scholarly journals Reasons to Pretend Orgasm, Mate Retention, and Relationship Satisfaction in Brazilian Women

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 147470492110329
Author(s):  
Mariana C. Biermann ◽  
Mariana G. Farias ◽  
Glysa O. Meneses ◽  
Guilherme S. Lopes ◽  
Todd K. Shackelford
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Sample Size ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Brazilian Portuguese ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Mate Retention ◽  
Heterosexual Relationship ◽  
Pretending Orgasm ◽  
The Relationship

We investigated the relationship between Brazilian women’s reported reasons for pretending orgasm, their performance of mate retention behaviors, and their relationship satisfaction. Additionally, we secured evidence of the validity and reliability of a Brazilian-Portuguese adaptation of the Reasons to Pretend Orgasm Inventory (RPOI). Participants were 295 Brazilian women in a heterosexual relationship ( Mage = 24.9 years, SDage = 5.4 years). Participants completed a Brazilian-Portuguese adaptation of the Mate Retention Inventory-Short Form, and the translated RPOI (the Escala de Razões para Fingir Orgasmo; ERFO). The resulting 47-item ERFO represents well the original 63-item RPOI. The frequency with which Brazilian women pretend orgasm was negatively associated with their relationship satisfaction. Our sample size may not be sufficient to detect small effects. In addition, due to the exploratory nature of the study, the results should be interpreted with caution and future research may attempt to replicate these findings with larger samples and in other countries.

PENGEMBANGAN SKALA LOCUS OF CONTROL

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 417-424
Author(s):  
Hendryadi Hendryadi
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Employee Selection ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Two Stages

This article aims to develop a short form of the locus of control scale. The study was conducted in two stages: a study of 66 respondents as pilot testing which aims to test content validity, structure validity, and internal consistency. Study 2 was conducted on 328 respondents used to test the validity and reliability of the scale evaluated by the PLS-SEM method (such as internal consistency, convergent validity, and discriminant validity). The analysis concludes that the 8-item locus of control scales tested have adequate validity and reliability. A short form locus of control scale was developed and validated in this study, so it can be used in future research and evaluation for HR management practitioners in employee selection Keywords: locus of control, EFA, CFA, scale construction

scholarly journals Undergraduate Omani Students’ Identity and Perceptions of Parenting Styles

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Said Aldhafri ◽  
Ibrahim Al-Harthy
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Parenting Styles ◽  
Academic Identity ◽  
Identity Status ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Identity Statuses ◽  
Reasonable Evidence ◽  
Explained Variance ◽  
The Relationship

<p>The current study examined the relationship between university students’ academic identity and their perceptions of their parents’ parenting styles among a sample of Omani students. Marcia’s (1993) academic identity statuses are adapted. These are moratorium, foreclosed, diffuse, and achievement. Parenting styles included authoritative, authoritarian, and permissive. The participants were 192 undergraduate students from Oman. The participants responded to Arabic versions of the Academic Identity Status (Was &amp; Isaacson, 2008) and the Parenting Authority Questionnaire (Buri, 1991). Both questionnaires showed reasonable evidence of validity and reliability. The findings show that parenting styles varied in their relationship with the four statuses of students’ academic identity. Using the three parenting styles as predictors in the regression models, the lowest percentage of explained variance among identity dimensions was found for moratorium, while the highest explained variance was found for diffusion. Implications and future research are discussed and presented by the end of the paper.</p>

Customer Satisfaction via Service Quality Dimensions

2016 ◽  
pp. 1829-1846
Author(s):  
Gyaneshwar Singh Kushwaha ◽  
Shiv Ratan Agrawal
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Quality Dimensions ◽  
Service Quality Dimensions ◽  
Improve Service Quality ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of the study is to measure the customer satisfaction via service quality dimensions as a whole and individually in the context of stock broking services. A non probability convenient sampling approach has been used in the study. Respondents have been restricted to those who have the experience of trading in stock market through stock brokers. The sample consisted of 229 valid individual customers from Bhopal (MP), India through structured self-administrated questionnaire. Convergent validity, discriminant validity and reliability of the collected data were measured before testing of the research model. An exploratory factor analysis has been conducted using principal components analysis to determine the dimensions of financial service quality. A linear regression was performed to test the relationship between the service quality dimensions and customer satisfaction. The findings suggest that service quality as a whole and individually have a significant impact on customer satisfaction. The results of the study provide useful information for managers to improve service quality which leads to customer satisfaction. The findings were solely on stock broking services from Bhopal (MP) in India which impacts its generalisability. Replication of the present study might be required in other stock broking markets, to improve generalisability using larger samples. Another potential area for future research could be the link between service quality dimensions, customer satisfaction and customer loyalty and customer retention at stock broking services. The study is important considering the economic advantages of satisfying and retaining current customers as opposed to seeking for new customers which is essential in stock broking services. The paper contributes to the literature on stock broking services in India.

