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Profili di personalità e motivazioni associati all’uso di mobile games di realtà aumentata
Full text linkIn questo lavoro è descritta una revisione sistematica di 26 studi empirici che, negli ultimi 10 anni (2009-2019), hanno esplorato le motivazioni associate all’uso di giochi mobili di realtà aumentata (i.e., Pokèmon GO) e la personalità degli utenti. Considerato il crescente sviluppo tecnologico di giochi che coniugano l’Intelligenza Artificiale con la Realtà Aumentata, i risultati qualitativi presentati nel presente articolo possono configurarsi come utili criteri di segmentazione del mercato potenziale dei clienti di giochi basati su tecnologia mobile
Il ruolo delle funzioni della memoria autobiografica e dei tratti di personalità nella condivisione degli eventi di vita su Facebook
No full textIntroduzione La letteratura ha dimostrato che la memoria autobiografica assolve tre ampie funzioni: dirigere il comportamento futuro, favorire la connessione sociale e promuovere un senso di continuità della propria identità (Bluck, Alea, Habermas e Rubin, 2005). Recenti studi empirici supportano l’idea che l’uso funzionale della memoria autobiografica sia associato ai diversi contenuti informativi che le persone condividono sui social media (Seyfi & Soydas, 2017). Parimenti, una considerevole quantità di ricerche ha evidenziato l’associazione tra le informazioni testuali o visive condivise su Facebook e specifici tratti disposizionali della personalità (p.e. Ryan & Xenos, 2011; Seidman, 2013). Il presente contributo mira quindi ad analizzare le differenze individuali nell’uso funzionale della memoria autobiografica e nelle caratteristiche di personalità, definite secondo il modello dei cinque fattori (McCrae & Costa, 1999), in relazione alle informazioni testuali e visive relative agli eventi di vita che gli utenti condividono su Facebook. Metodo Ha partecipato alla ricerca un gruppo di 193 utenti Facebook (F=148; M=45; età media = 22.8 anni; DS= 6.8) a cui sono stati somministrati due questionari di self-report, mirati a valutare le funzioni della memoria autobiografica e le dimensioni di personalità, e un’apposita check-list per la valutazione della frequenza e la tipologia delle informazioni condivise su Facebook. Risultati Un modello di mediazione basato su path analysis ha evidenziato che l’estroversione e l’apertura mentale sono predittori significativi delle tre funzioni della memoria autobiografica; il nevroticismo delle funzioni direttiva e di continuità del self e la coscienziosità della sola funzione direttiva. Le funzioni di continuità del self esercitano inoltre un effetto di mediazione nella relazione tra le dimensioni di personalità relative a estroversione, nevroticismo e apertura mentale e la frequenza a condividere informazioni visive su Facebook (i.e. fotografie). Conclusioni I risultati ottenuti offrono un’evidente conferma del ruolo esercitato dalle differenze individuali nelle funzioni della memoria autobiografica e nelle caratteristiche di personalità nella condivisione degli eventi di vita su Facebook
The Psychological Impact of Online Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic. A Survey on a Sample of Italian Undergraduates
Full text linkThe COVID-19 pandemic created a risk to all educational system levels, ranging from primary to university grades, due to social restriction measures of isolation worldwide. Switching from the traditional educational system to Online Learning (OL) was challenging for many undergraduates due to the lack of Internet connectivity or digital devices and a suitable home study environment. Therefore, a survey study on a sample of 1069 undergraduates (78.5% female; Mage = 21.72; SD = 4.05) investigated the interrelation among psychological skills for managing learning habits and strategies, academic achievement, social interaction, and mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic was performed. Results showed a significant effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on study variables related to online learning due to individual differences in self-efficacy, academic motivation, and anxiety. Moreover, university students reported higher physical and mental health problems since the COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant psychological impact. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
The relationship between fear of COVID-19 and intention to get vaccinated. The serial mediation roles of existential anxiety and conspiracy beliefs
Full text linkToday, we witness the progress toward global COVID-19 vaccinations organized by countries worldwide. Experts say a mass vaccination plan is the only effective antidote against the spread of SARS-COV-2. However, a part of the world population refuses vaccination. The present study aimed to understand the impact of some individual variables on the intention to get vaccinated. Through a serial mediation model, we tested the influence of fear of COVID-19 on the intention to get vaccinated and the serial mediating effect of existential anxiety and conspiracy beliefs. Via a cross-sectional design this research was conducted with the participation of 223 French adults (Female: 69.5%; Male: 30.5%; Mage = 30.26, SD = 13.24; range: 18–75 years) who responded to an online survey. The results showed a positive relationship between fear of COVID-19 and intention to get vaccinated; however, when this fear was associated with high levels of existential anxiety through conspiracy beliefs, the intention to get vaccinated decreased. Our findings were in line with Terror Management Health Model, which states that, in facing health threats, humans may strive to reduce their own perceived vulnerability not only by engaging in healthy behaviors but also denying or avoiding death anxiety, as anti-vaxxers do
The moderating role of personality in the relationship between temporal perspectives and facebook addiction
Full text linkIn the present paper, we tested the hypothesis that neuroticism moderates the relationship between past-negative or present-fatalistic temporal perspectives and Facebook addiction. A sample of 233 Facebook users (Female: 66%, mean age: 21.4 years) filled self-reports measures of temporal perspective, personality traits, and Facebook Addiction. Results at two moderation models showed that only past-negative significantly predicts Facebook addiction through neuroticism's moderation effect. Individuals with a negative temporal orientation to the past, who are also characterized by a high neuroticism level, were more addicted to Facebook. Peculiar associations between past-negative temporal perspective with neuroticism personality trait in determining Facebook addiction were theoretically discussed. Practical implications of the study are also highlighted
The Switch to Online Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Interplay between Personality and Mental Health on University Students
