specification of emotion and appraisal to be used within the framework Elisabeth André, DFKI Yasmine Arafa, ICSTM Luís Botelho, ADETTI Monika Farukuoye, ÖFAI Pedro Figueiredo, ADETTI Patrick Gebhard, DFKI Kristina Höök, SICS Thomas Kulessa, GMD Carlos Martinho, INESC Ana Paiva, INESC Paolo Petta, ÖFAI Pedro Ramos, ADETTI Phoebe Sengers, GMD Alexander Staller, ÖFAI Marco Vala, INESC Abstract: Th...

A compelling body of literature suggests that negative appraisal may be associated with adverse reactions to traumatic stress. However, very few studies have examined how appraisal influences posttraumatic adaptation in people with serious mental illness (SMI) despite evidence of disproportionately high prevalence rates of trauma exposure and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in this populat...

Despite the importance that is attributed to coping as a factor in psychological and somatic health outcomes, little is known about actual coping processes, the variables that influence them, and their relation to the outcomes of the stressful encounters people experience in their day-to-day lives. This study uses an intraindividual analysis of the interrelations among primary appraisal (what w...

Methods of economic appraisal developed for evaluating activities in health care system may as well be successfully used for evaluating occupational health service activities. This involves the problem of resources management and cost containment not only at the company level, but also at different managerial and institutional levels. The decision makers have to know what resources are spent on...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this article was to identify the best predictors of distress suffered by family carers (FCs) of geriatric patients. METHODS A cross-sectional study of 100 FC-geriatric patient dyads was conducted. The negative impact of care (NIoC) subscale of the COPE index was dichotomized to identify lower stress (score of ≤15 on the scale) and higher stress (score of ≥16 on the scale...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to produce some observational evidence of the success rate of inferior alveolar nerve block (IDB) analgesia that is achieved in general dental practice. The objective was to help provide some measure of expected failure rates and help dental practitioners in their self-appraisal of this crucial basic skill. METHOD Up to 100 consecutive IDB analges...

performance appraisal systems are affected by organizational social context. social context consists of tow factors, distal variables, and, proximal variables. distal factors include but are not limited to organizational culture, organizational structure, and, values. proximal variable categorize as both process factors and structural factors. in this paper the process factors were examined. th...

Abstract Appraisal is an important part of the policy cycle. This chapter looks at research priorities for transport appraisal through lens cycle, with emphasis on initial stages that cycle: identifying societal goals and associated needs improving goal achievement, initiatives. initially done by exploring some key value assumptions underlie appraisal, particularly individual preferences includ...

Accuracy and due process perspectives were used to extend policycapturing research concerning employment discrimination case law. TWo-hundred ninety-five usable U.S. Circuit Court decisions concerning performance appraisal were located from 1980-1995. In both chisquare and multivariate LOGIT analyses, decisions were explained by: use of job analysis, provision of written instructions, employee ...