scholarly journals Studying the personality traits of students within the framework of the poles splitting of the cognitive style analyticity/synthetic

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-64
Author(s):  
Svetlana A. Dupina
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Cognitive Style ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Empathy Development ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
High Level ◽  
Very High

This article examines the problem of studying anxiety and empathy within the framework of the splitting of the poles of the cognitive style of analyticity/synthetics in subjects aged 17-18. The study was carried out using the following methods – “Free sortingˮ by Riley W. Gardner modified by Voldemar Kolga, “Diagnostics of the level of empathyˮ by Il’dar Yusupov, “State-Trait Anxiety Inventoryˮ by Charles Donald Spielberger and Juri Hanin. The study involved 80 students. Using the methodology “Free sortingˮ by R.W. Gardner, modified by V.A. Kolga, the following groups were identified in the sample of subjects: synthetics/categorisers, synthetics/globalists, analysts/differentiators and analysts/detailisers. Diagnostics according to the methodology “State-Trait Anxiety Inventory” by Ch.D. Spielberger and J. Hanin made it possible to identify high, medium, and low levels of anxiety. Analysis of the research results using the methodology “Diagnostics of the level of empathyˮ by I.M. Yusupov determined the presence in the sample of students of very high, high, medium and low levels of development of empathy. The group of synthetics/categorisers and analysts/differentiators were distinguished by low and medium levels of anxiety, high and medium levels of empathy development. The group of synthetics/globalists and analysts/detailisers was characterised by a high level of anxiety, low and medium levels of development of empathy.

scholarly journals Anxiety and its influence on maternal breastfeeding self-efficacy

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciana Camargo de Oliveira Melo ◽  
Marina Cortez Pereira Bonelli ◽  
Rosa Vanessa Alves Lima ◽  
Flávia Azevedo Gomes-Sponholz ◽  
Juliana Cristina dos Santos Monteiro
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
State Anxiety ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
Exact Test ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
High Level

Objective: to identify the levels of anxiety and breastfeeding self-efficacy in puerperal women at the intervals of 60, 120, and 180 days postpartum; and to verify the influence of anxiety on breastfeeding self-efficacy among these puerperal women. Method: an analytical, longitudinal and prospective study, conducted with 186 puerperal women, and which used a sociodemographic and obstetric characterization questionnaire, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and the Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale - Short Form. The analyses were performed by means of descriptive statistics, and Fisher’s Exact Test was used. Results: most of the puerperal women presented low levels of trait anxiety (55.4%) and of state anxiety (66.2% at 60 days, 72.8% at 120 days, and 75.5% at 180 days), and a high level of self-efficacy (77.3% at 60 days, 75.3% at 120 days, and 72.1% at 180 days of puerperium). Low levels of trait anxiety and state anxiety were associated with high self-efficacy at 60 days (p=0.0142 and p=0.0159, respectively). Conclusion: it is necessary to pay greater attention to the mental health of puerperal women, considering that those who presented low levels of anxiety had higher levels of self-efficacy, a situation that can result in longer exclusive breastfeeding.

scholarly journals Development Level of Brand Management at Banks in Bosnia and Herzegovina

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 66
Author(s):  
Beriz Civic
Keyword(s):  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Brand Management ◽  
Management Development ◽  
Management Decisions ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Development Level ◽  
High Level ◽  
Very High

The paper analyzes the development level of the brand management at the banks operating on the market of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The aim of the research was to establish to what extent certain elements of brand management are present and whether the brand management decisions are made based on the systematic or the ad hoc approach. The research results indicate that five banks in BiH have a very high level of brand management development. Making brand management related decisions for these banks is based on the systematic approach. It has been established that other banks in BiH have a lower level of brand management development and that for most banks in this group the process of making brand management decisions is characterized by the ad hoc approach.

Objectives and Review of the International Milk Fluoridation Program

1995 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 110-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.N. Pakhomo
Keyword(s):  
Dental Caries ◽  
National Level ◽  
Data Bank ◽  
Epidemiological Studies ◽  
Weighted Mean ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
The World ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
High Level ◽  
Very High

