the Human consciousness. Through Meaning Theory, Victor Frankl and Paul Wong suggested that self-transcendence is a fundamental expression of our spiritual nature and a distinctive concept. However, it is not clear whether at present, with an extensive offer of individualistic currents, transcending involves a personal issue or is rather a collective issue, related to community and culture. The objective of this research is to determine if seeking personal transcendence and seeking collective transcendence are two differentiable categories, and if there is a priority among them, which would suggest an extension of the Theory. With the participation of 402 business students in Mexico, and with the help of a structured equation model, it was determined that there is a significant difference between orientation toward \"I transcend\" and the orientation toward \"I help others transcend.\" The results obtained from the selected sample indicate that individual transcendence and collective transcendence are distinguishable categories. In addition, it was found that young people prefer to seek a personal meaning rather than a collective one, which suggest that dimension of collective transcendence is prior to personal transcendence. These findings can be used to design job profiles for positions that require staff development, and it can serve as a positive pattern for life education and society.

Art in nursing is present in various forms and there is ample literature exploring creativity, including journaling for clinicians, intensive care unit diaries for patients and providers, and music therapy for patients. Illness narratives, depictions of the sick, or the effects of disease are commonly represented in media. This article highlights how creativity and various mediums of artistic expressions may can be used as a self-care practice and aid in boosting empathy in health care providers. Theories on empathy are presented as well as selected representations of nursing as creative expressions and the importance of promoting creativity and empathy.

There is an emerging interest in the positive influence of creativity on individuals\' psychological well-being (PWB). Considering most studies focused on the relationship between divergent thinking and PWB, only several studies have dealt with the role of convergent thinking in PWB, which should be just as important, if not more so. To deepen the knowledge on the association between convergent thinking and PWB, 423 undergraduates were invited to complete the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale, the PWB Scale and the Remote Associates test. As expected, results showed a positive association between PWB and convergent thinking. Also, mindfulness was found to partially mediate the relationship between creativity and PWB. Potential implications and future research directions are proposed.

OBJECTIVE: To examine health-promoting lifestyles mediates the relationship between depressive symptoms and quality of life (QOL) in people with schizophrenia.
METHODS: A cross-sectional exploratory study design was conducted. Two-hundred and seventy-three participants were administered demographic data, health-promoting lifestyle profile, Beck Depression Inventory II, and World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF. The Hayes PROCESS macro was employed to analyze data.
RESULTS: The results showed self-actualization fully mediated the environmental domain of QOL, physical health, psychological health, and social relationships domains were partial mediation.
CONCLUSIONS: This study recommends that professionals reinforce persons\' self-actualization when the QOL is affected by depressive symptoms in people with schizophrenia.

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This paper examines HIV-infected Asian Americans\' experiences with religion throughout the course of their illness and their family relationships.
As the number of Asians in the United States continues to grow, health professionals are beginning notice obvious gaps of knowledge in caring for this population, including HIV-infected individuals. Little is known about the impact of religion and faith on Asian Americans with HIV and their families. The study focuses on the participants\' reported experiences to understand the variety of roles religion can play in the progression of a highly stigmatized chronic disease.
An in-depth interview was conducted in San Francisco and New York City with 30 HIV-infected Asians. Narrative samples and summarized responses was used to highlight themes that emerged from the participants\' anecdotes. Interpretive content analysis was employed.
These groups were categorized as (a) those who did not adhere to any religion, (b) those of tenuous religious faith with conflicted feelings, and (c) those of strong religious faith with congruent beliefs. Within these three groups, various themes were synthesized from the members\' perceptions and past experiences with religion. Within each group, participants displayed various stages of reconciliation with their current faith-related beliefs and escape the family stress from their religion practices. Each participant\'s story shown the vast range of human understanding and faith experiences including self-actualization, acculturation, and depression.
This research provides new insight on the challenge of managing HIV-infected patients in a culturally and religiously appropriate manner.