scholarly journals Relationship Between the Temperament Trait of Sensory Processing Sensitivity and Emotional Reactivity

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jadzia Jagiellowicz ◽  
Arthur Aron ◽  
Elaine N. Aron
Keyword(s):  
Sensory Processing ◽  
Emotional Reactivity ◽  
Emotional Stimuli ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Highly Sensitive ◽  
Sensory Processing Sensitivity ◽  
Quality Of Parenting ◽  
First Time ◽  
Temperament Trait

Sensory processing sensitivity (SPS) is a temperament trait found in around 20% of humans, which has been found to enhance responsiveness to diverse stimuli. In this study, we investigated for the first time the extent to which SPS, and its interaction with quality of parenting, predicts positive and negative experiences in response to emotional stimuli. Participants (N = 96) from the upper and lower quartiles on the standard SPS measure (the Highly Sensitive Person Scale) rated the valence and their arousal level when viewing emotionally evocative and neutral pictures selected from the International Affective Picture System. High (vs. low) SPS individuals rated pictures eliciting emotion, and especially positive ones, as significantly more valenced, and tended to respond faster to the positive pictures; also, high, vs. low, SPS individuals who had reported having high-quality parenting reported greater arousal in response to positive pictures. Overall, results suggest that high SPS individuals respond more strongly to emotional stimuli—especially positive—without being more aroused unless they had especially high-quality parenting.

scholarly journals Exploring Protective Factors in Wellbeing: How Sensory Processing Sensitivity and Attention Awareness Interact With Resilience

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bożena Gulla ◽  
Krystyna Golonka
Keyword(s):  
Protective Factors ◽  
Sensory Processing ◽  
Emotional Reactivity ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Stress Factors ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Highly Sensitive ◽  
Mindful Attention Awareness Scale ◽  
Sensory Processing Sensitivity

The aim of the study is to analyze the relationship between sensory processing sensitivity (SPS), attention awareness, and resilience and to determine whether attention awareness may moderate the relation between sensitivity and resilience. The sample consisted of 273 adults (239 women; Mage=24.12, SD=6.59years). The highly sensitive person scale, the resiliency assessment scale, and the mindful attention awareness scale were used in the study. The results indicate significant relationships between SPS and resilience; emotional reactivity is especially associated with lower resilience, whereas sensing the subtle is associated with higher resilience. The regression analyses revealed that SPS is a significant predictor of resilience, but diverse aspects of sensitivity explain resilience differently. Attentional awareness was found to be a significant moderator that strengthens the positive relationship between sensing the subtle and tolerance of negative emotions. The consequences of high sensitivity include high levels of distress, anxiety, and a sense of overload; therefore, searching for protective factors is important to maintain the wellbeing of highly sensitive people. As one of the characteristics of highly sensitive persons, sensing the subtle may be an important resource that allows to them to deal effectively with difficult situations. Training on attention awareness and conscious presence may be an important way to deal with negative emotions and develop personal competences. The results indicate that these strategies may be of high significance for improving wellbeing and protecting highly sensitive persons against various stress factors.

scholarly journals Individual Differences and Susceptibility to Burnout Syndrome: Sensory Processing Sensitivity and Its Relation to Exhaustion and Disengagement

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krystyna Golonka ◽  
Bożena Gulla
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Sensory Processing ◽  
Emotional Reactivity ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Burnout Syndrome ◽  
Highly Sensitive ◽  
Sensory Processing Sensitivity ◽  
Sensitive Person

The aim of the study is to analyze the relationship between sensory processing sensitivity and occupational burnout. This analysis makes it possible to explore the problem of sensitivity as a predictor of burnout syndrome and to discuss adequate coping strategies in the work environment to improve employee well-being. The sample consists of 516 employees (236 women; Mage = 28.97, SD = 6.62 years). The Highly Sensitive Person Scale (HSPS; 27 items) was used to measure sensory processing sensitivity; the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory (OLBI; 16 items) was used to measure exhaustion and disengagement from work. The analysis of sensitivity is based on the ‘DOES’ model of a highly sensitive person, which includes depth of processing (D), overstimulation (O), emotional reactivity and empathy (E), and sensing the subtle (S). Burnout due to exhaustion and disengagement is analyzed. The factor analysis of the HSPS confirms its three-factor structure. The results indicate significant relationships between sensory processing sensitivity and burnout symptoms. However, the influence of specific aspects of sensitivity on the burnout problem varies: the results indicate that higher emotional reactivity is linked to worse burnout symptoms, but sensing the subtle shows the opposite effect and may be a protective factor against exhaustion. Significant gender differences were observed [F(511,1) = 136.63, p < 0.001; η2 = 0.21]; women revealed a significantly higher level of general sensitivity (Mwomen = 4.66, SD = 0.62) as compared to men (Mmen = 4.01; SD = 0.64). Awareness of one’s high sensory-processing sensitivity and its potential outcomes in the work environment may be essential in order to implement appropriate regulatory strategies. Proactive strategies aimed at reducing prolonged emotional overload may be critical for highly sensitive employees. Recognizing high sensitivity may reduce burnout symptoms and improve well-being at work.

