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Kondycja Spektaklu. Produkt, Próżnia, Przyśpieszenie

Author(s): Marcin Mazurek / Language(s): Polish Issue: 5/2002

The article aims at a critical explication of two attempts to frame the distorted sense of the real, firstly, through the notion of the spectacle (Guy Debord) and then the simulacrum (Jean Baudrillard). Both concepts, though they originated in political and media-related discourses, stress the autonomy of representation and its close relationship with conditions of contemporary social existence as well as with the process of identity formation, the latter to a large extent informed by the total substitution of the material by the mediated.

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Temperamentalne uwarunkowania osiągania celów sportowych

Author(s): Blanka Magier,Piotr Magier / Language(s): Polish Issue: 4/2015

This is a theoretical and empirical study. It is dedicated to sport psychology. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of temperament traits on achieving goals in sport. In the first part we present information about the examined phenomena, examples of the theory and selected tasks of sport psychology. Temperament has been shown in the context of J. Strelau’s Regulatory Theory of Temperament. Research on goals has been applied with reference to the division proposed by Z. Zaleski. Our own research has been carried out on the basis of the theory of temperament and goals. The following tools were used in the study: Formal Characteristics of Behavior questionnaire − Temperament Inventory (FCZ-KT) and Achieving Goals Survey (KCEL). In the second part we present the data and we analyze the results of the study. As a result we have identified the relationship between temperamental traits in athletes and their orientation toward goals. The results in question showed differences in temperament among people who are involved in sports and those who are not, in connection to achieving goals. The results of our research are presented in this study

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Ресоциализация несовершеннолетних правонарушителей в Германии: парадигма справедливости и воспитания

Author(s): Philipp Walkenhorst,Anna Aleksandrovna Grebenkina,Evgeny Vladimirovich Grebenkin / Language(s): Russian Issue: 3/2016

The article analyzes the peculiarities and conditions of re-socialization of juvenile offenders in Germany. On the basis of the synthesis of the key components of the justice system the au-thors consider its basic framework, as well as moral ethical foundations. The authors compare custodial and non-custodial measures of punishment, arguing the idea that correction of juve-nile offenders using non-custodial measures is more effective than imprisonment. Particular at-tention is paid to describing the activities of socio-pedagogical institutions within the Ministry of Justice of Germany jurisdiction. The nature of interaction between judges, educators and juve-nile delinquents are identified. The authors outline the following stages of non-custodial correc-tion of juvenile offenders: adaptation – therapy – resocialization. The confrontation method called "hot seat" is described, which is considered to be one of the mechanisms for regulating emotions and overcoming the affective-behavioral systems in juvenile offenders. It is proposed that the prison isolation of juveniles from society on the one hand, shows the inevitability of retribution and justice, on the other hand, does not fully guarantee the reduction of recidivism. The educational paradigm and such principles, determining the justice system, as the principle of subsidiarity, the principle of proportionality, the principle of a sanction and the principle of substitution, are considered to be indicators of social progress and civic consciousness.

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Личностные особенности больных алкоголизмом второй стадии

Author(s): Natalia Gennadjevna Borok,Mikhail Albertovich Subotyalov / Language(s): Russian Issue: 3/2016

In recent years the question of alcohol rehabilitation has moved from the medical and biological fields to the social and psychological areas. Recent developments have heightened the issue of key personality differences between addicts and non-addicts. Relying on these key differences can contribute greatly to effectiveness of rehabilitation programs. The purpose of present study was to identify the personality changes of alcohol addicted people applying meth-ods of psychological assessment. The experimental group consisted of male alcohol addicts (the second stage of alcoholism) and the control group was represented by non-addicted males. A variety of psychological methods were used to identify the level of social frustration, anxiety, locus of control, defense mechanisms, and self-evaluation. The study showed some key differences between alcohol addicts and the control group. External locus of control of alcohol-addicted patients was 69% lower compared to non-addicts. The internal locus of control was identified in the control group of non-addicted people. Only 19% of alcohol addicts demonstrated an optimal aspiration level. The obtained results proved immaturity of alcohol addicts, their inability to set targets and low interest in self-development. Leading defense mechanisms indicate that alcohol addicts refuse to solve problems in a productive way. The alcohol addicts demonstrated the level of social frustration 51% lower than the control group of non-addicted people. These differences are extremely important for understanding the mechanism of escape into alcoholism. The study showed significant dif-ferences in self-evaluation, the level of anxiety, the tension of defense mechanisms, and locus of control.

