scholarly journals Children’s Anxiety in Performance Sport

GYMNASIUM ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol XX (1) ◽  
pp. 110
Author(s):  
Carmen-Aneta Preja
Keyword(s):  
Large Degree ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Anxiety State ◽  
Warning Sign ◽  
Adaptive Function ◽  
Psychological Point ◽  
Anxiety Levels ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Different Levels

Assessment of the anxiety state in performance sports and the way it can affect sportive evolution. The Anxiety Scale was applied in Spielberg testing which targets the anxiety levels when taking a test, exam, school response, allowing the separation of 2 sub-quotas: W (Worry) representing “concern” and E - emotions. Anxiety symptoms were reported in all three categories (gymnasts, athletes, and non-athletes). Out of the total quota obtained for each group, different levels of concern were registered: average degree of concern/fear for 38.11% of the control group students, a medium to large degree of concern, 39.31% for the first group of athletes, followed by gymnasts with 53.91% and the second group of athletes with 33.38%. Out of the 60 respondents, 34 were girls,and 26 boys. From a biological and psychological point of view, anxiety acts as a warning sign meant to mobilize the adaptive function of the individual.

scholarly journals Designing Functional Clothes for Persons with Locomotor Disabilities

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 281-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonela Curteza ◽  
Viorica Cretu ◽  
Laura Macovei ◽  
Marian Poboroniuc
Keyword(s):  
Life Quality ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Living Standards ◽  
Equal Opportunities ◽  
Psychological Benefits ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Psychological Point ◽  
Positive Discrimination ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
The Individual

Abstract The life quality improvement issue is a problem of national and international interest. This acquires total different values when it is to refer to a series of disadvantaged categories, that is the persons with locomotor disabilities. It is an inevitable social responsibility to create equal opportunities for disabled people, to prevent any intentional or unintentional discrimination that they face and apply positive discrimination if necessary to improve their living standards and to let them have an equal share from social development as productive individuals of society. A disability is any kind of restriction or inability to accomplish a certain activity, which belongs to the interval considered as “normal” for a human being. Disabilities are characterized by deficiencies or excesses in the activity or behaviour that is normally expected from a person; they can be temporary or permanent, reversible or irreversible, progressive or regressive. The physical disabilities that require the use of wheelchairs imply the manufacturing of special clothing products that meet certain needs at a functional and/or therapeutic level. The study presents the main aspects involved in designing and developing textile products for this category of users. Therefore, the apparel that is specially designed for persons with disabilities has to: allow more freedom and independence when is being worn, correspond to the aesthetic point of view, offer psychological benefits and help to socially integrate the individual who wears it. In addition, clothes should not hinder the individual’s mobility and must allow the use of the chest and of the superior limbs to the maximum, they must be durable, have a low level of electrostatic charge, be absorbent and comfortable, present the so-called “rehabilitation functions”, and last but not least, be beneficial for the wearer both from a physical and psychological point of view.

scholarly journals Efectos de un programa de Zumba® sobre niveles de ansiedad-rasgo, ansiedad-estado y condición física en estudiantes universitarias chilenas

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Álvaro Huerta Ojeda ◽  
Guillermo Barahona-Fuentes ◽  
Sergio Galdames Maliqueo ◽  
Pablo Cáceres Serrano ◽  
Paula Ortiz Marholz
Keyword(s):  
Grip Strength ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Anxiety State ◽  
Group 12 ◽  
Anxiety Trait ◽  
Undergraduate Female ◽  
Salud Mental ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
And Control ◽  
Different Levels