scholarly journals REPRODUCING QUALITIES OF RAMS OF THE MOLDOVAN TYPE KARAKUL BREED

2020 ◽  
Vol 59 ◽  
pp. 92-96
Author(s):  
D. Rotari
Keyword(s):  
Sperm Count ◽  
Sperm Concentration ◽  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Sperm Production ◽  
Livestock Farming ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Average Percentage ◽  
Reproductive Ability ◽  
First Time

Issues related to the reproduction of animals have been and remain one of the most complex and relevant problems of biology and are constantly finding a direct and effective way out into livestock farming practice. The rational use of breeding sheep as producers is limited by the lack of standard, objective methods and methods for the timely assessment of their reproductive ability. The article presents the results of evaluating the sperm production of rams-producers. For the first time, the freshly obtained sperm of rams of Moldavian type producers of the Karakul breed was evaluated using the macroscopic method - ejaculate volume, color and smell, as well as the microscopic method - motility, sperm concentration in the ejaculate, total sperm count in the ejaculate sperm movements (VAP; VSL and VCL) as well as the percentage of abnormal forms of sperm. The experiments were carried out on sheep producers grown on a pedigree farm of the experimental farm of the Moldavian Scientific and Practical Institute of Biotechnology in Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine. As a result of the studies, it was found that the ejaculate volume on average was 0.99 ± 0.04 ml, motility was 0.95 ± 0.02 and sperm concentration 1.51 ± 0.14 billion/ml. The percentage of pathological forms in sperm averaged 13.72 ± 0.61, an indicator that characterizes the high quality of sperm. The average quality indicator of ejaculates obtained from ram-producers of the Moldavian type of the Karakul breed corresponds to physiological standards for the Karakul breed. The average percentage of pathological forms of sperm found in ejaculates indicates that the rams were in good conditions of feeding and keeping. According to research, we can say that the Moldovan type of Karakul rams can be successfully used to obtain high quality ejaculates suitable for freezing sperm at 196°C.

scholarly journals Reconnaissance and latent learning in ants

2007 ◽  
Vol 274 (1617) ◽  
pp. 1505-1509 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nigel R Franks ◽  
James W Hooper ◽  
Anna Dornhaus ◽  
Philippa J Aukett ◽  
Alexander L Hayward ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latent Learning ◽  
Significant Preference ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Temnothorax Albipennis ◽  
Nest Sites ◽  
Strategic Value ◽  
The Future ◽  
First Time

We show that ants can reconnoitre their surroundings and in effect plan for the future. Temnothorax albipennis colonies use a sophisticated strategy to select a new nest when the need arises. Initially, we presented colonies with a new nest of lower quality than their current one that they could explore for one week without a need to emigrate. We then introduced a second identical low quality new nest and destroyed their old nest so that they had to emigrate. Colonies showed a highly significant preference for the (low quality) novel new nest over the identical but familiar one. In otherwise identical experiments, colonies showed no such discrimination when the choice was between a familiar and an unfamiliar high-quality nest. When, however, either all possible pheromone marks were removed, or landmarks were re-orientated, just before the emigration, the ants chose between identical low-quality new nests at random. These results demonstrate for the first time that ants are capable of assessing and retaining information about the quality of potential new nest sites, probably by using both pheromones and landmark cues, even though this information may only be of strategic value to the colony in the future. They seem capable, therefore, of latent learning and, more explicitly, learning what not to do.

scholarly journals Higher sensory processing sensitivity, introversion and ectomorphism: New biomarkers for human creativity in developing rural areas

2012 ◽  
Vol 03 (02) ◽  
pp. 159-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos V Rizzo-Sierra ◽  
Martha E Leon-S ◽  
Fidias E Leon-Sarmiento
Keyword(s):  
Sensory Processing ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Sensory Information ◽  
Neural Connectivity ◽  
Highly Sensitive ◽  
Human Creativity ◽  
Sensory Processing Sensitivity ◽  
New Biomarkers