The WHO Global Oral Data Bank (GODB) demonstrates wide varieties of dental caries levels. During the last 10 years, dental caries prevalence in many countries has decreased from very high and high to moderate and low levels. However, there also are countries where dental caries has increased from very low and low to a moderate level. In total in 1993, of the 158 countries for which the WHO GODB has data available, 16 countries indicate a very low level (69 - low, 53 - moderate, 17 - high), and only three a very high level of dental caries. Very high levels of dental caries have been recorded in Costa Rica, Jamaica, and Uruguay. All these data, based on the weighted mean of DMF in 12-year-old children, have been obtained from national surveys or collected from published papers on oral health surveys conducted in selected areas of the countries. Very often, these papers indicated an increase (or decrease) in dental caries in people living in different areas of a particular country; however, the DMF weighted mean at the national level is still without change. One of the most populated countries in the world, China, shows clear evidence from several recent epidemiological studies that the level of dental caries in the urban population is persistently increasing. Dental caries still remains one of the most common diseases affecting a substantial number of children and adults around the world. There is evidence that water or

scholarly journals Self-Concept and Inattention or Hyperactivity–Impulsivity Symptomatology: The Role of Anxiety

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 250
Author(s):  
Marisol Cueli ◽  
Celestino Rodríguez ◽  
Laura M. Cañamero ◽  
José Carlos Núñez ◽  
Paloma González-Castro
Keyword(s):  
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Adhd Symptomatology

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been associated with low levels of self-concept (academic, emotional, social or physical), although this association can differ in the function of the inattention or hyperactivity–impulsivity symptomatology. Furthermore, the relation between ADHD and self-concept can be mediated or moderated by the levels of anxiety. This work is aimed to examine the differential effect of inattention symptomatology and hyperactivity–impulsivity symptomatology on academic, emotional, social and physical self-concept and the mediating or moderating role of anxiety in this relationship. A total of 167 students (70.7% boys and 29.3% girls) aged between 11 and 16 participated in this study. Students’ ADHD symptomatology, self-concept in four areas (academic, emotional, social and physical self-concept) and trait anxiety were measured with the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children. The results indicate that trait anxiety mediates the relationship between inattention and emotional, social and physical self-concept but does not moderate this relationship. Trait anxiety does not mediate or moderate the relationship between hyperactivity–impulsivity symptoms and self-concept. When inattention symptomatology increases, academic self-concept decreases directly, but students’ emotional, social and physical self-concept decreases indirectly through trait anxiety.

scholarly journals Anxietatea la preadolescenții cu insucces școlar

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-36
Author(s):  
Tatiana Popov
Keyword(s):  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
School Failure ◽  
The State ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Moderate Level ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
General Anxiety ◽  
Low Achieving Students ◽  
High Level ◽  
Manifest Anxiety

Currently, preadolescents face states of anxiety generated by the complexity of the educational process, by school failure. The student - anxiously refuses to go to school due to stressful situations. Anxiety causes a decrease in attention and adequate perception of reality, creates a general emotional discomfort. General anxiety is characterized by low productivity, shyness, low self-confi dence, hypermobility, poor assimilation of knowledge. The study was conducted on a group of 30 low-achieving students in grades VIII-X aged 14-16. The level of anxiety was studied by applying two techniques: the State-Trait-Anxiety Inventory (STAI) inventory by D. Spielberger and the Manifest Anxiety Scale (MAS) developed by Taylor and James Garden. The results showed a moderate level of anxiety stable at 33.3% and a high level of anxiety stable at 43.3%, and more than 86.6% of students show general anxiety at severe and moderate level.

The activation of β-galactosidase (E.coli) by Mg2+at lower pH values

1996 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 295-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mercedes Martinez-Bilbao ◽  
Reuben E. Huber
Keyword(s):  
Glutamic Acid ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Free Enzyme ◽  
Site Analysis ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Ph Values ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
High Concentrations ◽  
High Level ◽  
Very High

The activation of β-galactosidase (E. coli) by Mg2+at pH values below 7.6 was studied. If the Mg2+concentration was high enough, the kcatvalues at pH values down to 5.0 remained at the same high level as at pH 7 and 7.6 (600–620 s−1with o-nitrophenyl-β-D-galactopyranoside as the substrate). Very high concentrations of Mg2+(greater than 100 mM at pH 5) were, however, needed to saturate the Mg2+site at lower pH values. The Kmvalues at low levels of Mg2+were high at every pH but they decreased and approached the same low value at every pH (about 0.13 mM) as the [Mg2+] was increased. These data indicate that it is difficult to bind Mg2+at lower pH values, but the kcatand Kmvalues of the enzyme, and therefore the rates of galactosylation (k2), degalactosylation (k3), and binding (Ks), do not change substantially as a function of pH provided that a Mg2+is bound to the enzyme. The data also showed that Mg2+and protons compete for the same site. Analysis by plotting log [Mg2+]midvs. pH showed that the binding of Mg2+to the free enzyme involves two groups with pKavalues in the vicinity of 7 and one group with a pKavalue near 5.5. (The values referred to as [Mg2+]midare the Mg2+concentrations that resulted in kcatvalues midway between basal and maximum.) The "apparent" pKavalues of the groups when a Mg2+was bound (at saturating [Mg2+]) all appeared to be below 5.0.Key words: β-galactosidase, magnesium, pH, activation, glutamic acid, histidine, binding.

