Hand Preference and Creativity of Papua University Student

Human has a preference to use their hands for various manual activities. Left-handed preference is people who tend to use their left hand to perform various manual activities, while right-handed people tend to use right-handed. Any researches show that the left-handed preference for more creativity was influenced by the dominant use of the right brain and bigger corpus callosum. The research aims to determine the percentage of left-handed preference and their creativity in Universitas Papua, Manokwari Papua Barat. The method used in this research is the descriptive method. Data collection used a questionnaire to evaluate individual hand preference using Handedness Questionnaire and to determine individual creativity using Adjective Check List. The percentage of left-handed people in UNIPA were 9.3% or lower than right-handed and higher than ambidextrous. Our study supports the statement about selection in handedness in the traditional society which showed a higher percentage of left-hander as advantages related to using hand intensively. The percentage of left-handed males and females was almost equal and strongly left-handed was higher in females. The percentage of creative people was higher in left-handed, especially in males

The impact of regular dance classes on self-image and emotional state of demoralized female adolescents

Article present the possibilities of use dance classes and psychosocial factors in a specific environmental associated with among demoralized adolescents. In this paper presents research conducted on a group of adolescents whose behaviour is characterized by demoralization and whose commitment of criminal offences resulted in them becoming the subject of an confinement corrective measure, i.e. being placed in a youth educational centre. The Adjective Check List ACL created by H.G. Gough and A. Helibrun, as well as the Profile of Mood States (POMS) developed by McNair, Lorr and Droppleman were used in the research. After twelve weeks of systematic dance classes, the test was repeated and noticeable changes in self-perception of the surveyed girls were observed. The average values of 14 out of 37 scales of the ACL questionnaire after the end of the project differed significantly (p <0.05) compared to the results before the start of the project. Moreover, after each week of the project, a comparison of the survey results with the POMS questionnaire was carried out in terms of the severity of individual moods. The analysis shows that the subjects successively had a significant decrease in the level of all five negative states and an increase in positive mood

Counselors' Adjective Correlates of Working Alliance

The authors present a study of 85 counselors' adjective descriptors of clients in relation to a working alliance. The imperative for such a study emerges from Gough's 1965 Conceptual Analysis of Test Scores approach to clinical measurement. For this investigation, all 300 items of the Adjective Check List were used. Working affiance was measured by the counselor's form of the Working Alliance Inventory-Short. Point biserial correlation of each adjective with inventory scores produced 54 significant adjectives. These 54 adjectives were 18 times the number expected by chance.

PENGUKURAN NARSISME CEO DALAM PENELITIAN DI BIDANG BISNIS, MANAJEMEN DAN AKUNTANSI: SEBUAH STUDI LITERATUR

This study is objected to discussing a literature review that challenges and trends of CEO narcissism measurement study in the field of business, management and accounting.The literatures were obtained from search results in the scopus and google scholar database. This research successfully identified and analyzing by using netha analysys of 212 articles during the period 2009-2019 and found 33 articles that discussed CEO’s narcissism in business, management and accounting study. This study found six narcissism measurements used in the fields of business, management and accounting study. Six narcissism measurements are narcissistic personality inventor (NPI), gough adjective check list (ACL), five indicators of narcissism Chatterjee & Hambrick (2007), fifteen indicators of narcissism Rijsenbilt (2011), LinkedIn Aabo & Eriksen (2018) measurement and CEO’s signature size.

Self-image and selected clinical variables in the context of childhood abuse in subjects with alcohol dependence

Objective: The objective of the study was to determine the differences in selected clinical variables and self-image in people with alcohol dependence differing in severity of physical, emotional and sexual abuse experienced before age 18. Method: The study included 90 people with alcohol dependence. The following research tools were used: Early Trauma Inventory (ETI), Adjective Check List (ACL), MAST, SAAD, and a questionnaire designed by the authors. In order to identify groups with varying indices of physical, emotional and sexual childhood abuse, a cluster analysis method was used. Results: Two groups of subjects with alcohol dependence were identified: Group 1 with high indices of physical, emotional and sexual childhood abuse and Group 2 with low indices. In terms of self-image the subjects in Group 1 compared to subjects in Group 2 were characterized by a lower self-esteem, self-acceptance, resistance to stress, less intense needs for achievement, endurance, order, nurturing others, interaction with opposite-sex partners, subordinations but more intense need for change. The age of alcohol use initiation and the onset of regular alcohol drinking was statistically significantly lower in Group 1. The severity of alcohol dependence was significantly lower in Group 2. The subjects in Group 1 significantly more frequently confirmed the history of a hereditary predisposition to alcohol dependence, suicidal ideation, suicide attempts and self-harm. Discussion: The obtained results closely correspond to the data available in the literature. Conclusions: An assessment of exposure to various forms of childhood abuse appears to be an indispensable element of collecting medical history of people with alcohol dependence.

