Aerobika kaip moterų saviugdą motyvuojantis veiksnys

Author(s): Sniegina Poteliūnienė,Ineta Baltuškonienė / Language(s): Lithuanian / Issue: 2/2017

Organized workouts of aerobics might be seen as a self-development tool, as adult person’s decision to get involved into certain activity is taken consciously. One perceives such engagement being related to satisfaction of certain needs and expectations to reach the results of the systematically performed activity. The research was launched in order to reveal the motives of the females’ decision making when choosing aerobics for self-development, as well as to disclose the perceived by women impact of aerobics, considering it as a self-development tool. Half-structured interview method was applied for the research. 11 females, who attended Vilnius aerobics study, were interviewed. The data of the research were processed using qualitative content analysis, based on expert evaluation. It was established that women considered such values as family, health, carrier and happiness being the most important for them. Several universally accepted values were pointed out to be positive personal values, either already possessed or to be perfected further on by the respondents.

Agresja i przemoc szkolna doświadczana przez uczniów i uczennice z lekką niepełnosprawnością intelektualną w trzech formach kształcenia. Studium różnicy płci

Author(s): Marzena Buchnat / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 1/2021

Aggression and school violence have been a permanent feature of every school. Experiencing this phenomenon negatively affects the development of every person. How often it is experienced depends on many factors, including gender and disability. Among children most exposed to peer victimization, there are students with mild intellectual disabilities who, due to their developmental deficits, are more likely to become victims. The conducted research is an attempt to answer the question whether there are differences in the level of experiencing school aggression and violence between girls and boys with mild intellectual disability attending the fourth and fifth grades of special schools, mainstream schools and integrated classes. The obtained research results lead to a discussion on the extent to which the “gender effect” and “disability effect” influence the experience of aggression and school violence in students with mild intellectual disability learning in various forms of educational organization. The presented results will be the basis for a discussion on overt and covert mechanisms of reproducing the gender difference in educational institutions.

Aktif Spor Yapan Üniversite Öğrencilerinde Sporda Batıl İnanç Eğilimi ile Sürekli Kaygı Seviyeleri Arasındaki İlişkinin İncelenmesi

Author(s): Utku Işık,Bülent Ağbuğa,Gürkan Elçi / Language(s): Turkish / Issue: 1/2015

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between superstitious behavior in sport and trait anxiety levels among college students engaged in active sports. 166 Pamukkale University and Ege University of School of Physical Education and Sports students who are selected simple random sampling method voluntarily participated (61 females and 105 males) for the study. In the study for gathering data “Superstitious Ritual Questionnaire” and “Trait Anxiety Inventory” were used together. To examine the relationship between superstitious behavior in sport and trait anxiety levels the Pearson product-moment coefficients of correlation was used. The results indicated that the relationship between superstitious behavior in sport and trait anxiety level is positive and statistically significant (r=.208; p=.007). To explain whether there are significant differences between participants’ superstitious behavior in sport according to gender, Independent Sample T-test was used. Result of this analysis revealed no statistically significant difference between male and female students tendency to superstitious behaviors according to gender (t=1.15; p=.251). In conclusion study findings showed that anxiety is a factor that increases university students, engaging in active sport, superstitions behavior.

Albinizmli Bireylerde Depresyon, Anksiyete Düzeyleri, Özsaygı ve Yaşam Kalitesi: Bir Olgu-Kontrol Çalışması

Author(s): Kumru Şenyaşar Meterelliyoz,Menekşe Sıla Yazar / Language(s): Turkish / Issue: Suppl. 1/2020

