scholarly journals Regulatory Resources and Person’s Life Plans under Uncertainty Conditions during COVID-19 Lockdown in Russia

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-24
Author(s):  
Nailya G. Kondratyuk ◽  
Igor Y. Tsyganov ◽  
Irina M. Kolesnikova ◽  
Varvara I. Morosanova
Keyword(s):  
Self Regulation ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Stress Factors ◽  
Personal Life ◽  
Educational Goals ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Life Plans ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Regulation Development ◽  
The Impact

The research considers the problem of regulatory resources of the personal life plans in uncertain and unpredictable situations on the material of the COVID-19 pandemic spread in the world and in Russia. The study was conducted during a lockdown in Russia, in an online format, with the help of the Tilda Publishing block website builder and the Google Forms survey administration software. The study sample included 165 respondents aged 16 to 56 years. The Self-regulation Profile Questionnaire - SRPQM 2020 , The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, CES-D , and the authors questionnaire which includes a number of questions related to personal life plans and professional/educational curriculum were used for diagnose. The study results demonstrated that the higher conscious self-regulation development is associated with the higher person's clarity and understanding of the future plans, the more stable career path (including professional and educational goals), and the less actual depressive symptoms. And vice versa: the low level of the conscious self-regulation development correlates with the difficulties with considering the life plans, the fickleness of professional and educational goals, being affected by external factors, and with the pronounced actual manifestations of depression. The data obtained contribute to the development of ideas about the conscious self-regulation phenomenon and human regulatory resources ensuring stability of the personal life plans in situations of uncertainty and serving as a buffer that softens the impact of external stress factors and neutralizes their possible negative consequences.

scholarly journals The impact of dietary tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus) on serum apelin, brain-derived neurotrophic factor, cardiac troponin concentrations and histopathology of liver tissue in laying hens housed at different stocking densities

2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (No. 6) ◽  
pp. 269-279
Author(s):  
B Bayraktar ◽  
E Tekce ◽  
H Kaya ◽  
M Karaalp ◽  
E Turunc
Keyword(s):  
Blood Vessels ◽  
Neurotrophic Factor ◽  
Cardiac Troponin ◽  
Stocking Density ◽  
Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor ◽  
Egg Laying ◽  
Stress Factors ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Artemisia Dracunculus ◽  
The Impact

Due to its association with several other stress factors (poultry house gases, inadequate ventilation, heat, cold and poor hygiene), the high stocking density is a major stress factor that adversely affects the health and performance of poultry and the quality of the poultry products. Therefore, this experimental study was aimed at analysing the impact of different doses of dietary tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus) on the serum apelin, plasma brain-derived neurotrophic factor (p-BDNF), and cardiac troponin I (cTnI) concentrations, and the correlation between these indicators in laying hens housed at different stocking densities. The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of adding tarragon in different ratios to laying hen rations in the 2<sup>nd</sup> ovulation period on the cTnI, apelin, and BDNF hormone concentrations and the liver histopathology. The experiment was carried out over a period of eight weeks, with 192 Lohman Brown commercial hybrids at 50 weeks of age. Eight groups (four replicates each), composed of laying hens of equal body weight, which were housed at stocking densities of 580 cm<sup>2</sup>/hen and 810 cm<sup>2</sup>/hen and received 0, 1, 5 and 10 mmol/kg of tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus) in the feed, were established. At the end of the trial, 96 of the housed egg-laying hens (3 birds in each subgroup, a total of 12 birds in each group) were randomly selected and blood samples were taken from the vena subcutanea ulnaris. The samples collected were analysed for the apelin, p-BDNF, and cTnI contents. The analysis results demonstrated that tarragon supplementation had no effect on the serum apelin, p-BDNF and cTnI concentrations (P &gt; 0.05). The Sub-Groups ST1, ST1.2, and ST6 presented with severe hyperaemia of the sinusoidal, portal and acinar blood vessels, whilst the hyperaemia of these blood vessels was moderate in Sub-Group ST12. Apelin, BDNF, and cTnI can act as protective factors against negative consequences of stress (e.g., stocking density or heat stress).