Diversas investigaciones han determinado que la implementación de programas de actividad física mejora la salud mental. Sin embargo, aún existen dudas sobre los beneficios de los programas Zumba® en la población que lo practica. El propósito de este estudio fue determinar los efectos de un programa de ejercicio físico basado en Zumba®, sobre los niveles de ansiedad-rasgo y ansiedad-estado en estudiantes universitarias chilenas. Investigación cuantitativa cuasi-experimental, con una muestra de 22 estudiantes mujeres de pregrado (grupo experimental = 10 y grupo control = 12). Las variables fueron: ansiedad-rasgo (A-R) y ansiedad-estado (A-E), además de variables físicas como antropometría, consumo máximo de oxígeno (VO2máx) y fuerza prensil. El análisis estadístico se realizó a través de un ANOVA mixto para todas las variables. En nivel de significancia fue de p < 0,05. Los resultados evidenciaron cambios no significativos en los distintos niveles de A-R ni A-E luego de la aplicación del programa de Zumba® (p > 0,05), tampoco hubo cambios en las otras variables de estudio (p > 0,05). Al término de la intervención, no se observaron efectos del programa de Zumba® sobre los distintos niveles de A-R y A-E, como tampoco sobre variables antropométricas, VO2máx ni fuerza prensil. Several investigations have specified that the implementation of physical activity programs improve mental health. However, there are still doubts about the benefits on the population taking part in Zumba® programs. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of a Zumba® based working out program on the levels of anxiety-trait and anxiety-state in Chilean university students. It was a quantitative, cuasi-experimental study with a sample of 22 undergraduate female students (experimental group = 10 and control group = 12). The variables were anxiety-trait (A-T) and anxiety-state (A-S), in addition to physical variables, such as anthropometry, maximum oxygen consumption (VO2max) and grip strength. A statistical analysis was performed through a mixed ANOVA. The level of significance for all analyses was p < 0.05. The results showed no significant changes in the different levels of A-T or A-S (p > 0.05), there were also no changes in the other variables (p > 0.05). At the end of the intervention, no effects of the Zumba® program were observed on the different levels of A-T and A-S, nor on anthropometric variables, VO2max or grip strength. Várias investigações determinaram que a implementação de programas de atividade física melhora a saúde mental. No entanto, ainda existem dúvidas sobre os benefícios dos programas Zumba® na população que pratica. O objetivo deste estudo foi determinar os efeitos de um programa de exercícios físicos baseado no Zumba®, sobre níveis de Ansiedade-Traço e Ansiedade-Estado em estudantes universitários chilenos. Pesquisa quantitativa quase experimental, com uma amostra de 22 estudantes do sexo feminino (grupo experimental [GE] = 10 e grupo controle [GC] = 12). As variáveis foram: Ansiedade-Traço (A-T) e Ansiedade-Estado (A-E), ambas avaliadas pelo STAI Trait State Anxiety Questionnaire, além de variáveis físicas como antropometria, consumo máximo de oxigênio (VO2máx) e força pré-trilateral. A análise estatística foi realizada através de uma ANOVA mista para todas as variáveis e uma tabela de contingência por meio do Qui-Quadrado de Pearson para os diferentes níveis de A-T e A-E. O nível de significância para todas as análises foi de p <0,05. Os resultados não mostraram alterações significativas em todas as variáveis do estudo após a aplicação do programa Zumba® (p> 0,05); também não houve diferenças nos diferentes níveis de A-T ou A-E (p> 0,05). Ao final da intervenção, não foram observados efeitos do programa Zumba® sobre diferentes níveis de A-R e A-E, nem nas variáveis antropométricas, VO2máx ou força preênsil.

The Mentally Defective Criminal

1913 ◽  
Vol 59 (245) ◽  
pp. 314-325
Author(s):  
J. P. Sturrock
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Preventive Detention ◽  
Juvenile Delinquent ◽  
The Public ◽  
Resident Surgeon ◽  
Psychological Point ◽  
Physical Defects ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Mental Aspect ◽  
Mental Defect

Some forty years ago, Dr. Bruce Thomson, the first resident surgeon to this prison, contributed to the medical journals a series of observations upon over 5,000 prisoners. He dealt chiefly with the more obvious physical defects which, to his thinking, supported the theory of the existence of the instinctive criminal, and though his observations were somewhat generalised, he was rightly regarded as a pioneer in the science of criminal anthropology. He also drew attention to the prevalence of weak-mindedness among juvenile prisoners, and stated that as much as 12 per cent. of all prisoners required special observation soon after admission because of mental defect. There is little doubt that in his time the old method that consigned all forms of disordered conduct to prison still persisted, and many changes have since taken place that would tend to diminish his percentage. Prison discipline is still, in spite of its mildness, largely credited with bringing into prominence many symptoms that are put down to mental defect. It would be reasonable to look for a considerable reduction in the numbers of weak-minded persons in prisons during a period when prison administration can conscientiously take to its credit the fruits of a progressive spirit that is not, however, readily granted to it by many whose reforming enthusiasm takes no thought of the spade-work that has preceded their own awakening. The psychological point of view is prominent in the most recent methods of dealing with the criminal. Preventive detention for the habitual, probation for the first offender, Borstal training for the juvenile delinquent, etc., all recognise the mental aspect of the offender as fully as any system that can be evolved by the mental pathologist. That the mental abnormality of the habitual major offender is a more complex affair in its origin and treatment than is insanity will, I am sure, be amply verified by the future experience of the preventive detention institutions, where grave disorder can only result if the treatment views too much in this light of irresponsibility the vicious tendencies of the inmates. From whatever point of view we look upon the habitual and professional criminal, it is certain that many of this type may be safely left to the law which is rightly concerned with the protection of the public, and continually progresses in an endeavour to fit the punishment to the individual.

