Attention deficits are prominent among the core symptoms of schizophrenia. A recent meta-analysis has suggested that patients with schizophrenia have a deficit in endogenous disengagement of attention. In this research, we used a standard spatial cueing paradigm to examine whether the attention deficit of such patients is due to impaired attentional disengagement or defective novelty detection/...

Disengagement from mental health services can lead to devastating consequences for individuals with schizophrenia and other serious mental illnesses who require ongoing treatment. We review the extent and correlates of dropping out of mental health treatment for individuals with schizophrenia and suggest strategies for facilitating treatment engagement. Although rates vary across studies, revie...

Engagement with work has been one of the most influential management ideas recent decades. A prevalent assumption is that engagement inherently beneficial and disengagement a problem to be addressed. Yet theory research on show it may not have assumed negative impact organizations, at times for employees. This seeks unpack underlying assumptions through collating reviewing studies phenomenon. T...

Moral disengagement plays an important role in the routinization of counterproductive work behavior (CWB) as a key mediator. What remains unclear are factors that could attenuate power moral this process. Building on social-cognitive theory, we hypothesize moderating self-efficacy and suggest importance two different dimensions: self-reflective behavioral self-efficacies. While former should bu...

This study examines the dark side of online communities, especially barriers to customer engagement in communities. A total 301 responses from community members were collected examine proposed hypotheses based on Innovation Resistance Theory (IRT). The also mediating effect negative anticipated emotions and moderating association tenure prior attitude. findings suggest that performance, informa...

Over the past 5 years, a great deal of attention has been paid to the development of early warning systems for dropout prevention. These warning systems use a set of indicators based on official school records to identify youth at risk for dropout and then appropriately target intervention. The current study builds on this work by assessing the extent to which a school disengagement warning ind...

OBJECTIVE To explore how practitioner engagement and disengagement occurred, and how these may influence patient care and engagement. DESIGN A qualitative study using the Voice Centred Relational Methodology. Data included interviews, focus groups and observations. SETTING Inpatient and community stroke rehabilitation services. SUBJECTS Eleven people experiencing communication disability ...

Previous research has been inconsistent on whether violent video games exert positive and/or negative effects on cognition. In particular, attentional bias in facial affect processing after violent video game exposure continues to be controversial. The aim of the present study was to investigate attentional bias in facial recognition after short term exposure to violent video games and to chara...