Search results

Filters

  • Journals
  • Authors
  • Keywords
  • Date
  • Type

Search results

Number of results: 22
items per page: 25 50 75
Sort by:
Download PDF Download RIS Download Bibtex

Abstract

Background: The phenomenon of accumulating tasks, characteristic of emerging adulthood, intensifies perceived stress and stimulates coping activity. The nature and intensity of the coping strategies used to deal with challenges can affect mental health in emerging adulthood. The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between coping strategies and mental health in a group of emerging adults- students in higher education.
Methods: The study included 390 emerging adults, students in higher education. Coping strategies were measured with the COPE Questionnaire and information on mental health was called using the Kutcher Adolescent Depression Scale and the Satisfaction with Life Scale. The confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) with maximum likelihood (ML) estimation was used to assess the factor structure of the variables and structural equation modeling was used to test the hypotheses.
Results: The data mostly confirmed the hypotheses. Avoidance strategies turned out to be the strongest predictor of mental health, specifically negative mental health outcomes. Problem-focused strategies were a stronger predictor of quality of life than emotion-focused and support-seeking strategies. Emotion-focused strategies did not predict depression. Coping strategies, especially avoidance strategies, play a crucial role in mental health during emerging adulthood.
Conclusions: Learning to cope enables students to deal with difficult tasks and challenges of this period more effectively, and minimizes their risk of depression, and increases their life satisfaction.
Go to article

Bibliography

Arnett, J. J. (2005). The developmental context of substance use in emerging adulthood. Journal of Drug Issues, 35(2), 235–254. https://doi.org/10.1177/002204260503500202
Arnett, J. J., & Mitra, D. (2018). Are the features of emerging adulthood developmentally distinctive? A comparison of ages 18–60 in the United States. Emerging Adulthood, 8(5), 412-419. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167696818810073
Bardone, A. M., Moffitt, T. E., Caspi, A., Dickson, N., Stanton, W. R., & Silva, P. A. (1998). Adult physical health outcomes of adolescent girls with conduct disorder, depression, and anxiety. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 37(6), 594– 601. https://doi.org/10.1097/00004583-199806000-00009
Brandon, C. M., Cunningham, E. G., & Frydenberg, E. (1999). Bright Ideas: A school-based program teaching optimistic thinking skills in pre-adolescence. Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools, 9(S1), 147–158. https://doi.org/10.1017/S103729110000306X
Brooks, S. J., Krulewicz, S. P., & Kutcher, S. (2003). The Kutcher Adolescent Depression Scale: Assessment of its evaluative properties over the course of an 8-week pediatric pharmacotherapy trial. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, 13(3), 337– 349. https://doi.org/10.1089/104454603322572679
Brown, T. A. (2015). Confirmatory Factor Analysis for Applied Research. Guilford Publications.
Byrne, B. M. (2016). Structural Equation Modeling With AMOS: Basic Concepts, Applications, and Programming, Third Edition. Routledge.
Cabras, C., & Mondo, M. (2018). Coping strategies, optimism, and life satisfaction among first-year university students in Italy: Gender and age differences. Higher Education, 75(4), 643–654. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-017-0161-x
Carver, C. S. (1997). You want to measure coping but your protocol’too long: Consider the brief cope. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 4(1), 92. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327558ijbm0401_6
Carver, C. S., Scheier, M. F., & Weintraub, J. K. (1989). Assessing coping strategies: A theoretically based approach. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 56(2), 267. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.56.2.267
Chai, M. S., & Low, C. S. (2015). Personality, coping and stress among university students. American Journal of Applied Psychology, 4(3– 1), 33–38. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajap.s.2015040301.16
Collishaw, S., Maughan, B., Natarajan, L., & Pickles, A. (2010). Trends in adolescent emotional problems in England: A comparison of two national cohorts twenty years apart. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry , 51(8), 885–894. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02252.x
Cunningham, E. G., Brandon, C. M., & Frydenberg, E. (2010). Enhancing coping resources in early adolescence through a school- based program teaching optimistic thinking skills. Anxiety, Stress & Coping, 15(4), 369–381. https://doi.org/10.1080/1061580021000056528
Deniz, M. (2006). The relationships among coping with stress, life satisfaction, decision-making styles and decision self-esteem: An investigation with Turkish university students. Social Behavior and Personality: An International Journal, 34(9), 1161–1170. https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.2006.34.9.1161
Dickinson, P., Coggan, C., & Bennett, S. (2003). TRAVELLERS: A school-based early intervention programme helping young people manage and process change, loss and transition. Pilot phase findings. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 37(3), 299–306. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1614.2003.01181.x
Diener, E. D., Emmons, R. A., Larsen, R. J., & Griffin, S. (1985). The satisfaction with life scale. Journal of Personality Assessment, 49(1), 71–75.
Duan, L., Shao, X., Wang, Y., Huang, Y., Miao, J., Yang, X., & Zhu, G. (2020). An investigation of mental health status of children and adolescents in China during the outbreak of COVID-19. Journal of Affective Disorders, 275, 112–118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad .2020.06.029
Eckersley, R. (2011). Troubled youth: An island of misery in an ocean of happiness, or the tip of an iceberg of suffering? Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 5, 6–11. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-7893.2010.00233.x
Eisenberg, D., Gollust, S. E., Golberstein, E., & Hefner, J. L. (2007). Prevalence and correlates of depression, anxiety, and suicidality among university students. American journal of orthopsychiatry, 77(4), 534-542. https://doi.org/10.1037/0002-9432.77.4.534
Eisenberg, D., Hunt, J., & Speer, N. (2013). Mental health in American colleges and universities: variation across student subgroups and across campuses. The Journal of nervous and mental disease, 201(1), 60-67. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0b013e31827ab077
Erlich, K. J., Li, J., Dillon, E., Li, M., & Becker, D. F. (2019). Outcomes of a Brief Cognitive Skills-Based Intervention (COPE) for Adolescents in the Primary Care Setting. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 33(4), 415–424. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedhc.2018.12.001
Feehan, M., McGee, R., Raja, S. N., & Williams, S. M. (1994). DSM-III- R disorders in New Zealand 18-year-olds. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 28(1), 87–99. https://doi.org/10.3109/ 00048679409075849
Fergusson, D. M., & Woodward, L. J. (2002). Mental health, educational, and social role outcomes of adolescents with depression. Archives of General Psychiatry, 59(3), 225–231. https://doi.org/10.1001/arch-psyc59.3.225 Friedli, L., & World Health Organization. (2009). Mental health, resilience and inequalities (No. EU/08/5087203). Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe.
Frydenberg, E., & Brandon, C. (2002). The Best of Coping: Developing Coping Skills for Adolescents. Instructor’s Manual. Oz Child.
Hankin, B. L., Wetter, E., & Cheely, C. (2008). Sex differences in child and adolescent depression: A developmental psychopathological approach. In J. R. Z. Abela & B. L. Hankin (Eds.), Handbook of depression in children and adolescents, 377–414. The Guilford Press.
Hart Abney, B. G., Lusk, P., Hovermale, R., & Melnyk, B. M. (2019). Decreasing Depression and Anxiety in College Youth Using the Creating Opportunities for Personal Empowerment Program (COPE). Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 25(2), 89–98. https://doi.org/10.1177/1078390318779205.
Hunt, J., & Eisenberg, D. (2010). Mental health problems and help- seeking behavior among college students. Journal of Adolescent Health, 46(1), 3-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.08.008
Indic, P., Murray, G., Maggini, C., Amore, M., Meschi, T., Borghi, L., Baldessarini, R. J., & Salvatore, P. (2012). Multi-scale motility amplitude associated with suicidal thoughts in major depression. PLoS One, 7(6), e38761. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0038761
Juczyński, Z. (2012). Narzędzia Pomiaru w Promocji i Psychologii Zdrowia. Pracownia Testów Psychologicznych.
Juczyński, Z., & Ogińska-Bulik, N. (2012). Narzędzia pomiaru stresu i radzenia sobie ze stresem. Pracownia Testów Psychologicznych Polskiego Towarzystwa Psychologicznego. http://scholar.google.com/scholar?cluster=6997986605580809144&hl=en&oi=scholar
Kessler, R. C., McLaughlin, K. A., Green, J. G., Gruber, M. J., Sampson, N. A., Zaslavsky, A. M., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Alhamzawi, A. O., Alonso, J., & Angermeyer, M. (2010). Childhood adversities and adult psychopathology in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 197(5), 378–385. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.110.080499.
Kline, R. B. (2015). Principles and Practice of Structural Equation Modeling. Guilford Publications.
Kohls, E., Baldofski, S., Moeller, R., Klemm, S.-L., & Rummel-Kluge, C. (2021). Mental Health, Social and Emotional Well-Being, and Perceived Burdens of University Students During COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown in Germany. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, 441. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.643957
Kord, T., Bahman, & Ansari, A. (2014). Relationship of Stress Coping Strategies and Life Satisfaction among Students. International Journal of Psychology. 8(1). 156-165.
Kwaah, C. Y., & Essilfie, G. (2017). Stress and Coping Strategies among Distance Education Students at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 18(3), n3. 120-134.
Langford, R., Bonell, C. P., Jones, H. E., Pouliou, T., Murphy, S. M., Waters, E., Komro, K. A., Gibbs, L. F., Magnus, D., & Campbell, R. (2014). The WHO Health Promoting School framework for improving the health and well-being of students and their academic achievement. Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 4(4), CD008958. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD008958.pub2.
Lazarus, R. S., & Folkman, S. (1984). Stress, appraisal, and coping. Springer Publishing Company, Inc.
Lee, J., Jeong, H.J., & Kim, S. (2021) Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Among Undergraduate Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic and their Use of Mental Health Services. Innovative Higher Educa-tion, 46, 519–538. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10755-021-09552-y
Mahmoud, J. S. R., Staten, R. “Topsy,” Hall, L. A., & Lennie, T. A. (2012). The relationship among young adult college students’ depression, anxiety, stress, demographics, life satisfaction, and coping styles. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 33(3), 149–156. https://doi.org/10.3109/01612840.2011.632708
Martínez-Hernáez, A., Carceller-Maicas, N., DiGiacomo, S. M., & Ariste, S. (2016). Social support and gender differences in coping with depression among emerging adults: A mixed-methods study. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 10(1), 2. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-015-0088-x
Melnyk, B. M., Jacobson, D., Kelly, S. A., Belyea, M. J., Shaibi, G. Q., Small, L., O’Haver, J. A., & Marsiglia, F. F. (2015). Twelve-month effects of the COPE healthy lifestyles TEEN program on overweight and depressive symptoms in high school adolescents. Journal of School Health, 85(12), 861–870. https://doi.org/10.1111/josh.12342
Melnyk, B. M., Small, L., Morrison-Beedy, D., Strasser, A., Spath, L., Kreipe, R., Crean, H., Jacobson, D., Kelly, S., & O’Haver, J. (2007). The COPE Healthy Lifestyles TEEN program: Feasibility, pre-liminary efficacy, & lessons learned from an after school group intervention with overweight adolescents. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 21(5), 315–322. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedhc.2007.02.009.
Mojs, E., Bartkowska, W., Kaczmarek, Łukasz D., Ziarko, M., Bujacz, A., & Warchoł -Biedermann, K. (2015). Właściwości psychome-tryczne polskiej wersji skróconej Skali Depresji Kutchera dla Młodzieży (Kutcher Adolescent Depression Scale) – pomiar depresji w grupie studentów. Psychiatria Polska 49(1), 135 – 144. https://doi.org/10.12740/PP/22934
Mojs, E., Warchol-Biederman, K., & Samborski, W. (2012). Prevalence of depression and suicidal thoughts amongst university students in Poznan, Poland, preliminary report. Psychology, 3(02), 132. https://doi.org/10.4236/psych.2012.32020
Reifman, A., Arnett, J. J., & Colwell, M. J. (2007). Emerging adulthood: Theory, assessment and application. Journal of Youth Development, 2(1), 37-48. https://doi.org/10.5195/JYD.2007.359
Runco M.A., Cayirdag N. (2014) Creativity in Adulthood. In: Gullotta T.P., Bloom M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Primary Prevention and Health Promotion. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5999-6_66 Syed, M. (2016). Emerging adulthood: Developmental stage, theory, or nonsense? In J. J. Arnett (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of emerging adulthood (pp. 11–25). Oxford University Press.
Vannucci, A., Flannery, K. M., & McCauley Ohannessian, C. (2018). Age-varying associations between coping and depressive symptoms throughout adolescence and emerging adulthood. Development and Psychopathology, 30(2), 665–681. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579417001183
Verger, P., Guagliardo, V., Gilbert, F., Rouillon, F., & Kovess-Masfety, V. (2010). Psychiatric disorders in students in six French universities: 12-month prevalence, comorbidity, impairment and help-seeking. Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 45(2), 189-199. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-009-0055-z
Wille, N., Bettge, S., Ravens-Sieberer, U., & Group, B. S. (2008). Risk and protective factors for children’s and adolescents’ mental health: Results of the BELLA study. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 17(1), 133–147. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-008-1015-y.
Willoughby, B. J., Augustus, R. A., & Arnett, J. J. (2021). Overview of Emerging Adulthood. The Routledge Handbook of Family Communication.
Winzer, R., Lindblad, F., Sorjonen, K., & Lindberg, L. (2014). Positive versus negative mental health in emerging adulthood: A national cross-sectional survey. BMC Public Health, 14(1), 1238. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-1238
Yikealo, D., Tareke, W., & Karvinen, I. (2018). The level of stress among college students: A case in the college of education, Eritrea Institute of Technology. Open Science Journal, 3(4)
Go to article

