scholarly journals La influencia de la memoria operativa y de la inteligencia emocional en la expresión de la emoción en español como segunda lengua

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irini Mavrou ◽  
Fernando Bustos-López
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Working Memory Capacity ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Written Expression ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Emotional Words ◽  
Global Quality ◽  
Report Measure

<p>The current study intended to examine the influence of working memory capacity and emotional intelligence on emotional expression in Spanish as a second language (SSL). Forty-one learners of SSL (A2 and B1 levels) carried out a writing task about an emotional topic. The global quality of their texts was assessed by means of an analytical scale, and the web-based search engine emoFinder was used in order to measure the number and valence of emotional words produced by the participants. Moreover, participants completed a self-report measure of emotional intelligence and performed three working memory tasks. The results showed an influence of emotional intelligence on written expression in SSL, a positive correlation between the quality of written expression and the number of emotional words, as well as a greater use of positive words compared to the negative ones.</p>

Impairments in working memory associated with spontaneous dieting behaviour

1998 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 1063-1070 ◽  
Author(s):  
MICHAEL W. GREEN ◽  
PETER J. ROGERS
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Cognitive Processing ◽  
Body Shape ◽  
Working Memory Capacity ◽  
Eating Behaviour ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Phonological Loop ◽  
Restrained Eaters ◽  
Tower Of London ◽  
Report Measure

Background. The current study investigated the fundamental nature of the cognitive processing deficit that has been demonstrated to be associated with dieting to lose weight. Previous work has characterized this deficit as being primarily one of a reduction in working-memory capacity. The present study investigated the particular components of the working-memory system affected during dieting.Method. A sample of female subjects was classified as either low/medium restrained eaters (N=34), highly restrained eaters (N=18) or current dieters (N=19), based on their responses to a modified version of the Dutch Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (DEBQ). Each subject completed tasks that assessed the Visuo-Spatial Sketchpad (mental rotation), Phonological Loop (effect of phonological similarity on recall) and the Central Executive (Tower of London Task) components of working memory.Results. Those subjects who reported themselves to be currently dieting displayed poorer recall on the Phonological Loop task and slower planning times on the Tower of London Task. Performance on both these tasks correlated significantly with a self-report measure of body shape concern.Conclusions. These results support the hypothesis that the mediating variable in this deficit is that of preoccupying cognitions concerning food and body shape.

An initial validation of a new quality of life measure for adults with intellectual disability: The Mini-MANS-LD

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-193
Author(s):  
Roman Raczka ◽  
Kate Theodore ◽  
Janice Williams
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Small Sample Size ◽  
Initial Study ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Life Measure ◽  
Acceptable Internal Consistency ◽  
Report Measure

There is an appropriate increasing focus on the need to ensure the voices of people with intellectual disability are captured as part of assessing individuals’ quality of life; however, there remains a lack of a consensus on ways to achieve this. This article describes the development of a self-report measure of quality of life for people with intellectual disability, the ‘Mini-MANS-LD’, based on the concepts of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Following use with 33 individuals with intellectual disability, the Mini-MANS-LD was found to have acceptable psychometric properties, including moderate congruent validity and acceptable internal consistency. Administrators’ feedback suggested good acceptability and feasibility, and the measure was relatively quick to administer, easy to use and acceptable to service users. Despite a small sample size, this initial study suggests that the Mini-MANS-LD may present a conceptually relevant, feasible and acceptable self-report measure of quality of life for people with intellectual disability.