The Dynamics of Becoming a Mother during Pregnancy and After Childbirth

Background: The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between one’s maternal attachment style and one’s self-image as a mother, image of one’s mother as a mother, and bond with the child over a period of several months. Methods: A total of 86 women took part in the study The Adjective Check List (ACL), Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire (PBQ), Maternal–Fetal Attachment Scale (MFAS), and a modified version of the Experiences in Close Relationships (ECR) were used. Two measurements were used: during pregnancy and about six months after the birth of the child. Results: In terms of their self-image as mothers, the women had higher results the first time they took the questionnaire, regardless of their attachment style. An interaction effect was found between attachment style and the ‘need for changes’ scale. The image of one’s mother as a mother depended on the level of avoidance in attachment, regardless of the measurement. An interaction effect was found between attachment style and the scale of ‘personal adaptation’. There was a correlation between the bond with the child during pregnancy, the bond following birth, and the style of maternal attachment; the main predictor of the bond with the child after birth is the bond with the child during the pregnancy. Conclusion: Those who provide care for pregnant women and new mothers should be aware of the complex psychological processes in the transition to motherhood, have knowledge about perinatal mental health, and when necessary, refer women to specialists such as support groups for new mothers, trained midwives, psychologists, psychotherapists, or psychiatrists.

The meaning of experiencing disability and its effect on one’s perception of society

People with physical disabilities, just as other people who have a different appearance or function in a different way may experience negative social mechanisms. Therefore, it is worth asking, what does it mean to experience different stages of the process of accepting one's disability in a society. The research sample consisted of 75 people with physical disabilities. The data was collected using a questionnaire and the Adjective Check List (ACL) by H.B. Gough, A.B. Heilbrun. The first part of this article aims to determine what difficulties are involved in experiencing a disability. Subsequently, the data is presented regarding the perception of the disabled people of: non-disabled people, people with physical disabilities and people with a different type of disability. It turns out, that regardless of the stage of adapting to their own disability, people with a physical disability are most likely to meet with the able-bodied and their own group of people.

Postawy rodzicielskie małżonków o wyższym i niższym poziomie samoakceptacji

The study involved 75 families were examined using The Adjective Check List (ACL) by H.G. Gough and A.B. Heilbrun and Family Attitude Scale by M. Braun-Gałkowska. Mothers with a lower level of self-acceptance were more often characterized by an excess of requirements than mothers with a higher level of self-acceptance. The examined children attributed to mothers with a lower level of self-acceptance, much more often the excess of management, than mothers with a higher level of self-acceptance. Fathers with a lower level of self-acceptance were more often characterized by an excess of help than fathers with a higher level of self-acceptance. The obtained results indicate that parental attitudes expressed by the spouses with a higher level of self-acceptance more frequently than the parental attitudes of spouses with a lower level of self-acceptance are characterized by moderation in all dimensions of the parental attitude, which characterizes the proper parental attitude conducive to the proper development of children.

Cognitive Style Dan Creative Quality Mahasiswa Tadris Biologi IAIN Jember

<p class="Default" align="center">Cognitive style adalah cara seseorang dalam mengolah suatu informasi. Sedangkan individu yang kreatif adalah individu yang dapat memecahkan keseluruhan permasalahan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis cognitive style dan creative quality mahasiswa Tadris Biologi IAIN Jember Angkatan 2015. Metode penelitian ini menggunakan Cognitive Reflection Test (CRT) untuk mengukur Cognitive style dan Adjective Check List (ACL) untuk creative quality. Subjek penelitian ini yaitu sebanyak 33 mahasiswa dengan 31 perempuan dan 2 laki-laki. Hasil menunjukkan mahasiswa mengadopsi gaya berpikir intuitif dan memiliki tingkat kreativitas sebesar 1,24 yang menunjukkan kecenderung kearah individu yang kreatif.</p><p><em> </em></p><p class="Default"> </p>