Authors and Affiliations

Karol Konaszewski
1
ORCID: ORCID
Małgorzata Niesiobędzka
1
ORCID: ORCID
Marcin Kolemba
1
ORCID: ORCID

  1. University of Bialystok, Faculty of Education, Poland
Download PDF Download RIS Download Bibtex

Abstract

By conducting an examination of the mapping process in metaphor comprehension, this article suggests that a set of superficially different metaphors can be considered to be isomorphic to an underlying generic metaphor. In other words, a set of seemingly different metaphors with different domains can be categorized under a single generic metaphor. The generic metaphor is in the general form of X is in some kind of semantic relationship with Y. When this generic metaphor is realized in specific-level forms, a number of metaphors are produced which are isomorphic to each other, although their domains could be completely different in appearance. In other words, there is a deep homogeneity among a set of concretely different metaphors. A generic metaphor can be seen as a semantic frame for all specific metaphors that are isomorphic to it. Since base and target domains of a given metaphor can be very different in terms of concrete features, the mapping of the base into the target must be mediated by the domain of its underlying generic metaphor.
Go to article

Bibliography

Aziz-Zadeh, L., & Damasio, A. (2008). Embodied semantics for actions: Findings from functional brain imaging. Journal of Physiology, 102(1-3), 35–39.
Barsalou, L. (2008). Grounded cognition. Annual Review of Psychology, 59, 617–645.
Binder, J. R., & Desai, R. H. (2011). The neurobiology of semantic memory. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 15(11), 527–536.
Fauconnier, G. (1997). Mappings in Thought and Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Fauconnier, G., & Turner, M. (1998). Conceptual integration networks. Cognitive Science, 22(2), 133-–187.
Fischer, M.H., & Zwaan, R.A. (2008). Embodied language: a review of the role of the motor system in language comprehension. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 61(6), 825–850. doi: 10.1080/17470210701623605.
Forbus, K. D., Gentner, D., & Law, K. (1994). MAC/FAC: A model of similarity-based retrieval. Cognitive Science, 19(2), 141–205.
Galinsky, A. D., & Glucksberg, S. (2001). Inhibition of the literal: Metaphors and idioms as judgmental primes. Social Cognition, 18(1), 35–54.
Gentner, D. (1983). Structure-mapping: a theoretical framework for analogy. Cognitive Science, 7(2), 155–170.
Gernsbacher, M. A., Keysar, B., & Robertson, R. R. (1995). The role of suppression in metaphor interpretation. Paper presented at 36th annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Los Angeles.
Gibbs, R., Gould, J., & Andric, M. (2006). Imagining metaphorical actions: Embodied simulations make the impossible plausible. Imagination, Cognition, & Personality, 25(3), 221–238.
Gibbs, R. (2006). Embodiment and Cognitive Science. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Gibbs, R. W., & Colston, H, L. (2012). Interpreting Figurative Meaning. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Giora, R. (1997). Understanding figurative and literal language: The graded salience hypothesis. Cognitive Linguistics, 8(3), 183–206.
Glucksberg, S., Newsome, M. R., & Goldvarg, Y. (2001). Inhibition of the literal: Filtering metaphor-irrelevant information during metaphor comprehension. Metaphor & Symbol, 16(3-4), 277–293.
Hauk, O., Johnsrude, I., &, Pulvermüller, F. (2004). Somatotopic representation of action words in human motor and premotor cortex. Neuron, 41(2), 301–307. doi: 10.1016/S0896-6273(03)00838-9.
Jamrozik, A., McQuire, M., Cardillo, E., & Chatterjee, A. (2016). Metaphor: Bridging embodiment to abstraction, Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 23(4), 1080–1089.
Khatin-Zadeh, O., & Khoshsima, H. (2021). Homo-schematic metaphors: A study of metaphor comprehension in three different priming conditions. Journal of Psycholinguist Research, 50(4), 923–948. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10936-020-09754-z
Khatin-Zadeh, O., Khoshsima, H., Yarahmadzehi, N., & Marmolejo- Ramos, F. (2019). The Impact of metaphorical prime on metaphor comprehension processes. Australian Journal of Linguistics, 39(3), 375–388.
Khatin Zadeh, O., Vahdat, S. (2015). Abstract and concrete representa-tions in structure-mapping and class-inclusion. Journal of Cognitive Linguistic Studies, 2(2), 349-360.
King, B. (1989). The Conceptual structure of emotional experience in Chinese. Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University.
Klatzky, R. Pellegrino, J. McCloskey, B., & Doherty, S. (1989). Can you squeeze a tomato? The role of motor representations in semant-ic sensibility judgments. Journal of Memory and Language, 28(1), 56–77.
Kövecses, Z. (1986). Metaphors of Anger, Pride, and Love: A Lexical Approach to the Study of Concepts. Amsterdam: Benjamins.
Kövecses, Z. (2005). Metaphor in Culture. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Lakoff, G., & Kövecses, Z. (1987). The cognitive model of anger inherent in American English. In D. Holland and N. Quinn (Eds.), Cultural models in language and thought (pp. 195–221). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Lakoff, G. & Tumer, M. (1989). More than Cool Reason: A Field Guide to Poetic Metaphor, Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Lakoff, G., & Johnson, M. (1999). Philosophy in the Flesh. New York: Basic Books.
Lakoff, G., & Johnson, M. (2003). Metaphors we Live by. London: University of Chicago Press.
Matsuki, K. (1995). Metaphors of anger in Japanese. In J. R. Taylor and R. MacLaury (Eds.), Language and the cognitive construal of the world (pp. 137–151). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
Micholajczuk, A. (1998). The metonymic and metaphoric conceptualization of anger in Polish. In A. Athanasiadou and E. Tabakowska (Eds.), Speaking of emotions: Conceptualization and expression (pp. 153–191). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
Nie, Y., & Chen, R. (2008). WATER metaphors and metonymies in Chinese: A semantic network. Pragmatics & Cognition, 16(3), 492–516.
Sweetser, E. (1990). From Etymology to Pragmatics: The Mind-as-body Metaphor in Semantic Structure and Semantic Change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Taylor, J., & Mbense, T. (1998). Red dogs and rotten mealies: How Zulus talk about anger. In A. Athanasiadou and E. Tabakowska (Eds.), Speaking of emotions: Conceptualization and expression (pp. 191– 226). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
Turner, M. (1987). Death is the Mother of Beauty: Mind, Metaphor, Criticism. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Turner, M. (1991). Reading Minds: The Study of English in the Age of Cognitive Science. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Watson, C.E., Cardillo, E.R., Ianni, G.R., & Chatterjee, A. (2013). Action concepts in the brain: an activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 25, 1191–1205. doi: 10.1162/jocn_a_00401.
Wilson, N., & Gibbs, R. (2007). Real and imagined body movement primes metaphor comprehension. Cognitive Science, 31(4), 721–731.
Wolff, P., & Gentner, D. (2011). Structure-mapping in metaphor comprehension, Cognitive Science, 35 (8), 1456–1488.
Yu, N. (1998). The Contemporary Theory of Metaphor: A Perspective from Chinese. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Go to article

Authors and Affiliations

Omid Khatin-Zadeh
1
Hassan Banaruee
2
Babak Yazdani-Fazlabadi
3

  1. School of Foreign Languages, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
  2. University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
  3. University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
Download PDF Download RIS Download Bibtex