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Определение индивидуальных порогов ольфакторной чувствительности веществ феромональной и не феромональной природы

Author(s): Alena Vladimirovna Bedareva,Ksenia Yurievna Zubrikova,Lyubov Huseynovna Ganieva,Nadezhda Alekseevna Litvinova / Language(s): Russian Issue: 5/2016

Olfactory analyzer and the vomeronasal organ are able to perceive pheromonal and/or non-pheromonal stimuli and they interact to perform chemosensory information-processing functions. However, the human perception of chemosignals depends on individual sensibility. If the threshold of sensibility for the male and female olfactory analyzer perceiving any non-pheromonal stimulus has been identified, the perception of pheromonal stimuli has not been properly studied. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to investigate individual sensibility to pheromonal and non-pheromonal stimuli of men and women at reproductive age. In present study we identified the threshold of sensibility to pheromonal and non-pheromonal stimuli of 40 females and 26 males aged 18-24 years old using the method described by T.Hammel and H.R.Briner. In this study we tested the females during two phases of menstrual cycle: receptive (the period of ovulation) and non-receptive. All recipients participating in the olfactory test per-ceived male (osmopherone) and female (osmopherine) pheromones in different concentration. It was found that individual olfactory sensibility influenced the perception of non-pheromonal stimuli, on the other hand, subjective perception of pheromones was associated with the vomer-onasal organ. In our study each concentration of osmopherone and osnopherine was analysed as a separate odour that had different associations. During the perception of osmopherine the participants had the following associations: putrefactive odour (10 %), flowery odour (66 %) and fruity odour (24 %). As far as osmopherone is concerned, the most frequent associations were putrefactive odour (14 %), flowery odour (60 %) and woody odour (26 %). The females were more sensitive to male's pheromones than man to female’s ones. It could be explained by the idea that females need acute sense of smell in order to fulfill their reproductive and parental functions. It is especially significant during the period of ovulation and choosing a sexual partner.

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Различия в показателях личностного потенциала у высокоинтеллектуальных студентов

Author(s): Anna Vasilievna Budakova,Valery Vladimirovna Matsuta / Language(s): Russian Issue: 6/2016

The results of studies of the personal potential of highly intellectual students are presented. The article provides a review of current studies in the field of intellectual and personal potential as a predictor of success. The methodological approach taken in this study is a mixed methodology based on the ideas of the systemic anthropological psychology suggested by V. E. Klochko, the theory of personal potential developed by D. A. Leontiev within the framework of positive psychology, and the concept of human intellectual abilities introduced by M. A. Kholodnaya. The aim of the research presented in this article was to study the peculiarities of personal potential and intellectual abilities of first-year university students. The first stage of the research involved identifying the level of students’ personal potential and intellectual ability. The results obtained from the correlational analysis showed a significant correlation between IQ and personal potential, especially the self-organization parameters of "Planning" and "Fixation". The last stage of the research based on the cluster analysis identified four groups of highly intelligent students with various personal potential indicators. Conducting the analysis of var-iance, the authors compared the groups, and on the base of the revealed variant and invariant personality traits two profiles of students with high level of intellectual development have been identified. The first profile is characterized by high personal potential, based on the expression of self-reflection, psychological safety and social intelligence which allows to predict their success in everyday activities and high achievements. The second profile shows low personal capacity, substantial characteristics of which will interfere with the achievement of success, despite the high level of intelligence. In conclusion, the study suggests that personal potential is the major factor determining success achievements in various activities.

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Podmiotowość z perspektywy wybranych teorii psychologicznych

Author(s): Henryk Gasiul / Language(s): Polish Issue: 3/2016

The author presents selected dominant contemporary approaches to the interpretation of subjectivity. Subjectivity is essential to understanding individual development. Unfortunately, one has to do with a huge amount of different interpretations. The article presents ways of interpreting subjectivity from the agentive internalistic and agentive externalistic positions, as well as proposes considering them from a personalistic perspective. The personalistic perspective of interpreting subjectivity is but one among other perspectives.