Customer Satisfaction via Service Quality Dimensions

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 32-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gyaneshwar Singh Kushwaha ◽  
Shiv Ratan Agrawal
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Quality Dimensions ◽  
Service Quality Dimensions ◽  
Improve Service Quality ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of the study is to measure the customer satisfaction via service quality dimensions as a whole and individually in the context of stock broking services. A non probability convenient sampling approach has been used in the study. Respondents have been restricted to those who have the experience of trading in stock market through stock brokers. The sample consisted of 229 valid individual customers from Bhopal (MP), India through structured self-administrated questionnaire. Convergent validity, discriminant validity and reliability of the collected data were measured before testing of the research model. An exploratory factor analysis has been conducted using principal components analysis to determine the dimensions of financial service quality. A linear regression was performed to test the relationship between the service quality dimensions and customer satisfaction. The findings suggest that service quality as a whole and individually have a significant impact on customer satisfaction. The results of the study provide useful information for managers to improve service quality which leads to customer satisfaction. The findings were solely on stock broking services from Bhopal (MP) in India which impacts its generalisability. Replication of the present study might be required in other stock broking markets, to improve generalisability using larger samples. Another potential area for future research could be the link between service quality dimensions, customer satisfaction and customer loyalty and customer retention at stock broking services. The study is important considering the economic advantages of satisfying and retaining current customers as opposed to seeking for new customers which is essential in stock broking services. The paper contributes to the literature on stock broking services in India.

Disengaged, exhaustive, benevolent: Three distinct strategies of mate retention

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (9) ◽  
pp. 2677-2692 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guilherme S. Lopes ◽  
Todd K. Shackelford
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Romantic Relationship ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Mate Retention ◽  
Frequent Use ◽  
Opposite Sex

Mate retention behaviors are designed to reduce the risk of partner infidelity or relationship defection. In the current research, we used k-means cluster analysis to identify distinct strategies of mate retention behaviors. Participants were 637 individuals (56.3% male) in a romantic relationship with an opposite-sex individual for at least 3 months ( M = 78.7; SD = 95.8) and aged between 18 and 70 years ( M = 29.3, SD = 10.5). Participants completed the Mate Retention Inventory–Short Form. The results suggested three distinct mate retention clusters or strategies: (1) Disengaged (infrequent use of both benefit-provisioning and cost-inflicting behaviors), (2) Exhaustive (frequent use of both benefit-provisioning and cost-inflicting behaviors), and (3) Benevolent (frequent use of benefit-provisioning and infrequent use of cost-inflicting behaviors). The results also indicated, for example, that men more than women use a benevolent strategy, women more than men use a disengaged strategy, and men using an exhaustive strategy report being less physically intimate with their partners than men using a benevolent strategy. We discuss the results with reference to evolutionary hypotheses of mate retention, and we highlight limitations of the current research and important directions for future research.

Demographic determinants of electronic commerce (EC) adoption by SMEs

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 326-345 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hart Okorie Awa ◽  
Don Monday Baridam ◽  
Barinedum Michael Nwibere
Keyword(s):  
Geographical Location ◽  
Factor Loading ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Top Management ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Location Factors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Demographic Composition ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose – Research on the demographic characteristics of top management team (TMT) on e-commerce adoption has really advanced. Although some of such studies factored location factors as e-commerce adoption drivers, rare attempts have been made to unravel if the differences in the demographic composition of TMT and the rate of adoption may be explained by the differences in the firm’s geographical location. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to bridge this knowledge gap by proposing a framework that conceives and measures geographical location as a contextual variable between e-commerce adoption and TMT composition. Design/methodology/approach – Data were generated from the opinions of owners/managers of 226 SMEs drawn purposefully from registered SMEs in five industries located in three geo-political zones of Nigeria. Two cities (a state capital and a commercial nerve centre) were studied and a four-step hierarchical regression (spanning factor-loading) was used to test the hypotheses. Findings – Evidence from the study shows that the hypothesized relationships between demographic factors and e-commerce adoption (main/direct effects) were statistically significant (supporting H1-H4). The two moderators (physical infrastructures and industrial specialization) that explained location factors were equally statistically significant in moderating the relationship between the demographic composition of TMT and e-commerce adoption. Research limitations/implications – Sampling the opinions of SMEs in some industries of three geo-political zones of Nigeria limits the power of generalization. Therefore, extended data and measures are required to replicate the study in order to build external validity and reliability, and possibly theories. Further, some errors seem unavoidable in the course of converting the data through SPSS procedure just as all the measures used appear subjective and prone to common method bias. Other demographic and location factors not captured in the study may be handled by future studies. Originality/value – The work will be of benefit to the academia and practitioners in terms of showing how location factors dictate the relationship between the demographic composition of top management and e-commerce adoption. The paper raises pointers that stimulate future research and advised policy-makers on even or near-even distribution of infrastructural facilities.

scholarly journals Negative arousability and relationship satisfaction: The mediating role of empathy

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-90
Author(s):  
Ariadna B. Łada ◽  
Maria Kaźmierczak
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Emotional Regulation ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Empathic Concern ◽  
Personal Distress ◽  
Emotional Empathy ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Relationship

