Is a Kiss Just a Kiss?: Predicting Variations in Motives for Romantic Kissing

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elle A. Moore ◽  
Danica Kulibert ◽  
Ashley E. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Goal Attainment ◽  
Sexual Attitudes ◽  
Relationship Status ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Committed Relationships ◽  
Sexual Motives ◽  
Hierarchical Multiple Regression ◽  
Permissive Sexual Attitudes

Romantic kissing is vastly understudied in scientific research, with only one study systematically examining romantic kissing motives and associated gender differences. The current study explored motives for romantic kissing in greater detail by examining whether gender, age, relationship status, sexual attitudes, and personality predicted variations in adults’ romantic kissing motives. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses (N = 461) revealed that those with more permissive sexual attitudes, higher levels of extraversion, those currently in committed relationships and those younger in age were most likely to endorse relational/sexual motives for romantic kissing. Goal attainment/insecurity motives were most frequently endorsed by men and those with more permissive sexual attitudes, higher levels of extraversion, lower levels of agreeableness, and lower levels of conscientiousness. Results emphasise the importance of a variety of variables in understanding motives for romantic kissing.

The Impact of Discrimination Beyond Sense of Belonging: Predicting College Students’ Confidence in Their Ability to Graduate

2020 ◽  
pp. 152102512095760
Author(s):  
Zachary A. Jackson ◽  
I. Shevon Harvey ◽  
Ledric D. Sherman
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Initial Step ◽  
Extracurricular Activity ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Hierarchical Multiple Regression ◽  
Final Sample ◽  
The Impact

Data from the Healthy Mind Study were analyzed using hierarchical multiple regression analyses to determine the role of discriminatory experience in students’ confidence in their ability to persist through graduation, controlling for age, extracurricular activity participation, housing, years in their degree program, and their sense of belonging. The final sample consists of 4,708 college students—57.1% women, 70.8% Whites, 7.4% Blacks, 10.4% Asians, and 10.4% Latinx. A final hierarchical multiple regression with discrimination and covariates revealed an overall model that explained 15.5% of the total variance of confidence to persist (F [12, 4574] = 76.762, p < .001). The frequency of discriminatory experiences explains a statistically significant percentage of the variance in students’ confidence in their ability to persist. Thus, efforts to minimize students’ discriminatory experiences need to be increased. This study offers an initial step that institutions can implement to serve and retain their students better.

Moderation Effects of Coping Flexibility on the Association Between Depressive Symptoms and Suicidal Risk

Crisis ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Tsukasa Kato
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Coping Strategy ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Suicidal Risk ◽  
Hierarchical Multiple Regression ◽  
Coping Flexibility ◽  
Causal Direction ◽  
Level Method

Abstract. Background: This study focused on poor coping flexibility, which involves the perseveration of a failed coping strategy, as a moderator of the association between depression and suicidal risk; no study has previously examined the association between coping flexibility and suicidal risk. Aims: This study examined whether individuals with lower coping flexibility would have a stronger suicidal risk when experiencing depression above a certain level. Method: Participants, who were 682 college students, answered questionnaires regarding coping flexibility, depressive symptoms, and suicidal risk. Results: Hierarchical multiple regression analyses showed that in individuals with greater depressive symptoms, lower coping flexibility was associated with higher suicidal risk, but this was not the case in individuals without depressive symptoms. Our hypothesis was supported. Limitations: Our findings cannot indicate the causal direction of the association between coping flexibility and depressive symptoms and suicidal risk. Conclusion: Our findings may be useful in understanding the association between depression and suicidal risk through coping flexibility and contribute to reductions in suicidal risk, as coping flexibility can be improved through training.

Bodies on Display: Female Aerobic Instructors and Social Physique Anxiety

2000 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather A. Hausenblas ◽  
Kathleen A. Martin
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Aerobic Exercise ◽  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Repeated Exposure ◽  
Social Physique Anxiety ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Social Evaluation ◽  
Hierarchical Multiple Regression

Social physique anxiety (SPA) is a subtype of social anxiety that stems from self-presentational concerns about the appearance of one’s physique. The purpose of the present study was to examine correlates of SPA among individuals who instruct in a high social evaluation setting. Data from 286 female aerobic instructors (M age = 34.11) were collected on SPA, age, body mass index (BMI), exposure to the exercise setting (number of years spent instructing and participating in aerobic classes), and motive for instructing (leadership, affect enhancement, self-presentational). Hierarchical multiple regression analyses revealed that BMI, age, and motive for instructing accounted for 25% of the variance in SPAS scores, F(6, 223) = 12.11, p < .0001. Women who instructed for self-presentational motives had significantly higher SPA compared to women who instructed for leadership and affect enhancement motives. Contrary to hypothesis, the amount of exposure to the aerobic exercise setting was unrelated to SPA. Based on this result, we suggest that repeated exposure to a physique salient environment does not diminish women’s self-presentational concerns about their bodies.