Albinism is an inherited condition that may cause mental challenges in individuals. The aim of this study was to investigate the psychiatric distress that individuals with albinism experienced, the level of emotional impact caused by albinism on the quality of life and self-esteem. Twenty individuals with albinism, 20 individuals with vitiligo, 20 healthy controls included to the study. Participants were administered Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Coopersmith’s Self- Esteem Inventory (CSEI), World Health Organization Questionnaire on Quality of Life: Short Form (WHOQOL-BREF). BDI, BAI scores of individuals with albinism were significantly higher. The physical health, psychological, social relationship domain scores of the individuals with albinism were significantly lower than in healthy controls. Individuals with albinism had lower scores on Environment domain scores were lower than both those with vitiligo and healthy controls. The physical health, psychological, social relationship domain scores were negatively correlated with BDI; the physical health and environment domain scores were negatively correlated with BAI scores in albinism group. The CSEI scores of individuals with albinism were significantly lower than in healthy controls. According to our findings, the higher levels of depression and anxiety, lower levels of self-esteem, and quality of life indicate psychosocial distress among the individuals with albinism. Determination of the psychosocial distress experienced by individuals with albinism will contribute in better understanding of the experience of individuals with albinism and public awareness on albinism.

An Examination of the Psychology of the Feedback Receiver: The Case of EFL Students

Author(s): Mustafa Zeki Çıraklı,Hasan Sağlamel / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2020

The shift to a constructive feedback culture requires a thorough examination of the impact of feedback practices. However, a great many studies conducted on feedback in EFL or ESL contexts focus mainly on the effectiveness of feedback practices with reference to feedback receivers’ achievement or improvement in subsequent writing practices. Thus, the psychological aspects of the feedback provision processes are not adequately investigated. In an effort to address this gap, this study attempts to elicit the perspectives of 8 EFL learners who are taking writing classes in a preparatory programme. Stimulated-recall protocols conducted for three drafts and semi-structured interviews were used to gather data, and Kohut’s terminologies with reference to his Self-Psychology were used in the interpretation of the data. The study offers some insights into our understanding of the impact of the feedback practices and helps us identify which aspects of feedback practices prove to be “self-regulating” or “traumatic.” The study offers a psychological perspective on feedback practices.

An investigation of the emotions elicited by hospital clowns in comparison to circus clowns and nursing staff

Author(s): Sarah Auerbach,Jennifer Hofmann,Tracey Platt,Willibald Ruch / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2013

The present research aims at identifying emotional states induced in observers of hospital clown interventions utilizing a list of clown-specific ratings, the 29 Clown Emotion List (CLEM-29, Auerbach et al. 2012a). Study 1 investigated whether hospital clowns elicit emotional states other than those already covered by scales representing existing models of emotional states. One hundred and nineteen adults watched videos of hospital clowns and circus clowns. After each video, they completed a general mood scale, a humour-related mood scale, the CLEM-29, and indicated the global intensity of positive and negative feelings towards each video. Results showed that emotional states elicited by hospital clowns go beyond states represented in general mood scales. Some elements of the CLEM-29 relating to humour and amusement overlapped with existing models of mood, but many other emotional qualities like “feeling connected to the clown” or feeling “appreciated” were not well represented. Some of the clown-specific ratings best predicted the positive experiences towards the videos. In Study 2, 183 adults watched 15 videos of hospital clown interventions, circus clown performances and nurse-patient interactions, and filled in the CLEM-29. Four factors emerged from a factor analysis of the ratings: amusement, transcendence, arousal, and uneasiness. Both circus and hospital clowns elicited amusement, but only the hospital clowns additionally elicited feelings of transcendence (i.e., feeling privileged and appreciated). Nurses also elicited transcendent experiences without being amusing. This research shows that prior studies underestimated emotional states elicited by hospital clowns, which go beyond a typical humour response.

