Self-control and subjective-wellbeing of adolescents in residential care: The moderator role of experienced happiness and daily-life activities with caregivers

2019 ◽  
Vol 98 ◽  
pp. 125-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harry Orúzar ◽  
Rafael Miranda ◽  
Xavier Oriol ◽  
Carme Montserrat
Keyword(s):  
Residential Care ◽  
Subjective Wellbeing ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Daily Life Activities ◽  
Moderator Role

Setbacks in Self-Control: Failing Not Mere Resisting Impairs Subsequent Self-Control

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 782-790
Author(s):  
Mario Wenzel ◽  
Zarah Rowland ◽  
Wilhelm Hofmann ◽  
Thomas Kubiak
Keyword(s):  
Dual Task ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Ecological Validity ◽  
Ego Depletion ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Ambulatory Assessment ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Task Setting ◽  
Fundamental Research

Research on ego depletion has often relied on the dual-task setting employing short tasks with low ecological validity. The comparatively few studies on ego depletion in daily life so far used diverging operationalization and yielded ambiguous results. We argue that fundamental research on short-term self-control limitations can benefit from research on the limit violation effect, which highlights the danger to self-control when setbacks are attributed to internal causes. To test the role of setbacks and compare different ego depletion operationalizations in daily life, we used data from two ambulatory assessment studies ( N = 125 and 205). No consistent ego depletion effects were observed in Study 1; instead, momentary self-control success was only impaired after setbacks (prior self-control efforts failed). The role of prior setbacks was replicated in Study 2, highlighting the importance of setbacks in subsequent self-control efforts beyond mere resisting, which should be incorporated in interventions targeting self-control improvements.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS: A REVIEW STUDY

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-41
Author(s):  
Basak Baglama ◽  
Mukaddes Sakalli Demirok
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Physical Activities ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Daily Life Activities ◽  
Review Study

Sports and physical activities improve individuals’ physical, physiological and psychological health and regulate social behaviors from biological, pedagogical and social dimensions. Sports practices for individuals with special needs have a great importance in their daily life activities and quality of lives. This study aims to this study aims to provide a scientific and systematic review for the benefits and outcomes of physical education and sports in special education. A comphrehensive and systematic literature review was carried out in order to achieve this aim. “No disability in sports” and “importance of physical education and sports for individuals with special needs” were discussed with relavant literature and recommendations for further research and practives were presented.  

scholarly journals Two Experience Sampling Studies Examining the Variation of Self-Control Capacity and Its Relationship with Core Affect in Daily Life

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chao Zhang ◽  
Karin Smolders ◽  
Daniel Lakens ◽  
Wijnand IJsselsteijn
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Experience Sampling ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Diurnal Pattern ◽  
Nomological Network ◽  
Sampling Studies ◽  
Control Processes ◽  
Core Affect

To facilitate a better understanding of the role of self-control capacity in self-control processes, we examined its variation at intraindividual and interindividual levels, and positioned it in a nomological network with core affect. In two experience sampling studies, 286 university students reported their self-control capacity and core affect for a week. Results revealed larger person-to-person than day-to-day variation in self-control capacity, while its moment-to-moment variation could be weakly modeled as a diurnal pattern. Interindividually, participants with higher self-control capacity were happier and less stressed, but intraindividually higher self-control capacity was mainly associated with higher alertness and energetic arousal. Our results imply that self-control capacity is better conceptualized as a composition of interrelated sub-constructs rather than as a unified resource.

Media Entertainment as Guilty Pleasure?

2021 ◽  
pp. 203-230
Author(s):  
Leonard Reinecke ◽  
Adrian Meier
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Media Content ◽  
Future Work ◽  
Entertainment Theory

Using media, specifically those that offer entertainment, frequently conflicts with other goals and obligations in daily life. Users can manage these conflicts either by applying self-control and upholding their goals, or by giving in to media temptations, which elicits negative emotional appraisals such as guilt that potentially spoil entertainment experiences. Currently, a systematic integration of self-control and entertainment theory is direly needed to guide future work in this area. The goals of the present chapter are thus threefold: (1) It provides a theoretical explication of the central components of self-control and subsequently (2) introduces the appraisal of media use, self-control, and entertainment (AMUSE) model. The AMUSE model systematizes the available empirical evidence on the role of self-control for the selection, processing, and effects of (entertaining) media content and, on this basis, the chapter (3) provides testable propositions for future research.

scholarly journals How Facial Attractiveness Affects Time Perception: Increased Arousal Results in Temporal Dilation of Attractive Faces