Abstract

Although the COVID-19 vaccine has been recommended as the safer and more effective prevention for COVID-19 disease relative to other alternative medications, yet across the globe, many people are resistant to receiving it. Setting out to explain such a paradox, we conducted an online survey among a sample of Indonesians (N = 4758) when the World Health Organisation (WHO) granted authorisations for the clinical trial of various vaccines against COVID-19. The results revealed that participants’ support for theories that the COVID-19 vaccine is invented to harm their nation (i.e., COVID-19 vaccine conspiratorial beliefs) positively corresponded with the perceptions that international collaboration in the COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial is not aligned with their nation’s actual needs (i.e., the perceived assumptive international collaboration) and negative attitudes towards the vaccine. In turn, the perceived assumptive international collaboration was positively related to negative attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccine. We also showed that the positive relationship between COVID-19 vaccine conspiratorial beliefs and the perceived assumptive international collaboration in the vaccine clinical trial was more prominent among participants who were strongly resistant to take vaccines supplied by other countries due to national pride (i.e., vaccine national glorification).
Go to article

Authors and Affiliations

Ali Mashuri
1
ORCID: ORCID
Dian Putri Permatasari
1
Ratri Nurwanti
1
Sofia Nuryanti
1

  1. Department of Psychology, Universitas Brawijaya, ‎Indonesia
Download PDF Download RIS Download Bibtex

Abstract

Sensory processing sensitivity is a relatively new theoretical construct. Its main components include deeper processing of stimuli as well as a stronger response to environmental impacts, both positive and negative. The effect of misinformation, which involves the inclusion of misinformation in the witness's memory reports, can be modified by varied factors, including personality characteristics. To the knowledge of the authors, no such research has been conducted so far and thereby the aim of the following study was to examine the relationship between the sensory processing sensitivity and susceptibility to the misinformation effect. Group studies were carried out according to the three-stage scheme of investigating the misinformation effect. After the original material was presented, the participants were exposed to a post-event material, containing the misinformation in the experimental group. Then the memory of the original material was tested. A strong misinformation effect was shown. Highly sensitive people, achieving the highest results in the Highly Sensitive Person Scale, were more resistant to the misinformation effect.
Go to article

Bibliography

Ahadi, B., Basharpoor, S. (2010). Relationship Between Sensory Processing Sensitivity, Personality Dimensions and Mental Health. Journal of Applied Sciences, 10, 570–574.
Aron, A., Ketay, S., Hedden, T., Aron, E. N., Markus, H. R., Gabrieli, J. D. E. (2010). Temperament trait of sensory processing sensitivity moderates cultural differences in neural response. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 5, 219–226.
Aron, E. N. (2017). Wysoko wrażliwi. Łódź: Wydawnictwo Feeria.
Aron, E. N. (2018). Wysoko wrażliwe dziecko. Sopot: GWP.
Aron, E. N. (2020). Clinical assessment of sensory processing sensitivity. In The Highly Sensitive Brain (pp. 135-164). Academic Press.
Aron, E., Aron, A. (1997). Sensory-Processing Sensitivity and Its Relation to Introversion and Emotionality. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73, 345-368.
Aron, E., Aron, A. (2018). Tips For SPS Research (Revised July 24, 2018).
Aron, E., Aron, A., Jagiellowicz, J. (2012). Sensory Processing Sensitivity: A Review in the Light of the Evolution of Biological Responsivity. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 16(3), 262- 282.
Benham, G. (2006). The highly sensitive person: Stress and physical symptom reports. Personality and Individual Differences, 40, 1433–1440.
Blank, H., Launay, C. (2014). How to protect eyewitness memory against the misinformation effect: A meta-analysis of post-warning studies. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 3(2), 77-88.
Bruck, M., Melnyk, L. (2004). Individual differences in children’s suggestibility: A review and synthesis. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 18, 947-996.
Brydges, C. R., Gignac, G. E., Ecker, U. K. (2018). Working memory capacity, short-term memory capacity, and the continued influence effect: A latent-variable analysis. Intelligence, 69, 117-122.
Chyliński, M. (2018). Fałszywe wiadomości: antydobra w ekosystemie informacji. Com. press, 4(1), 6-22.
Craik, F. I. M., Lockhart, R. S. (1972). Levels of processing: A framework for memory research. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 11, 671-684.
Czechow, A. (1983). Trzy siostry. Warszawa: Iskry.
Gerstenberg, F. (2012). Sensory-processing sensitivity predicts perfor-mance on a visual search task followed by an increase in perceived stress. Personality and Individual Differences, 53, 496–500.
Greven, C. U., Lionetti, F., Booth, C., Aron, E., Fox, E., Schendan, H. E., ... Homberg, J. (2019). Sensory Processing Sensitivity in the context of Environmental Sensitivity: A critical review and development of research agenda. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 98, 287-305.
Gudjonsson G. H. (1983). Suggestibility, intelligence, memory recall and personality: An experimental study. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 142, 35–37.
Gudjonsson, G. H. (1993). The Psychology of Interrogations, Confessions and Testimony. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.
Harris, L. S., Goodman, G. S., Augusti, E. M., Chae, Y., Alley, D. (2009). Children's resistance to suggestion. W: K. Kuehnle & M. Connell (red.), The evaluation of child sexual abuse allegations (181–202). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Hoscheidt, S. M., LaBar, K. S., Ryan, L., Jacobs, W. J., Nadel, L. (2014). Encoding negative events under stress: High subjective arousal is related to accurate emotional memory despite misinformation exposure. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 112, 237–247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2013.09.008
Kantor-Martynuska, J. (2012). The princess and the pea. Suggestions for the revision of sensory sensitivity in the regulative theory of temperament. Journal of Individual Differences, 33(4), 237-247.
Liebman, J. I., McKinley-Pace, M. J., Leonard, A. M., Sheesley, L. A., Gallant, C. L., Renkey, M. E., Lehman, E. B. (2002). Cognitive and psychosocial correlates of adults' eyewitness accuracy and suggestibility. Personality and Individual Differences, 33(1), 49-66.
Lindberg, M. (1991). An interactive approach to assessing the suggestibility and testimony of eyewitnesses. W: J. Doris (red.), The suggestibility of children’s recollections (47-59). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Lionetti, F., Aron, A., Aron, E. N., Burns, G. L., Jagiellowicz, J., Pluess, M. (2018). Dandelions, tulips and orchids: evidence for the existence of low-sensitive, medium-sensitive and high-sensitive individuals. Translational Psychiatry, 8(24), 1-11.
Lionetti, F., Pastore, M., Moscardino, U., Nocentini, A., Pluess, K., & Pluess, M. (2019). Sensory processing sensitivity and its association with personality traits and affect: A meta-analysis. Journal of Research in Personality, 81, 138-152.
Liss, M., Timmel, L., Baxley, K., Killingworth, P. (2005). Sensory processing sensitivity and its relation to parental bonding, anxiety and depression. Personality and Individual Differences, 39, 1429– 1439.
Listou Grimen, H., & Diseth, Å. (2016). Sensory processing sensitivity: Factors of the highly sensitive person scale and their relationships to personality and subjective health complaints. Perceptual & Motor Skills, 123(3), 637-653.
Loftus, E. F. (1979). Eyewitness Testimony. Cambridge, MA, London: Harvard University Press.
Loftus, E. F. (2005). Planting misinformation in the human mind: A 30- year investigation of the malleability of memory. Learning & memory, 12(4), 361-366.
Loftus, E. F., Miller, D. G., Burns, H. J. (1978). Semantic integration of verbal information into a visual memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning & Memory, 4, 19–31.
Lovecky, D. (1986). Can You Hear the Flowers Sing? Issues for Gifted Adults. Journal of Counseling and Development, 64, 572–575.
McCrae, R. R., Costa, P. T. Jr. (1997). Personality trait structure as a human universal. American Psychologist, 52, 509-516.
Nitschke, J. P., Chu, S., Pruessner, J. C., Bartz, J. A., Sheldon, S. (2019). Post-learning stress reduces the misinformation effect: Effects of psychosocial stress on memory updating. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 102, 164–171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.12.008
Pluess, M., Assary, E., Lionetti, F., Lester, K. J., Krapohl, E., Aron, E. N., Aron, A. (2018). Environmental sensitivity in children: Development of the Highly Sensitive Child Scale and identification of sensitivity groups. Developmental Psychology, 54(1), 51-70.
Pluess, M., Belsky, J. (2013). Vantage sensitivity: individual differences in response to positive experiences. Psychological Bulletin, 139(4), 901–916.
Polczyk, R. (2007). Mechanizmy efektu dezinformacji w kontekście zeznań świadka naocznego. Kraków: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego.
Porter, S., Birt, A. R., Yuille, J. C., Lehman, D. (2000). Negotiating of false memories: Interviewer and remember characteristics relate to memory distortion. Psychological Science, 11, 513–516.
Rosnow, R. L., Rosenthal, R. (1989). Definition and interpretation of interaction effects. Psychological Bulletin, 105, 143–146.
Sand, I. (2016). Wrażliwość: dar czy przekleństwo?. Warszawa: Laurum.
Siuta, J. (2006). Inwentarz osobowości NEO-PI-R. Warszawa: Pracownia Testów Psychologicznych.
Smolewska, K. A., McCabe, S. B., Woody, E. Z. (2006). A psychometric evaluation of the Highly Sensitive Person Scale: The components of sensory-processing sensitivity and their relation to the BIS/BAS and “Big Five”. Personality and Individual Differences, 40(6), 1269- 1279.
Sobocko, K., & Zelenski, J. M. (2015). Trait sensory-processing sensitivity and subjective well-being: Distinctive associations for different aspects of sensitivity. Personality and Individual Differences, 83, 44-49.
Strelau, J., Zawadzki, B. (1993). The Formal Characteristics of Behaviour – Temperament Inventory (FCB-TI): theoretical assumptions and scale construction. European Journal of Personality, 7, 313-336.
Szpitalak, M., Dukała, K., Polczyk, R. (2013). Rola wzmocnionej autoafirmacji i wzmocnionego niepowodzenia w redukowaniu efektu dezinformacji. Roczniki Psychologiczne, 16, 235-248.
Szpitalak, M., Polczyk, R. (2017). Efekt dezinformacji z perspektywy psychologii społecznej: natura i uodparnianie. Psychologia Społeczna, 121(40), 30-41.
Vogel, S., Schwabe, L. (2016). Learning and memory under stress: implications for the classroom. npj Science of Learning, 1, 16011.
Way, B. M., Taylor, S. E. (2010). The serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism is associated with cortisol response to psychosocial stress. Biological psychiatry, 67(5), 487-492.
Wiel, N. M. H. van de, Goozen, S. H. M. van, Matthys, W., Snoek, H., Engeland, H. van. (2004). Cortisol and treatment effect in children with disruptive behavior disorders: a preliminary study. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 43(8), 1011-1018.
Wojciechowski, B. W. (2015). Psychologiczne uwarunkowania i ocena wartości dowodowej zeznań świadków. Warszawa: Difin.
Wolf, M., Van Doorn, S., Weissing, F. J. (2008). Evolutionary emergence of responsive and unresponsive personalities. PNAS, 105(41), 15825.
Zawadzki B., Strelau J. (1997). Formalna Charakterystyka Zachowania – Kwestionariusz Temperamentu (FCZ-KT). Podręcznik. Warszawa: Pracownia Testów Psychologicznych Polskiego Towarzystwa Psychologicznego. Zhu, B., Chen, C., Loftus, E. F., Lin, C., He, Q., Chen, C., Li, H., Xue, G., Lu, Z., Dong, Q. (2010a). Individual differences in false memory from misinformation: Cognitive factors. Memory, 18(5), 543–555. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2010.487051
Zhu, B., Chen, C., Loftus, E. F., Lin, C., He, Q., Chen, C., Li, H., Moyzis, R. K., Lessard, J., Dong, Q. (2010b). Individual differences in false memory from misinformation: Personality characteristics and their interactions with cognitive abilities. Personality and Individual Differences, 48(8), 889–894. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2010.02.016
Go to article