AN INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCHOOL SATISFACTION DURING THE TIME ORIENTATION CLASSROOM DISENGAGEMENT AND PERCEIVED CONTROL

Author(s): Gülfem Meylan ŞAHİNBAŞ,Ali Eryilmaz,Özkan SAPSAĞLAM / Language(s): English / Issue: 44/2020

School satisfaction is the state in which a student enjoys the educational process and the time he/she spends at school. High level of school satisfaction positively affects students’ academic achievement and self-image and contributes to their social development. Some other individual characteristics such as attending to lessons, attention, recall and perceived control affect learning outcomes and academic achievement. This study was conducted with 3rd and 4th grade students at primary school level 253 students from private and public primary schools participated in the study. Personal Information Form, Overall School Satisfaction Scale for Children, Time Orientation during Classroom Disengagement Scale for primary school children, and General Perceived Control Scale for primary school children were used as data collection tools. Quantitative data analysis methods were used in the research which is based on quantitative research approach and correlational survey design. In the data analysis process, t test and multiple regression analysis were used. There was no difference in school satisfaction of students based on gender and grade level. Results revealed that total time orientation during classroom disengagement, the first variable that was investigated in terms of its effect on school satisfaction, explained the students’ school satisfaction in a significant and negative way.

An investigation of the relationships between students’ future L2 selves and L2 performance in two secondary schools in England

Author(s): Nicola Morea / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2020

In England, fewer and fewer secondary-school students decide to continue studying a foreign language. Nonetheless, there is a lack of context-specific research applying the most recent theories on second language (L2) motivation to better understand students’ attitudes to modern foreign languages (MFL). This article reports on the quantitative findings of a mixed methods inquiry which adopted the L2 Motivational Self System (L2MSS) to explore the relationships between future L2 selves and L2 performance among secondary students in England. A survey was conducted on 397 students of French in the second and fourth year of secondary education from two schools in the East of England. They responded to an L2MSS questionnaire, the results of which were correlated to the students’ current grades in French. The results showed that all the three perceived future L2 selves variables significantly correlated with L2 performance with different intensity, with the ideal L2 self being most strongly associated with L2 performance. Accordingly, this article recommends further research on the relationship between attitudes and performance in MFL in the form of action-research in order to devise and implement pedagogies aimed at strengthening secondary students’ future L2 selves to increase L2 performance.

An Overview of Self and Identity Transformation in Work Life: Reflections of Pre-Modern, Modern and Postmodern Processes

Author(s): Savaş Kande,Aslı ÇİLLİOĞLU KARADEMİR / Language(s): English / Issue: 12/2020

In the historical process, it is seen that the changes experienced by societies have transformed the self and identity. Working life has been an area where this transformation has taken place and is generally studied in the pre and post industrial revolution periods. In this study, the periods will be discussed as pre-modern, modern and post-modern. The reflections of these three periods on employees' identity and self-concept will be investigated. The existence of the individual with a collective identity in the pre-modern period, the existence of knowing and the known self distinction in the process of modernism, and the emergence of fluid identities and self with postmodernism will be examined.

Analele Universității din Craiova, seria Psihologie-Pedagogie

Frequency: 2 issues / Country: Romania

Analele Universității din Craiova, seria Psihologie-Pedagogie (The Annals of the University of Craiova, the Psychology-Pedagogy series), is an international academic publication with interdisciplinary characteristics that aims to promote education and educational research, to provide an expression opportunity to all the experienced specialists in the field, but also to the young researchers, facilitating the exchange of ideas and interactions at the level of the scientific community.

Analele Universității din Craiova, seria Psihologie-Pedagogie (The Annals of the University of Craiova, the Psychology-Pedagogy series) aims to publish original research articles and review articles in the field of education sciences and psychology, in some important areas: pre-service and in-service teacher training; theory and practice of training; theory and practice of the assessment; management and educational leadership; management of the educational programs; sociology of education; psychology of education; university pedagogy; adult pedagogy; history of pedagogy and alternative pedagogies; comparative pedagogy; education of children with special educational needs; inclusive education; educational counselling; special didactics etc.