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sihong Zhou ◽  
Lingjing Li ◽  
Fuyun Wang ◽  
Yu Tian
Keyword(s):  
Time Perception ◽  
Empirical Result ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Facial Attractiveness ◽  
Daily Life Activities ◽  
Dilation Effect ◽  
People’S Daily ◽  
People's Daily ◽  
The Relationship

Time perception plays a fundamental role in people’s daily life activities, and it is modulated by changes in environmental contexts. Recent studies have observed that attractive faces generally result in temporal dilation and have proposed increased arousal to account for such dilation. However, there is no direct empirical result to evidence such an account. The aim of the current study, therefore, was to clarify the relationship between arousal and the temporal dilation effect of facial attractiveness by introducing a rating of arousal to test the effect of arousal on temporal dilation (Experiment 1) and by regulating arousal via automatic expression suppression to explore the association between arousal and temporal dilation (Experiment 2). As a result, Experiment 1 found that increased arousal mediated the temporal dilation effect of attractive faces; Experiment 2 showed that the downregulation of arousal attenuated the temporal dilation of attractive faces. These results highlighted the role of increased arousal, which is a dominating mechanism of the temporal dilation effect of attractive faces.

scholarly journals Caregivers of Stroke Survivors: Exploring the Role of Spousal Caregivers through an Occupational Therapy Lens

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Knecht-Sabres ◽  
Karley Kammer ◽  
Matthew Kilian ◽  
Kim Veverka
Keyword(s):  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Spousal Caregivers ◽  
Stroke Survivors ◽  
Daily Life Activities ◽  
Open Coding ◽  
Caregiver Interventions

The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the occupational needs of caregivers of stroke survivors and to identify potential implications for occupational therapy’s role with this population. Methods: Focus groups and a semi-structured interview were used to gather an in-depth perspective on caregivers’ needs and level of participation in valued activities. Interactions were recorded and transcribed verbatim. Data analysis included open coding, formulation of categorical patterns, and thematic analysis. Rigor was enhanced through peer review, multiple coders, member checking, and triangulation. Results: Four primary themes emerged: (1) the essential need for additional services and support; (2) the amount of time spent on addressing spouses’ needs resulted in occupational loss; (3) finding new ways to participate in daily life activities; and, (4) an association between the survivor’s level of impairment and the caregiver’s quality of life. Conclusion: Demands of caregiving can lead to changes in roles, responsibilities, and routines. OT practitioners are uniquely qualified to reinstate valued occupations into daily life, formulate balanced routines, and provide client specific supports and resources. OT services could provide strategies to enhance caregivers’ ability to partake in meaningful occupations and resume a balanced lifestyle. More research is needed to determine the occupational needs of caregivers and the effectiveness of caregiver interventions.

The Power to Create: Sacraments and Men's Need to Birth

Horizons ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 296-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine E. Gudorf
Keyword(s):  
Daily Life ◽  
Biological Role ◽  
Ordinary Life ◽  
Daily Life Activities ◽  
Role Of Women ◽  
The Church

AbstractThe sacraments represent some of the ordinary activities involved in sustaining daily life, activities which are understood to contain meaning and therefore power. These activities are for the most part the province of women in human societies, probably because of the biological role of women in procreation. One of the ways that men have responded to the connection between women and life sustaining activities is to claim the sacramental reenactments of those activities for themselves, and to maintain that the sacramental reenactments, not the ordinary activities, contain meaning and power. The task for the church is to reconnect sacraments with ordinary life by involving men in direct nurture of life and involving women in sacramental administration, so as to demonstrate the reality of divine meaning and power in life.

Social and Temporal Comparisons as Moderators of Psychological Resources Associations With Wellbeing

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 96-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasida Ben-Zur
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Subjective Wellbeing ◽  
Social Comparisons ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Psychological Resources ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Age Range ◽  
General Wellbeing

Abstract. The current study investigated the associations of psychological resources, social comparisons, and temporal comparisons with general wellbeing. The sample included 142 community participants (47.9% men; age range 23–83 years), who compared themselves with others, and with their younger selves, on eight dimensions (e.g., physical health, resilience). They also completed questionnaires assessing psychological resources of mastery and self-esteem, and three components of subjective wellbeing: life satisfaction and negative and positive affect. The main results showed that high levels of psychological resources contributed to wellbeing, with self-enhancing social and temporal comparisons moderating the effects of resources on certain wellbeing components. Specifically, under low levels of mastery or self-esteem self-enhancing social or temporal comparisons were related to either higher life satisfaction or positive affect. The results highlight the role of resources and comparisons in promoting people’s wellbeing, and suggest that self-enhancing comparisons function as cognitive coping mechanisms when psychological resources are low.

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