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We aimed to investigate the relationship between childhood trauma, dissociative experiences, and internet gaming disorder in male university students with probable attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder determined by both childhood and current attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms.Volunteers were 376 university students who completed a test battery that included a sociodemographic form as well as the Adult ADHD Severity Rating Scale, Wender Utah Rating Scale, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, Dissociative Experiences Scale, Somatoform Dissociation Questionnaire, and Internet Gaming Disorder Scale-Short Form. Volunteers were divided into 2 groups as with and without probable attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder D based on both childhood and current attentiondeficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms.Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (t=-3.94; P.01), Dissociative Experiences Scale (t=-5.97; P.01), Somatoform Dissociation Questionnaire (t=-3.80; P.01), and Internet Gaming Disorder Scale-Short Form (t=-5.21; P.01) scores were significantly higher in the group with probable attentiondeficit hyperactivity disorder than in those without. Two different hierarchical regression analysis models in which internet gaming disorder scores were dependent variables showed that dissociative experiences in first model (β=0.15, t=2.28, P = .023) and dissociative absorption in second model (β=0.22, t=2.76, P = .006) were associated with internet gaming disorder after controlling for childhood trauma and attentiondeficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms.Dissociative absorption may contribute to internet gaming disorder independent of childhood trauma and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms, however further studies are needed to investigate this claim.

Objectives A number of earlier studies have pointed out that care workers in nursing homes for the elderly experience high levels of stress. In recent years, work engagement has been attracting attention as a concept that focuses on the positive psychological aspects of workers. In this study, we examined whether writing and reading aloud positive events that take place in the workplace would be useful as a measure to improve work engagement and to reduce occupational stress among care workers in such facilities. Methods Participants included 57 care workers (across 13 groups) working at seven welfare facilities in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. A crossover trial with two groups the intervention and control groups was used. The intervention group wrote about positive events, and read them aloud for each group at the morning assemblies and other gatherings. The control group continued work as usual. The survey spanned eight weeks. The questionnaire items were sourced from the Japanese version of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES), the Brief Job Stress Questionnaire (BJSQ), and included items concerning participants' biographical attributes. The number of positive events that the participants individually wrote about and the frequency of listening to reading about them was asked for at the end of the intervention period. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to examine the relationship between the number of written accounts or the frequency of listening to readings and the amount of change in the scores of the subscales. Results The median number of positive events that the participants individually wrote about was three (interquartile range 1-5). The number of those who answered that the frequency of listening to readings was rare was 22 (38.6%). Significant differences in the changes in the scores between the two groups were recognized in terms of "absorption," a subscale of the UWES, and the "work control," "work worth," and "family support," subscales of the BJSQ. Multiple linear regression analyses showed that the number of written accounts was associated with the amount of change in absorption and the amount of change in work worth. The frequency of how often the participants listened to the readings was not related to the amount of change across any of the four subscales. Conclusion Writing about positive events during work could enhance "absorption" of UWES and improve "work worth" of BJSQ. It is suggested that writing and reading aloud positive events that take place in the workplace is one of the measures to improve "absorption" and "work worth" among care workers in welfare facilities.

In the digital age, children’s and adolescents’ willingness to engage in absorbed reading for pleasure is on the decline. Digital narratives with a linear storyline enriched with hyperlinks to supporting media materials, could potentially facilitate narrative absorption even better than print, thus stimulating fictional reading among adolescents. This paper examines hyperlink placement desirability in five full-length novels, and investigates the link with narrative absorption. It was found that, independently of genre, the desired hyperlinks were most concentrated in the first quartile of the story, and gradually diminished towards quartile four. Furthermore, closer scrutiny of one case study showed that as reported narrative absorption levels increased, hyperlink desirability decreased. The results suggest that hyperlinks to different types of supporting media materials could be particularly useful to assist reading if situated in the first quartile of digital narrative. As the story plot reaches its climax, hyperlinks may become less required for experienced readers, whereas lower ability readers might still benefit from their support to sustain the reading experience.

This research advances the conceptualization and measurement of flow. The results of six studies (N = 2809) reveal that flow has two dimensions: “fluency,” which is comprised of experiences related to fluent thought and action; and “absorption,” which is based on sustained full attention. The results also demonstrate that the two dimensions have nuanced relationships with other variables. Specifically, while the fluency dimension is related to antecedents of flow (familiarity, skill, progress), the absorption dimension is not. Conversely, the absorption dimension was found to be strongly related to consequences of flow (behavioral intentions, presence), while the fluency dimension was not. Furthermore, we demonstrate that fluency-related experiences can give rise to the absorption-related experiences, which advances our understanding of how flow emerges. Finally, we develop a refined measure of flow called the two-dimensional-flow scale, and demonstrate its enhanced ability to capture variance in flow and other related variables in leisure contexts.

This study answers two questions: what equivalence rules of terms are dominantly found in the absorption words during the Covid-19 pandemic, and how acceptable these terms are in the Indonesian-speaking community. The data were collected by using documentation or observation method, supported by the use of a questionnaire. The data were analyzed by using intralingual equivalence and descriptive analysis methods. The results show that 33 foreign terms were matched using translation techniques, ten words with absorption techniques, and two words with combined translation and absorption techniques. Furthermore, the acceptability of absorption terms during the Corona virus pandemic is 39%, while 61% indicates the unacceptability of absorption terms during the Corona virus pandemic.

In Motive Disposition Theory, the affiliation motive describes our need to form mutually satisfying bonds, whereas the power motive is the wish to influence others. To understand how these social motives shape play experience, we explore their relationship to Self-Determination Theory and Flow Theory in League of Legends. We find that: higher intimacy motivation is associated with greater relatedness satisfaction, autonomy satisfaction, enjoyment, and the flow dimension of absorption; higher prosocial motivation with more effort invested and the flow dimension fluency of performance; and higher dominance motivation with lower relatedness satisfaction but higher competence satisfaction and increased flow in both dimensions. We demonstrate that in addition to being driven to satisfy universal needs, players also possess individualized needs that explain our underlying motives and ultimately shape our gaming preferences and experiences. Our results suggest that people do not merely gravitate towards need-supportive situations, but actively seek, change, and create situations based on their individualized motives.

Ever increasing challenges in the areas of risk management have led to a need for a risk management approach which deals not only with threat prevention but also adaption, absorption and recovery from adverse events. This has led to the rise of the concept of resilience analysis and management, which, unlike risk assessment and management focuses on the overall system under analysis rather than its individual components. Therefore, both the civilian and military sector have, over the past decade, emphasized the need to clarify the concept of resilience management as well as to differentiate it from related terms such as risk management. This article aims to build upon the existing literature and provide a comparison of the risk and resilience approaches which offer ways to analyse and manage these concepts.