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Animus i anima w pismach Gastona Bachelarda i Mircei Eliadego

Author(s): Ionel Buse / Language(s): Polish / Publication Year: 0

Anlatısal Anlam Oluşturma ve Psikolojik Durum İlişkisi

Author(s): Filiz Sayar / Language(s): Turkish / Issue: Suppl. 1/2021

The aim of this study was to examine the past events that create a turning point in life and fictional events that can create a turning point in the context of narrative meaning-making style, psychological state and gender. The sample of the study consists of 81 nonclinical volunteers between the ages of 18-35, undergraduate students/graduates. In the study, the participants were asked to write a total of four autobiographical memories, two of which were about the past and two about the future. To measure the psychological state, Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Adult Psychological Resilience Scale (PRS), Psychological Wellbeing Scale (PWS), Social Comparison Scale (SCS), Ideal and Real Self-Concept Scale (IRSCS) were applied. As a result of the statistical analysis, thematic coherence in positive memories was found to be associated with scores of BAI in women; with PWS, PRS, and SCS in men and factual elaboration was found to be associated with PRS in women. Interpretative elaboration in negative memories predicted the scores of IRSCS, agency PWS and SCS scores in males. Interpretive elaboration in positive fictional narratives in women with BAI and BDI; with BDI in men; seeking support in negative memories was observed to be associated with BAI in women and BDI in men. In conclusion, the relationships between the meaning-making process and the psychological state have a very specific and complex mechanism, and thematic coherence is a strong predictor of psychological well-being and self-concept. In women, factual elaboration was associated with resilience, and in negative memories, self-connections were associated with the level of social comparison. Women preferred to tell more negative memories, while men preferred more positive memories, and motivational themes came to the fore in men's narratives.

Anthony Giddens: Refleksivna projekcija osobnosti

Author(s): Jelena Zlatar / Language(s): Croatian / Issue: 3/2008

In this paper I shall try to explain the term reflexive project of the self, as seen by Anthony Giddens. What is reflexive project of the self? How and why does it happen? What is its definition? How does it manifest itself in everyday life and in human relationships? These are some of the questions I shall try to answer in the paper. We live in a posttraditional society. Norms, values and systems which were valid in traditional societies aren’t important in lives of individuals any longer. The disappearance of clear models and principles of behaviour on both personal and broader social level, forces an individual to look for answers elsewhere and to create their identity in a different way than before. On personal level, this manifests itself in increased and transformed reflexivity, directed towards the creation of personality through close personal monitoring. The process going on in thus modified reflexivity Giddens calls reflexive project of the self. It happens through constant monitoring and results in the trajectory of the self.

Antropološka – jungijanska analiza paradoksa specifičnosti Podgorja: prema arhetipskom čitanju hrvatskih životnih kozmologija

Author(s): Sanja Špoljar Vržina / Language(s): Croatian / Issue: 1/2017

Between the littoral slopes of Velebit, south of Senj, stretches Podgorje, which in global dimensions could freely be described as the foothill of the Croatian Tibet. Moreover, our prematurely departed ethnologist and anthropologist, Tomo Vinšćak, who visited both heaven touchingpoints, claimed that Kailash and Velebit were mountain relatives – the Himalayan and Croatian Olympus (1991). In this paper the need of a coherent familiarisation of the specificity of this region and its people will be brought up and also argued for with the same persistence from ground level insights (with experience). So if it is seemingly possible to define the foothill of the Croatian Olympus (with a lack of empirical comparison) as a pretentious idealisation, it remains the factography of many disciplines, which synergistically rearranged allow a less depressing interpretation of the region by its people.In this paper such a scientific association is sought to be reached with the intertwining of the use of anthropological perspectives (emic-etic) and a Jungian analysis of an empirical archetypal sequence that links the author with this region.This is a region of the frequent collective forgetfulness of all the historiographic facts, which confirm that despite the harshness of nature which has poured the 'bura' and drought down here over the centuries, and the description that from this region people just escaped and disappeared because of the difficulty of life, it has remained a junction of numerous peoples and populations.The anchor point of many cultural, sacral and imaginative dimensions for Croats, just like one of the final destinations of the largest Croatian migratory flows. In today’s literal and trite postmodernistic interpretations – a region of multicultural encounters despite the in loco of the difficult narratives of life. Following the same superficiality, it also becomes a region for a brief drop by in the manner of an altogether ritual form of an expedition at the challenge of the wilderness – from the touristic branding of wandering through Velebit, under the motto of the preservation of untameable nature, to the altogether planned experience of being beaten by the 'bura' on the quayside of Senj. In order that everything mentioned is not left to just an eco(nomic)historical search of symbolism,metaphors and bricolages of myths, it would be good here to widen the interpretation of the specificity of the locality and to add the reality of bio-cultural history. Thus, the contributions of the research of many kinds of disciplines in the area of medicine have for decades already pointed to a kind of, let’s say, paradox of the Podgorje specificity,which is reflected in the contrast of a place of hard living compared to a desired place to live out old age or if wanted cosmologically and less anthropocentrically, an old age of open-ended enjoyment and comfort. The final aim of the analysis of this paper is the (re)direction of the possible interests for Podgorje with the touristic-exotic-profitable colonial matrices onto a cosmological-ethical understanding in which the interconnection of man, nature and history deserves a much wider perception of its 'endurance'instead of 'sustainability' or 'revitalisation'. With the cosmological approach said, each equation of neoliberal comfort here is inapplicable, quite the opposite, it is reversely proportionate to the historical and biocultural evidence. To conclude – nothing surprising in relation to the possibility of the interpretation of this region as the foothill of the Croatian Olympus.