Authors and Affiliations

Szymon Kamil Sadowski
1
Malwina Szpitalak
1
ORCID: ORCID

  1. Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland
Download PDF Download RIS Download Bibtex

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to determine the characteristic features of personal functioning at different stages of professional development. The survey involved 139 professionals from various fields (74 women and 65 men) aged 24 to 67 years. The sample is divided into 5 groups according to the stage of professional development. A comparative analysis of groups by parameters of professional self-realisation, emotional burnout and psychological well-being is carried out. The results obtained demonstrate the nonlinear, complex dynamics of self-realisation of the individual throughout life and clarify the internal mechanisms of professional development at each stage. The stages of primary and secondary professionalisation are accompanied by the greatest need for self-improvement and at the same time, exaggerated and unrealistic ideas about one's own professional competence. An increased symptomatology of emotional burnout has been identified, which accompanies the peak of professional excellence and determines the next stage of professional activity decline after 30 years of work experience. The coincidence of the normative age and professional crises entails a profound crisis of the pre-retirement age, which is characterised primarily by a loss of goal-setting. People who continue to work in the post-retirement age have the highest rates of self-fulfillment, which leads to overall satisfaction with life and self. The described patterns open new perspectives for the development of ways of psychological counselling and organisational support of specialists.
Go to article

Bibliography

Bochelyuk, V. Y. (2010). Personal growth of staff. Theory and Practice of Modern Psychology, 1, 45–48. http://www.tpsp-journal.kpu.zp.ua/archive/1_2010/1_2010.pdf
Bochelyuk, V. Y., Bilousov, G. O., & Gorian, G. O. (2007). Professionalism of personality: Theoretical and methodological aspect. Zaporizhzhia: Humanities.
Bochelyuk, V. Y., Panov, M. S., Shostya, I. V., & Katasanov, O. M. (2016b). Socio-psychological aspects of self-understanding of the individual in professional communication. Theoretical and Applied Problems of Psychology, 3, 26–33. http://tpppjournal.com.ua/contents/n3y2k16folder/n3y2k16a3.html
Bochelyuk, V. Y., Zavatska, N. E., Kononenko, A. O., Novitska, L. V., & Fedorov, A. Y. (2016a). Socio-psychological features of self- realization of the individual in modern society. Severodonetsk: SNU named after V. Dal.
Chen, F.-P., & Oh, H. (2019). Staff views on member participation in a mental health clubhouse. Health and Social Care in the Community, 27(3), 788–796. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12697
Cobos, T. L., & González, M. C. (2021). Professional competences of future teachers of secondary education: Case study of the formative evaluation promoted by e-rubrics in the specialty of physics and chemistry. Profesorado, 25(1), 197–221. https://revistaseug.ugr.es/index.php/profesorado/article/view/8374
Glavinska, O. D., Ovdiyenko, I. M., Brukhovetska, O. V., Chausova, T. V., & Didenko, M. S. (2020). Professional self-realization as a factor in the psychological well-being of specialists of caring professions. Journal of Intellectual Disability – Diagnosis and Treatment, 8, 548–559. https://doi.org/10.6000/2292-2598.2020.08.03.32
Hernández, I., & Mena, J. (2021). In-service teacher entitlement attitude: A case study from the Spanish context. Advances in Research on Teaching, 38, 149–161. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED615050
Hu, D. (2021). The practical confusions and countermeasures of the individualized teaching of university teachers. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, 3, 663–667. https://doi.org/10.1145/3456887.3457036
Kokun, O. M. (2014). Questionnaire of professional self-realization. Practical Psychology and Social Work, 7, 35–39. https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/6069/1/Кокун_2014.pdf
Kokun, О. M. (2015). Professional self-fulfilment of skilled people of different professional groups and specialities. Social Welfare: Interdisciplinary Approach, 2(5), 19–32. https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/106675/1/Kokun_16_2.pdf
Kolosovich, A. (2021). Organizational (corporate) culture as a factor of official interaction in the military and professional environment. Social & Legal Studios, 3(13), 189-197. https://doi.org//2617-4162-2021-3-189-197
Korniyaka, O. M. (2015). Peculiarities of professional self-realization of a higher school teacher. Psycholinguistics, 17, 74–81. http://www.irbis-nbuv.gov.ua/cgi-bin/irbis_nbuv/cgiirbis_64.exe
Kovalchuk, Z. (2021). Personal reflection in constant conditions social change. Social & Legal Studios, 4(14), 177-183. https://doi.org/2617-4162-2021-4-177-183
Lavrentieva, O., Pererva, V., Krupskyi, O., Britchenko, I., & Shabanov, S. (2020). Issues of shaping the students' professional and terminological competence in science area of expertise in the sustainable development era. E3S Web Conferences, 166, article number 10031. https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202016610031
Márquez-Álvarez, L.-J., Calvo-Arenillas, J.-I., Jiménez-Arberas, E., Talavera-Valverde, M.-Á., Souto-Gómez, A.-I., & Moruno-Miralles, P. (2021). A Q-method approach to perceptions of professional reasoning in occupational therapy undergraduates. BMC Medical Education, 21(1), article number 264. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-021-02710-y
Mosso, C. O., & Ghio, R. (2020). Looking at the transformation of professional skills in relation to the technological development. Giornale Italiano Di Psicologia, 47(2), 653–663. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1770452
Priyadi, M., Sarwa, & Basuki, N. (2021). Indonesian teacher’s competencies profile according to the SAMR model framework. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1842(1), article number 012083. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1842/1/012083
Ryff scale of psychological well-being. (2007). https://psytests.org/ personal/wellbeingA.html
Test “Diagnosis of burnout”. (2008). https://healthreform.in.ua/burnout-test/
van Woerkom, M., & Meyers, M.C. (2019). Strengthening personal growth: The effects of a strengths intervention on personal growth initiative. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 92(1), 98–121. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12240
Zeer, E. F. (2003). Crises of professional development of personality. Psychology of professions. Moscow: Akademicheskii Proekt.
Go to article

Authors and Affiliations

Vitalii Y. Bocheliuk
1
Liana V. Spytska
2
Iryna V. Shaposhnykova
3
Anastasiia V. Turubarova
4
Mykyta S. Panov
4

  1. Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic National University, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
  2. Volodymyr Dahl East Ukrainian National University, Severodonetsk, Ukraine
  3. Kherson State University, Kherson, Ukraine
  4. Khortytsia National Educational Rehabilitation Academy, Khortytsia, Ukraine
Download PDF Download RIS Download Bibtex

Abstract

Inspired by the recent avenues for longitudinal research in second language acquisition (SLA), in this study we aimed to trace changes in language mindsets over time via a curve of factors model. The data were collected from 437 adult English as a foreign language learners’ response to the Language Mindsets Index in four time points. The model fit was accepted and the invariance of the latent factor was attested over time. The findings indicated a negative covariance between the initial level language mindsets and the growth level of the construct. This finding implies that learners with a highly initial level of language mindsets experienced less change in the construct over time and those with a lower level of the construct changed their mindsets more over time. Pedagogical implications of the findings such as language teachers’ consideration of growth language mindsets interventions are discussed.
Go to article