In order to be happy at the workplace, employees need to feel engaged with the work environment. Work engagement refers to a work-related mental state that is positive and fulfilling, characterized by vigor (high levels of energy while working), dedication (sense of meaning, enthusiasm, inspiration, pride and challenge) and absorption (the individual’s complete concentration at work, which makes time fly quickly without his noticing). Besides that, the personal energy that individuals bring to their work is associated with work engagement. This study is done to investigate the factors that allow work engagement at the workplace emphasizing in assisting and addressing experience gaps in the strictest sense of the word by assigning values for the lasting connections actions to the relevant individuals, causing the person or the team to simply focus on producing outcomes in a healthy workplace and collaborative nature.115 participants responded to a survey given online. Findings reveal several factors that can lead to a positive culture at the workplace.

Previous studies have shown inconsistent results regarding the effect of the Val158Met polymorphism of the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene on personality and cognition. Here, nonclinical Caucasian university students of Italian origin were administered the Temperament and Character Inventory-Revised, Tellegen Absorption Scale, Differential Attentional Processes Inventory, and Waterloo-Stanford Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility. We found that the COMT Val158Met polymorphism was significantly associated with the disorderliness facet of novelty seeking (NS4) and that sex was a moderator of this association. Females with the Met/Met genotype showed higher NS4 scores compared to those with the Val/Met and Val/Val genotypes. No significant genotype effect was found for males. Additionally, we failed to find a significant effect of the COMT gene on attention and hypnotic suggestibility measures. These results provide further evidence for a sex-specific influence on the gene-behaviour associations.

This study aimed to describe the personality structure of the main character in Marwah Mamdouh’s novel Na'am Ahwaka using Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic approach. Marwah Mamdouh presented a fictional story that illustrated the personality structure form, namely the condition of the soul and the emotional outbursts experienced by the character. This research employed a qualitative descriptive method to express the personality structure forms of the main characters in the novel. The obtained research data as words, phrases, sentences, and discourse showed the personality structure of the main characters in the novel. The findings of the research were narratives that showed the structure of personality comprising, first, Id which was a part of the psychology; second, Ego which was the only area of the mind that had contact with the reality; third, Super Ego was the absorption of individuals from combined values and moral values that provide a boundary between the good and bad things. This study concluded that id dominated all the problems experienced by the main character in the novel.

This study aims to determine the impact of online learning on students' absorption during online learning. This research is qualitative with the hope of providing an overview of students' conditions during online learning. The research method was conducted using an online survey involving 22 students from 60 students of SMP Kristen Kanaan Jakarta. From the results of the interviews, it can be drawn a picture that half of the students experienced problems in absorbing learning materials. Even half of the students also experience psychological stress due to online learning. The lack of social interaction between students and teachers becomes an obstacle in the absorption and understanding of teaching materials

This school-based cross-sectional study, conducted among 872 grade thirteen students in Sri Lanka, assessed the complex relationship between burnout and work engagement using the validated Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey (MBI-SS) and Utrecht Work Engagement Scale-Student Version (UWES-S). In canonical correlation analysis (CCA), three subscale scores of MBI-SS [Exhaustion (EX), Cynicism (CY), reduced Professional Efficiency (rPE)] and three subscale scores of UWES-S [Vigor (VI), Dedication (DE), Absorption (AB)] were used as the criterion and predictor variables respectively. The full model across three functions yielded by CCA was statistically significant (p

Flow is a mental state of thorough absorption and concentration in an activity, in which intrinsic motivation and enjoyment are maximized, and the individual achieves optimal performance. This study investigated how daily flow experiences during parents' interactions with their children contribute to parental well-being. The Day Reconstruction Method was completed by 832 employed Israeli parents of children aged 2 to 12, who reconstructed their experiences on three different working days over three weeks, and rated their levels of flow, as well as positive and negative affect for each experience. Participants also completed measures of subjective well-being and parental satisfaction and efficacy. The results indicated that parents' flow experiences during interactions with their children were positively related to parents' positive affect, self-efficacy and satisfaction, and greater subjective well-being. The findings underscore the importance for parental well-being of daily optimal experiences with their children.

Background Chronic pain in Veterans is a major problem compounded by comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression. Adopting a transdiagnostic framework to understanding “shared territory” among these diagnoses has the potential to inform our understanding of the underlying cognitive processes and mechanisms that transverse diagnostic boundaries. Purpose To examine the associations between pain-related cognitive processes (diversion, distancing, absorption, and openness), pain intensity, PTSD and depressive symptoms, and the extent to which Veterans with chronic pain with and without comorbid PTSD and depression engage in different/similar pain-related cognitive processes. Methods Secondary analysis of pretreatment data with a subsample (n = 147) of Veterans with chronic pain from a larger clinical trial. Pretreatment PCL-5 and PROMIS Depression scales were used to categorize participants into three groups: (a) Pain-only; (b) Pain-PTSD; and (c) Pain-PTSD-DEP. Results Compared to the Pain-only group, the Pain-PTSD and Pain-PTSD-DEP groups reported significantly greater pain intensity, PTSD and depressive symptoms, and ruminative pain absorption. The Pain-PTSD-DEP group had significantly lower pain diversion and pain openness scores. When diversion and openness were used within the Pain-PTSD-DEP group, however, they were both associated with lower pain intensity and openness was additionally associated with lower PTSD scores. However, in the Pain-PTSD group, pain openness was associated with higher depression scores. Conclusions Across increasing complexity of comorbidity profiles (i.e., one vs. two comorbid conditions), ruminative absorption with pain emerged as a cognitive process that transverses diagnoses and contributes to worse outcomes. Nonjudgmental acceptance may not be universally beneficial, potentially depending upon the nature of comorbidity profiles.

Motivational precursors to maintaining an active lifestyle across the lifespan are not well understood. Intrinsic experience and values can motivate activity engagement, but age-related change in resources and temporal horizons may moderate these effects. Flow (Csikszentmihalyi et al., 2005) is the phenomenological experience of complete absorption in an activity, which can engender engagement in the activity for its own sake. We explored how the purpose (communal or agentic) and context (social or individual) of an activity impact the Flow experience as a function of age. Across the lifespan, agentic activities produced a heightened Flow experience compared to communal activities, supporting the idea that Flow plays a lifelong role in the development and maintenance of mastery. However, Flow was disproportionately enhanced for communal activities with age, suggesting that social motives may increasingly contribute to the pleasures of activity engagement with progression through the adult lifespan.

