Suchergebnisse

I. Overall Concepts of Soil Quality, Sustainable Development and Environmental Security; Synopsis and Overview -- Soil, Sustainability and Security; the Importance of Ecosystem Integrity -- Soil Quality in Relation to the Concepts of Multifunctionality and Sustainable Development -- II. Soil Quality Studies in Central and Eastern European Countries; Synopsis and Overview -- The Heavy Metals and Sulphur Status of Agricultural Soils in Poland -- Organic Contaminants in Agricultural Soils in Central and East European Countries as Compared to West European Countries; Example of PAHs -- Quality and Contamination of Agricultural Soils in Hungary as Indicated by Environmental Monitoring and Risk Assessment -- Contamination and Degradation of Soils in the Czech Republic — Contemporary and Future State -- The Present Status of the Soil Environment in Russia -- III. Studies Emphasizing some Western Examples of Management Practices and Strategies Relating to Agricultural Sustainability and Environmental Security; Synopsis and Overview -- Agro-Environmental Aspects of Land Disposal of Industrial Wastes -- Long-Term Field Experiments and Implications for Soil Quality Assessment with Respect to Organic Contaminants; The Significance of Sewage Sludge Applied to Agricultural Land -- Organic Farming on Large Farms with Special Reference to Eastern Germany; Management strategies, environmental effects and economic aspects -- Minimum Tillage Technology as an Alternative to Traditional Systems: Environmental Implications and their Relevance to Poland and other CEES -- Soil Physical Quality and The Effects of Management -- Herbicide Management to Maintain Environmental Quality; Lessons to be Learned from North American Herbicide Management Practice -- Controlling Animal Waste Management in Denmark as Related to Soil and Water Quality -- The use of Soil Data to Predict Environmental Sensitivity to Pollution -- IV. Management Practices Relating to Agricultural Sustainability and Environmental Security, Emphasizing Examples from Central and Eastern Europe; Synopsis and Overview -- Impact of Management Practices on Soil Quality in CEE Countries with Particular Reference to Poland -- Application of Sludges for Remediation of Contaminated Soil Environment -- Past, Present and Future Status of N-Fertilization Policies in Hungary -- Soil Tillage Systems Applied in Russia to Prevent Soil Erosion and Degradation -- A Mechanism for the Self-Regulation of Fertility in Ukrainian Chernozems -- Conservation and Non-Plough Systems of Crop Production in Ukraine with Increased Reproduction of Soil Fertility -- An Erosion Control System for Sustainable Land use in a Lithuanian Catchment -- Rehabilitation of Acid Soils by Liming and Longterm Manurial Treatment -- Interacting Effects of Liming, Fertilization and Plant Breeding in some Lithuanian Soils in Relation to Environmental Protection -- V. Socio-Economic Aspects of Agricultural Sustainability and Environmental Security in Central and East European Countries; Synopsis and Overview -- Appropriate Agricultural Policies to Sustain Agriculture in the Central and Eastern European Countries -- Future of Polish Agriculture: Possibilities and Problems -- Opportunities for Sustainable Agriculture in the CEECs with Particular Emphasis on Poland -- Assessments of Environmental Policy Measures: A Farm Approach -- VI. Conclusions and Recommendations -- List of Workshop Participants -- Coloured Plates.

Purpose
This study aims to understand the relationship between Covid stress and helplessness among the elderly people in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu, a southern state of India, and moreover, whether positive religious coping can have any influence on this relationship.


Design/methodology/approach
Following a field study approach, data were collected from 187 elderly people aged more than 60 years in different parts of the Tirunelveli district. Moderated regression analysis was carried out to examine the moderating role of positive religious coping on the relationship between Covid stress and helplessness.


Findings
In line with the formulated hypotheses, the findings reveal a significant positive contribution of Covid stress toward the helplessness of elderly people. However, despite Covid stress, the helplessness gets reduced for elderly people executing a higher level of positive religious coping.


Research limitations/implications
The findings substantiate the conservation of resources theory and suggest the role of positive religious coping as a personal resource against the stress experienced by the elderly.


Practical implications
The findings of the present study indicate the responsibility of government agencies, community leaders, family members as well as religious leaders in providing the scope to the elderly for religious interactions as well as practices that may facilitate positive religious coping among them.


Originality/value
The present study is one of its kind to be carried out among community-dwelling elderly under the pandemic crises. Moreover, the buffering role of positive religious coping as a personal resource to withstand the difficult situation has been examined in this study in an empirical manner.