Bibliography

Barcelos, A. M. F., & Kalaja, P. (2011). Introduction to beliefs about SLA revisited. System, 39, 281– 289.
Cheung, G. W., & Rensvold, R. B. (2002). Evaluating goodness-of-fit indexes for testing measurement invariance. Structural Equation Modeling, 9, 233–255.
Dörnyei, Z., & Ushioda, E. (Eds.). (2009). Motivation, language identity and the L2 self. Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters.
Dweck, C. S. (2006). Mindset: The new psychology of success. Random House.
Dweck, C. S. (1999). Self-theories: Their role in motivation, personality, and development. Philadelphia: Taylor & Francis.
Dweck, C. S., Chiu, C., & Hong, Y. (1995). Implicit theories and their role in judgments and reactions: A word from two perspectives. Psychological Inquiry, 6, 267-285.
Dweck, C.S., & Leggett, E.L. (1988). A social-cognitive approach to motivation and personality. Psychological Review, 95(2), 256-273.
Elahi Shirvan, M., Lou, N. M., & Taherian, T. (2021). Where do language mindsets come from? An ecological perspective on EFL students’ mindsets about L2 writing. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 50 (5), 1065-1086.
Ferrer, E., Balluerka, N., &Widaman, K. F. (2008). Factorial invariance and the specification of second-order latent growth models. Methodology, 4(1), 22-36.
Gardner, R.C. (2010). Motivation and second language acquisition: The socio-educational model. New York: Peter Lang.
Gass, S., & Plonsky, L. (2020). Introducing the SSLA methods forum. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 42, 667-669.
Haimovitz, K., & Dweck, C. (2016). Parents’ views of failure predict children’s fixed and growth intelligence mind-sets. Psychological Science, 27(1), 859-869.
Harring J. R. (2009). A nonlinear mixed effects model for latent variables. Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 34(3), 293–318.
Hiver, P., & Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2019). Research methods for complexity theory in applied linguistics. Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters.
Hong, Y., Chiu, C., Dweck, C. S., Lin, D., & Wan, W. (1999). Implicit theories, attributions, and coping: A meaning system approach. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 77, 588– 599.
Horwitz, E. K. (1988). The beliefs about language learning of beginning university foreign language students. Modern Language Journal, 72 (1), 283– 294.
Hu, L. T., & Bentler, P. M. (1999). Cutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis: Conventional criteria versus new alternatives. Structural Equation Modeling, 6(1), 1-55.
Little, T. D. (2013). Longitudinal structural equation modeling. New York, NY: Guilford.
Lorenz, F. O., Wickrama, K. A. S., & Conger, R. D. (2004). Modeling continuity and change in family relations with panel data. In R. D. Conger, F. O. Lorenz, & K. A. S. Wickrama (Eds.), Continuity and change in family relations: Theory, methods, and empirical findings, (pp. 15–62). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Lo Lou, N. M., & Noels, K. A. (2016). Changing language mindsets: Implications for goal orientations and responses to failure in and outside the second language classroom. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 46(1), 22-33
Lou, N. M., & Noels, K. A. (2017). Measuring language mindsets and modeling their relations with goal orientations and emotional and behavioral responses in failure situations. The Modern Language Journal, 101(1), 214-243.
Lou, M. & Noels, K. A. (2019). Promoting growth in foreign and second language education: A research agenda for mindsets in language learning and teaching. System, 86. 102126.
Lou, N. M., & Noels, K. A. (2020). Mindsets about language learning and support for immigrants’ integration. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 79(1), 46-57.
MacIntyre, P. D., Mercer, S., &Gregersen, T. (2020). Complexity perspectives on researching language learner and teacher psychology. Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters.
Marsh, H. W., Hau, K. T., & Wen, Z. (2004). In search of golden rules: Comment on hypothesis-testing approaches to setting cutoff values for fit indexes and dangers in overgeneralizing Hu and Bentler's (1999) findings. Structural Equation Modeling, 11(3), 320-341.
Matsunaga, M. (2010). How to factor-analyze your data right: Do's don'ts, and how-to's. International Journal of Psychological Research, 3(1), 97-110.
McArdle, J.J. (1988). Dynamic but structural equation modeling of repeated measures data. In: Nesselroade, J.R., & Cattell, R.B. (Eds.), Handbook of multivariate experimental psychology (pp: 561-614). New York, NY: Plenum Press.
Meade, A., Johnson, E., &Braddy, P. (2008). Power and sensitivity of alternative fit indices in tests of measurement invariance. The Journal of applied psychology, 93(2), 568-92.
Mercer, S., & Ryan, S. (2010). A mindset for EFL: Learners’ beliefs about the role of natural talent. ELT Journal, 64, 436-444.
Meredith, W., & Horn, J. (2001). The role of factorial invariance in modeling growth and change. In A. Sayer & L. Collins (Eds.), New methods for the analysis of change (pp. 203–240). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Molway, L., & Mutton, T. (2020). Changing mindsets in the modern foreign languages classroom: an intervention combining intelligence theories and reading strategies. The Language Learning Journal, 48(5), 598-612.
Robins, R., & Pals, J. (2002). Implicit self-theories in the academic domain: Implications for goal-orientation, attributions, affect, and self-esteem change. Self and Identity, 1(4), 313-336.
Ryan, S. & Mercer, S. (2011). Natural talent, natural acquisition, and study abroad: Learner attributions of agency in language learning. In G. Murray, X. Gao & T. Lamb (Eds.), Identity, motivation and autonomy in language learning (pp. 160–176). Bristol, UK: Multi-lingual Matters.
Ryan, S. & Mercer, S. (2012). Implicit theories: Language learning mindsets. In S. Mercer, S. Ryan, & M. Williams (Eds), Psychology for language learning: Insights from research, theory, and practice (pp. 74–89). Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
Thompson, M. S., & Green, S. B. (2006). Evaluating between-group differences in latent means. In G. R. Hancock & R. O. Mueller (Eds.), Structural equation modeling: A second course (pp. 119– 169). Greenwich: CT: Information Age.
Wenden, A. (1998). Metacognitive knowledge and language learning. Applied Linguistics, 19(1), 515-537.
Whittaker, T. A., Beretvas, S. N., & Falbo, T. (2014). Dyadic curve-of- factors model: an introduction and illustration of a model for longitudinal non-exchangeable dyadic data. Structural Equation Modelling, 21(2), 303-317.
Wickrama, K. A. S., Lee T. K., O’Neal C. W. & Lorenz, F. O. (2016). Higher-order growth curves and mixture modeling with Mplus. New York: Routledge.
Wilson, A., & English, J. (2017). The motivated fluidity of lay theories of change. In The Science of Lay Theories (pp.17-43). Springer, Cham.
Go to article

Authors and Affiliations

Majid Elahi Shirvan
1
ORCID: ORCID
Tahereh Taherian
2
ORCID: ORCID
Elham Yazdanmehr
3
ORCID: ORCID
Esmaeel Saeedy Robat
4
ORCID: ORCID

  1. University of Bojnord, Iran
  2. Yazd University, Iran
  3. Attar Institute of Higher Education, Iran
  4. Department of Education, Taybad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Taybad, Iran
Download PDF Download RIS Download Bibtex

Abstract

Challenging job demands are those which require the use of high energy and thus may impair health but bring positive consequences too. The present study aimed to construct a measure for challenging job demands for university teachers.
Methods: The study is based upon the model developed by Makhdoom and Malik (2018) which proposed three challenging job demands including Regulatory Load, Social Load, and Cognitive Demands. On the basis of the literature review, Time Pressure was also studied as a factor. First of all, the authors created an initial item pool of 19 items which were categorized into four factors. The finalized item pool was administered on two independent samples drawn from various universities of Pakistan. In the first stage, the university teachers (N = 201) from three universities of the Punjab province were approached. EFA concluded three-factor and 13 items, which were then administered upon a sample of university teachers (N = 600).
Results: The CFA confirmed the three-factor structure of challenging job demands including Time Pressure, Cognitive Demands and Social Load. All the fit indices were within an acceptable range. The values of factor loadings and Cronbach Alpha justified the internal consistency and psychometric soundness of the newly developed measure.
Discussion: The study concludes a psychometrically sound scale to measure challenging job demands in university teachers which will be helpful in future studies. The limitations of the study along with suggestions for future research and important theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
Go to article

Bibliography

Cavanaugh, M. A., Boswell, W. R., Roehling, M. V., & Boudreau, J. W. (2000). An empirical examination of self-reported work stress among U.S. managers. Journal of Applied Psychology, 85(1), 65-74. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.85.1.65
Chatterjee, D. (2016). The effect of time pressure on creative performance: Role of intellect and affect [Unpublished master’s thesis]. Michigan State University, Michigan.
De Jonge, J., Dormann, C., Van Vegchel, N., Von Nordheim, T., Dollard, M., Cotton, S., & van den Tooren, M. (2007). The DISC Questionnaire, English version 2.1. Eindhoven: Eindhoven University of Technology.
Demerouti, E., Bakker, A. B., Nachreiner, F., & Schaufeli, W. B. (2001). The job demands–resources model of burnout. Journal of Applied Psychology, 86(3), 499–512. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.86.3.499
Fritz, C., Lam, C. F., & Spreitzer, G. M. (2011). It's the little things that matter: An examination of knowledge workers' energy management. The Academy of Management Perspectives, 25(3), 28–39. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMP.2011.63886528
Garst, H., Frese, M., & Molenaar, P. C. M. (2000). The temporal factor of change in stressor–strain relationships: A growth curve model on a longitudinal study in East Germany. Journal of Applied Psychology, 85(3), 417–438. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.85.3.417
Giebe, C., & Rigotti, T. (2020). Tenets of self-determination theory as a mechanism behind challenge demands: A within person study. Journal of Managerial Psychology (in press). https://doi.org/10.1108/JMP-11-2019-0648
Halbesleben, J. R. B., & Demerouti, E. (2005). The construct validity of an alternative measure of burnout: Investigating the English translation of the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory. Work & Stress, 19(3), 208–220. https://doi.org/10.1080/02678370500340728
Hooper, D., Coughlan, J., & Mullen, M. R. (2008). Structural equation modeling: Guidelines for determining model fit. Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods, 6(1), 53-60.
Kaiser, H. F. (1974). An index of factorial simplicity. Psychometrika, 39(1), 31–36. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02291575
Kayaalp, A. (2014). The octopus approach in time management: Polychronicity and creativity. Military Psychology, 26(2), 67-76. https://doi.org/10.1037/mil0000032
Laethem, M. V., Beckers, D. G. J., de Bloom, J., Sianoja, M., & Kinnunen, U. (2019). Challenge and hindrance demands in relation to self‐reported job performance and the role of restoration, sleep quality, and affective rumination. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 92(2), 225-254. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12239
Layer, J. K., Karwowski, W., & Furr, A. (2009). The effect of cognitive demands and perceived quality of work life on human performance in manufacturing environments. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 39(2), 413-421. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ergon.2008.10.015
Makhdoom, I. F., & Malik, N. I. (2018). Categorizing challenging and hindering job demands in university teachers: A thematic analysis. Pakistan Journal of Psychology, 49(2), 3-22.
Malik, S. A. (2015). Time pressure and challenge appraisal as predictors of job satisfaction: Empirical evidence from Pakistani Universities. Sage Open, 5(2), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F2158244015582044
Maslach, C., Schaufeli, W. B., & Leiter, M. P. (2001). Job burnout. Annual Review of Psychology, 52, 397-422. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.psych.52.1.397
McCauley, C. D., Ruderman, M. N., Ohlott, P. J., & Morrow, J. E. (1994). Assessing the developmental components of managerial jobs. Journal of Applied Psychology, 79(4), 544–560. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.79.4.544
Meyer, S-C., & Hünefeld, L. (2018). Challenging cognitive demands at work, related working conditions, and employee well-being. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(12), 2911. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15122911
Molino, M., Bakker, A. B., & Ghislieri, C. (2016) The role of workaholism in the job demands-resources model. Anxiety, Stress & Coping, 29(4), 400-414. https://doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2015.1070833
Ohly, S., & Fritz, C. (2010). Work characteristics, challenge appraisal, creativity, and proactive behavior: A multi‐level study. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 31, 543–565. https://doi.org/10.1002/ job.633
Pejtersen, J. H., Kristensen, T. S., Borg, V., & Bjorner, J. B. (2010). The second version of the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 38, 8–24. https://doi.org/10.1177/1403494809349858
Podsakoff, N. P. (2007). Challenge and hindrance stressors in the workplace: Tests of linear, curvilinear, and moderated relationships with employee strains, satisfaction, and performance (Doctoral dissertation, University of Florida), Florida. https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0019680/00001
Reis, D., Xanthopoulou, D., Tsaousis, I. (2015). Measuring job and academic burnout with the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory (OLBI): Factorial invariance across samples and countries. Burnout Research, 2(1), 8-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.burn.2014.11.001
Robledo, E., Zappala, S., & Topa, G. (2019). Job crafting as a mediator between work engagement and wellbeing outcomes: A time-lagged study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(8), 1376. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16081376
Rodell, J. B., & Judge, T. A. (2009). Can "good" stressors spark "bad" behaviors? The mediating role of emotions in links of challenge and hindrance stressors with citizenship and counterproductive behaviors. The Journal of Applied Psychology, 94(6), 1438-1451. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0016752
Ryan, R. M., & Deci, E. L. (2000). Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being. American Psychologist, 55(1), 68–78. https://doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.55.1.68
Schaufeli, W. B., & Taris, T. W. (2014). A critical review of the job demands-resources model: Implications for improving work and health. In G. F. Bauer & O. Hämmig (Eds.), Bridging occupational, organizational and public health: A transdisciplinary approach. New York, NY, US: Springer Science and Business Media.
Schaufeli, W. B., Shimazu, A., & Taris, T. W. (2009). Being driven to work excessively hard: The evaluation of a two-factor measure of workaholism in the Netherlands and Japan. Cross-Cultural Research: The Journal of Comparative Social Science, 43(4), 320–348. https://doi.org/10.1177/1069397109337239
Shmitt, A., Ohly, S., & Kleespies, N. (2015). Time pressure promotes work engagement test of illegitimate tasks as boundary condition. Journal of Personnel Psychology, 14, 28-36. https://doi.org/10.1027/1866-5888/a000119
Spector, P. E., & Jex, S. M. (1998). Development of four self‐report measures of job stressors and strain: Interpersonal conflict at work scale, organizational constraints scale, quantitative workload in-ventory, and physical symptoms inventory. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 3, 356. https://doi.org/10.1037/1076-8998.3.4.356
Taber, K. S. (2018). The use of Cronbach’s Alpha when developing and reporting research instruments in science education. Research in Science Education, 48, 1273-1296. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11165-016-9602-2
Tadic, M., Bakker, A. B., & Oerlemans, W. G. M. (2015). Challenge versus hindrance job demands and well‐being: A diary study on the moderating role of job resources. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 88(4), 702-725. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12094
Urbach, T., & Weigelt, O. (2019). Time pressure and proactive work behaviour: A week‐level study on intraindividual fluctuations and reciprocal relationships. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 92(4), 931-952. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12269
Van den Broeck, A., Cuyper, N. D., Witte, H. D., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2010). Not all job demands are equal: Differentiating job hindrances and job challenges in the Job Demands–Resources model. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 19(6), 735–759. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13594320903223839
Go to article