This research has purpose to revealed those affect from all dimensions of employee engagement, which is vigor, dedication and absorption on the performance of employees at PT. Mandiri Utama Finance. The aims of this research was to discovered an descriptive explanation relates to the vigor, dedication, absorption and also employees performance at PT. Mandiri Utama Finance and it affects towards the performance of employees at PT. Mandiri Utama Finance. The research population was all employees of PT. Mandiri Utama Finance, which amounted of 210 people. Due to the relatively small population, so all the employees were made as respondents (saturated sampling). The data analysis method used multiple linear regression analysis by SPSS (Statistical Package for The Social Sciences) software version 25. The results showed that vigor had a positive and significant affect on employee performance, dedication had a positive and significant affect on employee performance and absorption had a positive and significant affect on employee performance. All above variables has a weak impact with coefficient of determination (R²) only for 32%.

[Image: see text] Psychedelic drugs are increasingly being incorporated into therapeutic contexts for the purposes of promoting mental health. However, they can also induce adverse reactions in some individuals, and it is difficult to predict before treatment who is likely to experience positive or adverse acute effects. Although consideration of setting and dosage as well as excluding individuals with psychotic predispositions has thus far led to a high degree of safety, it is imperative that researchers develop a more nuanced understanding of how to predict individual reactions. To this end, the current systematic review coalesced the results of 14 studies that included baseline states or traits predictive of the acute effects of psychedelics. Individuals high in the traits of absorption, openness, and acceptance as well as a state of surrender were more likely to have positive and mystical-type experiences, whereas those low in openness and surrender or in preoccupied, apprehensive, or confused psychological states were more likely to experience acute adverse reactions. Participant sex was not a robust predictor of drug effects, but 5-HT2AR binding potential, executive network node diversity, and rACC volume may be potential baseline biomarkers related to acute reactions. Finally, increased age and experience with psychedelics were individual differences related to generally less intense effects, indicating that users may become slightly less sensitive to the effects of the drugs after repeated usage. Although future well-powered, placebo-controlled trials directly comparing the relative importance of these predictors is needed, this review synthesizes the field’s current understanding of how to predict acute reactions to psychedelic drugs.

Based on the Effort-Recovery model and the Job Demands-Resources model, this study investigated the moderated mediational process in which physical activity after work interacted with one type of work-family conflict, work-to-family conflict (work interference with family), to predict mastery recovery experience, which in turn explained work engagement (i.e., vigor, dedication, and absorption). Participants were 373 employees in South Korea who responded to an online survey twice with a two-day interval. Work-to-family conflict was measured on Tuesday, physical activity and mastery experience during Wednesday after work were retrospectively measured on Thursday, and three subtypes of work engagement were measured on Thursday. Our results indicated that physical activity after work moderated the relationship between work-to-family conflict and mastery experience such that the negative effect of work-to-family conflict on mastery experience was reduced in longer hours of physical activity. Furthermore, work-to-family conflict had conditional indirect effects on three subtypes of work engagement through mastery experience depending on the hours of physical activity, and the conditional indirect effect was strongest for vigor. These findings suggest that physical activity can promote recovery experience even in harsh conditions including the experience of work-family conflict, ultimately improving work engagement.

This work is based on a study of the world of novice teachers, and examined three topics: a. Differences in the difficulties of the absorption accompaniment process of novice teachers in Arab socie...

The stress often experienced by students is academic stress. Academic stress is a situation where students cannot face academic demands and the exception of the academic demands received as a disorder. If not handled properly, it will disrupt the effectiveness of learning and absorption of information on students. This study aims to reveal the effect of EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) in reducing student academic stress. The research method is an experimental study conducted with a repeated measure pretest and multiple posttest design. The subjects in this study were 15 students. The instrument used was an adaptation of the Academic Stress Inventory of students at universities and colleges of technology from Lin and Chen. Analyze the data using the one-way ANOVA for repeated measures. The results showed that EMDR is proven to be one of the effective tools to reduce academic stress on students.