ABSTRACTThe highly sensitive trait present in animals, has also been proposed as a human neurobiological trait. People having such trait can process larger amounts of sensory information than usual, making it an excellent attribute that allows to pick up subtle environmental details and cues. Furthermore, this trait correlates to some sort of giftedness such as higher perception, inventiveness, imagination and creativity. We present evidences that support the existance of key neural connectivity between the mentioned trait, higher sensory processing sensitivity, introversion, ectomorphism and creativity. The neurobiological and behavioral implications that these biomarkers have in people living in developing rural areas are discussed as well.

scholarly journals Temperament trait of sensory processing sensitivity moderates cultural differences in neural response

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 219-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur Aron ◽  
Sarah Ketay ◽  
Trey Hedden ◽  
Elaine N. Aron ◽  
Hazel Rose Markus ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Sensory Processing ◽  
Neural Response ◽  
Sensory Processing Sensitivity ◽  
Temperament Trait

scholarly journals Ampelographic and oenological characterization of the ancient grapevine cv. Dobričić grown in the coastal region of Croatia

OENO One ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 263
Author(s):  
Goran Zdunić ◽  
Irena Budić-Leto ◽  
Urska Vrhovsek ◽  
Iva Tomić-Potrebuješ ◽  
Edi Maletić
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Region ◽  
Red Wines ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Virus Incidence ◽  
High Virus ◽  
First Time ◽  
Outstanding Quality ◽  
Selection Of

<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Aims</strong>:A four-year study (2007 through 2010) was carried out to determine agronomic, biological, and oenological characteristics of Dobričić grapevines so as to evaluate this cultivar and protect it from extinction.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Methods and results</strong>: 38 characteristics from the OIV descriptor list were used to describe young shoot, mature leaf, cluster, and berry morphology of Dobričić grapevines. The dimensions of an average leaf were constructed from measured leaf variables. A typical Dobričić genotype at nine microsatellite loci is presented. ELISA analysis revealed high virus incidence and all samples tested were GLRaV-3 positive. The profile of different classes of polyphenols in Dobričić wine was determined using HPLC and spectrophotometry. The concentrations of polyphenols in Dobričić wine, especially anthocyanins, hydroxycinnamic acids and stilbenes, were high compared to major red wines reported in the literature. Descriptive sensory analysis was carried out to determine the aroma attributes describing a Dobričić monovarietal wine.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Conclusion</strong>: Knowledge of the biodiversity of the grapevine cultivars of Croatia is still scant. This study provides for the first time ampelographic and oenological information on Dobričić grapevines and demonstrates its high quality potential.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Significance and impact of the study</strong>: The results of the ampelographic characterization would be helpful in the identification and selection of Dobričić for cultivation in certain vine-growing areas. The outstanding quality of Dobričić makes it very promising for wine blending (colour improvement) and plant breeding purposes.</p>

scholarly journals Influence of powder from tuber topinambur on the consumer properties of venison cutlets in storage

2020 ◽  
Vol 203 ◽  
pp. 04001
Author(s):  
Inessa Zaсhesova ◽  
Stanislav Kolobov ◽  
Natalia Shagaeva
Keyword(s):  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Lipid Oxidation ◽  
Binding Capacity ◽  
Jerusalem Artichoke ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Water Binding ◽  
Mechanical Methods ◽  
Subsequent Storage ◽  
First Time

For the first time, studies were conducted on changes in the consumer properties of cutlets with powder from Jerusalem artichoke tubers during storage. In solving these problems, generally accepted special organoleptic, physicochemical, microbiological, structural and mechanical methods for studying the properties of finished products were used. It has been established that venison cutlets with Jerusalem artichoke tubers powder are characterized by greater stability of consumer properties compared to cutlets without Jerusalem artichoke tubers powder. During freezing and subsequent storage of cutlets, a decrease in water binding capacity and an increase in losses during heat treatment were noted. It should be noted that these changes were less pronounced in cutlets with powder from Jerusalem artichoke tubers, compared with cutlets without powder from Jerusalem artichoke tubers. It was found that cutlets with powder from Jerusalem artichoke tubers produced with powder from Jerusalem artichoke tubers showed a lower level of lipid oxidation compared to cutlets without powder from Jerusalem artichoke tubers. The results of the tasting assessment confirmed the high quality of venison cutlets with Jerusalem artichoke tubers powder.

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