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The deteriorating state of the environment and the problems of climate change have led states, governments, organizations and academics to look for solutions to these problems. In this way, the concept of sustainability has emerged, which still does not have a single precise definition, but the essence of this term is to ensure harmony between human needs and nature. To this end, the Sustainable Development Goals have been set up. One of the most important of them is to ensure sustainable patterns of production and consumption. Sustainable consumption must be ensured in all areas, but the authors point out that special attention should be paid to food consumption, given that it has one of the greatest negative environmental impacts. In order to move towards more environmentally friendly solutions, not only governments and various organizations are involved in the process, but discussions are also taking place in the academic community. Attitudes and involvement in sustainable food consumption, its determinants and the links between consumption and various factors have been extensively studied in the scientific literature. Nevertheless, according to the authors, it is not enough to examine these factors alone, as there is a consumer attitude-behavior gap, which is important to examine separately. In conducting these studies, the researchers found that there are patterns in the behavior of certain consumers, leading to the development of segmentation studies aimed at grouping consumers according to similar characteristics. These studies are important in identifying gaps where consumers behave unsustainably and, by linking them to segment-specific values, to develop more effective communication campaigns to encourage consumers to behave more sustainably.

Farmers operate in a changing market, policy and social environment so questions arise as to how they experience these changes and react in their business orientation. This topic was examined in the period 2011 to 2016 in a strongly fluctuating product market and food policy environment, e.g., abolition of milk quotas in Europe. The study was based on unique panel data for 290 dairy farms in Poland, Slovenia, Lithuania and The Netherlands, questioned up to three times in 2011, 2013 and 2016. The conceptual framework was composed of Farmer goals, Resources, Opportunities and Threats (O&T), and Future expectations (performance) as continuous variables, and countries and strategy farmer groups as categorical variables. Data were analysed applying PCA, ANOVA, cluster and regression analyses. Dairy farmers seemed not to be motivated or educated to take strategic decisions that made the best use of their resources and to take opportunities and mitigate threats to achieve their personal goals. Farmer perceptions were strongly affected by country of origin, local environment and milk price, and less by the strategy group. The market situation is one of the dominant factors affecting the mind-set of farmers in Europe. Future expectations were evaluated highest in 2013 (period with 'high' prices), lowest in 2016 (price crisis) and intermediate in 2011 (moderate price period). The large dependence of farmers on the price of their product could be a sensitive issue for politicians, but also food chain members and farmers' syndicates. They may anticipate a fluctuating attitude of farmers with respect to organisational and institutional plans and implemented measures, depending on the market situation and related policy context.

Farmers operate in a changing market, policy and social environment so questions arise as to how they experience these changes and react in their business orientation. This topic was examined in the period 2011 to 2016 in a strongly fluctuating product market and food policy environment, e.g., abolition of milk quotas in Europe. The study was based on unique panel data for 290 dairy farms in Poland, Slovenia, Lithuania and The Netherlands, questioned up to three times in 2011, 2013 and 2016. The conceptual framework was composed of Farmer goals, Resources, Opportunities and Threats (O&T), and Future expectations (performance) as continuous variables, and countries and strategy farmer groups as categorical variables. Data were analysed applying PCA, ANOVA, cluster and regression analyses. Dairy farmers seemed not to be motivated or educated to take strategic decisions that made the best use of their resources and to take opportunities and mitigate threats to achieve their personal goals. Farmer perceptions were strongly affected by country of origin, local environment and milk price, and less by the strategy group. The market situation is one of the dominant factors affecting the mind-set of farmers in Europe. Future expectations were evaluated highest in 2013 (period with 'high' prices), lowest in 2016 (price crisis) and intermediate in 2011 (moderate price period). The large dependence of farmers on the price of their product could be a sensitive issue for politicians, but also food chain members and farmers' syndicates. They may anticipate a fluctuating attitude of farmers with respect to organisational and institutional plans and implemented measures, depending on the market situation and related policy context.