The omnipresence of smartphones has not stopped at the door to the nursery. It is especially important to better understand the impact of parental smartphone use on relationships at the beginning of children's lives. Babies and toddlers are essentially dependent on caregivers' sensitive and responsive behaviors within the context of the development of attachment patterns. Disturbances in parental sensitivity can have a negative impact on attachment-related interactional processes between parents and children and on child outcomes, such as self-regulatory capacity. The goal of this review is to compile existing research on the impact of parental mobile device use through technoference or absorption on parental sensitivity and responsiveness within parent-child interactions in the early years (0-5). We conducted a thorough search of the databases PsycInfo and PubMed, additionally consulting data sources such as Google Scholar and Google. In this review, we included 12 studies with a variety of methodical approaches. The research so far indicates that parental smartphone use may be associated with changes in parental sensitivity and responsiveness. Absorption in the device appears to contribute to this association more strongly than short interruptions of relating per se (technoference). However, to better understand these processes, more in-depth, longitudinal research is needed.La omnipresencia de los teléfonos inteligentes no se ha detenido a la puerta de la guardería. En especial, es importante entender mejor el impacto del uso de teléfonos inteligentes por parte de los padres en sus relaciones al comienzo de las vidas de sus niños. Los bebés y niños pequeñitos son esencialmente dependientes del comportamiento sensible y atento de quienes les cuidan, dentro del contexto del desarrollo de patrones de afectividad. Las interrupciones en la sensibilidad de los padres pueden tener un impacto negativo en los procesos interaccionales relacionados con la afectividad entre padres y niños y en los resultados en el niño tales como la capacidad de autorregularse. El propósito de la presente revisión es compilar la investigación existente acerca del impacto que el uso de aparatos móviles por parte de los padres a través de la tecno-conferencia o absorción tiene sobre la sensibilidad y la atención dentro de las interacciones padres-niños en los primeros años (0-5). Llevamos a cabo una investigación exhaustiva de los bancos de datos PsycInfo y PubMed, consultando adicionalmente las fuentes de datos como el Investigador Google y Google. En esta revisión incluimos 12 estudios con una variedad de acercamientos metodológicos. La investigación hasta ahora indica que el uso de los teléfonos inteligentes por parte de los padres pudiera estar asociado con cambios en la sensibilidad y atención de los padres. La absorción en los aparatos parece contribuir a esta asociación más fuertemente que interrupciones cortas o relacionadas de por sí (tecno-conferencia). Sin embargo, para entender mejor estos procesos, se necesita una más profunda y longitudinal investigación.L'omniprésence des téléphones smartphones ne s'est pas arrêtée à la porte de la chambre du bébé. Il est particulièrement important de mieux comprendre l'impact de l'utilisation parentale des smartphones sur les relations au début de la vie des enfants. Les bébés et les petits enfants sont essentiellement dépendants des comportements sensibles et réactifs des aidants naturels dans le contexte du développement de patterns d'attachement. Des perturbations de la sensibilité parentale peuvent avoir un impact négatif sur les processus interactionnels liés à l'attachement entre les parents et les enfants et sur les résultats de l'enfant, comme par exemple la capacité régulatoire. Le but de ce passage en revue est de compiler les recherches qui existent sur l'impact de l'utilisation parentale des appareils mobiles à travers la technoférence ou l'absorption sur la sensibilité parentale et la réaction au sein des interactions parent-enfant durant les premières années (0-5 ans). Nous avons fait une recherche approfondie des bases de données PsycInfo et PubMed, et également consulté des sources de données telles que Google Scholar et Google. Dans cette revue nous incluons 12 études avec une variété d'approches médicales. Jusqu’à présent les recherches indiquent que l'utilisation parentale du smartphone peut être lié à des changements dans la sensibilité parentale et la réaction. Le fait d’être absorbé par le téléphone semble contribuer à cette association plus fortement que de courtes interruptions à la relation en elle-même (technoférence). Cependant, afin de mieux comprendre ces processus, des recherches plus approfondies et longitudinales sont nécessaires.Smartphones im Kinderzimmer: Smartphone-Nutzung bei Eltern und ihre Sensibilität bzw. Responsivität in der Eltern-Kind-Interaktion während der frühen Kindheit (0-5 Jahre): Ein Scoping-Review Die Omnipräsenz von Smartphones hat an der Tür zum Kinderzimmer keinen Halt gemacht. Die Auswirkungen besser zu verstehen, die die elterliche Smartphone-Nutzung auf die Beziehung zum Kleinkind hat, ist sehr wichtig. Babys und Kleinkinder sind im Kontext der Entwicklung von Bindungsmustern essenziell abhängig von den sensiblen und responsiven Verhaltensweisen ihrer Bezugspersonen. Störungen der elterlichen Sensibilität können sich negativ auf bindungsbezogene Interaktionsprozesse zwischen Eltern und Kindern sowie auf Outcomes, wie z. B. die Fähigkeit zur Selbstregulation, auswirken. Ziel dieses Reviews ist es, bestehende Forschungsergebnisse zu den Auswirkungen elterlicher Nutzung mobiler Geräte in den ersten Jahren ihrer Kinder (0-5) zusammenzustellen. Dabei werden mögliche Effekte von „Technoference“ (die Unterbrechung einer Tätigkeit durch Technik) oder Aufmerksamkeitsabsorption auf die Sensibilität und Responsivität bei der Eltern-Kind-Interaktionen beleuchtet. Wir haben die Datenbanken PsycInfo und PubMed gründlich durchsucht und zusätzlich Datenquellen wie Google Scholar und Google konsultiert. In diese Übersicht wurden 12 Studien mit verschiedenen methodischen Ansätzen einbezogen. Die bisherigen Studien zeigen, dass die Verwendung von Smartphones bei Eltern mit Änderungen in der Sensibilität und Responsivität assoziiert sein könnte. Die Aufmerksamkeitsabsorption zugunsten des Geräts scheint stärker zu dieser Assoziation beizutragen als kurze Beziehungsunterbrechungen (Technoference) per se. Um diese Prozesse besser zu verstehen, sind jedoch eingehendere Längsschnittstudien erforderlich.子ども部屋のスマートフォン:乳幼児期(0～5歳) の親子相互交流時における親 のスマートフォン使用と親の感受性と応答性:スコーピングレビュー スマートフォンの遍在は、“子ども部屋への入り口”で止まってはいない。子ども の人生の始まりにおいて、人間関係に対する親のスマートフォン使用の影響をよ りよく理解しておくことは、特に重要である。乳幼児は基本的に、アタッチメン トパターンの発達の脈絡においては、養育者の繊細で反応のよい行動を必要とし ている。親の感受性の乱れは、親子間のアタッチメント関連の相互作用プロセス と、自己統制能力などの子どもの発達の成果に負の影響をもたらす。本レビュー の目的は、乳幼児期(0-5)における親子相互交流時の親の感受性と応答性に対し、 テクノフェレンスあるいは没頭を通しての親の携帯機器使用の影響について既存 の研究をまとめることである。我々は、データベースのPsycInfoとPubMed、さら にGoogle ScholarやGoogleなどのデータソースを徹底して調査した。このレビュ ーには、様々な系統的アプローチによる12研究がある。本研究は、今までのとこ ろ親のスマートフォン使用は親の感受性と応答性の変化に関連している可能性が あることを示唆している。機器への没頭は、親子関係への短い中断それ自体 (テ クノフェレンス) よりも強くこの関連に寄与しているように思われる。しかしな がら、これらのプロセスをよりよく理解するために、より徹底した縦断研究が必 要である。.摘 要:无所不在的智能手机并没有停在育儿室门口。尤其重要的是, 要更好地了解父母使用智能手机对儿童生命初期人际关系的影响。在依恋模式发展的环境中, 婴儿和幼儿基本上依赖于看护者的敏感和反应行为。父母敏感性的障碍会对父母和儿童之间依恋相关的互动过程以及儿童的成长 (例如自我调节能力) 产生负面影响。这篇综述的目的是汇编关于父母走神或沉迷于使用移动设备对儿童早期 (0-5岁) 亲子互动中父母敏感性和反应能力影响的现有研究。我们对PsycInfo和PubMed数据库进行了彻底的搜索, 另外还查询了Google Scholar和Google等数据源。在这篇综述中, 我们纳入了12项采用各种方法论的研究。迄今为止的研究表明, 父母使用智能手机可能与父母敏感性和反应能力的变化有关。沉迷于设备比关系本身的短暂中断 (走神) 对这种变化有更大的影响。然而, 为了更好地理解这些过程, 需要进行更深入的纵向研究。.الهواتف الذكية في الحضانة: استخدام الوالدين للهواتف الذكية وحساسية الوالدين والاستجابة في إطار التفاعل بين الوالدين والطفل في مرحلة الطفولة المبكرة (صفر - 5 سنوات): استقصاء منهجي لا يقتصر استخدام الهواتف الذكية عند باب الحضانة. ولذلك من المهم بشكل خاص الوصول إلى فهم أفضل لتأثير استخدام الوالدين للهاتف الذكي على العلاقات في بداية حياة الأطفال. يعتمد الأطفال بشكل أساسي على سلوكيات مقدمي الرعاية الحساسة والمتجاوبة في سياق تطور أنماط التعلق. ويمكن أن يكون للاضطرابات في الحساسية الأبوية أثر سلبي على عمليات التفاعل المرتبطة بالتعلق بين الوالدين والأطفال وعلى نتائج الطفل، مثل القدرة على التنظيم الذاتي. والهدف من هذا الاستعراض هو تجميع البحوث القائمة بشأن تأثير استخدام الوالدين للأجهزة المحمولة من خلال على حساسية الوالدين واستجابتهم أثناء التفاعلات بين الوالدين والطفل في السنوات الأولى حتى 5 سنوات. تم البحث الشامل في قواعد بيانات شاملًا عن قاعدتي البيانات PsycInfo و PubMed ، بالإضافة إلى موقع باحث جوجل . في هذا الاستعراض قمنا بتضمين 12 دراسة ذات مناهج بحثية متنوعة. تشير نتائج الأبحاث حتى الآن إلى أن استخدام الهاتف الذكي قد يكون مرتبطًا بالتغيرات في حساسية الوالدين واستجابتهم. كما يبدو أن الانهماك التام مع التليفون (absorption) يساهم في هذا الارتباط بقوة أكبر من التشتت العرضي القصير (تكنوفيرنس) . ومع ذلك، من أجل فهم أفضل لهذه العمليات، هناك حاجة إلى المزيد من الدراسات المتعمقة على المدى الطويل.