scholarly journals The impact of beliefs about mental health problems and coping on outcome in schizophrenia

2004 ◽  
Vol 34 (7) ◽  
pp. 1165-1176 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. LOBBAN ◽  
C. BARROWCLOUGH ◽  
S. JONES
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Psychosocial Interventions ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Physical Health Problems ◽  
Regulation Model ◽  
The Impact

Background. Using the theoretical framework of the Self Regulation Model (SRM), many studies have demonstrated that beliefs individuals hold about their physical health problems are important in predicting health outcomes. This study tested the SRM in the context of a mental health problem, schizophrenia.Method. One hundred and twenty-four people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia were assessed on measures of symptom severity, beliefs about their mental health problems, coping and appraisal of outcome at two time points, 6 months apart.Results. Using multivariate analyses and controlling for severity of symptoms, beliefs about mental health were found to be significant predictors of outcome. Beliefs about greater negative consequences were the strongest and most consistent predictors of a poorer outcome in both cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses.Conclusions. These results suggest that the SRM is a promising model for mental health problems and may highlight important areas for development in clinical, and especially psychosocial interventions.

scholarly journals Basic principles of financial markets regulation and legal aspects of the legislative requirements

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 337-349
Author(s):  
Borys Yazlyuk ◽  
Anatoliy Guley ◽  
Ruslan Brukhanskyi ◽  
Hanna Shovkoplias ◽  
Tetiana Shvydka
Keyword(s):  
Financial Services ◽  
Control Function ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Military Conflict ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact

Financial services market (FSM) is one of the effective mechanisms for ensuring the competitiveness of the country’s economy. It is precisely because of its ability to direct investment flows into the most attractive segments of the economy, and the FSM development can contribute to economic growth. Accordingly, today it is important to strengthen the financial services market in Ukraine. For this purpose, it is necessary to study the current state, identify problems and determine the main directions of its development in a timely manner.The article investigates the financial services market in Ukraine, which is unstable, characterized by a significant outflow of financial resources, and underdeveloped financial intermediaries. FSM deterioration was also influenced by factors such as: financial crisis, sharp exchange rate fluctuations, military conflict, decline of the country’s economy, etc. Negative consequences of the events in the country were reflected even in a quite developed banking system. The focus is on the lack of financial culture in society, which is due to low deposit activity, high level of non-repayment of loans, lack of confidence in the new tools, and the introduction of new products in the financial services market. However, the development of the country as a whole is impossible without a strong financial services market.It is noted that one of the important conditions for the FSM development and the effectiveness of macroeconomic tasks entrusted to it is the formation of an effective mechanism of the financial market state regulation. Such a mechanism should include both elements of state regulation and self-regulation of the financial services market. Accordingly, the formation of indicators aimed at assessing the impact of state regulation on the development of the financial services market becomes relevant.The article examines the implementation of state regulation in financial services markets, analyzes the activity of the FSM state regulation in Ukraine and the control function effectiveness, considers the dynamics of the main indicators of the financial services markets development in Ukraine, and analyzes the level of financial services markets development.

scholarly journals The Impact of Structural and Functional Social Resources on Loneliness Among Americans Age 50 Years and Older

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 540-540
Author(s):  
Jillian Minahan
Keyword(s):  
Social Resources ◽  
Psychological State ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Functional Aspects ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Quality Aspects ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Cognitive Discrepancy ◽  
Structural Aspects