Postnatal depression: a study of the predictive effects of postnatal anxiety

2003 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 111-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frédérique Teissedre ◽  
Henri Chabol
Keyword(s):  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Postnatal Depression ◽  
Depressive Symptomatology ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
Early Screening ◽  
The Third ◽  
Postpartum Blues ◽  
High Level ◽  
Postpartum Mothers

AbstractObjectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the predictive effects of anxiety, experienced on the third day after delivery, on postnatal depression, evaluated around the sixth week postpartum.Method: The subjects were 291 postpartum mothers who responded to a certain number of inclusion criteria. The EPDS (Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale) and the STAI (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory) were used to evaluate the anxious and depressive symptomatology on the third day postpartum and around the sixth week postpartum. The mothers who obtained scores indicating a probable risk of postnatal depression also completed the Beck Depression Inventory.Results: We observed that 31% of the mothers showed postpartum blues symptomatology on the third day postpartum. Around the sixth week postpartum 13% of the mothers showed postnatal depression. The results suggest that the level of trait anxiety (β = 0.39; t = 3.64 p < 0.05) and more particularly the intensity of the postpartum blues symptomatology (β = 0.50; t = 6.88 p < 0.001) can predict the risk of postpartum depression. Furthermore, 17.9% of the mothers with postnatal depression around the sixth week postpartum were not detected by the EPDS on the third day after delivery. However, all these mothers were detected by the State-Trait anxiety inventory.Conclusion: A high level of anxiety during the first few days after delivery may contribute to the mothers' risk of developing postnatal depression. The early detection of high anxiety levels may enable the early screening of mothers at risk of developing postnatal depression.

Influence of low-frequency variability on high and low groundwater levels: example of aquifers in northern France

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Baulon ◽  
Nicolas Massei ◽  
Delphine Allier ◽  
Matthieu Fournier ◽  
Hélène Bessiere
Keyword(s):  
Groundwater Level ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Discrete Wavelet ◽  
Groundwater Levels ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Northern France ◽  
Low Frequency Variability ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
High Level ◽  
Very High

&lt;p&gt;Groundwater fluctuations exhibit very often well-pronounced low-frequency variability (multi-annual to decadal timescales), linked to catchment and aquifer ability to smooth out rapid fluctuations from precipitation (low-pass filtering), especially when their characteristic time is long. This low-frequency variability, generated by large-scale climate variability and modulated by the physical properties of hydrosystems, is clearly imprinted in aquifers of northern France. Many recent researches addressed the issue of the capability of global climate models to reproduce low-frequency variability (most of the time multidecadal). For hydrological processes such as groundwater levels, which variance can be dominated by such low-frequency ranges, it may then appear crucial to provide assessment on how very high or very low levels are sensitive to such low-frequency variability. In this study, we investigate how low-frequency variability (from multi-annual to interdecadal timescales) may generate very high or very low groundwater levels (higher or lower than percentiles 80% and 20%, respectively). To test such hypotheses, our approach consists of breaking down groundwater level signals into timescale components using maximum overlap discrete wavelet transform in order to get wavelet details at different timescales. Multi-annual ~7 yr and interdecadal ~17 yr components appeared to be the dominant components of low-frequency variability of the signals. We then substracted these components (either one or both) and simply examined how many values remained over or below the selected threshold.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Results highlight that the number of events generated by low-frequency components is consistently closely linked to their contribution to groundwater level variability. Nearly 100% of high and low groundwater levels in inertial aquifers, that exhibit a large predominance of interdecadal variability, are generated by this timescale. At least 50% of high and low groundwater levels in inertial aquifers displaying a combination of interdecadal and multi-annual variabilities are generated by the combination of these two timescales. Finally, less than 50% of high and low groundwater levels in mixed aquifers (i.e. with a well pronounced low-frequency variability superimposed to annual variability) are generated by the multi-annual and interdecadal variabilities. In all studied aquifers with various dynamics, we notice a higher sensitivity of low groundwater levels to low-frequency variability than high groundwater levels.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Across aquifers of northern metropolitan France, particularly in the chalk of the Paris Basin, we observe quite a clear dependence of well-known historical high and low groundwater levels to low-frequency variability. In particular, the 2001 high levels and the 1992 low levels are seemingly generated by concomitant multi-annual and interdecadal high levels, and concomitant multi-annual and interdecadal low levels, respectively. On the other hand, the 1995 high levels and 1998 low levels are produced by a multi-annual high level attenuated by an interdecadal low level, and a multi-annual low level attenuated by an interdecadal high level, respectively. These phasings are also observed in precipitation and effective precipitation a few time in advance (ranging from 2 months to 1.5 years). Finally, the contribution of multi-annual and interdecadal variabilities to make the groundwater levels reach or exceed one selected threshold is directly influenced by their prominence in groundwater levels variability.&lt;/p&gt;