Knowledge Workers' Interpersonal Skills and Innovation Performance: An Empirical Study of Taiwanese High-Tech Industrial Workers

2010 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming-Tien Tsai ◽  
Cheng-Chung Chen ◽  
Chao-Wei Chin
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Interpersonal Skills ◽  
Customer Orientation ◽  
Knowledge Workers ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Industrial Workers ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Hierarchical Multiple Regression ◽  
Technology Orientation

The main way in which knowledge workers' interpersonal skills affect their innovation performances during collaborations was investigated including the relationships among the orientation of the collaborations of which the knowledge workers were part, their interpersonal skills, and their innovation performances. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses were conducted on data gathered from a sample of 130 usable dyadic questionnaires completed by R&D engineers and their managers in Taiwanese high-tech industries. The 2 main empirical results are: first, both customer orientation and technology orientation of collaborations make significant contributions to engineers' innovation performances; second, engineers' interpersonal skills significantly moderate the influences of customer orientation of collaborations on their innovation performances, but do not significantly moderate the influences from the technology orientation of collaborations.

Experiential Acceptance and Psychological Well-Being in Korean-Born Adoptees

2012 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 399-410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alix P. Sarubbi ◽  
Jennifer Block-Lerner ◽  
Simon M. Moon ◽  
Dahra Jackson Williams
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Clinical Implications ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Identity Exploration ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Hierarchical Multiple Regression ◽  
Experiential Acceptance

Previous research on Korean-born adoptees suggests that exploring one’s ethnic identity may increase one’s psychological well-being. Existing research also suggests that some adoptees may not engage in ethnic identity exploration because they wish to avoid feeling different because of their adopted status. The current study sought to integrate these findings and investigate associations between experiential acceptance of adoption-related thoughts and feelings, ethnic identity, and psychological well-being in a Korean-born adoptee population ( N = 91). Hierarchical multiple regression analyses revealed that experiential acceptance significantly contributed to both psychological well-being and development of a positive ethnic identity. Clinical implications for therapists and families are discussed.

Time Pressure Promotes Work Engagement

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antje Schmitt ◽  
Sandra Ohly ◽  
Nina Kleespies
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Time Pressure ◽  
Job Demands ◽  
Appraisal Theory ◽  
Curvilinear Relationship ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Hierarchical Multiple Regression ◽  
Activation Theory ◽  
Curvilinear Relation

Based on activation theory and appraisal theory, this study examines the curvilinear relationship between time pressure and work engagement. Further, we argue that this curvilinear relation holds only if time pressure is not induced by unreasonable or unnecessary tasks. We tested our hypotheses in a heterogeneous sample of 191 employees. Results of moderated hierarchical multiple regression analyses provide evidence for an inverted U-shape relation between time pressure and work engagement. Our findings show that the motivating effect of a moderate level of time pressure holds only when employees are assigned to tasks with a low unreasonability rating. Our findings have implications for research on antecedents of work engagement and the job demands-resources model.

Preparation of the Japanese Version of the Diabetes Caregiver Activity and Support Scale and Verification of Its Reliability and Validity

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 475-484
Author(s):  
Satoshi Ida ◽  
Ryutaro Kaneko ◽  
Kanako Imataka ◽  
Kaoru Okubo ◽  
Yoshitaka Shirakura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Original Version ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Hierarchical Multiple Regression ◽  
Scale Scores ◽  
Patients With Diabetes ◽  
Burden Scale

