Age, Gender, Attitudes and Motivation as Predictors of Willingness to Listen in L2

The aim of the current research is to investigate the relationship between the attitudes and motivation of EFL learners and their willingness to listen (WTL); possible effects of age and gender on EFL learners’ WTL, attitude and motivation. A quantitative study was designed in which 239 participants, intermediate level EFL learners at a public university, took a set of instruments, namely a reduced version of the AMTB, mini-AMTB, and WTL scale in Likert type. The participants were also asked to specify their gender and age during data collection procedure. Data was analysed using SPSS 24.0. Percentage and frequency analyses, independent samples t-test, Kruskal Wallis H test, Pearson correlation analysis and simple linear regression analysis were employed in data analysis phase. The results of the study showed that gender affects EFL learners’ attitudes and motivation while age has no effect on attitudes and motivation; also it was found that there is a positive and meaningful relationship between mini-AMTB and WTL scores of the participants. According to the findings of the current study the predictive power of mini-AMTB of WTL has been found statistically meaningful. The findings have revealed that there is a positive and meaningful relationship between mini-AMTB and WTL scores of the participants. Gender affects EFL learners’ attitudes and motivation as female participants’ mini-AMTB scores were found higher than those of male participants. Also a meaningful relationship between mini-AMTB and WTL has been found according to regression analysis. The paper concludes with implications for further research to investigate the WTL in various contexts with other personal variables.

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Limitations in Physical Activities and Loneliness: The Role of Guilt for Perceiving Oneself as a Burden

Innovation in Aging ◽

10.1093/geroni/igab046.1763 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽

pp. 457-457

Author(s):

María del Sequeros Chaparro ◽

Isabel Cabrera ◽

Carlos Vara-García ◽

José Adrián Fernandes-Pires ◽

Samara Barrera-Caballero ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Older Adults ◽

Regression Analysis ◽

Daily Life ◽

Functional Limitations ◽

Linear Regression Analysis ◽

Physical Activities ◽

Community Dwelling ◽

Gender And Age ◽

The Relationship

Abstract Loneliness is a prevalent problem associated with negative health consequences for older adults, such as greater cognitive decline. Limitations to perform physical activities have been associated with greater loneliness in older adults. This association could be moderated by maladaptive social cognition or feelings, such as guilt associated with perceiving oneself as a burden. The objective of this study was to analyze the moderating effect of guilt associated with perceiving oneself as a burden in the relationship between limitations in physical activities and loneliness. Participants were 195 community-dwelling people 60 years or older not showing explicit cognitive or functional limitations that prevent activities of daily life, but who may present limitations in some physical activities (e.g., walking a kilometer or more). A linear regression analysis was conducted for testing the interaction between limitations in physical activities and guilt for perceiving oneself as a burden in loneliness, controlling for gender and age. The interaction between limitations in physical activities and guilt for perceiving oneself as a burden was the only significant predictor of loneliness and the model explained 18.30% of the variance. Limitations in physical activities influenced loneliness when people have high levels of guilt for perceiving oneself as a burden. This study suggests that guilt for perceiving oneself as a burden may play an important role in the association between limitations in some physical activities and loneliness.

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The Association of Fasting C-peptide with Corneal Neuropathy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Journal of Diabetes Research ◽

10.1155/2020/8883736 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2020 ◽

pp. 1-8

Author(s):

Anju Zuo ◽

Chuan Wang ◽

Lili Li ◽

Jingru Qu ◽

Juan Cao ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Correlation Analysis ◽