Temperamental traits and empathy are both associated with emotional regulation; they thus shape both the quality of an individual’s life and the functioning of his or her social relationships. However, the mediating effects of emotional empathy in the relationship between temperamental characteristics and relationship satisfaction have not been closely analyzed and therefore require further study. This study examined the effects of temperamental arousability – global negative arousability and its components (fear, sadness, discomfort, frustration) – on emotional empathy and, consequently, on relationship satisfaction. One hundred and fifty young adults (104 women, 46 men) aged 20 to 35 participated in the study. The participants had been in romantic relationships for at least six months. The study used a sociodemographic survey and a set of questionnaires which included the Adult Temperament Questionnaire – Short Form, the Empathic Sensitiveness Scale and the RELAT Questionnaire. The results showed that empathic concern fully mediated the relationship between global negative arousability and relationship satisfaction. Furthermore, the effects of fear and sadness on relationship satisfaction were fully mediated by empathic concern and personal distress. Additionally, personal distress fully mediated the relationship between discomfort and relationship satisfaction. Neither empathic concern nor personal distress were mediators in the relationship between frustration and relationship satisfaction. It can therefore be concluded that although partners who exhibit higher global negative arousability report lower relationship satisfaction, they might become more satisfied when being more compassionate and caring towards others.

scholarly journals Identifying the Empirical Gaps in the Relationships between Student Engagement and Their Academic Achievement; Future Research

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Iruka I. L. Galappaththi ◽  
Ravindi Dissanayake ◽  
Thilina W. Welgama ◽  
Udara A. Somachandara ◽  
Ranitha S. Weerarathna ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Student Engagement ◽  
Sample Size ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Single Subject ◽  
Qualitative Approaches ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Critical Literature

This research paper basically discussed about the empirical gaps when identifying the relationship between student engagement and their academic achievement, which would be useful for the future researches on the topic. Secondary data collection was used. A critical Literature Review was conducted using a sample size of 22 articles. The first gap is about the sample size, where the sample is being limited to just one university/school/institute. The second gap is about the way the researchers have measured the academic achievement, where most have done using a single subject result, which would be impractical. Thirdly, lack of qualitative approaches to measure the relationship between student engagement and academic achievement is identifies as a gap. As the fourth gap, students from all the years and variety of faculties should be taken, as student engagement might vary with them. As the fifth gap, many researchers have identified that most researches have been carried out targeting one country, which might be failed to give an overall result on the relationship. The sixth gap identified was that many of the researchers have paid to the respondents in filling the survey and therefore the researchers have faced restrictions due to unavailability of sufficient financial resources. The last gap which was identified throughout the literature was that information technology nowadays has an influence on student engagement and the fact was not taken into account by most of the researches. At the latter part of the research, the recommendations to the future researchers were given.

Religion and Relationship Quality Among Cohabiting and Dating Couples

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (7) ◽  
pp. 1904-1932 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea K. Henderson ◽  
Christopher G. Ellison ◽  
Norval D. Glenn
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Religious Involvement ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Marital Expectations ◽  
Dating Couples ◽  
Working Age ◽  
Role Of Religion ◽  
The Relationship

Despite research on religion and marriage, little is known about the role of religion in the relationships of nonmarried couples. This study addresses two questions: (a) Do various dimensions of religious involvement—shared religious beliefs, affiliation and attendance, and theistic sanctification—influence the relationship satisfaction and marital expectations of dating and cohabiting individuals? (b) Is the association mediated by positive and negative relationship behaviors by the respondent and/or partner? We investigate these questions using the National Survey of Religion and Family Life, a nationwide sample of working-age adults, aged 18 to 59 years ( n = 468) with oversamples of African Americans and Latinos. Various dimensions of religious involvement are positively associated with the relationship satisfaction and expectations to marry among nonmarried individuals. Positive and negative relationship behaviors slightly diminish the link between religion and (a) relationship satisfaction and (b) expectations of marriage. Several implications and promising directions for future research are discussed.

scholarly journals No Evidence for a Relationship between Intelligence and Ejaculate Quality

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 147470492096045
Author(s):  
Tara DeLecce ◽  
Bernhard Fink ◽  
Todd Shackelford ◽  
Mohaned G. Abed
Keyword(s):  
Sperm Count ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Sperm Concentration ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Genetic Quality ◽  
Phenotypic Quality ◽  
The Relationship

Genetic quality may be expressed through many traits simultaneously, and this would suggest a phenotype-wide fitness factor. In humans, intelligence has been positively associated with several potential indicators of genetic quality, including ejaculate quality. We conducted a conceptual replication of one such study by investigating the relationship between intelligence (assessed by the Raven Advanced Progressive Matrices Test–Short Form) and ejaculate quality (indexed by sperm count, sperm concentration, and sperm motility) in a sample of 41 men (ages ranging 18 to 33 years; M = 23.33; SD = 3.60). By self-report, participants had not had a vasectomy, and had never sought infertility treatment. We controlled for several covariates known to affect ejaculate quality (e.g., abstinence duration before providing an ejaculate) and found no statistically significant relationship between intelligence and ejaculate quality; our findings, therefore, do not match those of Arden, Gottfredson, Miller et al. or those of previous studies. We discuss limitations of this study and the general research area and highlight the need for future research in this area, especially the need for larger data sets to address questions around phenotypic quality and ejaculate quality.

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