Flow describes a state of total absorption in an activity. This optimal experience has received much attention in research on music-playing and performing, but not on interindividual differences in music-listening. We expect differences in the intensity of flow between performing music and listening to music and in the relationships with subjective well-being. In Study 1 ( N = 207; questionnaire study), we investigated differences in flow between performing and listening to music in three dimensions of flow. We analyzed correlations between flow, previous musical training, music experience, and subjective well-being. Participants reported a more intense flow experience while listening to music than while performing music. Flow was significantly associated with subjective well-being and music experience. For performing music, flow was positively correlated with previous musical practice. Study 2 ( N = 383; questionnaire study) focused on flow while listening to music and subjective well-being, and on the role a flexible self-concept plays in this phenomenon. Stronger relationships between flow and subjective well-being were obtained for individuals with a highly flexible self-concept. Flow was positively correlated with music experience. The results provided evidence for relationships between flow, previous musical practice, and music experience. Correlations with subjective well-being depend on processes of self-regulation.

In our country, everything is paid to the development of professional sports. The success of athletes in high-level competitions is an important component of the country's international prestige. In this regard, the situation regarding the importance of the health of athletes for their achievement of high sports results has acquired special relevance [4; 17; 19]. Sports genetics is still at the beginning of the path, but at the same time it opens up many prospects for the development of medical and biological support for sports. The use of the genetic characteristics of the organism will lead humanity to new records, because now not only persistence, regular training, willpower and motivation of an athlete are important, but also his “Olympic” heredity. A detailed study of these genes is necessary for the correct organization of the training process, for predicting the capabilities of athletes. According to modern concepts of functional genomics, it is believed that individual differences in the degree of development of certain physical and mental qualities, as well as in the susceptibility to certain diseases of athletes, are largely due to DNA polymorphisms (variable regions in the DNA sequence). The FABP2 gene produces a protein that binds fatty acids in the digestive system, and thus directly regulates the absorption of fats in the epithelial cells of the small intestine (Baier, Sacchettini et al. 1995). Studies have shown that in the presence of the risk allele, the binding of fatty acids from food occurs to a greater extent and, the presence of the risk allele is directly associated with an increased body mass index, body fat, abdominal adipose tissue size and overweight (Baier, Sacchettini et al. 1995).

The purpose of this study was to analyze the influence of the contribution of the number of hotels, the number of hotel rooms and tourists to the absorption of labor. Tourism sector is one of the strategic sectors that must be utilized for tourism development as part of national development, having the aim of, among others, expanding business opportunities and opening jobs. The data used in this study is secondary data. The data was obtained from literature related studies in jambi city such as BPS, Department of Culture and Tourism, Youth and Sports, previous research, and other relevant library materials. Data Analysis Method Tested with multiple linear regression models. Based on the results of the study found that Simultaneously independent variable Number of Hotels (X1), Number of Hotel Rooms (X2) and Tourist Visits (X3) affects the variable Absorption of Labor (Y) with a coefficient of determination of 6.5% which means independent variables Number of Hotels (X1), Number of Hotel Rooms (X2) and Tourist Visits (X3) of 6.5% and the remaining 93.5% are influenced by other variables outside this research. And the Number of Hotels had no significant effect on Labor Absorption with a regression coefficient of 0.141

El documento pretende ahondar en la relación que existe entre la cultura organizacional, la satisfacción laboral y el engagement en el sector de confecciones en Piedecuesta. Para esto se determinaron las dimensiones de cada una de las variables objeto de estudio para la cultura organizacional, las dimensiones de características dominantes, líderes de la organización, estilo gerencial, unión de la organización, énfasis estratégicos y criterio de éxito, que se determinaron utilizando el cuestionario OCAI. Por su parte, el nivel de satisfacción laboral se definió con las condiciones laborales, la participación en las decisiones, la relación con los superiores, el trabajo y el reconocimiento, mediante el cuestionario de satisfacción laboral S20/23. Por su parte, el engagement se determinó con las dimensiones vigor, dedicación y absorción, aplicando el cuestionario UWES–17. Por último, se examinó la relación mediante la correlación de Spearman. Los hallazgos indican que se deben fomentar las buenas relaciones y eliminar las brechas que puedan existir entre trabajador y empleador, para mejorar las relaciones.

This study explores the issue of communicative distance between Polish and English; its perception and conceptualization, as a function of self-reflection, are related to individual, socio-cultural and environmental, as well as linguistic factors. The aim of the article is to prove that the communicative distance is different while speaking Polish (L1) and English (L2). It was assumed that on the basis of an interlocutor’s self-reported observation and evaluation of verbal and nonverbal cues, it is possible to prove the existence of communicative distance. The research results revealed that in formal English conversations, distance was perceived as shorter than in formal Polish conversations, but in informal conversations, there were no significant differences. Due to gradual language development and absorption of English words into Polish, the study relies on a retrospective data analysis to find out the possible changes in communicative distance perception. The data was retrieved from a series of two surveys conducted in 2008 (n = 150) and 2016 (n = 150) among Poles who use English as a second language.

In the globalization era, technology absorption capacity is increasingly vital to own to improve the performance of entrepreneurial industry. The aim of this study was to elaborate the main role of technology absorption as the main determinant to boost the performance of global entrepreneurship. For the sake of analysis, the researchers took primary data from global entrepreneurship index (GEIINDEX, 2019) containing 137 countries that have been surveyed (Acs, 2019). The method of analysis used was path analysis model in recursive form derived from the experimental model of multiple regression method in form of ordinary least square (OLS). The results showed that technology absorption (TA) positively and significantly became the main determinant in improving the capacity and performance of global entrepreneurship, while the opportunity start-up (OS) was the supporting determinant. Shortly, the entrepreneurial industry should have the capacity of technology absorption and mastery to start a business (OS), improve capacity (ABT), and sustainably encourage the excellence of Global Entrepreneurship Performance (GEP)

OBJECTIVE This study examines nurses' perceptions of communication and engagement in the workplace. BACKGROUND Work engagement and communication are both important concepts in the healthcare environment. METHODS Inferential analyses were conducted using the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale and Farley's Communication Assessment Questionnaire, along with descriptive and bivariate analyses. RESULTS Job vigor was negatively associated with the level of informed communication and indirect communication, whereas greater job dedication was found to be associated with more informed communication. Additionally, a statistically significant correlation between years of experience and vigor and absorption was noted, although age did not demonstrate the same relationship. Ultimately, nurse characteristics played an important role in the perception of communication in the work environment and in job enthusiasm. CONCLUSIONS Nurse administrators must create a culture that values communication and communicate skillfully using various methods to meet the needs of different employees.