Like burnout due to excessive work stress, parents also experience constant stress when raising their children, which leads to parental burnout. The COVID-19 pandemic that began worldwide in 2020 changed the daily living habits of all mankind. Parental unemployment, financial insecurity, low levels of social support from family and friends, and lack of leisure time during the pandemic significantly increased the risk of parental burnout. The aim of the research: to evaluate the signs of burnout of parents in Plungė district and their connections with well - being, lifestyle and social support. Research methods: In order to assess the signs of burnout of parents in Plungė district and their links with well-being, lifestyle and social support, a quantitative survey was conducted - a questionnaire survey. The survey of respondents was conducted by researchers from the Faculty of Health Sciences of Klaipeda University, in cooperation with researchers from Belgian and Dutch universities. All European Union countries participate in the study. The final work analyzes the results of the survey of respondents living in Plungė district. The research instrument consisted of 5 blocks of questions. The study involved 208 respondents living in Plungė district raising at least one child. Research results and conclusions. The parents of Plungė district studied in the study were characterized by a low level of parental burnout. A higher burnout rate was found in the father / mother role dimension of exhaustion. Exhaustion in this dimension was more common among parents who felt the negative consequences of the pandemic, their income decreased during quarantine, as well as parents whose children needed care in preparing food for them to eat. Nearly a third of the parents surveyed felt slightly unwell about the COVID-19 induced situation. Exhaustion in the father/mother role was associated with expressive emotional suppression. Bored feelings of parenthood had been associated with expressive suppression and malaise / despair for COVID-19. Emotional alienation had links to parental consensus, the contrast of the former self had connections with expressive suppression, cognitive overestimation, malaise / despair due to a situation caused by COVID-19.

Like burnout due to excessive work stress, parents also experience constant stress when raising their children, which leads to parental burnout. The COVID-19 pandemic that began worldwide in 2020 changed the daily living habits of all mankind. Parental unemployment, financial insecurity, low levels of social support from family and friends, and lack of leisure time during the pandemic significantly increased the risk of parental burnout. The aim of the research: to evaluate the signs of burnout of parents in Plungė district and their connections with well - being, lifestyle and social support. Research methods: In order to assess the signs of burnout of parents in Plungė district and their links with well-being, lifestyle and social support, a quantitative survey was conducted - a questionnaire survey. The survey of respondents was conducted by researchers from the Faculty of Health Sciences of Klaipeda University, in cooperation with researchers from Belgian and Dutch universities. All European Union countries participate in the study. The final work analyzes the results of the survey of respondents living in Plungė district. The research instrument consisted of 5 blocks of questions. The study involved 208 respondents living in Plungė district raising at least one child. Research results and conclusions. The parents of Plungė district studied in the study were characterized by a low level of parental burnout. A higher burnout rate was found in the father / mother role dimension of exhaustion. Exhaustion in this dimension was more common among parents who felt the negative consequences of the pandemic, their income decreased during quarantine, as well as parents whose children needed care in preparing food for them to eat. Nearly a third of the parents surveyed felt slightly unwell about the COVID-19 induced situation. Exhaustion in the father/mother role was associated with expressive emotional suppression. Bored feelings of parenthood had been associated with expressive suppression and malaise / despair for COVID-19. Emotional alienation had links to parental consensus, the contrast of the former self had connections with expressive suppression, cognitive overestimation, malaise / despair due to a situation caused by COVID-19.