Authors and Affiliations

Irsa Fatima Makhdoom
1
Najma Iqbal Malik
1
ORCID: ORCID
Mohsin Atta
1

  1. University of Sargosha, Pakistan
Download PDF Download RIS Download Bibtex

Abstract

Having established students` life values, the role of religion in its structure, it is possible to predict the future development of society. The purpose of this study is to analyse the religious value orientations influence on student society and to determine the influence nature of religious orientations in the system of value orientations on the daily behaviour of students. This study is based on the research of students' religious orientations in the Tyumen region conducted in 2021. The study was conducted in the context of a basic long-term research of the student's value priorities in the Tyumen region. The methodological basis of the research is the key provisions of social philosophy, sociology and psychology of religion, sociology of personality, sociology of youth and social psychology. Based on the results of an empirical study, the authors characterised the religiosity of the modern youth and determined the impact nature of religious orientations on everyday behaviour. The practical significance of the study is that the empirical data obtained can be used by civil society to prevent the spread of radical religious ideas among students, to involve the data in the activities of organisations dealing with extremism. The results obtained in the course of the study allow developing interaction projects between universities, student associations, and religious associations in the implementation of numerous state youth policy areas, which sets the "possible impact" boundaries of religious associations on cooperation with students.
Go to article

Bibliography

Aalders, C. (2018). ‘Serious books’ and ‘excellent meditations’: Recovering religion in Catherine Talbot’s reading. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, 41(2), 211–223. https://doi.org/10.1080/17583489.2018.1515482
Aarmstrong, S. (2019). Listening with respect. Religious Studies and Theology, 38(1-2), 193–194. https://doi.org/10.1558/rsth.37416
Aarø, A. F. (2020). Ricoeur's historical intentionality and the great goddess freyja: Some problems in the phenomenology of religion and interpretations in the study of religions. Temenos, 56(1), 75–76. https://doi.org/10.33356/temenos.80350
Aaron Simmons, J. (2020). Prospects for pentecostal philosophy assessing the challenges and envisioning the opportunities. Pneuma, 42(2), 199–200. https://brill.com/view/journals/pneu/42/2/article-p175_2.xml
Ab Rahman, Z., Kashim, M. I. A. M., & Mohd Noor, A. Y. (2021). Critical review of religion in coping against the COVID-19 pandemic by former COVID-19 Muslim patients in Russia. Journal of Critical Reviews, 7(5), 1145–1146. https://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/global-literature-on-novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov/resource/en/covidwho-819971
Dube, B. (2020). Religious leaders as regime enablers: the need for family and religious studies in Russia. Russian Journal of Religious Education, 43(1), 46–47. https://doi.org/10.1080/01416200.2020.1815174
Jayne, A., Koch, J. M., & Federici, D. J. (2021). Predictors of sex anxiety: emphasis on religion in childhood, religious values, and family communication. Sexuality and Culture, 25(2), 538–539. https://doi.org/10.1007/S12119-020-09781-X
Jones, D. E., Dulbecco, P., & Cunial, S. L. (2021). The role of sexuality in religious responses to problematic drug use in Argentina. Drugs and Alcohol Today. Retrieved from https://www.emerald.com/in-sight/content/doi/10.1108/DAT-08-2020-0054/full/html
Jong, J. (2021). Death anxiety and religion. Current Opinion in Psychology, 40, 42–44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.08.004
Poruthiyil, P. V. (2020). Religious ethics: An antidote for religious nationalism. Business and Society, 59(5), 1059–1061. https://doi.org/10.1177/0007650317745635
Rowatt, W. C., & Al-Kire, R. L. (2020). Dimensions of religiousness and their connection to racial, ethnic, and atheist prejudices. Current Opinion in Psychology, 40, 86–89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.08.022
Saroglou, V., & Craninx, M. (2021). Religious moral righteousness over care: a review and a meta-analysis. Current Opinion in Psychology, 40, 79–81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.09.002
Scheitle, C. P., Kowalski, B. M., Hudnall, E. B., & Dabbs, E. (2021). Religion, family, and career among graduate students in the sciences. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 60(1), 131–132. https://doi.org/10.1111/jssr.12693
Sedikides, C., & Gebauer, J. E. (2021). Do religious people self-enhance? Current Opinion in Psychology, 40, 29–30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.08.002
Streib, H. (2021). Leaving religion: deconversion. Current Opinion in Psychology, 40, 139–141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.09.007
Van Cappellen, P., Edwards, M. E., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2021). Upward spirals of positive emotions and religious behaviors. Current Opinion in Psychology, 40, 92–94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.09.004
Vorontsov, S. (2021). The priest in light of the thought style theory: Hierarchical and official descriptions. Vestnik Pravoslavnogo Sviato-Tikhonovskogo Gumanitarnogo Universiteta, Seria I. Bogoslovie, Filosofia, Religiovedenie, 91, 32–33.
Go to article

Authors and Affiliations

Yulia P. Savickaya
1
Yuliya I. Koltunova
1
Tatiana E. Derikot
1

  1. Industrial University of Tyumen, Tyumen, Russian Federation
Download PDF Download RIS Download Bibtex

Abstract

Realising the need for improving irrigation system management, the Bahr Sanhoor Canal (BSC) was selected as a case study, and the effect of covering a reach with a concrete box culvert where the irrigation canal passes through a crowded rural area on the efficiency of the canal system was examined. The field inspection of the canal system revealed multiple problems. Two alternatives for improving irrigation management were introduced. A local alternative was offered by applying a suitable numerical model to enhance the efficiency of the current status of the canal system, the water level upstream of the covered part reached 13.54 m, this solution will lower the water levels by approximately 2 m, which is below the bank levels at an affordable cost. Additionally, it will help to avoid the risk of inundating the adjacent residential area. A sustainable and environmental alternative was considered to offer a new path in which the covered reach passed outside the residential area. This alternative is permanent and sustainable. Although the proposed second path to the right of the residential area is the long-term recommendation and is sustainable, any path of flow to either the left or right of the BSC will be associated with initial high costs. The two proposed alternatives may help decision makers improve the performance of irrigation systems.
Go to article

Authors and Affiliations

Amir Sabry Ibrahim
1
ORCID: ORCID

  1. Civil Engineering Department, Benha Faculty of Engineering, Benha University, Benha, Egypt
Download PDF Download RIS Download Bibtex

Abstract

In Vietnam, drought has been occurring persistently and in very complicated patterns, with a great impact on the water, energy, and food security nexus and regional development sustainability. The uncertainty surrounding annual water resources in combination with the low reliability of interbasin water transfer (IBWT) operations is the key driver of water deficits in several affected regions. This study aims to assess the impacts of four big IBWT projects in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, based on a proposed matrix of five evaluation criteria to quantify related impacts and to draw out lessons learned for future development of IBWT. The proposed criteria matrix was formulated on the basis of intensive reviews of IBWT assessments worldwide and relevant Vietnamese laws in force. The impacts were analysed and quantified mainly based on assessment of their operational database and water balance simulations for donor and recipient river basins in current and future states. The results show that the studied IBWT projects did not fully satisfy the proposed criteria set, all project did not meet the criteria of benefit sharing and information transparency; noticeably the Don Duong project fulfilled only one from five. Four lessons were determined for proper planning in river basins, flexibility in system design for unknown future, inadequate environmental impact assessment and delay in enactment of policies for IBWT project management. The results provide sound knowledge to revise the existing projects in the Central Highlands and procedures for impact assessment and approval of new IBWT systems.
Go to article