ANXIETATEA LA PREADOLESCENȚII CU INSUCCES ȘCOLAR

Author(s): Tatiana Popov / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 2/2021

Currently, preadolescents face states of anxiety generated by the complexity of the educational process, by school failure. The student - anxiously refuses to go to school due to stressful situations. Anxiety causes a decrease in attention and adequate perception of reality, creates a general emotional discomfort. General anxiety is characterized by low productivity, shyness, low self-confidence, hypermobility, poor assimilation of knowledge. The study was conducted on a group of 30 low-achieving students in grades VIII-X aged 14-16. The level of anxiety was studied by applying two techniques: the State-Trait-Anxiety Inventory (STAI) inventory by D. Spielberger and the Manifest Anxiety Scale (MAS) developed by Taylor and James Garden. The results showed a moderate level of anxiety stable at 33.3% and a high level of anxiety stable at 43.3%, and more than 86.6% of students show general anxiety at severe and moderate level.

Anxiety of Students Preparing for the University Entrance Exam towards Math Lessons

Author(s): Yıldırım Bayazıt / Language(s): English / Issue: 5/2017

It is known that one of the crucial factors affecting the students’ success at math lessons negatively is math anxiety. In most general meaning, math anxiety may be defined as an anxiety and fear emerging in relation to certain math situations. The aim of this study is to find out the reasons of math anxiety observed among students attending privet courses. To collect the needed data of the study an anxiety scale was administered to 450 students attending different private courses in the city of Kırklareli, Turkey. The obtained data was processed by data processing soft-ware. After the required data interpretation steps were concluded, students’ math anxiety reasons were determined and in relation some solutions were suggested.

Argumento Už Ontinį Asmenų Paprastumą Kritinė Analizė

Author(s): Marius Grigonis / Language(s): Lithuanian / Issue: 71/2012

In a number of his essays E.J. Lowe presented an interesting argument for the ontological simplicity of the self. This argument had become the subject of Eric T. Olson’s polemic reaction, who was trying – unsuccessfully – to discover a formal mistake in the argument. Eventually, the modified and improved version of Lowe’s reasoning came out in his paper Identity, Composition, and the Simplicity of the Self. It seemed that the argument for the ontological simplicity of the self has resisted criticism. In my paper I am going to present a few manoeuvres which can be used by advocates of animalism to dismiss conclusions from Lowe’s argument. An animalist may want to do that because of a simple reason: on animalism it is difficult to argue for the simplicity of the self thesis, as persons are – according to animalism – human organisms, it means composite objects. My analysis is going to show that the simplicity argument – although remains formally valid – is not sound in the light of proven difficulties and shortcomings. This enables me to insist on an animalistic interpretation of the subject, according to which the self is a composite material object, identical with a living human organism.

