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BURNOUT, BOROUT AND MOBBING AMONG TEACHERS POST COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS
Full text linkA questionnaire was adapted to measure the negative predictors of teachers' job satisfaction and performance after the pandemic restriction, imposing learning in e-environment,. For this purpose, burnout scale with components of perceived stress, administrative support and attitude towards students and professional satisfaction was combined with the experienced demotivation and lack of incentives in the professional routine presented in the concept of boreout and perceived mobbing by management, colleagues, students and parents. The study involved 800 teachers, 460 teachers in kidergartens and 339 in the secondary education system. The results demonstrate good psychometric properties and discriminability of the administered scales. This justifies the implementation of the questionnaire and its use for analyses and comparisons in the process of effective self-regulation and prevention of perceived stress, the recognition of routine and negative perceived attitudes by participants in the educational process. Overall, the results demonstrate optimal self-regulation of respondents and confirm the expected relationships between perceived occupational stress, job satisfaction and communication in the workplace
VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF THE PERSIAN VERSION OF THE BRIEF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE SCALE (BEIS-10)
Full text linkThis study investigated the psychometric properties of the Persian versions of the Brief Emotional Intelligence Scale (P-BEIS-10). Effectively, data from 1050 Iranians (542 men and 508 women) were employed to evaluate the underlying factor structure, concurrent validity and the internal consistency reliability of the P-BEIS-10. The participants completed the P-BEIS-10, and the Persian versions of the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire Form (TEIQue), the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), and the Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS). The data supported the five-factor structure of the scale in confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The results also indicated low to acceptable reliability coefficients of Alpha for the scale and its five factors as well as significant correlations between the scale, its five factors and TEIQue, SWLS, and SHS. Overall, P-BEIS-10 proved itself to be a reliable and valid measure for assessing emotional intelligence in the Persian context
REVIEW OF THE BOOK "RESILIENCE AND SELF-ESTEEM IN ADULTHOOD" WRITTEN BY TEODOR GERGOV
Full text linkThe review presents the monograph of assoc. prof. Teodor Gergov, Ph.D. "Resilience and self-esteem during adulthood", which is dedicated to the little-studied construct "resilience", and the same is examined in relation to self-esteem. The scientific work is built on solid empirical research, which allowed the author to reach interesting interpretations and conclusions. The questions are posed in the field of existentialism, health, and personality development throughout the life cycle
13th AUTISM EUROPE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS CRACOW 7-9 OCTOBER 2022. A HAPPY JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE
Full text linkThis review from the 13th Autism Europe International Congress held in Cracow as a hybrid event, has the ambition to showcase three perspectives on the newest scientific trends in the autistic community: perspectives from researchers/academics, practitioners, autistic people and their family members.
HEALTH PROFESSIONS STUDENTS' MENTAL WELL-BEING AND PERCEIVED HEALTH - ТHE IMPACT OF OPTIMISM, RESILIENCE, RELIGIOSITY AND STRESS
Full text linkThe study explored the impact of optimism, resilience and religiosity on the mental well-being and perceived health as well as their role in the perceived stress and mental well-being relation in health professions’ students. The study was carried out online with a total of 123 students in medicine, nursing, assistant-pharmacists and social workers. Analyses suggest that optimism and resilience were associated with the stress appraisal as less intensive, less threatening and more controllable. Religiosity was not associated with perceived stress. The mental well-being was predicted positively by optimism, resilience and religiosity and negatively by stress, but perceived health – only by stress. Resilience enhanced mental well-being both directly and indirectly through the perceived stress (partial mediator). Optimism acted as a moderator of stress and mental well-being relationship. Optimism, resilience and religiosity contribute to high levels of students' positive functioning in the mental health domain, but not in physical health domain as far as the subjective general physical health is concerned. Positive impact of optimism and resilience on psychological functioning is related to their associations with favorable stress appraisals and the buffering effect of optimism on stress. The positive influence of subjective level of religiosity on mental well-being is unrelated to how stress is perceived. Stress management programs as well as appropriate interventions and educational approaches to enhance resilience could be offered to health professions’ students
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FREQUENCY OF FUTURE SELF-THOUGHTS ON MENTAL HEALTH: THE MODERATING ROLE OF CLARITY OF FUTURE SELF-THOUGHTS
Full text linkFuture-oriented thoughts can be adaptive or maladaptive to one’s mental health depending on the type of self-construal that is salient. Although individual differences in the frequency of future-self-related thoughts are recognised and associated with different mental health outcomes, less is known about the moderating effects of the clarity of these thoughts on this relationship. This study used standard (direct) multiple regression analyses to examine the potential moderating role of clarity on the relationship between frequency and mental health among an online student sample. The study found future clarity moderated the effect of future frequency on the mental health measure of anxiety but not depression or stress. Further research in this area may assist the development of new cognitive treatments for mental health
