Literature on virtual reality (VR) and psychology has focused on the influence that some basic psychological processes have on VR. Although psychological processes may be defined as common to all humans, there are individual differences that might make it difficult to provide the same VR experience for everyone. Of the several personality and psychological variables that might be relevant to th...

background and purpose: medical education is a laborious program which may give negative consequences on the physical and psychological health of medical students. the aims of this study were to evaluate psychological distress among malay medical students and to assess its relationship with their lifestyle. methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted among 221 malay medical students. psychol...

The study aimed to validate for Portuguese language (Brazilian population) the questionnaire Basic Psychological Needs in Exercise Scale (BPNES) in Physical Education. Attended three translators involved in the translation process, three doctors in Sport Psychology and 403 students. The instrument was the BPNES with 12 items that assessed the basic psychological needs (autonomy, competence and ...

The purpose of the present study was to examine gender differences in perceptions of basic psychological needs support from the teacher and peers in physical education. The 659 Estonian secondary school students (310 boys and 349 girls; M age=13.57 years, SD=0.62) completed questionnaires assessing the perceptions of autonomy, competence, and relatedness need support from both the teacher and p...

Associations between the satisfaction of basic psychological needs of autonomy, competence, and relatedness with current suicidal ideation and risk for suicidal behavior were examined. Two logistic regressions were conducted with a cross-sectional database of 440 university students to examine the association of need satisfaction with suicidal ideation and risk for suicidal behavior, while cont...

background and purpose: basic medical sciences, not only in its traditional form as basic sciences, but also in its modern forms like biotechnology and genetics has indicated a highly applicable potential in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of illnesses. therefore it is essential to improve basic sciences education quality, and because clinical students are in direct contact with medica...