Irene E. Spanaki, F. Venetsanou, C. Evaggelinou, E. Skordilis
{"title":"Graphomotor Skills of Greek Kindergarten and Elementary School Children: Effect of a Fine Motor Intervention Program1:","authors":"Irene E. Spanaki, F. Venetsanou, C. Evaggelinou, E. Skordilis","doi":"10.2466/01.09.IT.3.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2466/01.09.IT.3.2","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The purpose of this quasi experimental study was to examine the effect of a fine motor intervention program on the graphomotor skills of 64 kindergarten and early elementary school Greek students (33 boys, 31 girls). The participants were assigned to experimental (EG) and control groups (CG). Graphomotor skills were assessed with the visual motor control items of Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency – Long Form (BOTMP-LF). The intervention program lasted two months, twice per week. Analysis indicated significant multivariate and univariate interaction effects for each graphomotor skill. Early elementary educators and kindergarten teachers should consider fine motor intervention programs to improve the graphomotor skills of all students.","PeriodicalId":37202,"journal":{"name":"Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology","volume":"88 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79857142","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Use of Online Social Network Sites for Personal Purposes at Work: Does it Impair Self-Reported Performance?1","authors":"C. S. Andreassen, T. Torsheim, S. Pallesen","doi":"10.2466/01.21.CP.3.18","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2466/01.21.CP.3.18","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Online social network sites are often used for personal purposes during working hours. Whether or not such use interferes with and impairs work performance is obviously of organizational and economical interest. This impairment hypothesis was empirically tested by the current study. A total of 11,018 (5,656 male) employees participated in a web-based cross-sectional survey distributed in the online edition of several Norwegian newspapers. To investigate the relationship between the use of online social network sites for personal purposes during working hours and self-reported work performance, these measures were included with additional questions about demography (age, sex, education, relationship status, professional position) and personality (Mini-IPIP; Extroversion, Neuroticism, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Intellect/Imagination). The data was analyzed by hierarchical regression analyses, where absolute (usual performance) and relative (usual performance compared to one's judgment of the...","PeriodicalId":37202,"journal":{"name":"Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86453457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Chong, K. Adams, Kyle Fenton, M. Gibson, Kate Hodges, Justine R. Horne, Jennifer Kirby, Alex Raisor, Katie Steiner, M. Do, C. Wakade
{"title":"Postural Adaptation to a Slow Sensorimotor Set-Changing Task in Parkinson's Disease1:","authors":"R. Chong, K. Adams, Kyle Fenton, M. Gibson, Kate Hodges, Justine R. Horne, Jennifer Kirby, Alex Raisor, Katie Steiner, M. Do, C. Wakade","doi":"10.2466/15.26.CP.3.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2466/15.26.CP.3.9","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract A general characteristic of Parkinson's disease (PD) is the inability to adapt and change set quickly. The goal of this study was to assess whether PD affects performance in which changing set occurs over minutes, i.e., a slow and continuous form of sensorimotor set-change. Recovery from the postural lean aftereffect following prolonged stance on an inclined surface (Experiment 1) was tested to see if the addition of light-touch tactile feedback from the fingertips during inclined stance increased the aftereffect (Experiment 2). The percentage of responders in healthy Young, Older, and PD groups was similar, as were characteristics of the recovery towards vertical stance, namely the initial forward lean, range, time constant, and half-life. Tactile feedback increased the responder rate in all groups. A novel response was also observed in which the aftereffect did not dissipate; i.e., participants remained leaning forward throughout the post-incline stance period. PD does not appear to affect the ...","PeriodicalId":37202,"journal":{"name":"Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology","volume":"59 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83701807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Stadulis, A. Neal-Barnett, M. MacCracken, Lisa K. Fender-Scarr
{"title":"Social Physique Anxiety in Early Adolescent Black Females1","authors":"R. Stadulis, A. Neal-Barnett, M. MacCracken, Lisa K. Fender-Scarr","doi":"10.2466/07.13.CP.3.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2466/07.13.CP.3.12","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract An adapted version of the 9-item Social Physique Anxiety Scale (SPAS) was administered to Black females (N = 179) ages 11 to 14 years. Comparison between body composition (BMI) and social physique anxiety (SPA) indicated greatest SPA in overweight/obese participants. No change over age was observed. In comparison to previous data for a White sample, these Black early adolescent females evidenced somewhat lower social physique anxiety than the White females. The lower SPA supports the hypothesis that Black females are more accepting of a larger physique in early adolescence. Factor analysis supported a substantitive/non-substantitive two-factor model for the SPAS-C.","PeriodicalId":37202,"journal":{"name":"Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology","volume":"32 1","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91004725","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Strategic Use of Translation in Learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL) among Bahrain University Students1","authors":"N. Al-Musawi","doi":"10.2466/10.03.IT.3.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2466/10.03.IT.3.4","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The present study explores the strategic use of translation in learning English by undergraduate students in Bahrain. The Arabic Version of the Inventory for Translation as a Learning Strategy (AITLS) was prepared by the author and was administered randomly to 360 undergraduate students who majored in English at the College of Arts of the University of Bahrain. The student response to the AITLS items revealed two contradictory tendencies toward using translation as a learning strategy: the tendency to demonstrate medium support for the use of translation to learn English vocabulary, to read, to write, and check comprehension; and the tendency not to use translation to learn English idioms, phrases, expressions, proverbs, and grammatical rules. The pedagogical implications of the results for English language teaching are discussed.","PeriodicalId":37202,"journal":{"name":"Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89460963","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Challenges in Predicting Child Outcomes from Different Family Structures1","authors":"W. Schumm","doi":"10.2466/03.17.49.CP.3.