Pearson Correlation ◽

Linear Regression Analysis ◽

Multiple Linear Regression Analysis ◽

C Peptide ◽

Duration Of Diabetes ◽

Corneal Nerve ◽

And Gender ◽

The Relationship

Purpose. Damage to corneal nerve fibers has been demonstrated in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) that further progresses with increasing severity of diabetic peripheral neuropathy. However, the role of C-peptide in corneal nerve damage has not been reported in T2DM. The present study investigated the relationship of fasting C-peptide levels with corneal neuropathy evaluated by corneal confocal microscopy (CCM) in patients with T2DM. Methods. 160 T2DM patients (72 females) aged 34-78 with duration ranging from 0 to 40 years underwent CCM to measure corneal nerve fiber length (CNFL), corneal nerve fiber density (CNFD), and corneal nerve branch density (CNBD). Pearson correlation analysis and multiple linear regression analysis were used to explore the association of fasting C-peptide levels with corneal nerve parameters. Partial correlation analysis (adjusted for age and gender) was also conducted to analyze the correlation of metabolic indexes with these three corneal nerve parameters. The relationship between fasting C-peptide levels and duration of diabetes was also explored by Pearson correlation analysis. Results. With an increase in fasting C-peptide levels, the values of CNFL, CNFD, and CNBD also showed a corresponding trend for an increase. Partial correlation analysis revealed that fasting C-peptide levels were positively associated with CNFL ( r = 0.245 , P = 0.002 ), CNFD ( r = 0.180 , P = 0.024 ), and CNBD ( r = 0.214 , P = 0.008 ) after adjusting for age and gender. Using multiple linear regression analysis, fasting C-peptide levels were also closely associated with CNFL ( P = 0.047 ) and CNBD ( P = 0.038 ) after multiple adjustments. However, this association disappeared after further adjusting for duration of diabetes. Further analysis indicated that fasting C-peptide levels declined with duration of diabetes ( r = − 0.267 , P = 0.001 ). Conclusions. C-peptide was closely associated with corneal neuropathy and disease duration in T2DM. C-peptide levels might be both an indicator of beta-cell function and a marker of disease severity (such as diabetic corneal neuropathy) and duration.

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Differences in personality related determinants of empathetic sensibility in female and male students of medicine

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0254458 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (7) ◽

pp. e0254458

Author(s):

Barbara Bętkowska-Korpała ◽

Roksana Epa ◽

Karolina Sikora-Zych ◽

Katarzyna Olszewska-Turek ◽

Anna Pastuszak-Draxler ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Regression Analysis ◽

Linear Regression Analysis ◽

Male Students ◽

Personality Factors ◽

Psychological Skills ◽

Medical Studies ◽

Personality Dimensions ◽

And Gender ◽

The Relationship ◽

Interaction Component

The issues of personality and its relations with the level of empathetic sensibility of medical doctors are broadly discussed in the literature. The aim of this study was an assessment of personality related predictors of empathy indicators in female and male students of medicine with consideration of gender differences. Methods applied were Empathic Sensitiveness Scale (ESS) and Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R). The study included 153 participants, who were students of the fifth year of medical studies. Students filled in questionnaires during workshops in clinical psychological skills. Participation in the study was voluntary and anonymous. The statistical analysis was performed using Statistica 13 PL and PS IMAGO PRO (SPSS). Linear regression analysis with the interaction component was performed to explore the relationship between personality factors and gender and their interaction with the variable dependent level of empathy. The analysis showed that Extraversion, Openness and Agreeableness are associated with the level of Empathic Concern. Neuroticism, Extraversion, Agreeableness and Conscientiousness are associated with the level of Personal Distress. Extraversion, Openness, Agreeableness and Conscientiousness are associated with the level of Perspective-taking. The regression analysis with the interactive component showed that there is no relationship between gender and the level of empathy, therefore the interactions were insignificant. Empathetic sensibility is related to personality dimensions of the students of medicine. Although there has been no interaction among chief personality dimensions, empathy indicators and gender, detailed analysis of personality dimensions’ components has shown differences between men and women.

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Employees’ Perception of School Leaders’ Efficacy and its Impact on their Adaptive Performance

Sukkur IBA Journal of Management and Business ◽

10.30537/sijmb.v7i1.411 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 55

Author(s):

Farhat Munir ◽

M. Abiodullah ◽

Faiza Aslam

Keyword(s):

Regression Analysis ◽

Positive Relationship ◽

Pearson Correlation ◽

Linear Regression Analysis ◽

Multiple Linear Regression Analysis ◽

Adaptive Performance ◽

Significant Positive Relationship ◽

Administrative Employees ◽

High Level ◽

The Relationship

The fast-paced change in schools demands high level of adaptability. Several factors have been explored through research that affects employees’ adaptability. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between employees’ perception of leaders’ efficacy and its impact on their adaptive performance. A sample of 266 academic & administrative employees was randomly selected from 50 private secondary schools of Lahore Pakistan. Pearson correlation and multiple linear regression analysis were run for data analysis and significant positive relationship was found between employees’ perception of leaders’ efficacy and their adaptive performance.