In improving the quality of education by teaching, it is the thing that has the greatest effectiveness. Because of a good and appropriate teaching method, it is likely to increase the absorption of knowledge for students, so that the quality of knowledge from students increases. There are several ways to improve the quality of teaching, one of which is to know the learning styles of these students. Methods to determine learning styles such as Visual Auditorial Kinesthetic (VAK), Learning Style Inventory, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and others, but in this study using the Learning Style Inventory (LSI) introduced by David Kolb. To see the Learning Style of each student, an online questionnaire was held. Respondents in this study were online students of the Mohammad Husni Thamrin University Informatics Engineering Study Program with 50 students as respondents. By using the Linear Regression model, it shows a significance value of 0.02 which is less than 5%, so the analysis can be continued. On the other hand, the results are based on the value of R Square, which is 0.099 or 0.1, where it is the Coefficient of Determination or it can be interpreted that the LSI Value Variable has the ability to influence 10% of the Student Value Variable.

The purpose of the present study was to characterize the feelings of belonging or alienation and social emotional perceptions of immigrant youths in an age when there are well-developed digital environments granting availability without barriers of time and place. This research is a mixed-method study with emphasis on quantitative research. A total of 559 Israeli adolescents aged 12 to 18 participated in the study, of whom 222 (40%) were immigrants residing for up to four years in the country. To characterize the absorption process experienced by the immigrant youths, we used the life cycle assessment (LCA) mechanism. We identified a 2-class model. The first group, 36% of the immigrant youths who participated in the study, was characterized by a positive feeling regarding their experience of the absorption process. Time in the country of absorption (under two years and from two years to four years) did not change their approach to the process they experienced. Immigrant adolescents feel that thanks to the mobile technologies, the translations, databases, numerous applications, and groups on the social networks, they are able to face the challenges and difficulties they encounter in the process of absorption in the new country. We found that the positive process of identity building by immigrant youths in the digital age is a combination of interactions with those who remain in the country of origin and significant interactions in the new society, especially in schools, fostering a sense of belonging, sharing, acceptance, a sense of being needed, and attention, which are likely to create a sense of resilience in immigrant youths.

Leaders humbleness plays an indispensable role in influencing and motivating the followers. It is also significant to study the precursors which augment or mitigate that humility. This study was conducted to empirically test the impact of work stress, ego depletion, and work absorption on the leader’s humility. With the quantitative approach, numeric data was collected from 327 employees of private companies who are at leading positions. Instruments were adopted from previous studies. The result revealed that if leaders face work stress and ego depletion, their humbleness starts vanishing, whereas when they are more absorbed in their work, they become humbler. This study is Beneficial for companies who want their leaders to become humble with their followers and peers.

Historical records suggest that channeling has existed globally, in a variety of cultures, for thousands of years, and recent research suggests that channeling is more prevalent than most people realize. The present study used an online survey to explore mental health factors, personality characteristics, subjective experiences, and the impact of channeling on 83 participants who self-identified as trance channelers. Most participants endorsed being spiritual but not religious as adults, and on average the channeling experiences began at middle age. The majority of participants did not report pathological levels of dissociative or psychotic symptoms, anxiety or depression. Compared to relevant norms, participants reported similar scores on most personality factors, psychological absorption and empathy. Participants’ average scores on emotional and environmental sensitivity corresponded to being designated as sensory-processing sensitives. Participants reported high levels of noetic beliefs and experiences, particularly beliefs in life after death, non-local consciousness, and telepathy. Most participants reported that their channeling process is willful and consensual and that they are consciously aware of the channeling state while it occurs. The majority of participants also reported a positive impact of channeling on their lives. Lower psychotic symptoms, older age when the trance channeling experiences began, and higher sensitivity scores predicted a greater positive impact of trance on participants’ lives. Given that trance channeling has played a role in religious and spiritual traditions around the world throughout history, the present study provides an important exploration of the trance channeling phenomenon.

This study aims to determine the determinants of budget absorption at Jember University. Determinants of budget absorption include planning, budget execution, human resources, procurement of goods and services and coordination with other sectors or agencies. This study uses the positivism paradigm with a quantitative approach to test hypotheses, so the data analysis in this study uses hypothesis testing. The study was conducted at the University of Jember. Sources of data in this study are primary data sources and secondary data. Primary data in this study were obtained from questionnaires disebearkan to BPP Work Units, Planning Staff, and Finance Staff at the Head Office of Jember University. While the secondary data in this study is in the form of Jember University Financial Statements. The research sample was obtained using purposive sampling with a total of 63 people. The results showed that coordination with other sectors or agencies was an aspect that had a positive effect on budget absorption at Jember University.

Covid-19is a new virus that attacks the whole world. The virus has paralyzed all areas of life. Based on the circular of the Minister of education and culture of the Republic of Indonesia Number 2 and 3 of 2020, the learning is done online at home. Good student absorption can improve student learning outcomes. The purpose of this study is to look for points of concern about students' absorption of educational lectures using online methods viewed from internal and external factors. This research uses a descriptive method. The sample used was 67 respondents. Our findings show the students who have been ill while attending lectures is less interested in educational subjects being an internal factor that can affect student absorption, but strong student confidence in passing courses makes this factor not inhibiting factor students, while external factors are factors that affect the absorption of students taking educational courses with the online method in the middle of the covid-19 pandemic. Disruptions of the family economy caused by parents who cannot work in the middle of a pandemic are the main things that affect the lecture process. Parental support is less than optimal, as well as the location of the house that makes the signal often lost and entered.

The importance of work engagement (vigor, dedication, absorption) in enhancing employee performance is a recognized area of research. In this competitive and hyper turbulent work environment, disengaged workforce is costly for any organization. Despite its importance, a very low rate of work engagement (i.e.5%) has been found in Pakistan. Drawing on conservation of resource theory (COR), this paper proposes a conceptual framework to find out the impact of despotic leadership behavior on work engagement of employees with a mediating mechanism of employee’s perception of job insecurity. In previous literature little research has been done on despotic leadership and no study has found on this relationship before.