scholarly journals Professional formation of a teacher in monitoring research

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (189) ◽  
pp. 105-110
Author(s):  
Olga Voloshina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
General Purpose ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Human Interaction ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Pedagogical Orientation ◽  
Psychological Point ◽  
Key Competencies ◽  
Personal Qualities ◽  
The Individual ◽  
High Skill

The professional and pedagogical characteristics of the professional development of a teacher include, first of all, the level of professional-theoretical, as well as methodical and practical training of the teacher. The pedagogical orientation of the individual is manifested in the nature of solving this task. The pedagogical orientation of the teacher means, first of all, his interest in pedagogical activity and ability to be engaged in it. Orientation includes goals, motives and emotional attitude to activities (love, pleasure and other needs). Achieving high skill in teaching and educating individuals largely depends on the personal qualities of the teacher. And first of all from his pedagogical abilities. The activity of a teacher, as a form of expressing a person's active attitude to the surrounding reality, is concentrated in the field of involving the younger generation in the accumulation of social experience. Lack of purposeful education can lead to both intellectual and moral degradation of new generations. A specialist in the field of education is entrusted with social responsibility for the consequences of his work. The general purpose of the teacher - the formation of key competencies of the individual in the learning process. From a psychological point of view, a goal is a result of a person's predicted activity with a certain object. The result of the activity demonstrates the changes that occur with the object during human interaction with it. The issue of key competencies is being debated around the world today. This problem is especially relevant now in connection with the modernization of Ukrainian education.

The Greatest Happiness Principle

Utilitas ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. L. S. Sprigge
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Basic Principle ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Moral Evaluation ◽  
Moral Truth ◽  
Political Position ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Do So

My purpose in what follows is not so much to defend the basic principle of utilitarianism as to indicate the form of it which seems most promising as a basic moral and political position. I shall take the principle of utility as offering a criterion for two different sorts of evaluation: first, the merits of acts of government, social policies, and social institutions, and secondly, the ultimate moral evaluation of the actions of individuals. I do not take it as implying that the individual should live his life on the basis of constant evaluations of this sort. For there are different levels of decision making each with its appropriate criteria. For example, we each inevitably make many of our decisions from the point of view of our own personal self-fulfilment and this cannot regularly take a directly utilitarian form, nor should the utilitarian want it to do so. His claim is at most that we should sometimes review our life from the point of view of a kind of impersonal moral truth of a universalistic utilitarian character.

scholarly journals Fatty Acid Composition in Intramuscular Lipids of Experimental Scaly Crossbreds in 3-Year-Old Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio L.)

2007 ◽  
Vol 76 (8) ◽  
pp. S73-S81 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Buchtová ◽  
Z. Svobodová ◽  
M. Křížek ◽  
F. Vácha ◽  
M. Kocour ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Linoleic Acid ◽  
Large Degree ◽  
Pure Line ◽  
Monounsaturated Fatty Acids ◽  
Fat Content ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Mirror Carp ◽  
Intramuscular Lipids