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Ciprofloxacin or Imipenem Use Correlates with Resistance inPseudomonas aeruginosa

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases ◽

10.1155/1998/210742 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 9 (6) ◽

pp. 382-386 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

George G Zhanel ◽

Lindsay E Nicolle ◽

Alfred S Gin ◽

James Karlowsky ◽

Amin Kabani ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Pseudomonas Aeruginosa ◽

Regression Analysis ◽

Antimicrobial Resistance ◽

Pearson Correlation ◽

Linear Regression Analysis ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Antimicrobial Use ◽

Ciprofloxacin Resistance ◽

Imipenem Resistance ◽

The Relationship

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between ciprofloxacin or imipenem use and antimicrobial resistance inPseudomonas aeruginosa.METHODS: A retrospective review of monthly antimicrobial susceptibility reports for ciprofloxacin (1988 to 1995) and imipenem (1987 to 1995) againstP aeruginosaand hospital antimicrobial use records at a tertiary care teaching hospital in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Data were entered into a relational database, R:Base 4.5++, collated, transferred to a spreadsheet and subjected to linear regression analysis. The relationship between ciprofloxacin or imipenem use and resistance was assessed using a Pearson correlation.RESULTS: Ciprofloxacin-resistantP aeruginosaincreased from 1.0% of all isolates in 1988 to 10.0% in 1995. A significant (P=0.05) correlation was demonstrated between the amount of ciprofloxacin use and prevalence of ciprofloxacin-resistantP aeruginosa(r=0.73, P=0.05). Imipenem-resistantP aeruginosaincreased from 1.0% of isolates in 1987 to a maximum of 10.4% in 1991, and subsequently decreased to 5.4% in 1995. Imipenem use and the prevalence of imipenem-resistantP aeruginosawere significantly correlated (r=0.85, P=0.014).CONCLUSIONS: Ciprofloxacin use was directly associated with ciprofloxacin resistance, and imipenem use was directly associated with imipenem resistance inP aeruginosa.

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THE INVESTIGATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTRACT TYPES ON ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOUR

Facta Universitatis Series Economics and Organization ◽

10.22190/fueo1904365s ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 365

Author(s):

Ivana Simić ◽

Biljana Đorđević ◽

Sandra Milanović

Keyword(s):

Regression Analysis ◽

Organizational Citizenship ◽

Psychological Contract ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Pearson Correlation ◽

Linear Regression Analysis ◽

Multiple Linear Regression Analysis ◽

Positive Relation ◽

The Relationship ◽

Organizational Performances

Organizational citizenship behaviour represents the behaviour of the employees that goes beyond their duties. This type of behaviour from the perspective of employer is very desirable since it produces many positive consequences regarding individual and the overall organizational performances. However, readiness of the employees to exert this type of behaviour is influenced by many factors. One of the most important is fulfilment of employees’ psychological contract. Since that there are two basic forms of contracts, relational and transactional, the aim of this paper is to investigate the relationship between these types of psychological contract and organizational citizenship behaviour. For the purpose of testing proposed hypothesis, t-test, Pearson correlation and multiple linear regression analysis were applied. The results showed that there is a positive relation and positive impact of relational psychological contract on the organizational citizenship behaviour, which was not the case when it was about the transactional contract.

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An examination of relationship between teachers’ self-efficacy perception on ICT and their attitude towards ICT usage in the classroom

Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences ◽

10.18844/cjes.v14i1.3636 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 136-145

Author(s):

Omur Coban ◽

Ramazan Atasoy

Keyword(s):

Regression Analysis ◽

Standard Deviation ◽

Linear Regression ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Pearson Correlation ◽

Linear Regression Analysis ◽

The Other ◽

Ict Use ◽

Class Management ◽

The Relationship

The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between teachers' self-efficacy perception on ICT and their attitude to ICT usage in their classes. For this purpose, two scales were used: one is "Teachers' Self-efficacy Perception on ICT Scale" and the other is “Teachers’ Attitude towards ICT Usage Scale". 42.307 teachers joined to this study. To analyse the collected data, mean, standard deviation, Pearson correlation and linear regression analysis were used. It is found out that there is a significant relationship between teachers' self-efficacy perception on ICT and their attitude towards ICT usage in their classrooms. According to the findings, it can be said that if teachers’ self-efficacy level is high, teachers can use ICT in learning process effectively and they can develop themselves in ICT use. Moreover, they can make class management perfect while using ICT. Keywords: Self-efficacy; teachers' attitude towards ICT usage; self-efficacy in ICT; teacher.

