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Retirement transitions in ballet dancers have been under researched. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the experiences of career transition in ballet dancers, from a life course perspective. Drawing upon existing transition models (SCHLOSSBERG, 1981) and sport literature (TAYLOR & OGILVIE, 1994), the paper investigates how ballet dancers cope (or not) with the transition and explores the different factors influencing the coping process. Qualitative analysis of semi-structured interviews from fourteen international ballet dancers were used adopting an idiographic approach through interpretative phenomenological analysis and tenets of grounded theory methodology. The results identified a main theme "Coping strategies: Coping within & without" and eight sub-categories: Denial, alienation, indecision, severance, acceptance, letting go, renegotiation and reconstruction. The individual can experience different responses, which trigger different coping processes and subsequently different types of support are sought. Finally the paper briefly discusses some of the implications for future career development and career guidance. URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs100210, Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, Vol 11, No 2 (2010): Visualising Migration and Social Division: Insights From Social Sciences and the Visual Arts

The paper deals with the main aspects of teacher competencies with theoretical specification of the essence of competencies and extension of the requirements for the teaching profession. The teacher is considered an expert on instructional and teaching processes under the conditions of Act No. 138/2019 Coll. on teaching staff and professional personnel in the environment aimed at creat-ing an optimal school climate.

Der Deutsche Alterssurvey (DEAS) ist eine Langzeitstudie zum Wandel der Lebenssituationen und Alternsverläufe von Menschen, die sich in der zweiten Lebenshälfte befinden. Grundlage sind bundesweit repräsentative Befragungen im Quer- und Längsschnitt von jeweils mehreren tausend Teilnehmern im Alter ab 40 Jahren. In den Erhebungsjahren 1996, 2002, 2008 und 2014 wurde je eine neue Basisstichprobe gezogen und in den Jahren 2002, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2017 und 2020 wurden frühere Teilnehmer erneut interviewt (Panel). Im Juni und Juli 2020 wurde eine schriftliche Kurzbefragung zu folgenden Themen durchgeführt: Bedrohungsängste durch die Corona-Krise Infektion mit Corona-Virus im persönlichen Umfeld Situation des Haushalts und der Familie Veränderungen der sozialen Kontakte Erhaltene, geleistete und möglicher Mangel an sozialer Unterstützung Lebenszufriedenheit, Einsamkeit, Depressivität und Gesundheit Körperliche Aktivität Alterserleben und Altersdiskriminierung Internetnutzung Erwerbsbeteiligung, Einschränkungen und Veränderungen der Arbeitssituation Materielle Lage, Lebensstandard, Erhalt staatlicher Leistungen Soziodemografische Merkmale, The German Ageing Survey (DEAS) is a longitudinal survey for the analysis of life situations and biographies of people in the second half of their lives. The data is based on nationally representative surveying (cross-sectional and longitudinal) of some thousand participants from the age of 40 onwards. The first base sample was drawn and surveyed in 1996, new base samples were added in 2002, 2008 and 2014. Additionally, in the years 2002, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2017 and 2020 previous participants have been re-surveyed (panel). In June and July 2020, panel respondents were invited by mail to fill in a compact questionnaire covering the following topics: Feeling threatened by the Corona crisis Infections with the coronavirus in the personal environment Situation of the household and family Changes in social contacts Giving and receiving social support, lack of assistance Well-being, loneliness, depressive symptoms and health Physical activities Attitudes towards own ageing, subjective age and age-related discrimination Use of internet Employment, changes in occupational and working situations Financial situation, standard of living, financial support Socio-demographic basics, Self-administered questionnaire: Paper, Schriftlicher Fragebogen zum Selbstausfüllen (PAPI) - Zahlen-Zeichen-Test, Drop-off-Questionnaire (PAPI) - COGNITIVE DIGIT SYMBOL TEST, Panelstichprobe (n=4.823): Erneute Befragung von Teilnehmern aus den vorangegangenen Basisstichproben (ohne Ausländerstichprobe 2002)

Mevcut çalışmanın konusu, Alman danışmanlık kalitesinin uluslararası müsteri hangi ölçüde etkilediğidir. Bunun için `Made in Germany`, müşteri memnuniyeti ve alman danışmanlık kalitelerine yönelik mevcut teoriler incelenmektedir. Bir karşılaştırma yapılabilmesi amacıyla elde edilen ön bilgiler cluster analizi yoluyla değerlendirilmekte, bunlardan nitel anketler hazırlanmakta ve hazırlanan sorular hem dahili uzmanlar ile danışmanlara hem de bağımsız deneklere yöneltilmektedir. Araştırmacı, verilerin değerlendirilmesini mümkün kılmak için bir kategori sistemi oluşturmaktadır. Çalışma esnasında birçok ipucu `Made in Germany` etiketinin kaliteli Alman işçiliğinin algılanması konusunda cazip bir ön gösterge olduğunu ortaya koymuştur. Görüşme yapılan kişilerin Alman kalitesini uluslararası alanda oldukça başarılı ve yüksek nitelikli olarak değerlendirmeleri ve bunun danışmanlık kalitesine de uygulanabilir olduğunu düşünmeleri dikkat çekmektedir.Anahtar kelimeler: Made in Germany, danışmanlık kalitesi, müşteri memnuniyeti, uluslararası müşteri, algılamaTarih: 01.07.2019 The present paper examines in what way international clients are influenced by German quality of advice. The analysis takes into account existing theories of `Made in Germany`, customer satisfaction and quality of German consulting. In order to be able to make a comparison all gained prior knowledge is evaluated in a cluster analysis before qualitative questionnaires are developed and experts and consultants as well as independent test persons are interviewed. The researcher develops a category system to enable the evaluation of the data. During the study several indications for `Made in Germany` as an attractive predictor for the perception of German value work have been revealed. It was striking that interviewees who rated German quality as generally high and successful in international comparison were also able to imagine it is applicable to the quality of advice. Key words: Made in Germany, Quality of Advice, Customer Satisfaction, International Clients, PerceptionDate: 01.07.2019 400