Full text linkThe switching from traditional to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic was challenging for students, determining an increase in physical and mental health problems. The current paper applied a two-step cluster analysis in a large sample of n = 1028 university students (Mage = 21.10 years, SD = 2.45 years; range: 18–30 years; 78.4% females). Participants responded to an online survey exploring neuroticism, trait/state anxiety, general self-efficacy, academic motivation, fear of COVID-19, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on physical and mental health, and the help requests. Results showed two significant clusters of students having a Maladaptive Academic Profile (n = 456; 44.4%) or an Adaptive Academic Profile (n = 572; 55.6%). Significant differences were found between the two clusters, where students belonging to the Maladaptive Academic Profile reported higher levels of neuroticism, higher dispositional and situational anxiety, and fear of COVID-19, and lower self-efficacy and academic motivation than students of the Adaptive Academic Profile cluster. In addition, more physical or mental health problems and help requests, mainly to partners during the COVID-19 pandemic, were found in the Maladaptive Academic Profile cluster compared to the Adaptive Academic Profile. Finally, the practical implications of the study’s results in implementing university counseling services as protective measures to contrast psychological distress in the long-term COVID-19 pandemic are discussed
The Italian version of the Thinking About Life Experiences Questionnaire and its relationship with gender, age, and life events on Facebook
Full text linkThe present study provided a cross-cultural validation of the Thinking About Life Experiences Scale-revised (TALE-R) in an Italian sample of Facebook users (n = 492; female = 378; male = 114; mean age 26.1) to test for replication and universality of the TALE-R three-factor model. Furthermore, it explored the interrelations among gender, age, the scores at the TALE-R and the frequency of posting textual/visual information about individuals' life events on Facebook. Results at exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis gave empirical support to both of a tripartite model for the functions of autobiographical memory (i.e., directive-behavior, social-bonding, and self-continuity) and measurement invariance of this three-factor model across gender and age. Further results at linear correlation and regression analyses showed that directive-behavior and self-continuity functions of autobiographical memory are significantly related to the ways people use Facebook for personal documentation. Age differences more than gender influence this association. Discussion and conclusion reported both theoretical and empirical implications of the findings of the study
The role of teachers' conception of students’ intelligence, self-efficacy and need frustration and satisfaction in shaping tendencies in teaching practices
Full text linkThe present study investigates the influence of teachers’ beliefs and personal factors on teaching practices by
conducting two studies on their relationship (Study 1) and on the creation of teachers’ profiles (Study 2). Data
were collected on 447 Italian teachers (85 % female, mean age: 38.7 years, SD: ±4.49). Path analysis of Study 1
showed that teachers’ beliefs significantly influenced their self-efficacy and their perception of teaching practices.
The two-way cluster analysis of Study 2 showed two distinct profiles: constructive and didactic. Findings
suggest that intervention programs should enhance teachers’ self-efficacy and satisfaction to foster more supportive
and student-oriented teaching practices
The Reciprocal Influences among Motivation, Personality Traits, and Game Habits for Playing Pokémon GO
Full text linkThis article reports a study exploring motivations of Pokémon Game use, individual differences related to personality traits, and game habits. First, it analyzed Pokémon GO motivations through exploratory factor analysis (EFA) by administering online the Pokémon GO Motivational Scale to a group of Italian gamers (N = 560). Successively, a Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was conducted testing three factorial models of Pokémon Game motivations on a selected random sample (N = 310). Results showed a three-factor model of Pokémon GO Game motivations (i.e. Personal Needs, Social Needs and Recreation), accounting for 68.9% of total variance plus a general higher order factor that best fits the data. Individual differences in Pokémon GO motivations and personality traits have been explored showing that high involved Pokémon GO players are introverted, low agreeableness, and conscientiousness people, driven by personal social and recreational needs. Reciprocal influences on motivational involvement, personality, and game habits were discussed
Happiness by personality Traits: the mediating role of decision-making tendencies.
No full textBackground: Prior work has shown that happiness is associated with high levels of extroversion and low levels of neuroticism; whereas conscientiousness and agreeableness have also been found to be moderately associated with subjective well-being and happiness. Nevertheless, the reasons why personality traits are linked to subjective well-being remain poorly interpreted. As a consequence, the identification of mediating variables could be strategic for better understanding of the reasons for well-being. One promising avenue has been the focus on individuals’ tendencies in decision-making which may alter happiness levels. The relationships between well-being and maximizing vs. satisficing tendencies have mainly been explored. However, the perspective that maximizing is related to low levels of well-being and happiness has been questioned due to the different conceptualizations and measurement of the constructs. The present research sought to clarify these relationships by testing a mediational model in which decision-making tendencies would mediate the effects of personality traits on orientations to happiness (meaningful, pleasant and engaged life) considered as hedonic and eudaimonic well-being. Methods: A sample of 978 participants (Mage = 21.54 years, SD = 4.88; 558 females) filled out a battery of questionnaires composed of the Ten Item Personality Inventory, the Decision Making Tendency Inventory, and the Orientation to Happiness Questionnaire. Results: Data from structural equation modeling analyses partially confirmed the hypothesized relationships: the effects of extroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness to experience on meaningful and pleasant orientations were mediated by maximizing, whereas satisficing mediated the relationships between agreeableness, conscientiousness, openness to experience and the pleasant orientation. Discussion and Conclusion: These findings provided new insights into the potential predictors of the hedonic and eudaimonic aspects of well-being and suggested intriguing considerations about the nature of the linkages between personality, decision-making tendencies, and well-being
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