Abstract Social isolation and loneliness have many negative consequences (e.g., Cacioppo et al., 2006; Griffin et al., 2018; Uchino, 2006), especially among older adults (Perissinotto et al., 2012). According to the cognitive discrepancy theory (CDT), loneliness is the negative psychological state resulting from the perceived discrepancy between one’s desired level of social resources and one’s actual level of social resources (Peplau & Perlman, 1982; Perlman & Peplau, 1998). Social resources have both structural (e.g., objective) and functional (e.g., perceptions of the quality) aspects (Holt-Lunstad, 2017). The relationship between structural and functional social resources has been described as a filtration process in which functional aspects mediate the association between structural aspects and loneliness (Cacioppo et al., 2016; Hawkley et al., 2008, Hawkley & Kocherginsky, 2018). However, this filtration model has not been empirically tested within the CDT. This study examined the relationship among structural social resources (SSR), functional social resources (FSR), and loneliness cross-sectionally and longitudinally using a sample of 3,345 Americans aged 50 years and older from the 2008 and 2012 waves of the Health and Retirement Study. Results showed that there was a significant indirect effect both cross-sectionally (β = -.07) and longitudinally (β = -.06) such that FSR mediated the relationship between SSR and loneliness. Ultimately, the CDT is useful in explaining the complex relationship between structural and functional aspects of one’s social resources with loneliness, and interventions may seek to target the functional aspects of one’s social network to improve loneliness, rather than focusing solely on structural aspects.

Children with developmental delay: self-regulation development through education

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. V. Babkina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Developmental Delay ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Cognitive Activity ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Specific Work ◽  
Primary Role ◽  
Intervention Programme ◽  
Suggested Approach ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Regulation Development

This article focuses on the current issue of psychological and educational support of children with developmental delay (DD) in today’s educational environment. Approach to diagnosing and intervention in case of this type of mental dysontogenesis was analysed. The study shows that the disorder-related character typical for children with DD plays a primary role in the underdevelopment of conscious self-regulation. The study validated the differentiated approach to revealing specific educational needs of children with DD in compliance with their type of mental development and their level of self-regulatory development by first grade. The design of longitudinal study on conscious self-regulation development in cognitive activity in children with DD through education is described here. Children aged 7–8 years were involved in the study (n = 87), including children with DD (n = 57) and children with typical development (n = 30). At ascertain and control phase of the study, an analysis of medical and pedagogical record, psychologicial observation of children during the experimental research and in classes. parent and teacher questionnaire was conducted. The dotting test, visual pattern test, and Toulouse-Pieron attention test are the practical methods used in the study. The article describes the area of specific work and intervention aimed at selfregulatory development in school children with DD and aimed at special educational conditions that facilitate capacities of children in terms of conscious self-regulation. The study provides the experiment results of self-regulation development in primary school pupils with DD that estimate the efficiency of the suggested approach. Resuming the study results, this type of intervention should be included in psychological and educational intervention programme for children with DD.

scholarly journals Comparing the Impact of Nature, Blended, and Traditional Preschools on Children’s Resilience: Some Nature May Be Better Than None

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Ernst ◽  
Hannah Juckett ◽  
David Sobel
Keyword(s):  
Protective Factors ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Psychological Resilience ◽  
Early Childhood Assessment ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Preschool Participation ◽  
Nature Preschool ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Better Than

This study examined the effect of nature preschools on the development of key protective factors associated with psychological resilience. The Deveraux Early Childhood Assessment for Preschoolers, Second Edition (DECA-P2), was used to assess the growth in the protective factors of initiative, self-regulation, and attachment in 87 children who attended nature, blended, and traditional preschool classes within the same school district. Study results suggest that nature preschool participation was important in the context of initiative. Blended classes, where some nature-based practices were incorporated into traditional preschool classes, were sufficient in the sense of being more impactful than traditional classes on self-regulation, attachment, and the total protective factors overall. Implications are discussed within the context of the limitations of the study.

A Polling-at-Home Approach to Improving Students' Learning Performance

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerry Chih-Yuan Sun ◽  
Helena Seli ◽  
Brandon Martinez ◽  
Yu-Yan Lin
Keyword(s):  
Student Performance ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Educational Psychology ◽  
Teaching Strategy ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Learning Performance ◽  
Just In Time ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Impact

Plenty-of-Time Teaching (PoTT) is a teaching strategy adopted by teachers to better understand students' learning status through pre-class activities in order to facilitate adjustments to teaching methods. Extending the concept of PoTT, the goal of this study is to explore the impact of Plenty-of-Time Learning (PoTL) on students' self-regulation, test anxiety, cognitive engagement, and learning performance. Participants were 167 students enrolled in an introductory educational psychology class in which the instructor used either PoTL or Just-in-Time Learning (JiTL) strategy. Students who adopted the PoTL strategy engaged in BlackBoard polling question-and-answer activities that helped teachers understand the overall learning status of the students. The study results indicated that the PoTL strategy enhanced student performance. We recommend that when using PoTL in the future, teachers can open up an online discussion platform to help students not only better understand their own learning situation but also improve their learning strategies.