Der Deutsche Freiwilligensurvey (FWS) ist eine repräsentative Befragung zum freiwilligen Engagement in Deutschland, die sich an Personen ab 14 Jahren richtet. Freiwillige Tätigkeiten und die Bereitschaft zum Engagement werden in telefonischen Interviews erhoben und können nach Bevölkerungsgruppen und Landesteilen dargestellt werden. Außerdem können die Engagierten und Personen, die sich nicht bzw. nicht mehr engagieren, beschrieben werden. Der Freiwilligensurvey ist damit die wesentliche Grundlage der Sozialberichterstattung zum freiwilligen Engagement und wird aus Mitteln des Bundesministeriums für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend (BMFSFJ) gefördert. Die Daten des Freiwilligensurveys (FWS) wurden bislang in den Jahren 1999, 2004, 2009 und 2014 erhoben. Seit Ende 2011 liegt die wissenschaftliche Leitung beim DZA. Die Befragung der vierten Welle wurde von infas Institut für angewandte Sozialwissenschaft im Jahr 2014 durchgeführt., The German Survey on Volunteering (FWS) is a representative survey of voluntary activities of persons aged 14 and older in Germany. Volunteering and the willingness to volunteer can be reported and described among population groups and across regions. Additionally, volunteers as well as former volunteers and other persons who do not volunteer can be studied. The FWS provides a substantial database for the description of volunteering in Germany and is funded by the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ). Up to now data of the Survey on Volunteering (FWS) have been collected in 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014. Since December 2011 it has been scientifically managed and supervised by the German Centre of Gerontology (DZA). The interviews of the fourth wave were conducted by infas - Institute for Applied Social Sciences in 2014., DZA-Diskussionspapier, DZA Discussion Paper

Die empirischen Befunde zu den Effekten des Alters auf depressive Symptome sind gemischt und reichen – abhängig von der Modellierung des Alters-Depressions-Profils – von positiven über keine bis hin zu negativen Effekten. Der vorliegende Beitrag analysiert auf der Grundlage internationaler Vergleichsdaten den Zusammenhang zwischen dem Alter und der Häufigkeit depressiver Symptome bei Kontrolle für bekannte Determinanten der seelischen Gesundheit. Auf der Grundlage der ersten SHARE-Welle (Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe) werden die depressiven Symptome von 28.538 Personen im Alter zwischen 50 und 89 Jahren aus elf europäischen Ländern sowie Israel unter Verwendung eines negativen Binomial-Regressionsmodells analysiert. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass die EURO-D-Scores, welche die Anzahl depressiver Symptome angeben, mit dem Alter steigen und bei den Frauen höher als bei den Männern ausfallen. Bei Einbeziehung soziodemografischer Merkmale, des Gesundheitszustands und wirtschaftlicher Belastungen hebt sich der Zusammenhang zwischen depressiven Symptomen und Alter bei den Männern auf und kehrt sich bei den Frauen sogar um. Daher sind Gesundheit und Lebensumstände von Senioren die Mediatoren für den Zusammenhang zwischen Alter und seelischer Gesundheit, das Alter allein besitzt keine Erklärungskraft. Empirical evidence of the effects of age on depressive symptoms is mixed, ranging from positive to zero to negative effects, depending on the modelling of the age-depression profile. This paper uses internationally comparative data to analyse the association between age and the prevalence of symptoms of depression, controlling for well-known determinants of mental health. Based on the first wave of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), depressive symptoms of 28,538 persons aged 50 to 89 from eleven European countries and Israel are analysed using a negative binomial regression model. The results indicate that the number of depressive symptoms measured by EURO-D scores increase with age and are higher among women than among men. When including socio-demographic characteristics, health conditions and economic strains, the association between depressive symptoms and age vanishes for men, and even reverses for women. Thus, the association between age and mental health is mediated by the health and living conditions of older persons; age by itself has no explanatory power.

Subject of the study presented in this paper is the analysis of the relevance of the Internet as an information source in German banks. The results show, that today the Internet is indeed the most important information source for many types of information used in the business processes of banks. Especially sources free of charge are not only used widely, they are moreover evaluated very high in quality. It is argued, that attitude and behavior are mainly influenced by psychological and sociological factors. Finally, it is stated, that due to the loss of control over parts of the input factors it is necessary for the banks to actively incorporate the Internet into the quality management processes.