Like burnout due to excessive work stress, parents also experience constant stress when raising their children, which leads to parental burnout. The COVID-19 pandemic that began worldwide in 2020 changed the daily living habits of all mankind. Parental unemployment, financial insecurity, low levels of social support from family and friends, and lack of leisure time during the pandemic significantly increased the risk of parental burnout. The aim of the research: to evaluate the signs of burnout of parents in Plungė district and their connections with well - being, lifestyle and social support. Research methods: In order to assess the signs of burnout of parents in Plungė district and their links with well-being, lifestyle and social support, a quantitative survey was conducted - a questionnaire survey. The survey of respondents was conducted by researchers from the Faculty of Health Sciences of Klaipeda University, in cooperation with researchers from Belgian and Dutch universities. All European Union countries participate in the study. The final work analyzes the results of the survey of respondents living in Plungė district. The research instrument consisted of 5 blocks of questions. The study involved 208 respondents living in Plungė district raising at least one child. Research results and conclusions. The parents of Plungė district studied in the study were characterized by a low level of parental burnout. A higher burnout rate was found in the father / mother role dimension of exhaustion. Exhaustion in this dimension was more common among parents who felt the negative consequences of the pandemic, their income decreased during quarantine, as well as parents whose children needed care in preparing food for them to eat. Nearly a third of the parents surveyed felt slightly unwell about the COVID-19 induced situation. Exhaustion in the father/mother role was associated with expressive emotional suppression. Bored feelings of parenthood had been associated with expressive suppression and malaise / despair for COVID-19. Emotional alienation had links to parental consensus, the contrast of the former self had connections with expressive suppression, cognitive overestimation, malaise / despair due to a situation caused by COVID-19.

Like burnout due to excessive work stress, parents also experience constant stress when raising their children, which leads to parental burnout. The COVID-19 pandemic that began worldwide in 2020 changed the daily living habits of all mankind. Parental unemployment, financial insecurity, low levels of social support from family and friends, and lack of leisure time during the pandemic significantly increased the risk of parental burnout. The aim of the research: to evaluate the signs of burnout of parents in Plungė district and their connections with well - being, lifestyle and social support. Research methods: In order to assess the signs of burnout of parents in Plungė district and their links with well-being, lifestyle and social support, a quantitative survey was conducted - a questionnaire survey. The survey of respondents was conducted by researchers from the Faculty of Health Sciences of Klaipeda University, in cooperation with researchers from Belgian and Dutch universities. All European Union countries participate in the study. The final work analyzes the results of the survey of respondents living in Plungė district. The research instrument consisted of 5 blocks of questions. The study involved 208 respondents living in Plungė district raising at least one child. Research results and conclusions. The parents of Plungė district studied in the study were characterized by a low level of parental burnout. A higher burnout rate was found in the father / mother role dimension of exhaustion. Exhaustion in this dimension was more common among parents who felt the negative consequences of the pandemic, their income decreased during quarantine, as well as parents whose children needed care in preparing food for them to eat. Nearly a third of the parents surveyed felt slightly unwell about the COVID-19 induced situation. Exhaustion in the father/mother role was associated with expressive emotional suppression. Bored feelings of parenthood had been associated with expressive suppression and malaise / despair for COVID-19. Emotional alienation had links to parental consensus, the contrast of the former self had connections with expressive suppression, cognitive overestimation, malaise / despair due to a situation caused by COVID-19.