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KOCAELİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ SPOR BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN MENTAL (PSİKOLOJİK) İYİ OLMA DÜZEYLERİNİN MUTLULUK DÜZEYLERİNE ETKİSİ

Author(s): Ahmet Gönener,Arda Öztürk,Ozan Yılmaz / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 1/2017

In this study, it was aimed to investigate whether mental (psychological) well-being has an effect on the level of happiness of Kocaeli University Faculty of Sports Science students according to age, gender, department, class and perceived academic achievement. The research group constitutes 182 randomly chosen students in the 2015-2016 school year. In the study in order to evaluate mental well-being levels of the students "Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale" which was developed by Tennant et al. (2007) and adapted to Turkish by Keldalı (2015) and in order to evaluate happiness levels of the students "Happiness Scale of Oxford" which was developed by Hills and Argyle (2002) and adapted to Turkish by Doğan and Sapmaz (2012) and in order to gather information on socio-demographic backgrounds of the students a personal information form developed by the researchers were used as data gathering tools. According to the findings of the research, there was a significant positive correlation between mental (psychological) well-being and happiness. As a result this study showed that mental well-being has a positive effect on happiness for Kocaeli University Faculty of Sports Science Students.

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Zadania psychologa w formacji do kapłaństwa

Author(s): Tomasz Liszewski / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2017

The aim of this article is to present the role of psychologist in the formation in a higher theological seminary on the basis of Ratio fundamentalis institutionis sacerdotalis “The Gift of Priestly Vocation” and the experience of Polish psychologists. The contribution of psychology is valuable both for formation guides and for seminarians in two areas: in the assessment of personality, expressing an opinion about candidate’s psychological health and in psychotherapeutic accompaniment to assist in growth in human maturity. The field of psychologist’s competence is unable to make a judgment on the suitability of seminarians for priesthood.

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Family Functioning and Self-Silencing of Students

Author(s): Ivana Janković,Jelisaveta Todorović,Violeta Arnaudova / Language(s): English Issue: 02/2017

Starting from the main hypothesis of the Circumplex Model that the balanced levels of cohesion and flexibility are the most appropriate for family functioning, and that unbalanced levels of cohesion and flexibility are related to problematic family functioning, in this paper we wanted to investigate in what way these dimensions of family functioning are related to self-silencing. In this model, cohesion is defined as an emotional relationship between family members, and flexibility is defined as a quality and expression of leadership and organization. Self-silencing is related to the cognitive schema of creating and maintaining intimate relations in a way that a person is passive, that he/she suppresses his/her feelings, opinion and actions in order to satisfy the needs of people close to them. The research was conducted on a sample of 250 Serbian and Macedonian students. The following instruments were used in this research: Silencing the Self Scale and FACES IV, which consists of three scales that measure Cohesion (Disengaged, Balanced Cohesion and Enmeshed), three scales that measure Flexibility (Rigid, Balanced Flexibility and Chaotic), Scale for the Assessment of Family Communication, which is defined as the skill of positive communication and it is considered to be a mitigating dimension and it helps families change their levels of cohesion and flexibility, and the Scale for the Assessment of Family Satisfaction. Self-silencing is in a positive correlation with unbalanced levels of cohesion, with disengaged family relations (r=.195, p=.002) and with enmeshed (entangled) family relations (r=.332, p=.000). Self-silencing is in a positive correlation with Unbalanced levels of flexibility, with rigid (r=.243, p=.000) and chaotic family relations (r=.217, p=.001). Balanced Cohesion, as the indicator of healthy family functioning, is related to a lower level of self-silencing of family members, that is, in such families the members can openly speak about their needs, feelings and opinions without fear that it would jeopardize the needs of other family members. The members of families with a very low or very high cohesion and flexibility conceal their needs and desires in order to satisfy the needs of other members.

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PROCESI KONFLUENTNOG OBRAZOVANJA U CIKLUSU KULTURA - LIČNOST

Author(s): Mujo Slatina / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 10/2002

A child, as a natural individual, is certainly partially endowed with natural life forces, which exist within each one in form of the inclinations, abilities and "instincts". Even though each newborn nurtures a potential individual within, this is a "being in psychological sense" rather than an individual. It is transformed into distinctive and separate spiritual being, only through raising in certain culture. Thus, it is transformed into the creative being, i.e. individual.

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Depresja a integracja osobowa. Ujęcie poeriksonowskie

Author(s): Michał Bebrysz,Wanda Zagórska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2017