Authors and Affiliations

Dang Thi Kim Nhung
1
ORCID: ORCID
Nguyen Van Manh
1
ORCID: ORCID
Nguyen Quang Kim
2

  1. Institute of Water Resources Planning, Division for Water Resources Planning for South Central and Central Highland Region, 162A Tran Quang Khai, Hoan Kiem, 100000, Hanoi, Vietnam
  2. Thuy Loi University (TLU), Hanoi, Vietnam
Download PDF Download RIS Download Bibtex

Abstract

One of the main causes of damage to weirs regulating the flow of water in canals is local erosion of the bottom and banks. This is mainly due to the excessive kinetic energy of the stream flow and the uneven volumetric distribution of the water flow rate at the end of the strengthening. Due to this, 35–40% of hydraulic structures fail prematurely. The aim of the research was to determine the parameters of the spatial hydraulic jump arising behind the hydrotechnical structure and the rapid expansion of the cross-section. The research showed that the hydraulic jump with a curved cylinder in the plan is a spatial form and not only dissipates the energy of the stream, but also acts as a diffuser. With the stream expansion angle values in the range of 7–10°, a highly turbulent flow remains, which still has high kinetic energy at a distance from the end of the structure. At an angle of 25–27°, the flow is smooth, the velocity distribution is uniform across the width of the channel. In some cases, the forced expansion of the cross-section at the outflow of the weir favours the energy dissipation and uniform flow velocity distribution.
Go to article

Authors and Affiliations

Zhuzbay Kassymbekov
1
Abai Shinibaev
1
Galimzhan Kassymbekov
1

  1. Satbayev University, Satpayev Str., 22, Almaty, 050013, Kazakhstan
Download PDF Download RIS Download Bibtex

Abstract

The purpose of the research is to summarise quantitative characteristics and to analyse the spatial distribution of artificial water bodies as anthropogenic fragmentation elements of medium and small rivers within the Dnipropetrovsk Region, Ukraine. The paper uses current data pertaining to existing reservoirs and mineralisation of water in rivers. Comparison included quantitative characteristics, water surface area, and the volume water in ponds and reservoirs. It has been established that although the total ratio was 97% for ponds to 3% for reservoirs, whereas their water surface area 48%, and the volume of water stored only 23% of the total resources. The paper shows the inexpediency and low efficiency of using ponds as water reservoirs feeding small rivers. Increasing the number of ponds in the river basin has a negative impact on the quality of water resources, in particular, by increasing water mineralisation – total dissolved solids ( TDS). Depending on the river, the following indicator of river basin fragmentation has been determined: 6–20 reservoirs per 100 km2 of the river catchment area, and on average 18–36 ponds and reservoirs are built for every 100 km of the river in relation to the length of the hydrographic network. It has shown the regularity of growing water mineralisation due to the fragmentation of rivers by a large number of artificial reservoirs. A strong correlation between regulation and fragmentation of river basins has been established (coefficient of determination R 2 ranges from 0.72 to 0.91). It proves the possibility to estimate the degree of change (increase) of water mineralisation based on the water flow coefficient K w and the river fragmentation coefficient K s fr in the Dnipropetrovsk Region. The paper offers ways of further research for planning and implementation of a water management strategy concerning ecologically safe levels of water use in small and medium-sized river basins.
Go to article

Authors and Affiliations

Hennadii Hapich
1
ORCID: ORCID
Vasyly Andrieiev
2
ORCID: ORCID
Volodymyr Kovalenko
1
ORCID: ORCID
Tatiana Makarova
1
ORCID: ORCID

  1. Dnipro State Agrarian and Economic University, Faculty of Water Management Engineering and Ecology, Serhiia Yefremova St, 25, Dnipro, Dnipropetrovs’ka oblast, 49600, Ukraine
  2. Institute for Nature Management Problems and Ecology, Dnipro, Ukraine
Download PDF Download RIS Download Bibtex

Abstract

Water scarcity is a phenomenon that is occurring more and more frequently in larger areas of Europe. As a result of drought, there are significant drops in yields. As demand for food continues to rise, it is becoming necessary to bring about a substantial increase in crop production. The best solution to water scarcity appears to be irrigation for crops that are particularly sensitive to drought. Today, many technical solutions are used to supply and distribute water to crops. The optimal solution is drip irrigation, which makes it possible to deliver water directly to the plant root system to save melting freshwater resources. In the article special attention was paid to methods of supplying electricity to power irrigation pumps. The analysis was made for areas with a significant distance between the agricultural land and the urbanised area (which has water and electricity). The authors have selected the parameters of an off-grid photovoltaic mini-hydropower plant with energy storage (with a power of 1.36 kW). An analysis was made of the profitability of such an investment and a comparison with other types of power supply. Based on the performed calculations, a prototype power supply system equipped with photovoltaic panels was made to show the real performance of the proposed system. The tests carried out showed that the irrigation pump will be powered most of the time with a voltage whose parameters will be very close to the nominal ones.
Go to article

Authors and Affiliations

Zbigniew Skibko
1
ORCID: ORCID
Wacław Romaniuk
2
ORCID: ORCID
Andrzej Borusiewicz
3
ORCID: ORCID
Stanisław Derehajło
3
ORCID: ORCID

  1. Bialystok University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Wiejska 45 D, 15-351 Białystok, Poland
  2. Institute of Technology and Life Sciences – National Research Insitute, Falenty, Poland
  3. The Higher School of Agribusiness in Łomża, Poland
Download PDF Download RIS Download Bibtex

Abstract

Atmospheric precipitation is the major input to the soil water balance. Its amount, intensity, and temporal distribution have an indubitable influence on soil moisture. The aim of the study (conducted in the years 2010–2013) was to evaluate soil water balance in an apple orchard as determined by daily rainfall. The amount and intensity of rainfall and daily evapotranspiration were measured using an automatic weather station. Changes in soil water content was carried out using capacitance probes placed at a depth of 20, 40 and 60 cm. The most common were single events of rainfall of up to 0.2 mm, while 1.3–3.6 mm rains delivered the greatest amount of water. A significant correlation was found between the amount of daily rainfall and changes in water content of individual soil layers. The 15–45 cm and 15–65 cm layers accumulated the greatest amount of high rainfall. The study showed a significant influence of the initial soil moisture on changes in the water content of the analysed layers of the soil profile. The lower its initial moisture content was, the more rainwater it was able to accumulate.
Go to article

Authors and Affiliations

Waldemar Treder
1
ORCID: ORCID
Krzysztof Klamkowski
1
ORCID: ORCID
Anna Tryngiel-Gać
1
ORCID: ORCID
Katarzyna Wójcik
1
ORCID: ORCID

  1. The National Institute of Horticultural Research, ul. Konstytucji 3 Maja 1/3, 96-100 Skierniewice, Poland
Download PDF Download RIS Download Bibtex

Abstract

Quality assessment of shallow groundwater table is very important because it is the water that recharges deeper aquifers and constantly feeds the water levels of our surface streams and wetlands. Continuous monitoring of large number of quality parameters is essential for effective maintenance of water quality through appropriate control measures. However, it is very difficult and laborious task for regular monitoring of all the parameters even if adequate manpower and laboratory facilities are available. Therefore, this study presents the statistical analysis of physico- chemical parameters (pH, EC, TDS, Na, K, Ca, Mg, HCO3, Cl, CO3, SO4, TH, B, F) using correlation and Principal Component Analysis. The statistical analysis of the groundwater quality variables indicated that most of the variables are highly correlated. The strong correlation is an opportunity to develop a regression equation and monitor using few parameters. This provides an easy and rapid method of continuous groundwater quality monitoring. Moreover, groundwater of the area showed significant compositional variation. The compositional variability has implications for the source and origin of groundwater quality in the study area.
Go to article

Authors and Affiliations

Megersa Olumana Dinka
1
ORCID: ORCID

  1. University of Johannesburg, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, Department of Civil Engineering Sciences, PO Box 524, Auckland Park, 2006 Johannesburg, South Africa
Download PDF Download RIS Download Bibtex

Abstract

Previous researchers have been widely studied the equation for calculating the energy dissipation in USBR Type IV, applied in the stilling basin structure as an energy dissipator. However, inefficient energy dissipating basins are commonly found in the field due to the large discharge and high water head, potentially damaging the bottom of the energy dissipating basin and its downstream river. Therefore, an energy dissipator plan fulfilling the safe specifications for the flow behaviour that occurred is required. This study aimed to determine the variation of the energy dissipators and evaluate their effect on the hydraulic jump and energy dissipation. For this purpose, a physical model was undertaken on the USBR Type IV spillway system. The novelty of this experiment showed that combination and modification dissipation features, such as floor elevation, end threshold and riprap lengthening, could effectively dissipate the impact of energy downstream. The final series exhibited a significantly higher Lj/y1 ratio, a favourable condition due to the compaction of the hydraulic jump. There was also a significant increase in the downstream tailwater depth (y2) during the jump formation. Therefore, the final series energy dissipator was better in the stilling basin design for hydraulic jump stability and compaction. The increase in energy dissipation for the final series type was the highest (98.4%) in Q2 and the lowest (84.8%) in Q10 compared to the original series. Therefore, this type can better reduce the cavitation risk damaging to the structure and downstream of the river.
Go to article

Authors and Affiliations

Alfiansyah Yulianur Bantacut
1
ORCID: ORCID
Azmeri Azmeri
1
ORCID: ORCID
Faris Zahran Jemi
2
ORCID: ORCID
Ziana Ziana
1
ORCID: ORCID
Muslem Muslem
1

  1. Universitas Syiah Kuala, Faculty of Engineering, Civil Engineering Department, Syech Abdur-Rauf No 7, Darussalam, 23111, Banda Aceh, Indonesia
  2. Universitas Syiah Kuala, Faculty of Engineering, Electrical Engineering Department, Banda Aceh, Indonesia
Download PDF Download RIS Download Bibtex