This article examines the quality of sport events in the matches of Lithuanian basketball teams. The theoretical part analyzes the concept, significance, quality of sports events and the factors that determine it. A comparative analysis of quality assessment models was performed and the most appropriate quality model for sports events was selected for this study - SPORTSERV (Theodorakis & Kambitsis, 1998; Theodorakis et al., 2001; Theodorakis et al., 2008). A questionnaire was prepared based on this model. The survey collected and analyzed data, discussed results, and presented conclusions. Question arises – how to properly assess the quality of a sporting event? Object of work – quality of matches events in Lithuanian basketball teams (Lithuanian national basketball men's and women's national teams, Lithuanian youth). The aim of the work – to evaluate the quality of a sports event from the point of view of spectators: on the example of Lithuanian basketball team matches. The goals: 1. To define the concept and meaning of a sports event and it's quality. 2. To identify the factors determining the quality of sports events from the theoretical point of view. 3. To reveal the quality of Lithuanian basketball teams: Lithuanian national basketball men's and women's teams, Lithuanian youth match events held from 01.09.2019 to 01.06.2020 from the point of view of spectators. Conclusions: 1. The definition of a sporting event can be distinguished as the gathering of sports participants, spectators at a certain place and time at which they watch or participate in a sports competition. Sports events are divided according to - the level of the game (professional or amateur), only one sport (European and world championships of various sports) or several sports (Olympic Games). The significance of sporting events can be divided into direct (economic) and indirect (social, cultural, political). The quality of a sporting event can be described as the satisfaction of spectators and participants with the event and one of the factors determining the demand for this type of event. 2. After analyzing the scientific literature of different authors as the factors determining the quality of sports events can be distinguished - material things (palpability), security, event location, emotion, event time, information about the event, discounts, food quality, staff competencies and friendliness, labeling, design, empathy, reliability (reputation of sports event organizers), level of play and experience of athletes, price, access (location of the sports event and it's attractiveness). 3. The research revealed that the quality of the research was well assessed by the spectators in the Lithuanian basketball team matches. Analyzing the satisfaction of men and women in the matches of Lithuanian basketball teams, it was noticed that the satisfaction of men was higher than that of women. The highest scores of respondents were in the safety category (the location and environment of the event are safe). Where most efforts should be made in organizing Lithuanian basketball team matches, respondents named the category of material things (modernity of the arena, sound system, ventilation, etc.). This category had the lowest scores for both womens and mens.

This article examines the quality of sport events in the matches of Lithuanian basketball teams. The theoretical part analyzes the concept, significance, quality of sports events and the factors that determine it. A comparative analysis of quality assessment models was performed and the most appropriate quality model for sports events was selected for this study - SPORTSERV (Theodorakis & Kambitsis, 1998; Theodorakis et al., 2001; Theodorakis et al., 2008). A questionnaire was prepared based on this model. The survey collected and analyzed data, discussed results, and presented conclusions. Question arises – how to properly assess the quality of a sporting event? Object of work – quality of matches events in Lithuanian basketball teams (Lithuanian national basketball men's and women's national teams, Lithuanian youth). The aim of the work – to evaluate the quality of a sports event from the point of view of spectators: on the example of Lithuanian basketball team matches. The goals: 1. To define the concept and meaning of a sports event and it's quality. 2. To identify the factors determining the quality of sports events from the theoretical point of view. 3. To reveal the quality of Lithuanian basketball teams: Lithuanian national basketball men's and women's teams, Lithuanian youth match events held from 01.09.2019 to 01.06.2020 from the point of view of spectators. Conclusions: 1. The definition of a sporting event can be distinguished as the gathering of sports participants, spectators at a certain place and time at which they watch or participate in a sports competition. Sports events are divided according to - the level of the game (professional or amateur), only one sport (European and world championships of various sports) or several sports (Olympic Games). The significance of sporting events can be divided into direct (economic) and indirect (social, cultural, political). The quality of a sporting event can be described as the satisfaction of spectators and participants with the event and one of the factors determining the demand for this type of event. 2. After analyzing the scientific literature of different authors as the factors determining the quality of sports events can be distinguished - material things (palpability), security, event location, emotion, event time, information about the event, discounts, food quality, staff competencies and friendliness, labeling, design, empathy, reliability (reputation of sports event organizers), level of play and experience of athletes, price, access (location of the sports event and it's attractiveness). 3. The research revealed that the quality of the research was well assessed by the spectators in the Lithuanian basketball team matches. Analyzing the satisfaction of men and women in the matches of Lithuanian basketball teams, it was noticed that the satisfaction of men was higher than that of women. The highest scores of respondents were in the safety category (the location and environment of the event are safe). Where most efforts should be made in organizing Lithuanian basketball team matches, respondents named the category of material things (modernity of the arena, sound system, ventilation, etc.). This category had the lowest scores for both womens and mens.