Contraception and Adolescents

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 134-138
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Sexual Activity ◽  
Parental Support ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Age At Onset ◽  
Family Characteristics ◽  
Educational Goals ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Contraceptive Behavior ◽  
The Impact

Pediatricians should be active participants in the effort to reduce the negative consequences of adolescent sexual activity. Preventive measures include counseling teenagers and their families on responsible sexual decision-making, including abstinence, and providing contraceptive services for sexually active patients, when requested. In previous statements, the American Academy of Pediatrics has addressed the impact of adolescent pregnancy,1 counseling the pregnant adolescent,2 and management of sexually transmitted diseases.3 This statement provides information on adolescent sexual and contraceptive behavior, and it presents guidelines for counseling teenagers on sexual activity and contraceptive methods, including abstinence. Because of differences in the needs and circumstances of each adolescent, the practitioner should use these guidelines to develop an individualized approach suitable for young persons. Due to concern about acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, among other risks, a renewed emphasis on careful and informed decision-making regarding sexual activity is reflected in this revised statement. ADOLESCENT SEXUAL AND CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR Since 1970, there has been a distinct increase in the percentage of adolescents reporting nonmarital sexual activity. By 14 years of age, 10% to 20% of boys and 5% to 10% of girls report having had sexual intercourse. By 17 years of age, approximately half of all adolescents are reported to have had intercourse at least once. By 19 years of age, the majority are reported to have done so.4 The factors most strongly associated with age at first intercourse appear to be biology (age at onset of puberty), opportunity (dating behavior), peer group influences, personal expectations (academic achievement, educational goals, religiousness), and family characteristics (parental support and controls).5

scholarly journals Stress and Burnout Among Social Workers in The VUCA world of COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriela Dima ◽  
Luiza Meseșan Schmitz ◽  
Marinela Cristina Șimon
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Organizational Support ◽  
Stress Factors ◽  
Burnout Syndrome ◽  
Care Plan ◽  
Supervisory Support ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Impact

This paper aims to contribute to the advancement of scientific knowledge about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on social workers and the social work profession in Romania. Research has shown that social work is a profession at high risk for developing the burnout syndrome, which has many detrimental effects on both social workers and the clients that they serve. Two conceptual models are used to frame the discussion: the theoretical framework of VUCA (volatility, uncer-tainty, complexity, and ambiguity) to discuss the challenges of the unprecedented context the COVID-19 pandemic has created for social workers; stress and burnout to explain the negative impact of this period of time. Based on convergent mixt methods, the study sample consisted of 83 social workers employed in statutory and private social services in Romania, from different fields of intervention. Results show that 25,3% of respondents suffer from a high level of burnout and 44.6% scored in a range that indicate a medium level of burnout. A group of 31.1% have managed to handle stress factors in a healthy manner. Main stressors found are especially personal (fear of contamination, personal and family) and work-related factors (workload, new legislative rules and decisions, inconsistency, instability, ambiguity of managerial decisions, or even their absence or non-assumption, lack of clarity of working procedures, limited managerial and supervisory support, limited financial resources), less than client related factors (lack of direct contact, risk of contami-nation in two ways, managing beneficiaries fears, difficulties related to technology and digital skills). Study results point to the importance of organizational support and developing a self-care plan that help protect against occupational stress and burnout. Recommendations are made putting forward the voice of fieldworkers and managers fostering initiatives and applications of sustainability-based measures and activities designed to deal with the challenges of the VUCA environment.

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