Understanding The Mediating Role of Quality of Work Life on the Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Organizational Citizenship Behaviors

2016 ◽  
Vol 118 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisbet Alfonso ◽  
Franck Zenasni ◽  
Sabina Hodzic ◽  
Pilar Ripoll
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Organizational Citizenship ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Organizational Citizenship Behaviors ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Citizenship Behaviors ◽  
Quality Of Working Life ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Relationship

Organizational citizenship behaviors are not directly rewarded by organizations. However, they seem to contribute to excellent performance at work. The aim of this study is to test quality of working life’s (QoWL) mediating role in the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and organizational citizenship behaviors (OCB). 203 French adults working regularly in teams completed validated self-report measures corresponding to each construct. The collected data showed that in the studied sample, a high quality of working life was associated with Sportsmanship behaviors. However, mediation was not observed for the other OCB subscales: Altruism, Helping, or Civic virtues. These behaviors tend to occur in individuals with high emotional intelligence scores, unrelated to their quality of working life. Theoretical background, practical implications, and limitations of the study are discussed.

scholarly journals Poor Sleep Quality and Compromised Visual Working Memory Capacity

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 583-594 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weizhen Xie ◽  
Anne Berry ◽  
Cindy Lustig ◽  
Patricia Deldin ◽  
Weiwei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Depressed Mood ◽  
Working Memory Capacity ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Information Storage ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Poor Sleep ◽  
Poor Sleep Quality ◽  
Related Factors

AbstractObjectives:Reduction in the amount of information (storage capacity) retained in working memory (WM) has been associated with sleep loss. The present study examined whether reduced WM capacity is also related to poor everyday sleep quality and, more importantly, whether the effects of sleep quality could be dissociated from the effects of depressed mood and age on WM.Methods:In two studies, WM was assessed using a short-term recall task, producing behavioral measures for both the amount of retained WM information (capacity) and how precise the retained WM representations were (precision). Self-report measures of sleep quality and depressed mood were obtained using questionnaires.Results:In a sample of college students, Study 1 found that poor sleep quality and depressed mood could independently predict reduced WM capacity, but not WM precision. Study 2 generalized these sleep- and mood-related WM capacity effects to a community sample (aged 21–77 years) and further showed that age was associated with reduced WM precision.Conclusions:Together, these findings demonstrate dissociable effects of three health-related factors (sleep, mood, and age) on WM representations and highlighte the importance of assessing different aspects of WM representations (e.g., capacity and precision) in future neuropsychological research.

Development and Application of a Brief Measure of Emotional Intelligence for Vocational High School Teachers

2004 ◽  
Vol 95 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1207-1218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shwu Ming Wu
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Vocational High School ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
Report Measure

To develop a psychometrically sound, self-report measure of emotional intelligence and examine the scores of vocational high school teachers by sex and age, 375 Taiwanese vocational high school teachers (186 men, 189 women) completed the 25-item Emotional Intelligence Scale of five domains: Self-awareness, Managing Emotions, Self-motivation, Empathy, and Handling Relationships. Analysis indicated that these teachers reported higher scores on Self-awareness and Empathy but slightly lower on Managing Emotions. The women gave higher self-ratings on Self-awareness and Empathy than the men. There were also significant differences across age groups on Self-awareness, Self-motivation, Empathy and the Total score for the Emotional Intelligence Scale.

scholarly journals Short mindset intervention effective in attitude change but no evidence of transfer to improved cognitive outcomes of working memory capacity and standardized test performance

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
LaTasha R Holden ◽  
Bear Goldstein
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Cognitive Performance ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Standardized Test ◽  
Working Memory Capacity ◽  
Memory Capacity ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Academic Attitudes ◽  
Standardized Test Performance ◽  
Mindset Intervention

There has been extensive research conducted on mindset, involving both experimental and observational methods. However, the findings in the literature remain mixed. This should give educators and researchers pause from an intervention perspective —if we still do not have a good understanding of how mindset works, then more research is needed. To better understand how mindset interventions work, we looked at self-report measures as well as post-intervention behavior within and across individuals. We implemented a mindset intervention to improve cognitive performance measures relevant to academic performance—working memory capacity and standardized test performance in math. We also explored individual differences in academic attitudes (e.g., academic identification and sense of belonging in university) that might moderate students’ mindset and the effect of the mindset intervention on subsequent cognitive performance. We expected the malleable mindset intervention to significantly improve cognitive performance and to cause more positive academic attitudes and attitudinal change. The mindset intervention did change students’ beliefs about ability but also caused students to report higher grit (no condition difference), and to feel less belonging in terms of connection to their university—which was not in line with our hypotheses. We also found that the malleable mindset intervention had no significant effects on improving WMC or standardized test performance. We discuss the implications of these findings and make suggestions for future work in this area.