This study aims to compare the effects of several dimensions of tourist engagement, including enthusiasm, attention, absorption, interaction, and identification on loyalty across male and female to...

As virtual reality (VR) technology enters mainstream markets, it is imperative that we understand its potential impacts on users, both positive and negative. In the present paper, we build on the extant literature’s focus on the physical side effects of VR gameplay (e.g., cybersickness) by focusing on VR’s potential to intensify users’ experiences of negative emotions. We first conducted a preliminary survey to assess users’ emotional responses during VR gameplay, with the results suggesting that certain VR situations can in fact produce intense negative emotional experiences. We then designed an interactive scenario intended to elicit low to moderate amounts of negative emotion, wherein participants played out the scenario in either VR (using the HTC Vive) or on a laptop computer. Compared to the participants who enacted the scenario on the laptop, those in the VR condition reported higher levels of absorption, which in turn increased the intensity of their negative emotional response to the scenario. A follow-up questionnaire administered several hours later revealed that the intensified negative emotions resulting from VR had a significant positive correlation with negative rumination (i.e., harmful self-related thoughts related to distress). These results show that VR gameplay has the potential to elicit strong negative emotional responses that could be harmful for users if not managed properly. We discuss the practical and policy implications of our findings.

Healers not only experience somatic sensations during practices related to their spiritual beliefs, but they also evidence related cognitive-perceptual and personality characteristics. The main aim was to evaluate sensory-perceptual traits involved in healers’ spiritual healing practices. We recruited a sample of 190 practitioners, who completed 5 instruments to evaluate the sensory phenomenology of experiences of healing, interoceptive awareness, and absorption. Significant differences were found in two groups, Practitioners ( n = 71) and Newly Initiated ( n = 119), divided by their practice experience length. Practitioners scored higher on interoceptive body awareness (both emotional and body) and absorption than the newly initiated. An exploratory analysis also showed positive correlations between the total score of sensory healing modalities and the intensity of visualization, body awareness, and absorption scores, as well as higher spirituality and training in various healing techniques. Thus, it is possible to build a personality profile of healers characterized by a combination of interoceptive awareness, ability to focus attention, hypersensitivity and kinetic synesthesia, and ease of mental imagery.

Efficient leadership and a healthy teaching environment are the two factors that determine how school teachers conduct themselves professionally. Work engagement not only reflects the teachers’ performance but also implies the performance of the pupils and the school and it depends on how congenial their working conditions are. The present study intended to assess the extent to which the leadership behaviour of principals mediated the effect of organizational health on the work engagement of 516 secondary school teachers working in Bengaluru, India. The organizational health inventory was employed to quantify the organizational health of schools at institutional, managerial and technical levels, the Utrecht tool was used to measure teachers’ work engagement through their vigor, dedication and absorption, and the leadership behaviour of principals was measured in terms of consideration and initiating behaviour. The findings implied a positive relationship between organizational health and teachers’ work engagement. Further, while leadership behaviour indeed mediated the impact of organizational health on work engagement, the mediating effect was only partial. The results imply that the teachers’ work engagement cannot be entirely attributed to the school management and working conditions, which implies scope for further research on the factors affecting work engagement among the teachers.

Flow is a desirable state of consciousness and absorption in an optimally challenging activity. Prior research has investigated individual differences in flow. The present study investigates flow by contrasting physical versus mental activities, using a mixed-methods, sequential explanatory design. The sample from the quantitative phase included 205 undergraduate university students assessed on measures of personality, difficulties in emotion regulation, and flow. The big-five traits intellect and conscientiousness, as well as the emotion regulation subscale “lack of emotional clarity” predicted flow during mental activities, but unexpectedly no variables significantly predicted physical flow activities. The second phase used semi-structured interviews with 10 participants. Analyses of the interviews helped further explain the statistical findings, revealing four main themes: role of stress, source of guilt, presence of others, and satisfaction and fulfillment. We conclude that flow is especially relevant in physical activities which have advantages over mental activities in opportunities to experience flow.

Purpose of the study: This research aims to analyze the impact of private investment toward social welfare through economic growth and labor absorption in East Java Province of the 2010-2017 periods. Methodology: The type of research used is Explanatory by using the approach of a quantitative method. Data collection used research instruments. Data analysis is quantitative/ statistical with the aim to test the determined hypothesis. Main Findings: The results of the study show that: (1) Private investment is not significantly influential toward economic growth; (2) Private investment is significantly influential toward labor absorption; (3) Economic growth is significantly influential toward labor absorption; (4) Economic growth is not significantly influential toward social welfare; (5) Labor absorption is not significantly influential toward social welfare. Applications of this study: Private Investment unit, Economic Growth, Absorption of Labor and Social welfare is obtained through the Statistics Agency within the period of 2010-2017. Novelty/Originality of this study: The Effect of Economic Growth on Labor Absorption had a significant effect on labor absorption in East Java. It was proven by the t value of 3.800 which means that it was higher than 1.96. Thus, it could be explained that the high labor absorption could be increased through the existence of economic growth in East Java.

The article focuses on the analysis of the results of empirical research, which shows how motivation of knowledge workers influences their job performance. The analysis focuses on characteristics (that are differentia specifica) of a knowledge worker and their impact on the results achieved in their organization. It was assumed that the impact of motivation on job performance increases together with the intensity of these characteristics. Therefore, the main aim of this article is to verify the influence of motivation on knowledge workers’ job performance. In order to verify the formulated hypothesis, an empirical study with the use of a questionnaire was conducted among employees of 204 organizations operating in Poland. Methods of statistical description and estimation were used, including correlation analysis and regression analysis with moderator. A positive relation was established between the absorption of knowledge workers’ characteristics and work motivation, and a positive relation between absorption of knowledge workers’ characteristics and job performance. Together with the verification of the knowledge workers’ characteristics as the mediator of the relation between work motivation and job performance, the study allows for the advancement of the existing (and described) research area. The obtained results allow only to preliminarily verify the raised issue which proves that it is a field of study undoubtedly worth exploring further.

El presente documento muestra la relación entre satisfacción laboral y engagement en empleados operativos de la empresa de transporte Cotrascal S. A. S., de Bucaramanga. Para el desarrollo de la investigación, se determinó la satisfacción laboral con las variables condiciones laborales, participación en las decisiones, relación con los superiores, trabajo y reconocimiento, mediante la aplicación del cuestionario de satisfacción laboral S20/23. Por su parte, el nivel de engagement se determinó con las dimensiones vigor, dedicación y absorción, aplicando el cuestionario UWES–17. Finalmente se revisó la relación entre estas mediante la correlación de Spearman, teniendo en cuenta la no normalidad de las variables. Los hallazgos indican que se debe fomentar el cierre de brechas entre trabajador y empleador, con el fin de impactar favorablemente los niveles de engagement. Asimismo, se vislumbra una instancia posterior que incluye el componente de percepción del cliente externo mediado por variables internas.