HUMOUR STYLES AS MEDIATORS BETWEEN SELF-ESTEEM AND LONELINESS
Full text linkThis study investigated whether the different humour styles mediate the relationship between self-esteem and loneliness. A sample of 689 undergraduate students completed self-report measures of self-esteem, humour styles and loneliness. Previous research (Cacioppo Patrick, 2009) indicates an inverse relationship between self-esteem and loneliness and factors within the social environment have been argued to play a role in this relationship. Humour styles used in social interactions have been found to be associated with different levels of self-esteem and loneliness. Significant specific indirect mediation effects were found for all four humour styles. The interpersonally beneficial humour styles contributed to lower perceived loneliness, whereas use of the interpersonally detrimental humour styles resulted in higher experiences of loneliness. The results are discussed in terms of the individual and social consequences of the humour styles
UNDERSTANDING FACIAL POSTURE AS A MEANS OF EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION: A CASE STUDY IN THE LIGHT OF COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY APPROACH
Full text linkThis case study is a partial replication of an original experiment by Strack et al. (1988). It examines the understanding of the facial feedback hypothesis. For this experiment, participants were asked to rate the funniness of a cartoon after completing tasks using only their lips or teeth to hold a pen, thereby facilitating a smile or a frown. In addition to that, there have been discussed cognitive-behavioural therapy elements on the presentation of emotions following physical reactions. It was a between-participants design in which respondents were asked to complete a questionnaire in the lips or teeth condition to generate emotional states of physical reaction required to underline cognitive precipitants. In this study, a within-participants correlational design was also conducted between extraversion and altruism to consider the possibility whether these two variables could relate to funniness or not. To test that, participants were asked to rate the humour of a far side cartoon. The results did not confirm the hypothesis that those in the teeth condition rated the cartoon funnier than those in the lips condition meaning that facial reaction does not necessarily imply respective emotional states due to cognitive elements, such as awareness and attention, which posit reason as a more important factor than emotions. Discussion of the results in line with physiological and cognitive aspects and their implications to future research had also been carried out
CASE STUDY OF RELAXATION AND COUNTERCONDITIONING THERAPY FOR MISOPHONIA: A CONDITIONED AVERSIVE REFLEX DISORDER
Full text linkThis article presents a case study of conceptualization of misophonia as a conditioned aversive reflex disorder consisting of a physical (e.g., muscle) reflex elicited by the misophonic trigger stimulus and subsequent emotional, physiological, and behavioral responses. This case describes a successful behavioral treatment of a middle-aged woman who was disabled by severe misophonia. The treatment included identifying the initial physical reflex, progressive muscle relaxation, and counterconditioning the initial physical reflex. Counterconditioning was accomplished by relaxing the initial physical reflex muscle during exposure to in vivo trigger stimuli, while using ambient sound as needed to reduce the severity of the misophonic response. The overall severity of misophonia reduced over the course of the 13-week treatment, based on client self-report. Data were analyzed using recovery percentage formula. The recovery percentage average of 3 scales was 82.1% at end of treatment and 93.1% at 1-year follow-up. In this case, when the initial physical reflex’s muscle was held relaxed by the patient when exposed to trigger stimuli, the initial physical reflex and the emotional reflex diminished and extinguished
THE INVESTIGATION OF CHANGES IN HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE BEFORE AND AFTER GIVING BIRTH IN A SAMPLE OF ROMANIAN WOMEN
Full text linkPregnancy is an important and meaningful period of transition to motherhood. It can be seen as a socially, physically, psychologically, and culturally challenging and transformative period, and may affect women’s physical and mental health. Objectives of this study are to investigate significant differences in health-related quality of life and indicators of mental health in women during pregnancy and after giving birth and to explore the association patterns between these variables during pregnancy and after giving birth. The study included 57 Romanian women enrolled from July 2019 until the end of April 2020 through Facebook groups dedicated to pregnant women and mothers, forums, and support groups. The women completed the set of questionnaires twice: during pregnancy and one month after giving birth. The participants reported significantly lower levels of depressive symptoms in the second semester of pregnancy compared to the assessment conducted one month after giving birth. Physical functioning, affectionate expression, and vitality proved to significantly improve after giving birth. Emotional well-being, social functioning, and cohesion seem to lower significantly after giving birth. The results of the study can be used as a basis for designing, planning, and implementing appropriate interventions for women by healthcare providers and policymakers