As distance education rapidly appears on the horizon, distance learning technologies are becoming more important in delivering contents and allowing collaboration between students and teachers in globally disparate environments. One of the recent innovative technologies to be explored in distance learning field is immersive environments and sense of presence that offers. The primary purpose of ...

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Understanding the conditions under which Virtual Environment (VE) users experience a sense of presence may, in the long term, yield valuable insights into human cognition and psychology. More immediately, however, the general assumption is that a sense of presence impacts a user’s ability to perform a task and, therefore, that insights into presence offer a potential payoff in terms of task per...

background : major depressive disorder is one of the most widespread psychological problems in the world. the feelings of a person who is affected by this condition is boring. this article aimed to shed light on the experiences of women with major depressive disorder. methods : a qualitative approach with thematic analysis design has been used to describe the studied phenomenon as experienced b...

The contribution of early experiences towards the onset of personality disorder has often been stressed. However, the contribution to trait personality has received less attention. To examine the impact of early experiences on the development of personality, two subscale scores of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ): neuroticism (N) and extroversion (E), were used to assess a total of 2...

In order to examine the effects of personality and early life experiences on perceived social support, a total of 97 young Japanese women were investigated. Current interpersonal relationships were measured by an interview modified from Henderson et al.'s Interview Schedule for Social Interaction (ISSI). Personality was measured by Cloninger et al.'s Temperament and Character Inventory. Early l...