Artysta w l'univers concentractionaire. "Kornblumenblau" Leszka Wosiewicza jako traktat o sztuce

Author(s): Katarzyna Mąka-Malatyńska / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 13-14/2009

The author of the essay considers Leszek Wosiewicz’s Kornblumenblau as a film about art and focuses on the self reflexive elements present in the film, particularly those referring to film conventions. This analysis examines the film in the context of the reflections about the meaning of art in totalitarian systems and situation of the artist in the reality of the concentration camp. Kornblumenblau depicts degenerated art as depriving of freedom and rescue, becoming another tool of oppression. Dehumanizing power of this art points at the final decay of man in the epoch of gas chambers.

ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF THE BASIC PSYCHOLOGICAL NEEDS ON THE EDUCATIONAL RESULTS: A CASE STUDY OF STUDENTS

Author(s): Alina-Elena Luchian,Costin-Anton Boiangiu / Language(s): English / Issue: 01/2020

The strongest type of motivation that leads a human being, when it comes to solving our daily tasks, is the intrinsic motivation. Contrary to extrinsic motivation which, in general terms, is guided by rewards or by the value and the importance we give to the things we have to do, the intrinsic motivation is much more powerful. This kind of motivation appears out of the significance of the work we do daily, without seeking a final reward. Over the years, the researchers have studied The Self-Determination Theory (STD) and tried to determine the conditions and the contexts that support, or on the contrary, repress this self-motivation process. They have reached the conclusion that there are three psychological needs that have a direct impact on the internal motivation, common to the human nature: autonomy, competence and relatedness. The purpose of this study is to investigate the connection between the fulfilment or the suppression of these three basic needs and the educational results. To prove this connection, a group of students was asked to fill in a questionnaire consisting of two parts. The first part contains a set of 5 questions regarding their academic achievements and performances during their student years. The second part includes a set of 21 questions: 7 questions assessing their autonomy, 6 questions regarding their competence and 8 questions concerning their relatedness, all of three needs in the context of the educational environment. The dataset consists of students enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree program. In the first part of the questionnaire, they have graded the percentages of their academic success and failure. In the second part of the questionnaire, they graded the 21 questions on a scale from 1 to 7.

ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT OF WAR TRAUMA

Author(s): Laurence A. French,Goran Kovačević,Lidija Nikolić-Novaković,Bakir Alispahić / Language(s): English / Issue: 5-6/2015

Reason(s) for writing and research problem(s): The Yugoslavian breakup wars beginning in the early 1990s resulted in many common unresolved war-trauma issues. Common to these conflicts, whether it be Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Kosovo, or Macedonia is the unmet need of both military veterans and civilian casualties suffering with either physical or psychological injuries, or both. Aims of the paper (scientific and/or social): The scientific and social aim is to offer valuable methodology for estimate of the presence of War trauma in respective societies and propose the best possible approach in assessing the scope of the problems. Methodology/Design: The authors developing assessment protocols with a number of them translated into the Bosnian and Serbian language so that they could be used within those nations most closely involved in the Balkan Wars of 1991-2002. Validity will be established by administering the predictor (like the MMPI) to all applicants/candidates and then later assessing the scores/profiles with those who are successful or who failed the program. Research/paper limitations: The proposed methodological approach as explained in this paper is a profile based research and it is constructed for and limited to assessment of War trauma and using it for other purposes could give one false data and interpretations. Results/Findings: The paper analyze the best fit methodology for respective societies and results. In other countries where similar research was administered, results were the blueprint for state policy development in the fields of Societal security, radicalization, social deviations and victimization. General conclusion: The idea behind this paper is to explain sophisticated scientific approach to analysis of societal trends and to develop the best procedures for neutralizing the effects of detected negative societal trends in local communities. Research/paper validity: Validity is established by administering the predictor (like the MMPI) to all applicants/candidates and then later assessing the scores/profiles with those who are successful or who failed the program.