The aim of the study was to determine the differences in the composition of fatty acids (in % of total fatty acids investigated), their total contents and ratios (n-6/n-3) in intramuscular lipids (IML) of three experimental scaly groups of carp (pure line PS: Přerov scaly carp, hybrid PS × M72: Přerov scaly carp × Northern mirror carp, hybrid PS × ROP: Přerov scaly carp × Ropsha scaly carp) in comparison with the mirror carp control group (hybrid M2 × M72: Hungarian mirror carp × Northern mirror carp). Compared with the controls (M2 × M72), fat content in meat of experimental groups of carp (PS, PS × M72, PS × ROP) was practically the same (p > 0.05). The highest fat content (89.8 ± 1.94 g kg-1) was found in meat of PS × ROP hybrids. Composition of fatty acids in IML was not influenced to any large degree by a hybrid type or by gender. The only exception was the IML of PS × ROP hybrids which, compared with controls (M2 × M72) and PS × M72 hybrids, contained significantly (p < 0.05) more polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAsum). Higher content of oleic acid (PS × ROP: 54.94 ± 0.70%) in carp fat was manifested by higher monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAsum) values (PS × ROP: 64.20 ± 0.57%). IML of PS × ROP hybrids contained 6.99 ± 0.20% of linoleic acid and 0.53 ± 0.02% of arachidonic acid. Contents of α-linoleic acid (PS × ROP: 0.86 ± 0.09%), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) (PS × ROP: 0.69 ± 0.09%) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) (PS × ROP: 0.35 ± 0.02%) were low and influenced the PUFA n-6/n-3 ratio (PS × ROP: 3.25 ± 0.18). From this point of view, the IML of carp groups in this experiment constituted a relatively minor source of PUFAn-3 (PS × ROP: 2.39 ± 0.09%).

scholarly journals Psychosocial Implications of Patients with Tracheostomy - a Suggestive Example of Interdisciplinarity

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Stan ◽  
Maria-Daniela Tuta ◽  
Alin Laurentiu Tatu
Keyword(s):  
Self Esteem ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Permanent Disability ◽  
Psychological Training ◽  
Preoperative Training ◽  
Psychological Point ◽  
General Surgeons ◽  
The Individual ◽  
High Level

Performed urgently or out of necessity, tracheostomy is one of the most traumatic surgeries that seriously affects the patient's quality of life. It has a profound impact on the ability to communicate and on self-esteem, so that the patient can experience a storm of emotions and major changes that can affect their existence. The patient with tracheostomy is a special patient with special needs. The care of such a patient involves a constant multidisciplinary effort supported by specialists in many fields: ENT specialists, oncologists, radiotherapists, anesthetists, neurosurgeons, general surgeons, physiotherapists, speech therapists, nutritionists especially psychotherapists. Tracheostomy affects the basic needs of the individual: communication, nutrition, sexuality, social relationships. Numerous studies show that patients with tracheostomy show a high level of psychological distress. Depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, frustration, alienation, isolation, tendency to suicide are the negative consequences of this mutilating surgery. Perceived as a permanent disability, tracheostomy requires special care from a psychological point of view. Sometimes, however, it is observed that both patients and their families are not sufficiently informed about the management of tracheostomy. Due to lack of means or staff, not enough emphasis is placed on preoperative training so that the patient fully understands both the benefits and the disadvantages of this surgical technique. Therefore, often the patient's family, which later assumes the role of caregivers of the tracheotomized, perceives it as a burden, excessive fatigue, helplessness, abandonment from society. This paper aims to highlight the importance of pre- and postoperative psychological training of both the patient and his family and to demonstrate that tracheostomy care can be one of the most suggestive examples of interdisciplinarity that seeks to provide effective solutions in this regard.

scholarly journals Personalized Virtual Reality Human-Computer Interaction for Psychiatric and Neurological Illnesses: A Dynamically Adaptive Virtual Reality Environment That Changes According to Real-Time Feedback From Electrophysiological Signal Responses

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob Kritikos ◽  
Georgios Alevizopoulos ◽  
Dimitris Koutsouris
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Electrodermal Activity ◽  
Virtual Simulation ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Anxiety State ◽  
Electrophysiological Responses ◽  
Neurological Illnesses ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Electrophysiological Signal

Virtual reality (VR) constitutes an alternative, effective, and increasingly utilized treatment option for people suffering from psychiatric and neurological illnesses. However, the currently available VR simulations provide a predetermined simulative framework that does not take into account the unique personality traits of each individual; this could result in inaccurate, extreme, or unpredictable responses driven by patients who may be overly exposed and in an abrupt manner to the predetermined stimuli, or result in indifferent, almost non-existing, reactions when the stimuli do not affect the patients adequately and thus stronger stimuli are recommended. In this study, we present a VR system that can recognize the individual differences and readjust the VR scenarios during the simulation according to the treatment aims. To investigate and present this dynamically adaptive VR system we employ an Anxiety Disorder condition as a case study, namely arachnophobia. This system consists of distinct anxiety states, aiming to dynamically modify the VR environment in such a way that it can keep the individual within a controlled, and appropriate for the therapy needs, anxiety state, which will be called “desired states” for the study. This happens by adjusting the VR stimulus, in real-time, according to the electrophysiological responses of each individual. These electrophysiological responses are collected by an external electrodermal activity biosensor that serves as a tracker of physiological changes. Thirty-six diagnosed arachnophobic individuals participated in a one-session trial. Participants were divided into two groups, the Experimental Group which was exposed to the proposed real-time adaptive virtual simulation, and the Control Group which was exposed to a pre-recorded static virtual simulation as proposed in the literature. These results demonstrate the proposed system’s ability to continuously construct an updated and adapted virtual environment that keeps the users within the appropriately chosen state (higher or lower intensity) for approximately twice the time compared to the pre-recorded static virtual simulation. Thus, such a system can increase the efficiency of VR stimulations for the treatment of central nervous system dysfunctions, as it provides numerically more controlled sessions without unexpected variations.