scholarly journals SPIELBERGER STATE-TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY FOR PATIENTS WITH EXCESSIVE TOOTH ABRASION AND TEMPOROMANDIBULAR DISORDERS

2019 ◽  
pp. 49-56
Author(s):  
N.S. Mahera
Keyword(s):  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Temporomandibular Disorders ◽  
Masticatory Muscles ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Study Group ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
Situational Anxiety ◽  
Personal Anxiety ◽  
High Level ◽  
Tooth Abrasion

Hypertonia and parafunction of masticatory muscles (bruxism), which cause prolonged non-functional sliding movements of the mandible against the maxilla with teeth closed, contribute to the development of functional overload. Increased activity of masticatory muscles may occur due to the agitation of the central nervous system. On the periphery, its action manifests itself in the form of dysfunctions and bruxism, which leads to fatigue in the masticatory muscles, their spasm and the development of symptoms of the pain dysfunction syndrome. There is also an inverse relationship between local disturbances of occlusion and the development of stress. This case occurs, because in stress situations the adaptive capacity for local disturbances of the motor part of the masticatory system, including the disturbances of occlusion, is reduced. This causes a motor reaction in the form of dysfunctions of closing masticatory apparatus, which, in long-term stressful situations, can turn into well-established habits. This explains the appearance of pain symptoms of dysfunction in stressful situations. Consequently, there is convincing evidence that psychological and psychosocial factors play an important role in understanding the TMDs, but there is no conclusive evidence that these factors are etiologic ones. The purpose of the study is to determine personal and situational anxiety in patients with excessive tooth abrasion alone and those with both excessive tooth abrasion and temporomandibular disorders, comparing them with each other. Materials and Methods. 68 patients were included in the study, 31 (45.6%) included male and 37 (54.4%) contained female patients aged 21 to 70. Studied patients were divided into two groups: the control group and the study group. The control group included 31 patients diagnosed only with excessive tooth abrasion in combination with possible other occlusal disorders. The study group included 37 patients with excessive tooth abrasion, possibly with other occlusal disorders and various forms of temporomandibular disorders: muscle, articular, and combined. The study was conducted individually using the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), which included instructions and 40 questions, 20 of which were designed to assess the level of situational anxiety (SA) and 20 – to assess the level of personal anxiety (PA). Online questionnaire at: http://psytests.org/psystate/spielberger-run.html was used for automatic data processing of Spielberger psychological evaluation of patients. Results. A high level of personal anxiety was observed in patients of the study group with both excessive tooth abrasion and TMDs, in comparison with patients in the control group (48.6% of patients in the study group vs. 0% in the control group), p<0.001. Furthermore, a significant prevalence of patients with a high level of situational anxiety was determined among the patients in the study group with excessive tooth abrasion and TMDs, in comparison with patients in the control group with excessive tooth abrasion alone (64.0% in the study group vs. 3.2% in the control group, p<0.001). Thus, statistically significant signs of a high level of personal and situational anxiety were found among patients with excessive tooth abrasion and present temporomandibular disorders in comparison with patients who have only excessive tooth abrasion.

People seeking health information about human papillomavirus via the internet have a very high level of anxiety

Sexual Health ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veronique Verhoeven ◽  
Marc Baay ◽  
Pieter Baay
Keyword(s):  
Human Papillomavirus ◽  
The Internet ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
High Anxiety ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Hpv Test ◽  
Anxiety Levels ◽  
High Level ◽  
The University ◽  
Very High

A website with evidence-based information on human papillomavirus (HPV) has been developed at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. Visitors were asked to fill in a web-based form, including the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), to obtain information on their profile. During the study period, 232 of 3638 (6.4%) visitors filled in the form. In our study, people looking for HPV information on the internet showed high anxiety levels. Three determinants contributed to the STAI score: a previous HPV-test, young age, and not feeling reassured by the website’s content. It is warranted that physicians counsel their patients on HPV-related issues in the context of cervical cancer screening.

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