This article aims to explore a sapiential response the question of inner experience conflict between voluntary and involuntary, which Ricœur alludes in first volume his Philosophy Will. I take as my starting point Ricœur’s reference conclusion three pieces advice given by Descartes achieve contentment, equates with virtues decision, effort consent. Building on assertion that we receive life inv...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the constituent parts learning in manufacturing work context and understand why these are key employees. Design/methodology/approach data was collected from two sources: a literature review Information Systems establish an initial picture what relation digital technologies entails in-depth interviews with engineers automotive industry whose knowl...

the dissemination of western culture in the world has promoted a type of consumer culture which corresponds with the capitalist system. this has not only affected on urbanites, but has also made dramatic changes the life style of rural people. so nowadays contentment is not deemed valuable and many people believe that these values are outmoded. in this article, hesar khorvan village has been se...

Dear Editor, Happiness has several main components including the emotional component-the presence of contentment and affection; the social component-the presence of good social relationships and the ability to receive support; and finally the cognitive component that causes the happy person to interpret information in a special way that leads to joy and optimism. Consequently, peoples' assessme...

This research examines 3rd parties' reactions to the abusive supervision of a coworker. Reactions were theorized to depend on 3rd parties' beliefs about the targeted coworker and, specifically, whether the target of abuse was considered deserving of mistreatment. We predicted that 3rd parties would experience anger when targets of abuse were considered undeserving of mistreatment; angered 3rd p...

Depression and dysphoria have been characterised by dampened positive emotional experiences. However, it remains unclear whether dysphoria is also characterised by dampened expectancies about positive emotional experiences. In the present study, participants with (dysphoric group; n 36) and without (non-dysphoric group; n 36) dysphoria reported on their expected and actual emotional responses t...

This review provides an overview of the research on nonverbal expressions of positive emotions, organised into emotion families, that is, clusters sharing common characteristics. Epistemological positive emotions (amusement, relief, awe, and interest) are found to have distinct, recognisable displays via vocal or facial cues, while the agency-approach positive emotions (elation and pride) appea...

BACKGROUND To test whether scores on depression inventories on entry to a longitudinal study predict mental ability over the next 4-16 years. METHOD Associations between scores on the Beck Depression Inventory and on tests of intelligence, vocabulary and memory were analysed in 5070 volunteers aged 49-93 years after differences in prescribed drug consumption, death and drop-out, sex, socio-ec...

The purposes of this study were to discover the essences of the experience of waiting, to provide new knowledge about what it is like to wait, and to contribute to nursing knowledge. Participants were 12 persons who were family members or friends of persons in an adult critical care unit. The Parse research method was used to answer the research question: What is the structure of the lived expe...

Empathy is the combined ability to interpret the emotional states of others and experience resultant, related emotions. The relation between prefrontal electroencephalographic asymmetry and emotion in children is well known. The association between positive emotion (assessed via parent report), empathy (measured via observation), and second-by-second brain electrical activity (recorded during a...