SOCIO- PEDAGOGICAL FACTORS FOR VALUE FORMATION AMONG MODERN STUDENTS YOUTH

2018 ◽  
pp. 64-68
Author(s):  
Hanna Chorna
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Western Society ◽  
Lower Priority ◽  
Psychological Point ◽  
The Individual

pedagogical, psychological factors, which influence on the process of values formation and development. It has been figured out the definition of “value”, which is usually considered as importance, significance or usefulness for a personality, society or ethnic group. It has been stated that values formation for a person happens in hard conditions in comparison with social norms and values. Such factor causes contradiction and, perhaps, strong and notable conflicts. In modern students youth environment, high common to all mankind values are diminished and lost; they are namely, kindness, honour, humanity, sincerity, justice, and compassion for other people. Sometimes students youth prefers not spiritual moments of human-being, but the values of material welfare forgetting that the best and most important in life, such as love, smile, family, happiness, can be obtained free of charge. It has been singled out the mental manifestations of spirituality, among which there are development, religiosity, creativity, search, and love. It has been presented here the sociological researches of value orientations among students’ youth of the last decade. These researches convince that the certain personality type has been forming in the consciousness of modern youth. This type is common for the Western society that is a person who first of all values themselves and thinks that their activity, success in life and all of this depend on them. It has been studied that, from a psychological point of view, value orientations are a special meaningful value and sense dimension, which characterizes the subject as a personality. It has been revealed that mass media strongly influences the formation of youth value orientations, considering that mass media occupies the leading positions in the system of communications of the individual in the modern society. According to the conducted study of values and views of young people, the main priorities in life, for most of them, are family happiness and career. Of the lower priority among youth preferences there are the opportunity to be free and independent in their decisions and actions and to be able to realize their talents and abilities. Young people living in urban areas, compared to rural youth, say mostly about their family-oriented happiness, their intentions to make a career and to be able to realize their talents and abilities. As a result of the study, it has been found out that the values of modern youth are significantly influenced by the environment, in which the individual resides and the place of residence. This all defines his opportunities and, accordingly, values orientations.

scholarly journals Pedagogical narratives of choral conductor L. M. Venediktov

2021 ◽  
pp. 141-144
Author(s):  
Victor Stepurko
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Development ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Choral Conductor ◽  
Teaching Activity ◽  
Language Communication ◽  
The Individual ◽  
First Time ◽  
Language Content ◽  
Different Levels

The purpose of the article is to consider the teaching activity of the professor of NMAU named after P. I. Tchaikovsky L. M. Venediktov, who in communication with students formed an understanding of the essence of creative personality in kinship with society, and the expression of their own vision of artistic paths and civilizational progress of society contributed to the rapid development of culture by future generations of creative youth. The methodology is related to the use of pedagogical narrative technologies, from the point of view of activating the creative potential of higher education students, focusing on the threefold connection of language, communication, and social component, focuses not only on the logical presentation of events but also in a certain state of society. Scientific novelty. For the first time the teaching activity in the context of the theory of historical and psychological narrative is considered, the pedagogical school of the teacher is analyzed as a way of systematization by the individual of historical experience and its transfer to students on the basis of the psychological narrative. The diversity of the teacher's efforts in combining language content of different levels of orientation is revealed: intellectual, emotional, sensory, visual, etc. Conclusions. The features of psychological, historical, and biographical narrative concepts used by the teacher to achieve the professional and spiritual growth of his students are described. It was stated that the teaching activity of the outstanding Maestro was crowned by a whole galaxy of outstanding artists who now work in many countries of the world and in Ukraine.

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