Purpose The purpose of the study was to adapt and psychometrically evaluate a Japanese language version of the Diabetes Caregiver Activity and Support Scale (D-CASS-J) to be culturally relevant for people with diabetes living in Japan. Methods A Japanese translation of the original version of the D-CASS was prepared, corrected, and back-translated. Family caregivers of patients with diabetes mellitus ages ≥65 years who visited the outpatient diabetes clinic of Ise Red Cross Hospital were included. Cronbach’s α coefficients were calculated as an assessment of internal consistency. Exploratory factor analyses were performed to verify construct validity. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses were performed using depression as the dependent variable and D-CASS-J and other variables as explanatory variables. Pearson’s correlation coefficients between D-CASS-J scores and the support burden scale scores were calculated to verify criterion-related validity. Results This analysis included 268 subjects. Cronbach’s α coefficient was .86. Factor analyses showed the same single-factor structure as the original version of the D-CASS. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses based on the conceptual model demonstrated construct validity. D-CASS-J scores were significantly correlated with support burden scale scores. Conclusions For family caregivers of elderly patients with diabetes in Japan, D-CASS-J can be used as a tool to evaluate difficulties experienced while providing support to patients.

scholarly journals Loss of Meaning as a Predictor of Distress in Prison

2015 ◽  
Vol 61 (13) ◽  
pp. 1411-1432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siebrecht Vanhooren ◽  
Mia Leijssen ◽  
Jessie Dezutter
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Direct Relationship ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Hierarchical Multiple Regression ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Univariate Analyses

Incarceration has been described as a distressing experience, marked by important losses and accompanied by deep existential crises. Some prisoners “hit rock bottom” and are confronted with the fact that their life does not make sense anymore. Surprisingly, loss of meaning among prisoners has not been studied in a quantitative way before. In this study, we explored the relationship between loss of meaning inflicted by incarceration and distress. In a sample of 365 prisoners, univariate analyses and hierarchical multiple regression analyses confirmed that a loss of meaning positively predicted distress in prison. Differences between prison regimes predicted distress, but had no influence on the loss of meaning. Unsentenced incarceration, in contrast, did not have a direct relationship to distress, but amplified the effect of loss of meaning on distress. Psychotherapy and chaplain support did not affect the relationship between loss of meaning and distress during incarceration.

Mysticism Matters: Distinguishing between Intrinsic Religiosity, Extrinsic Religiosity, and Spirituality Using Higher-order Factors of Personality and Mysticism

2010 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew L. Campbell ◽  
Sherman A. Lee ◽  
D. Lisa Cothran
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Mystical Experience ◽  
Psychology Students ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
Intrinsic Religiosity ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Hierarchical Multiple Regression ◽  
Extrinsic Religiosity ◽  
Religiosity And Spirituality ◽  
Criterion Variables

The current study was designed to examine factors of personality and mystical experience that might predict the extent to which participants were intrinsically religious, extrinsically religious, and/or spiritual, while controlling for gender and race. Data from 777 introductory psychology students were used. Hypotheses were partially supported with three hierarchical multiple regression analyses. The personality factors traditionalism and transformation were found to be modest differentiating predictors of the three criterion variables. However, the three factors of mysticism, introvertive, extrovertive, and religious interpretation mysticism, were found to predict substantial differentiating variance between intrinsic religiosity and spirituality.

Impulsiveness and Child-to-Parent Violence: The Role of Aggressor’s Sex

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Rico ◽  
Jaime Rosado ◽  
David Cantón-Cortés
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Drug Consumption ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Hierarchical Multiple Regression ◽  
Aggression Questionnaire ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Consumption Habits

AbstractThe aim of the present study was to analyze the role of minors’ impulsiveness in the perpetration of child-to-parent violence (CPV), controlling for sex, age, interest allocated to studies, and participant´s and parent´s drug consumption habits, as well as to test the moderating role of the aggressor’s sex on impulsiveness. The sample comprised 934 students from high school centers (438 boys and 496 girls), aged between 13 and 21 years. Impulsiveness was assessed through the Barratt’s Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11), whereas CPV perpetration was assessed employing the Child-to-Parent Aggression Questionnaire. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses showed that both attentional (β = .09, p < .05; β = .12, p < .001) and motor impulsiveness (β = .26, p < .001; β = .25, p < .001) were related to the perpetration of CPV. Interaction analyses showed a moderating role of the aggressor’s sex over motor impulsiveness in the case of CPV towards the father (β = .29, p < .05), and over attentional impulsiveness in the case of CPV towards the mother (β = .45, p < .001). Results confirm the idea that minors’ impulsiveness has an effect on the probability of CPV perpetration, which differs according to the sex of the perpetrator.

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