Tsang, Kwok Kuen
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Frontiers in psychology
This article illustrates the social construction of teachers' emotions by drawing on the emergent sociological perspective of inhabited institutionalism to report on a qualitative research project on teachers' emotions in Hong Kong. A thematic analysis was performed on the transcripts of interviews conducted in 2012 with 21 teachers at Hong Kong se...
Gautier, Yentl Meurice, Paul Coquery, Nicolas Constant, Aymery Bannier, Elise Serrand, Yann Ferré, Jean-Christophe Moirand, Romain Val-Laillet, David
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Frontiers in psychology
This pilot study aimed at implementing a new food picture database in the context of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) cognitive food-choice task, with an internal conflict or not, in healthy normal-weight adults. The database contains 170 photographs including starters, main courses, and desserts; it presents a broad-spectrum of energy ...
Bashir, Mohsin Shaheen, Kanwal Saleem, Sharjeel Bhutta, Mohammed Khurrum Abrar, Muhammad Jun, Zhao
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This study examined a novel process underlying the relationship between compulsory citizenship behavior and psychological withdrawal. Specifically, based on basic psychological needs theory, thwarting of autonomy and relatedness needs were expected to explain the association between compulsory citizenship behavior and psychological withdrawal. The ...
Jin, Hexiang Wang, Wenchao Lan, Xiaoyu
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Frontiers in psychology
Although prior research has considerably documented the prevalence and correlates of academic procrastination in college students, relatively little is known about the role of longer volitional processes of goal striving, such as grit, on academic procrastination; moreover, the knowledge about direct and interactive effects of social context and pe...
Mufarrih, Syed Hamza Naseer, Aeman Qureshi, Nada Qaisar Anwar, Zohaib Zahid, Nida Lakdawala, Riaz Hussain Noordin, Shahryar
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Burnout, a state of vital exhaustion, has frequently been related to work-related stress and job dissatisfaction. Given the emotionally and physically challenging nature of their work, high rates of burnout have been reported among health care professionals. This may put them at a higher risk for of suffering from adverse mental health outcomes, in...
Crespi, Chiara Galandra, Caterina Manera, Marina Basso, Gianpaolo Poggi, Paolo Canessa, Nicola
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Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) entails chronic effects on brain structure. Neurodegeneration due to alcohol toxicity is a neural signature of executive impairment typically observed in AUD, previously related to both gray-matter volume/density and white-matter abnormalities. Recent studies highlighted the role of meso-cortico-limbic structures supporti...
O'Brien, Beth A Habib, Malikka Onnis, Luca
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Frontiers in psychology
Technology plays an increasingly important role in educational practice, including interventions for struggling learners (Torgesen et al., 2010; de Souza et al., 2018). This study focuses on the efficacy of tablet-based applications (see Word Reading, Grapholearn, and an experimental word-level program) for the purpose of supplementing early Englis...
Dal Corso, Laura De Carlo, Alessandro Carluccio, Francesca Girardi, Damiano Falco, Alessandra
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Performance management is a key factor to enhance professional development and improve teaching quality. This process is successful only if teachers perceive it as fair, clear, and effective: namely, if it is satisfying. Carefully considering teachers' attributions in the performance appraisal process is fundamental to better clarify the relations ...
Pitchford, Nicola J Outhwaite, Laura A
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Frontiers in psychology
Previous research has shown that a specific interactive app, designed to support the development of early mathematical skills and delivered on hand-held tablets, is effective at raising mathematical attainment in young children in low-and high-income countries. In the countries where this app has been deployed, teachers have consistently reported i...
Calogiuri, Giovanna Johansen, Patrick Foss Rossi, Alessio Thurston, Miranda
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Frontiers in psychology
Mass participation sporting events (MPSEs) are viewed as encouraging regular exercise in the population, but concerns have been expressed about the extent to which they are inclusive for women. This study focuses on an iconic cross-country skiing MPSE in Norway, the Birkebeiner race (BR), which includes different variants (main, Friday, half-distan...