The present article deals with the problem of accumulation of psychosocial resources which adults who currently undergo the depression episodes have at their disposal. Such resources as trust, autonomy, initiative, sense of industry, sense of identity, intimacy, generativity and ontic integrity are all considered as manifestations of personal integrity. The theoretical purpose of this article is to identify the resources which become weakened during an ongoing depression episode. Some hypotheses referring to intergroup differences have been formulated as far as the intensification of psychosocial resources is concerned. The research included 60 people, aged between 25 and 66, and within this group 30 subjects were undergoing the depression episode (F32.1, F32.2, F33.1, F33.2). In the research, the Questionnaire of Personal Integration by Zagórska, Migut and Jelińska (2014) was used. The Questionnaire in question is an operationalization of the authorial conception of personal integration falling within the ambit of post-Eriksonian approach. Ontic integrity (Cronbach’s α < .7) was excluded from the analysis. The presence of a depressive episode or the lack of it explained 50 percent of the dispersion of the analyzed structure of traits. The variables with the most considerable input to the differentiation of the result profiles in two groups were trust, as the axial role in the model, and generativity. The variables defining the similarities of the groups in question were the sense of identity and intimacy. The variables such as autonomy, initiative and sense of industry had little impact on differences between the groups. Defining the fields of individual restrictions and strengths might be helpful in the prophylaxis and therapy of depression.

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Взаимосвязь социальной успешности и эмоциональных переживаний детей дошкольного возраста

Author(s): Angelica Nicolayevna Pronina,Irina Vasilyevna Yakovleva,Irina Victorovna Sushkova / Language(s): Russian Issue: 3/2017

Introduction. The article presents an overview of the main ideas and results of studying the problem of the relationship between social success and emotional experiences of preschool age children. The aim of the study was to identify the relationships between indicators of social success and types of emotional experiences of preschoolers. Materials and methods. The authors employed the following methods of assessing preschoolers’ social success: methods of directing social behavior motivation (motivational level), methods of choice in action (the indicator of attitude), behavior type monitoring (behavioral indicator). Colour tests for assessing the emotional status, anxiety tests, methods of revealing fears, and methods of aggression display were applied in order to assess emotional experience of preschool children. Evaluation of the interdependence between indicators of social success and emotional experiences were carried out using Spearman rank correlation (p). The sample consisted of 188 children of senior preschool age. Results. The study identified subgroups of socially successful (n=135) and social failure (n=53) children. It has been established that socially successful children have higher average values of all studied emotions. Correlation analysis showed that high rates of social success have a higher level of emotional experiences: group direction of social behavior motivation is characterized by a neutral emotional state and high levels of fear; positive sociometric status is characterized by high aggression and fear level; active social behavior type was characterized by high aggression and anxiety level. Socially unsuccessful children have lower levels of manifestation of the same emotional experiences. Conclusion. The results allowed to conclude that separate indicators of social success of preschool age children are connected with certain types of emotional experiences. It is revealed that high levels of indicators of preschoolers’ social success are associated with a high level of emotional distress – increased aggression, anxiety, and fear, which characterizes emotional stress in achieving and maintaining social success. Low levels of emotional experiences of socially unsuccessful preschoolers indicate their passive social attitudes.

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Темпоральные аспекты трансформации ценностной структуры самоидентичности в условиях кардинальных изменений жизненной ситуации

Author(s): Andrey Viktorovich Mazurkevich,Mikhail Sergeyevich Yanitskiy,Andrey Viktorovich Seryy / Language(s): Russian Issue: 3/2017

Introduction. The article provides an overview of theoretical frameworks, allowing to consider the system interaction of personal, social and temporal aspects of self-identity in changes of life situations. The purpose of the article is to identify and describe the main trends in the transformation of value-semantic sphere of individuals, determining the stability / varia-bility of “I-images” in the conditions of radical changes of life, and to set the vector and to out-line further research on the issue. Materials and Methods. The model group consisted of professional sailors, who were considered as an example, demonstrating self-fulfillment in a radical change of situation. The empirical base is represented by two measurements, carried out consecutively in the following three modes: the past, present and future on the same sample, under normal conditions of life and the conditions of a long voyage. For this study, the Rokeach's test of value orientations, Semantic time differential, and authors’ methodological procedure of repertory grid technique were employed. Results. The authors outline the trends of changing hierarchical value positions in a variety of time modes: the past, present and future. The interconnection of specific value positions in the hierarchy with the appropriate "temporal I" is described. The results indicate the degree of value system integrity with the structure temporary "I" self-identity. This article investigates how time and environment factors influence the identification process, and reveals the specific features of temporal transformations in individual’s self-identity value structures in extreme conditions. The authors emphasize the determining role of situation contexts in the analyzed processes. Conclusions. The findings enhance our understanding of the regular nature of value-time transformations in individuals’ self-identity within the framework of extreme life conditions. The authors emphasize the explorative and empirical nature of the study. However, more research on this topic needs to be undertaken.

