Muñoz-Silva, Alicia De la Corte de la Corte, Cecilia Lorence-Lara, Bárbara Sanchez-Garcia, Manuel
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The acceptance or rejection of classmates is one of the most widely recognized determinants of wellbeing in childhood. This study analyses psychosocial adjustment and sociometric status in primary education pupils, and possible differences by gender. A cross-sectional survey was undertaken in Huelva (Spain). The surveyed schools were selected using...
Rossi, Rodolfo Socci, Valentina Pacitti, Francesca Mensi, Sonia Di Marco, Antinisca Siracusano, Alberto Di Lorenzo, Giorgio
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workers in Italy have been exposed to an unprecedented pressure and traumatic events. However, no direct comparison with the general population is available so far. The aim of this study is to detail mental health outcomes in healthcare workers compared to the general population. 24050 respondents completed ...
Liu, Feng Lu, Yuduo Wang, Peng
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Efficient knowledge sharing is an important support for the continuous innovation and sustainable development of scientific research teams. However, in realistic management situations, the knowledge sharing of scientific research teams always appears to be unsustainable, and the reasons for this are the subject of considerable debate. In this study...
Ariza-Montes, Antonio Giorgi, Gabriele Molina-Sánchez, Horacio Fiz Pérez, Javier
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Ma, Cecilia M S
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Seven hundred adolescents (Chinese = 50%; South Asian ethnic minority = 50%) with mean age of 15.3 years (SD = 1.53). Multigroup confirmatory factor analysis was performed to assess measurement invariance of the MSPSS scale across Chinese and South Asian ethnic minority samples. Results show that the original three-factor structure of the MSPSS was...
Attig, Manja Weinert, Sabine
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It is well documented that the language skills of preschool children differ substantially and that these differences are highly predictive of their later academic success and achievements. Especially in the early phases of children's lives, the importance of different structural and process characteristics of the home learning environment (HLE) has...
Hilla, Yannik von Mankowski, Jörg Föcker, Julia Sauseng, Paul
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Video gaming, specifically action video gaming, seems to improve a range of cognitive functions. The basis for these improvements may be attentional control in conjunction with reward-related learning to amplify the execution of goal-relevant actions while suppressing goal-irrelevant actions. Given that EEG alpha power reflects inhibitory processin...
Harris, Ilana Küssner, Mats B
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Gärdenfors, Peter
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The world as we perceive it is structured into objects, actions and places that form parts of events. In this article, my aim is to explain why these categories are cognitively primary. From an empiricist and evolutionary standpoint, it is argued that the reduction of the complexity of sensory signals is based on the brain's capacity to identify va...
Wang, Pengcheng Lei, Li Yu, Guoliang Li, Biao
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Recent research indicates that social networking site (SNS) addiction is positively associated with materialism. However, little attention has been paid to the potential mechanisms in this relationship. This study tested the mediating role of depression and the moderating role of need to belong (NTB) in the relationships between SNS addiction and a...