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The Influences of Palindromes in mRNA on Protein Folding Rates

Protein and Peptide Letters ◽

10.2174/0929866526666191014144015 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 27 (4) ◽

pp. 303-312 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ruifang Li ◽

Hong Li ◽

Sarula Yang ◽

Xue Feng

Keyword(s):

Protein Folding ◽

Regression Analysis ◽

Linear Regression ◽

Linear Regression Analysis ◽

Folding Rate ◽

Folding Rates ◽

Negative Linear Correlation ◽

Protein Folding Rate ◽

The Relationship ◽

Structure Environment

Background: It is currently believed that protein folding rates are influenced by protein structure, environment and temperature, amino acid sequence and so on. We have been working for long to determine whether and in what ways mRNA affects the protein folding rate. A large number of palindromes aroused our attention in our previous research. Whether these palindromes do have important influences on protein folding rates and what’s the mechanism? Very few related studies are focused on these problems. Objective: In this article, our motivation is to find out if palindromes have important influences on protein folding rates and what’s the mechanism. Method: In this article, the parameters of the palindromes were defined and calculated, the linear regression analysis between the values of each parameter and the experimental protein folding rates were done. Furthermore, to compare the results of different kinds of proteins, proteins were classified into the two-state proteins and the multi-state proteins. For the two kinds of proteins, the above linear regression analysis were performed respectively. Results : Protein folding rates were negatively correlated to the palindrome frequencies for all proteins. An extremely significant negative linear correlation appeared in the relationship between palindrome densities and protein folding rates. And the repeatedly used bases by different palindromes simultaneously have an important effect on the relationship between palindrome density and protein folding rate. Conclusion: The palindromes have important influences on protein folding rates, and the repeatedly used bases in different palindromes simultaneously play a key role in influencing the protein folding rates.

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No Self Without Salience: Affective and Self-relevance Ratings of 552 Emotionally Valenced and Neutral Dutch Words

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research ◽

10.1007/s10936-021-09784-1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Lora I. Dimitrova ◽

Eline M. Vissia ◽

Hanneke Geugies ◽

Hedwig Hofstetter ◽

Sima Chalavi ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Repeated Measures ◽

Emotional Valence ◽

Age And Gender ◽

Gender And Age ◽

Main Effect ◽

Emotional Salience ◽

And Gender ◽

The Relationship

AbstractIt is unknown how self-relevance is dependent on emotional salience. Emotional salience encompasses an individual's degree of attraction or aversion to emotionally-valenced information. The current study investigated the interconnection between self and salience through the evaluation of emotional valence and self-relevance. 56 native Dutch participants completed a questionnaire assessing valence, intensity, and self-relevance of 552 Dutch nouns and verbs. One-way repeated-measures ANCOVA investigated the relationship between valence and self, age and gender. Repeated-measures ANCOVA also tested the relationship between valence and self with intensity ratings and effects of gender and age. Results showed a significant main effect of valence for self-relevant words. Intensity analyses showed a main effect of valence but not of self-relevance. There were no significant effects of gender and age. The most important finding presents that self-relevance is dependent on valence. These findings concerning the relationship between self and salience opens avenues to study an individual's self-definition.

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Family Climate Patterns and Its Relationship with Self-Concept among Students at the University of Islamic Sciences in light of the Variables of Gender and Age

International Journal of Education ◽

10.5296/ije.v9i1.10980 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 145

Author(s):

Fatima Mohammad Rashed Al Talahin ◽

Hana Khaled Al –Raqqad ◽

Eman Saeed Al- Bourini ◽

Bilal Adel Al-Kateeb

Keyword(s):

Pearson Correlation ◽

Statistical Significance ◽

Self Concept ◽

Family Climate ◽

Gender And Age ◽

Climate Patterns ◽

The Difference ◽

The University ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

The aim of this study is to clarify the relationship between self-concept and patterns of family climate among students at the University of Islamic Sciences, and also aimed to investigate the effect of gender and age on this relationship.The sample of the study consisted of a group of students were selected randomly, totaling (139) students; (58) male and (81) female students.Two questionnaires were distributed on 139 students. The first questionnaire was on the impact of patterns of family climate on self-concept and the second one about self-concept. Then the researcher analyzed the results of each item in the questionnaire using appropriated statistical methods, calculated the correlation between self-concept and patterns of family climate using the Pearson correlation coefficient, and G-test to find the difference between correlation coefficients.The results showed a positive statistical significance relationship between family climate patterns on one hand and between self-concept in all its dimensions on the other hand.

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