scholarly journals Adaptação Cultural da Escala de Qualidade de Vida Familiar (Family Quality of Life Scale) para o Português Brasileiro

CoDAS ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 534-540 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bianca Miguel Jorge ◽  
Cilmara Cristina Alves da Costa Levy ◽  
Lídio Granato
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Family Quality Of Life ◽  
Cross Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Quality Of Life Scale ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
Report Measure

RESUMO Objetivo Adaptar culturalmente a Escala de Qualidade de Vida Familiar (Family Quality of Life Scale - FQOLS) para a versão em Português Brasileiro (PB), avaliar a confiabilidade do instrumento e a qualidade de vida familiar (QVF) das famílias que possuem filhos com deficiência auditiva. Métodos: O processo de adaptação cultural da escala seguiu os passos doGuidelines for the Process of Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Self-Report Measure. Realizada em três momentos: tradução, retrotradução e aplicação na amostra piloto como forma de verificar dificuldades de compreensão dos itens. Quando finalizada foi aplicada em 41 famílias que possuem filhos com deficiência auditiva e, com os seus resultados, foram analisadas a qualidade de vida (QV) e a confiabilidade, a partir do teste estatístico alfa de Cronbach (α). Resultados: Na primeira versão (tradução), dentre os 25 itens presentes, apenas em 4 houve divergências entre as tradutoras; após as correções, houve a segunda versão (retrotradução), em que foram identificadas mais 4 divergências. Por fim, após as correções finais, a última versão foi elaborada e usada na amostra piloto sem divergências, e, dessa forma, foi aplicada nas famílias de filhos surdos, as quais se consideraram satisfeitas em relação à QV. Com o teste alfa de Cronbach (α) foi verificado que a escala tem confiabilidade satisfatória. Conclusão: A versão em PB da FQOLS é um instrumento de fácil aplicação e com confiabilidade satisfatória. As famílias estão satisfeitas com sua QVF.

scholarly journals Affective decision-making predictive of Chinese adolescent drinking behaviors

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 547-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
LIN XIAO ◽  
ANTOINE BECHARA ◽  
L. JERRY GRENARD ◽  
W. ALAN STACY ◽  
PAULA PALMER ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Working Memory ◽  
Binge Drinking ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Iowa Gambling Task ◽  
Working Memory Capacity ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Impulsive Behavior ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Drinking Behaviors

AbstractThe goal of the current investigation was to address whether affective decision making would serve as a unique neuropsychological marker to predict drinking behaviors among adolescents. We conducted a longitudinal study of 181 Chinese adolescents in Chengdu city, China. In their 10th grade (ages 15–16), these adolescents were tested for their affective decision-making ability using the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) and working memory capacity using the Self-Ordered Pointing Test. Self-report questionnaires were used to assess academic performance and drinking behaviors. At 1-year follow-up, questionnaires were completed to assess drinking behaviors, and the UPPS Impulsive Behavior Scale was used to examine four dimensions of impulsivity: urgency, lack of premeditation, lack of perseverance, and sensation seeking. Results indicated that those adolescents who progressed to binge drinking or exhibited consistent binge drinking not only performed poorly on the IGT but also scored significantly higher in urgency compared to those who never or occasionally drank. Moreover, better IGT scores predicted fewer drinking problems and fewer drinks 1 year later after controlling for demographic variables, the previous drinking behaviors, working memory, and impulsivity. These findings suggest that deficits in affective decision making may be important independent determinants of compulsive drinking and potentially addictive behavior in adolescents. (JINS, 2009, 15, 547–557.)

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