Flicker light stimulation can induce short-term alterations in consciousness including hallucinatory color perception and geometric patterns. In the study at hand, the subjective experiences during 3 Hz and 10 Hz stroboscopic light stimulation of the closed eyes were assessed. In a within-subjects design (N = 24), we applied the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (mood state), time perception ratings, the Altered State of Consciousness Rating Scale, and the Phenomenology of Consciousness Inventory. Furthermore, we tested for effects of personality traits (NEO Five-Factor Inventory-2 and Tellegen Absorption Scale) on subjective experiences. Such systematic quantification improves replicability, facilitates comparisons between pharmacological and non-pharmacological techniques to induce altered states of consciousness, and is the prerequisite to study their underlying neuronal mechanisms. The resulting data showed that flicker light stimulation-induced states were characterized by vivid visual hallucinations of simple types, with effects strongest in the 10 Hz condition. Additionally, participants’ personality trait of Absorption scores highly correlated with the experienced alterations in consciousness. Our data demonstrate that flicker light stimulation is capable of inducing visual effects with an intensity rated to be similar in strength to effects induced by psychedelic substances and thereby support the investigation of potentially shared underlying neuronal mechanisms.

INTRODUCTION Previous work suggests that college students who perceive themselves as less able to tolerate negative affect are more motivated to use alcohol to alleviate psychological distress. Recent findings also indicate that distress tolerance influences alcohol outcomes via a positive reinforcement pathway. However, results concerning the association between distress tolerance and alcohol outcomes remain inconsistent. Aim: The present study examined the association between distinctive features of distress tolerance and alcohol outcomes via internal drinking motives (i.e., coping and enhancement) in Argentinean college students. Method: From April to November 2019, a sample of 387 college students with last-month alcohol use (Mean age = 21.09 ± 4.98) completed an online survey assessing alcohol outcomes (past-month frequency of binge drinking and negative alcohol-related consequences), internal drinking motives, and four components of distress tolerance (i.e., tolerance, appraisal, absorption, and regulation). Results: The associations between specific facets of distress tolerance and drinking outcomes were atemporally mediated by coping and enhancement motives. Coping motives significantly mediated the effect of absorption and appraisal on alcohol-related problems (i.e., lower absorption and lower appraisal were associated with more problems via higher coping motives). Enhancement motives significantly mediated the effect of absorption (lower absorption was associated with greater enhancement motives) on binge drinking frequency and alcohol-related problems. Conclusions: Distress tolerance was associated with alcohol outcomes via coping and enhancement motives in this sample of Argentinean undergraduates. The ability to withstand negative affect could be a focal point of interventions to prevent the development of maladaptive patterns of drinking.

The aim of this paper is to make an integrative review on the impact of psychological factors on online impulse buying, namely stress reaction; self-esteem; materialism; boredom; positive affect; absorption; shopping pleasure; need for hedonic and utilitarian consumption and habit. We emphasize that (1) those highly reactive to stress may buy on impulse in order to mitigate negative emotional states; (2) the greater the online impulsive buying behavior, the lower may be the self-esteem; (3) materialistic values and the desire for goods are probably strongly and positively correlated to online impulse buying; (4) shopping can be an activity performed to avoid boredom and a possible antecedent of online impulse buying; (5) positive and negative affect may impact hedonic and utilitarian online browsing, in turn influencing the impulse buying desire, and, thus, the online impulse buying behavior; (6) those with great levels of absorption may be more susceptible to sensory stimuli, being more likely to online impulse buying; (7) social and idea shopping may impact online impulse buying; (8) when the motor scheme is triggered more often by exposure to a certain stimulus, it is more likely that it will continue to be triggered in the future (habit).

Background Behavioral models suggest that strong tension-reduction alcohol-outcome expectancies (TREs) among drinkers should be associated with greater tension reduction after drinking. Yet, the few studies investigating this have found either no relationship or the opposite relationship. Objectives We sought to explore this relationship by building upon the limitations of past studies and employing a placebo-controlled, within-subject experimental design. Methods Sixty social drinkers (26 M, 34 F) visited the lab on two occasions spaced one week apart. Each participant was randomly assigned to receive alcoholic drinks targeting a BAC of 0.05% on one testing day and placebo drinks on the other, with the order counter-balanced. On both testing days, participants completed measures of state anxiety and fear both before drinking and following a drinking/absorption period. While completing the self-report measures, participants were anticipating an impending, mildly stressful heartbeat perception task. Results Multilevel modeling revealed that the more strongly individuals believed that alcohol reduces tension, the less the pharmacologic properties of alcohol did so (p = .02 for the state anxiety outcome measure; p = .001 for the fear outcome measure). This was the case even with anxiety sensitivity - a known predictor of stress-response dampening - controlled for. Conclusions These results provide further evidence for the paradoxical association of TREs and the dampening of anxiety. Additionally, the findings are consistent with the basis of expectancy challenges that aim to reframe inaccurate TREs among drinkers.

Feeding and eating disorders are characterised by a persistent disturbance of eating or eating-related behaviour that results in the altered consumption or absorption of food, which significantly impairs physical health or psychosocial functioning. These disorders usually develop during childhood and are characterised by high morbidity and mortality rates. The aberrant eating habits lead to under- or overweight and the compensatory behaviours such as vomiting, laxative abuse, and rumination, can greatly impact the overall physical condition and especially the dentition and the oral cavity. Because people suffering from these conditions are often inclined to conceal these, the dentist or dental hygienist can be the first one to raise questions about possible diagnoses of eating disorders.Samenvatting. Voedings- en eetstoornissen worden gekenmerkt door een persistente stoornis in eetgedrag of daaraan gerelateerd gedrag, die leidt tot een veranderde consumptie of opname van voedsel, gevolgd door verstoring van de lichamelijke gezondheid of het psychosociaal functioneren. Het zijn ziektebeelden die doorgaans ontstaan in de kindertijd en gepaard gaan met hoge morbiditeits- en mortaliteitscijfers. Door de afwijkende eetgewoonten met onder- en overgewicht als mogelijke gevolgen en de compensatiegedragingen zoals braken, laxeren en opboeren/omhoog halen van voedsel uit de maag, kunnen ze een grote impact op de lichamelijke gezondheid in het algemeen en het gebit in het bijzonder met zich meebrengen. Omdat mensen die lijden aan deze stoornissen bovendien geneigd zijn dit te verzwijgen, is de tandarts of mondhygiënist soms de eerste die een verdenking op een eetstoornis diagnose stelt.