The aims of this study were to examine (a) the effects of competition-related and competition-extraneous concerns on affective states; (b) the relationships of primary and secondary appraisal with affective states and (c) the main and moderating effects of personality traits on pre- and post-competition affects. Thirty-nine male elite martial artists were assessed on 12 affective states, concer...

BACKGROUND Growing evidence suggests that abdominal obesity is a more important risk factor for the prognosis of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases than BMI. Somatic-affective symptoms of depression have also been linked to cardiovascular risk. The relationship between obesity and depression, however, has remained contradictory. Our aim was therefore to relate body mass index (BMI) and diffe...

Meta-Analysis of the Findings on the Effects of Descriptive Evaluation on Learning Outcomes   A. Aali, Ph.D.* R. Mobaarak Ghamsari**   Changing the way that students’ learning is evaluated to what is called descriptive evaluation during the past decade has been the focus of many studies with conflicting results. To clarify the picture and determine the true impact of this t...

Diagnostic errors can result in tangible harm to patients. Despite our advances in medicine, the mental processes required to make a diagnosis exhibits shortcomings, causing diagnostic errors. Cognitive factors are found to be an important cause of diagnostic errors. With new understanding from psychology and social sciences, clinical medicine is now beginning to appreciate that our clinical re...

Instagram gerek sosyal hayattaki gerekse de ticaretteki rolü ile birçok araştırmacının ilgisini çekmektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı günümüzün popüler medya uygulamalarından biri olan Instagram’ın devamlı kullanılmasını etkileyen faktörleri bilişsel, duygusal ve davranışsal bileşenlere göre sınıflandırıp incelemektir. amaç doğrultusunda Atatürk Üniversitesi Açıköğretim Fakültesi Öğrenci Bilgi Siste...

Purpose The aim of this paper is to explore the affective and cognitive factors that condition banking relationships for economically vulnerable consumers how these contribute increasing financial difficulties exclusion. This research, performed on a set focus groups, bases its findings combination experimental discourse analysis methods. Design/methodology/approach Financial decisions are not ...

The aim of the current research was to study cognitive and affective empathy in children aged 6-12 years old, and their associations with children's family environment and social adjustment. For this purpose, we developed the Spanish version of the Basic Empathy Scale (BES), self- and parent-report forms. Factorial analyses confirmed a two-component model of empathy in both self- and parent-rep...

The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has invested a sizable amount money in the country's massive payment infrastructure an effort to enhance user experience. However, order for investments be profitable, NPCI must guarantee ongoing use technological solutions and post-adoptive behaviors like continuance recommendation intention. impact cognitive factors (i.e. Performance expectanc...