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ИСКУСТВО УСАМЉЕНОСТИ У АДОЛЕСЦЕНЦИЈИ

Author(s): Radmila Milovanović / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 145/2013

The paper deals with the phenomenon of loneliness, the emotional state which is characterized by the feeling of emptiness and isolation, exclusion and isolation from other people. It is the state connected with many psychological troubles, behavioral and social problems and can seriously threaten mental and physical health of the adolescents and grown-up young people. The goal of the research is to examine the frequency of the experience of loneliness in the population of the adolescents, the connection of loneliness with other psychological difficulties, and also with the effects of socialization. A modified questionnaire about the ways of the expression of the crisis in the adolescence (Kondić and co.), the short form of the UCLA Loneliness Scale (University of California Los Angeles Loneliness Scale) and the battery of the tests of socializations (Momirović and co.) are used in this research. The research is conducted on the sample of 300 first year students from the Faculty of Pedagogy in Jagodina, Medical Faculty in Belgrade, Faculty of Philology and Arts in Kragujevac and College of Health Studies in Ćuprija, of the average age 19.1 years. The results received by the application of the same questionnaire on the sample of the students in the final year of high schools in the interval of 5 years starting from 1985 until 2010 are used for the comparison (100 adolescents for each researched year). The results of the research have shown that 32% of the adolescents in the researched sample declare as lonely (the comparison points to the trend of the increase of loneliness in the population of the adolescents in relation to the previous year), that the loneliness is statistically significantly connected to other psychological difficulties (depression, self-image disorders, eating disorders, sleep disorders) and with the emphasized effects of socialization, that is, exaggerated socialization (where the solution of this serious problem can be searched).

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Ролевая структура подростков в межличностном взаимодействии

Author(s): Sergey Borisovich Perevozkin,Yulia Mikhailovna Perevozkina,Olga Olegovna Andronnikova / Language(s): Russian Issue: 1/2018

Introduction. The article investigates the problem of interpersonal interaction among adolescents - a generation growing in a rapidly changing world. The purpose of the article is to identify the role structure of adolescents in the context of interpersonal interaction. Materials and Methods. The study was conducted using a sample of 139 adolescents (62 boys and 77 girls) aged between 13 and 15 years in grades 7–9 of comprehensive schools in Novosibirsk. The study uses a projective method and questionnaires in order to gain insights into manifestation of roles within interpersonal interaction among adolescents, role conflict and characteristics of interactions and relationships of adolescents in the group. Results. The authors report data on statistically significant differences in the manifestation of role-playing positions and role conflict depending on sex, friends and orientation of adolescents p < 0.05 (t-Student's test), as well as the significant positive and negative correlations between role images and the evaluation of interpersonal interactions in the group p < 0.05 test (r-S pearman test). It is argued that adolescents who have an unstable worldview are prone to negative influences, especially those who experience interpersonal difficulties. It is proposed to consider interpersonal interaction within the framework of symbolic interactionism, which suggests that the basis of interpersonal interaction is the role behavior of the subject. The thesis about cultural fixation of basic roles participating in interpersonal interaction is covered. It is substantiated that the study of adolescence in the context of the role-based approach makes it possible to bring the understanding of the problem of interpersonal interaction to a new level. Conclusions. Based on the results obtained, a conclusion is drawn about the peculiarities of the role structure of adolescents in interpersonal interaction.

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Индивидуально-психологические предикторы адаптивного поведения подростков

Author(s): Valentina Ivanovna Dolgova,Yulia Aleksandrovna Rokitskaya,Artem Arkadevich Salamatov / Language(s): Russian Issue: 1/2018

Introduction. The problem of studying individual psychological predictors of adolescent adaptive behavior is determined by its social significance, on the one hand, and the lack of a unified theory which explains the determination of adolescent adaptive behavior, on the other hand. The purpose of the article is to present and to analyze the results of theoretical and regression research on self-image (self-attitude) and coping strategies as individual psychological predictors of adolescent adaptive behavior. Materials and Methods. Research methodology consists of existential and socially-oriented approaches, personality theories, and developmental stage theories. The authors employed the following methods: N. N. Melnikova’s Adaptive Behavior Strategies questionnaire (ASP-1 adolescent form); V.V. Stolin and S. R. Panteleev’s Self-attitude questionnaire; N.P. Fetiskin, V. V. Kozlov, and G. M. Manuilov’s Questionnaire of overcoming behavior; methods of mathematical and statistical analysis (descriptive statistics, K. Pearson’s correlation analysis, multiple regression analysis, and SPSS 19.0 for WINDOWS software). Results. The study shows significant correlations between self-attitude indicators, coping strategies, and adaptive behavior of adolescents. Regression analysis confirms that formation of adaptive behavior is mostly determined by the following independent variables: the integral level of self-relationship, self-confidence, self-understanding, humor, expression of feelings, etc. The content and focus of this analysis are largely determined by the level of self-attitude of adolescents. It is revealed that increasing positive general undifferentiated self-attitude corresponds to growth of the independent variables. Conclusions. The undertaken theoretical research has revealed and proved the dependence of adaptive behavior of adolescents on external and internal factors. The internal factors include such coping strategies as coping with stress and self-attitude which perform the function of individual psychological predictors of individual’s adaptive behavior. The empirical research followed by mathematical and statistical data analysis has confirmed the assumption that adaptive behavior depends on preferred coping strategies and indicators of self-attitude.