Abstract

The article presents an assessment of the effects of anthropogenic activities on the quality of water in four streams flowing through a camp based on a combined assessment of environmental impacts and the water quality index. The quantitative and qualitative assessment of environmental impact was made after identifying the anthropogenic activities carried out in the camp. The water quality index ( WQI) was calculated after monitoring seventeen physicochemical and microbiological variables and the Montoya index was applied. The samples were collected during 48 sampling campaigns, organised over the period of six months in eight stations. Two stations were located in each stream, one before and one after it passed through the camp. The results indicated that streams 1, 3, and 4 show a slight deterioration in water quality, affected by anthropogenic activities carried out in the said camp; meanwhile, stream 2 shows an increasing deterioration in water quality. The water quality of the streams before passing through the camp was determined to be between “uncontaminated” and “acceptable”, while after passing through the camp it was classified between “acceptable” and “slightly contaminated”. The results indicated a non-significant difference between the downstream and upstream WQI values for streams 1, 3, and 4; while stream 2 did show a significant difference in the WQI between upstream and downstream; indicating that anthropogenic activities alter the quality of the water.
Go to article

Authors and Affiliations

Fernando García-Ávila
1
ORCID: ORCID
Magaly Jiménez-Ordóñez
1
Jessica Torres-Sánchez
1
Sergio Iglesias-Abad
2
ORCID: ORCID
Rita Cabello Torres
3
ORCID: ORCID
César Zhindón-Arévalo
4
ORCID: ORCID

  1. Universidad de Cuenca, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Cuenca, 010107, Ecuador
  2. Universidad Católica de Cuenca, Carrera de Ingeniería Ambiental, Ecuador
  3. Universidad César Vallejo, Professional School of Environmental Engineering, Lima, Perú
  4. Universidad Católica de Cuenca, Unidad Académica de Salud y Bienestar, Sede Azogues, Ecuador
Download PDF Download RIS Download Bibtex

Abstract

Compositional and textural data are presented for zircon, secondary Zr-silicates, catapleiite and elpidite in a peralkaline granite from the Ilímaussaq complex, south Greenland. The zircon is essentially stoichiometric, with (Zr + Hf + Si) = 1.96–1.98 a.p.f.u. The secondary Zr-silicates show a wide range of Zr/Si atomic ratios (0.13–0.79). The catapleiite varies from close to stoichiometric to a Na-depleted type showing cation deficiency (5.2–5.8 a.p.f.u.). Elpidite shows similar variations (7.2–9.0 a.p.f.u.). Textural relationships between the Zr phases are interpreted to show that magmatic zircon interacted with hydrous fluids exsolved from the magma to form the secondary Zr-silicates. Formation of catapleiite was late‑magmatic, in equilibrium with a Na-Sibearing fluid. This was followed by the crystallization of elpidite, the fluid having a different Na/Si ratio. Both catapleiite and elpidite experienced Na-loss during late-stage hydrothermal alteration.
Go to article

Authors and Affiliations

Małgorzata Cegiełka
1 2
Bogusław Bagiński
1
Ray Macdonald
1 3
Harvey E. Belkin
4
Jakub Kotowski
1
Brian G.J. Upton
5

  1. Department of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrology, Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw, ul. Żwirki i Wigury 93, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland
  2. Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Research Centre in Warsaw, ul. Twarda 51/55, 00-818 Warsaw, Poland
  3. Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, UK
  4. 11142 Forest Edge Drive, Reston, VA 20190, USA
  5. Grant Institute, University of Edinburgh, James Hutton Rd., Edinburgh EH9 3FE, UK
Download PDF Download RIS Download Bibtex

Abstract

Upper Turonian to lower Coniacian marls of the Strehlen Formation of the Graupa 60/1 core were investigated for their foraminiferal content to add stratigraphical and palaeoenvironmental information about the transitional facies zone of the Saxonian Cretaceous Basin. Further comparison with foraminiferal faunas of the Brausnitzbach Marl (Schrammstein Formation) were carried out to clarify its relationship to the marls of the Graupa 60/1 core. Tethyan agglutinated marker species for the late Turonian to early Coniacian confirm the proposed age of the marls of the Graupa 60/1 core and the Brausnitzbach Marl. The palaeoenvironment of the marls reflects middle to outer shelf conditions. The maximum flooding zones of genetic sequences TUR6, TUR7 and CON1 could be linked to acmes of foraminiferal species and foraminiferal morphogroups. In general, a rise of the relative sea-level can be recognised from the base to the top of the marls of the Graupa 60/1 core. While agglutinated foraminiferal assemblages suggest a generally high organic matter influx and variable but high productivity in the Graupa 60/1 core, the Brausnitzbach Marl deposition was characterized by moderate productivity and a generally shallower water depth.
Go to article

Authors and Affiliations

Richard M. Besen
1
Mareike Achilles
2
Mauro Alivernini
2
Thomas Voigt
2
Peter Frenzel
2
Ulrich Struck
3 4

  1. Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Geologische Wissenschaften, Malteserstraße 74-100, 12249 Berlin, Germany
  2. Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Institute of Earth Sciences, Burgweg 11, 07749 Jena, Germany
  3. Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Geologische Wissenschaften, Malteserstraße 74-100, 12249 Berlin
  4. Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung, Invalidenstrasse 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany
Download PDF Download RIS Download Bibtex

Abstract

We document an upper upper Albian ( Mortoniceras rostratum Zone) cephalopod assemblage from Clansayes (Drôme, south-eastern France). Although fossils are rare in local exposures and in the single sampled level, a decade of intensive fossil collecting yielded 290 ammonite and 5 nautilid specimens. In total, we describe 1 species of nautilid and 24 species (within 17 genera) of ammonites, including 13 heteromorphs. Only two of these ammonite taxa were previously recorded from the upper upper Albian at Clansayes, which demonstrates the value of this fauna with regard to taxonomy, palaeobiology and palaeobiogeography. Based on morphological and biometric analyses performed on an extensive material (104 specimens), we discriminate two species for the heteromorphic ammonite genus Mariella Nowak, 1916 within the Mortoniceras rostratum Zone. In addition, we investigate shell chirality patterns in Mariella from the late Albian of southern France. Upon comparison of the Clansayes material with older material from the immediately underlying upper Albian Mortoniceras fallax Zone at the neighbouring Salazac locality, we identify an increase in the proportion of sinistral specimens. This observed increase in the frequency of sinistral Mariella specimens may hypothetically be part of a global evolutionary pattern, considering that nearly all documented younger Cenomanian Mariella (and more generally Cenomanian turrilitids) are sinistral.
Go to article

Authors and Affiliations

Romain Jattiot
1
Jens Lehmann
1
Benjamin Latutrie
2
Amane Tajika
3 4
Emmanuelle Vennin
5
Pauline Vuarin
6
Arnaud Brayard
5
Emmanuel Fara
5
Vincent Trincal
7

  1. Fachbereich 5 Geowissenschaften, Universität Bremen, Klagenfurter Strasse 4, 28357, Bremen, Germany
  2. La Grange, 9003 En Cros, route de Garrigues, 81500, Lavaur, France
  3. Division of Paleontology (Invertebrates), American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West 79th Street, New York, NY, 10024, USA
  4. University Museum, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7‐3‐1, Bunkyo‐ku, Tokyo, 113‐0033, Japan
  5. UMR CNRS 6282 Biogéosciences, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 6 Boulevard Gabriel, F-21000 Dijon, France
  6. Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Évolutive UMR 5558, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
  7. LMDC, INSAT/UPS Génie Civil, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, 31077 Toulouse cedex 04, France
Download PDF Download RIS Download Bibtex

Abstract

Upper Miocene (~6 Ma) sediments from a north-south transect of Ocean Drilling Program Holes 848B, 849B, 850B, 851B across the equator in the Eastern Pacific Ocean record an episode of unusual skeletal variability associated with the silicoflagellate Bachmannocena diodon subsp. nodosa (Bukry) Bukry, 1987. Skeletons in this plexus persisted for between 55,000 and 75,000 years and include an arch across a 2-sided basal ring, a highly unusual morphology for the genus. Groups of skeletal morphotypes were common within the plexus episode, and occur in a systematic sequence that is consistent between sites. As a result of this study, silicoflagellates previously placed in the genus Neonaviculopsis Locker and Martini, 1986 are now considered part of the Bachmannocena diodon subsp. nodosa plexus.
Go to article

Authors and Affiliations

Adrianna Szaruga
1
Kevin McCartney
2
Jakub Witkowski
1

  1. Institute of Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of Szczecin, Mickiewicza 16a, 70-383 Szczecin, Poland
  2. Department of Environmental Studies and Sustainability, University of Maine at Presque Isle, Presque Isle, ME 04769 USA
Download PDF Download RIS Download Bibtex

Abstract

Land suitability assessment is an important stage in land use planning that guides the direction of optimal land use. The objective of this study was to select a suitable location for settlements in earthquake-prone areas using the integration of the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Geographical Information System (GIS). In total, six maps were considered to determine a suitable location for settlements, namely topography, soil, geology, land cover/land use, a regional spatial planning pattern map, and an earthquake vulnerability map. The results showed that in medium earthquake-prone areas, the suitable land area which are available for settlement was 90.25 km2 (46.36% of the total land area available – 194.68 km2). Whereas in highly earthquake-prone areas, the suitable and available land area was 528.11 km2 (70.25% of the total land area in the high vulnerability zone – 751.81 km2). The research proved that AHP and GIS integration is very effective and robust for mapping land suitability in earthquake-prone areas. The results of the analysis can be used by planners to prioritize settlement development in the Sukabumi regency. The methodology developed is recommended to be applied in selecting locations for settlements in other parts of Indonesia.
Go to article

Authors and Affiliations

Wiwin Ambarwulan
1
ORCID: ORCID
Irmadi Nahib
1
ORCID: ORCID
Widiatmaka Widiatmaka
2
ORCID: ORCID
Ratna Sari Dewi
1
ORCID: ORCID
Sri Lestari Munajati
1
ORCID: ORCID
Yatin Suwarno
1
Dewayany Sutrisno
1
ORCID: ORCID
Suprajaka Suprajaka
1
ORCID: ORCID

  1. Geospatial Information Agency, Centers for Research, Promotion and Cooperation, Jl Raya Jakarta Bogor KM 46 Cibinong, Bogor, West, 16911, Bogor, Indonesia
  2. Bogor Agricultural University (IPB University), Department of Soil Science and Land Resources, Bogor, Indonesia

This page uses 'cookies'. Learn more