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2466/03.17.49.CP.3.10","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Many studies purport to reveal the effects of family structure upon child outcomes. Important limitations in such research are discussed. First, many studies rely on current family structure, which overlooks the past environment to which a child was exposed. Therefore, little can be said about the “dose” of family structure(s) received by the child or how such exposures might have occurred at important developmental turning points in the child's life. Studies involving heterosexual and/or same-sex (LGBT) parent families often must deal with such limitations, and so are a good model for assessing how duration of exposure to different types of family structures and the child's developmental situation(s) during such exposures might affect outcomes. Literature examples are discussed, and one study is assessed in detail to demonstrate that in some cases, more information about how long a child spent in different family structures can be found through careful statistical detective work.","PeriodicalId":37202,"journal":{"name":"Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82404237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Elementary education student attitudes to teaching mathematics1","authors":"Haitham M. Alkhateeb","doi":"10.2466/10.IT.3.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2466/10.IT.3.6","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This research study compares the attitudes toward teaching mathematics of elementary education students using the 22-item Likert-type Mathematics Teaching Attitude Questionnaire (Nisbet, 1991). Data were collected from 153 freshman students majoring in elementary education (133 women and 20 men) whose ages ranged between 18 and 37 years (M = 19.5 yr., SD = 2.1) and from 144 senior elementary education student teachers (128 women, 16 men) whose ages ranged between 21 and 52 years (M = 22.8 yr., SD = 4.6). The freshman students majoring in elementary education were in the first or second semester of their undergraduate degree program and were planning to join the elementary teacher education program; whereas, the senior elementary education student teachers were in the final semester of their elementary teacher education program. Analyses of the responses to the questionnaire by the freshman students majoring in elementary education and the senior elementary education student teachers were carried ...","PeriodicalId":37202,"journal":{"name":"Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology","volume":"14 3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77353728","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Type I and Type II Errors in Correlations of Various Sample Sizes1","authors":"D. Knudson, C. Lindsey","doi":"10.2466/03.CP.3.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2466/03.CP.3.1","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study documented the effect of sample sizes commonly seen in exercise science research on type I and type II errors in statistical tests of numerous correlations. Data on tennis string testing were used to examine zero-order and partial correlations between six variables for the population (N = 198) and three randomly drawn sub-samples of 99, 50, and 25. Sample size and statistical analysis procedure affected the rates of statistical errors. Reducing sample size increased type II errors 7% to 21% using correlation analysis. Partial correlation analysis of smaller samples increased type II errors 29% to 85%. Correlation studies of small sample sizes are likely vulnerable to type I or type II statistical errors and should be interpreted with caution.","PeriodicalId":37202,"journal":{"name":"Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85397245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"In search of kinesiology's core journals: an elusive and potentially value-laden enterprise1","authors":"B. Cardinal, David P Schary, Moosong Kim","doi":"10.2466/11.03.CP.3.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2466/11.03.CP.3.13","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In this paper we raise concerns over the methodological approach employed by Knudson (2013a) in attempting to identify core journals in kinesiology. Philosophical concerns about the nature of his results and their meaning are also brought to bear. The authors argue for more consistent, explicit, and inclusive methodology in identifying the journals and the associated measures of impact and prestige, and raise questions about the nature and purpose of scholarship in kinesiology that must be considered more fully. Our intention in raising these concerns is meant to answer the call of Knudson, Morrow, and Thomas (2014), who observed that scholars in kinesiology rarely challenge one another through letters to the editor, replication, or by other means. In the spirit of such scholarly discourse, we offer several observations that we feel should be considered, particularly prior to individuals or institutions attempting to operationalize and/or apply his study results.","PeriodicalId":37202,"journal":{"name":"Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87180154","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Self-perceptions of black single mothers attending college1","authors":"Maudry-Beverley Lashley","doi":"10.2466/10.21.CP.3.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2466/10.21.CP.3.5","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The present study examined the self-perceptions of 28 Black single mothers enrolled in a four-year college program in the U.S. Participants (M age = 30 yr., SD = 6.1) described their experiences and self-narratives as Black single mothers who are studying and working in addition to their child-raising duties. A structured interview format was utilized to collect the data, which were analyzed qualitatively. The findings indicated that these mothers successfully navigated their various roles. Six themes emerged from the interviews: these mothers focused on family cohesiveness, education, spirituality, support networks (family and government), motivation for a better life in addition to teaching their children to respect others. Implications for practice are offered for enhancing the parenting success of single Black mothers.","PeriodicalId":37202,"journal":{"name":"Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86530293","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}