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Исследование эффективности сочетанного применения кортексина и физических упражнений в оптимизации функциональной системы статокинетической устойчивости человека

Author(s): Lyudmila Aleksandrovna Sorokina,Leonid Gennadievich Buynov,Nikolai Nikolaevich Plakhov,Roman Idelevich Aizman / Language(s): Russian Issue: 1/2018

Introduction. Fundamental and applied research in the field of optimization of the functional system of human statokinetic stability to date is one of the leading positions in the Russian and world physiology of work. The aim of the research is to study the effectiveness of the course using of a peptide bioregulator Cortexin in combination with physical exercises with the help of a modified test by A. I. Yarotsky in increasing of human statokinetic stability. Materials and Methods. The sample consisted of 28 healthy male subjects aged between 20 and 22 years. (The experimental group included 17 subjects, the control group consisted of 11 subjects). The method of continuous cumulation of Coriolis accelerations (CCCA) was used in order to stimulate the vestibular apparatus in the experimental group. To increase statokinetic stability, cortexin was used in combination with active training with the help of a modified test by A. I. Yarotsky (MTY). Results. It is shown that the subjects of the experimental group treated with Cortexin in combination with MTY demonstrated increased time of CCCA. Simultaneously, decrease in the severity of vestibulosensory, vestibulovegetative, and vestibulosomatic reactions was observed which indicated the improvement of subjects’ statokinetic tolerance in the experimental group in the test CCCA. Positive dynamics of indicators in the experimental group was confirmed by the data of the static stabilometric test in the integrated functional computer stabilography. Thus, tests with open and closed eyes showed marked decrease in the rate of increase in the length and area of statokinesigram, oscillation amplitude (OA), and projection of the total center of gravity (PTCG) in the frontal and sagittal planes, and the coefficient of asymmetry (CA) in the frontal and sagittal directions. Conclusions. The obtained results allow to recommend using a peptide bioregulator Cortexin in combination with physical exercises to stimulate the human vestibular apparatus and improve statokinetic stability.

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Araştırma Görevlilerinin Kendini Sabotaj Eğilimlerinin İncelenmesi

Author(s): Hilal Büyükgöze,Feyza Gün / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 2/2015

The primary aim of the present study is to determine the self-handicapping levels of research assistants. Within the study, it has also aimed to investigate whether the self-handicapping levels of participants differ in relation to gender, marital status, tenure, and cadre status. Having adopted quantitative research approach, the current study’s participants were research assistants (N=408) working in state universities located in İstanbul and Ankara. The data was collected by “Self-Handicapping Scale (SHS)”, consisting of Likert type 6-point 25 items, developed by Jones and Rhodewalt (1982) and adapted into Turkish by Akın (2012). The data was gathered during the 2014/2015 academic year’s spring term by a program on the internet. The data was analyzed by mean, standard deviation, t test and ANOVA. The construct validity of the scale used in the study was tested by confirmatory factor analysis conducted by AMOS, and the reliability of the SHS was tested by calculating Cronbach alpha internal consistency coefficient. Results showed that research assistants’ self handicapping tendencies are relatively low, and the demographic variables investigated within the study did not vary their tendencies significantly.

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Exploring Attitudes as Complex Psychological Constructs: Attitude Change through the Process of Persuasion

Author(s): Goran Madžarević / Language(s): English Issue: 9/2017

As being vital, the present paper attempts to explore and give answer to the most substantial questions related to a complex construct of attitudes. By tracing their origins, we try to explain what they are, and what their function is. What are they made of? Are they emotional or cognitive constructs? Are they stable or they can be changed? The study focusses on the process of persuasion as one of mechanisms responsible for attitude change.

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