{"title":"REVIEW OF THE BOOK “PSYCHO-SOCIAL ASPECTS OF NUTRITION AND EATING DISORDERS” WRITTEN BY TSVETELINA HADZHIEVA","authors":"N. V. Angelova","doi":"10.37708/psyct.v13i2.538","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37708/psyct.v13i2.538","url":null,"abstract":"This review presents the book “Psycho-social aspects of nutrition and eating disorders,” whose author is Tsvetelina Hadzhieva,Ph.D. The proposed book treats issues related to nutrition and eating disorders and the relationship they have with the culture and society. The review reflects the structure of the book in accordance with the information of each chapter. The review ends with a positive appraisal.","PeriodicalId":37380,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Thought","volume":"13 1","pages":"491-495"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46515148","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":"DEVELOPMENT AND PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF A SCALE OF NON-THEISTIC SPIRITUALITY: CONTRIBUTIONS OF SPIRITUALITY TO THE LOCUS OF CONTROL","authors":"J. Silva, A. Pereira, S. Monteiro","doi":"10.37708/psyct.v13i2.473","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37708/psyct.v13i2.473","url":null,"abstract":"The present study aims to compare measures of spirituality and religiosity in the experience of the locus of control. For this purpose a scale of non-theistic spirituality (Spiritual Awareness Scale) was developed to better distinguish spirituality from religiosity. The sample included 279 participants, 86 males (30.8%) and 193 females (69.2%), aged between 17 and 69 ( M = 24.42, SD = 9.463). The results showed that the Spiritual Awareness Scale has acceptable psychometric characteristics as also good convergent and practical validity. The findings revealed that spirituality and religiosity affect the perception of the locus of control in opposite ways: the greater the spirituality, the greater the feeling of personal control over life events; and the greater the religiosity, the more the feeling of lack of control. These results raise important questions about the operationalization of both concepts of spirituality and religiosity.","PeriodicalId":37380,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Thought","volume":"13 1","pages":"410-438"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41877623","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":"REVIEW OF THE BOOK “THE MEANING OF LIFE” WRITTEN BY PROF. RUMEN STAMATOV, D.SC.","authors":"S. Mavrodiev","doi":"10.37708/psyct.v13i2.537","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37708/psyct.v13i2.537","url":null,"abstract":"The review of the book \"The Meaning of Life\" presents a theoretical study conducted by Rumen Stamatov, dedicated to one of the most complex constructs in psychology. The question of the meaning of life is posed in the field of existential and positive psychology. The author accepts that the understanding of the question of meaning can be represented by four separate questions: Why should I live?; What to do with the rest of my life ?; What meaning can I draw from my past life ?; What could be different in my life? These questions reveal different perspectives in which the problem of meaning arises. The book is perhaps the most in-depth study of these issues written by a Bulgarian author.","PeriodicalId":37380,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Thought","volume":"13 1","pages":"486-490"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41858732","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}
F. Abal, Gabriela Susana Lozzia, S. E. Auné, H. F. Attorresi
{"title":"ITEM BANKING FOR AN ADAPTIVE MEASUREMENT OF NEUROTICISM","authors":"F. Abal, Gabriela Susana Lozzia, S. E. Auné, H. F. Attorresi","doi":"10.37708/psyct.v13i2.503","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37708/psyct.v13i2.503","url":null,"abstract":"The psychometric properties of a bank of 36 items are presented measuring Neuroticism based on the Five-Factor Model. These items pertain to the facets that were identified by the work of McCrae and Costa. The sample was comprised of 1133 adult subjects that reside in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area in Argentina. Women accounted for 52.1% of those subjects with an average age of 29.5 years ( SD = 11.32). In order to get the items calibrated according to Item Response Theory (Graded Response Model), acquire the bank’s information functions and assess the estimated associations with other instruments, 70% of the cases were randomly selected. An adaptive administration simulation was made with the remaining 30% so as to test two stopping rules: a) using 18 items and b) standard error of ≤ 0.25. Correlations greater than .95 were found between the estimated bank scores and the two adaptive versions. The advantages of using the adaptive Neuroticism measurement over other well-renowned instruments that use conventional large formats, as well as abbreviated ones, are discussed.","PeriodicalId":37380,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Thought","volume":"13 1","pages":"459-485"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49019353","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":"FALSE MEMORIES FOR SEMANTIC AND CATEGORY ASSOCIATES: COMPARING RETRIEVAL STRATEGIES AND RETENTION INTERVAL","authors":"Kedarmal Verma, N. Kashyap","doi":"10.37708/psyct.v13i2.492","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37708/psyct.v13i2.492","url":null,"abstract":"False memories are memories that people believe indeed correspond to actual events from the past. Experimental investigation of false memories involves varied methodologies, including semantic and category associate technique. While the category method depends on the frequency of intra-list items, semantic associate measures semantic association of intra-list items. The present study compares false memory generation through category and semantic associates. Additionally, the mode of retrieval (recall, recognition) and retention interval (short, long) were manipulated to measure their effect on false memory generation. The result of the study suggests that retention interval and mode of retrieval did influence false memories generated using words (semantic associates) and line drawings (category associates).","PeriodicalId":37380,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Thought","volume":"13 1","pages":"322-348"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46213194","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":"THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INSECURE ATTACHMENT PATTERNS AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF GENERAL CAUSALITY ORIENTATIONS","authors":"Gamze Şen, İhsan Dağ","doi":"10.37708/psyct.v13i2.430","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37708/psyct.v13i2.430","url":null,"abstract":"The main aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of general causality orientations within Self Determination Theory in the relationship between adult attachment styles and various psychopathological symptoms (depression, OCD symptomology, and general psychological symptoms). Total 750 participants were consisted of 558 female and 192 male. Results of a mediation analysis demonstrated that: autonomy orientation have shown positive effect to statistically significant predictors for various psychopathological symptoms, but having impersonal orientations have shown negative effect. Control orientations have negative effect to statistically significant predictors only for OCD symptomology. Different level causality orientations for each individual was found to be suited for the role of partial mediation this relation, and autonomy orientation was found to have more positive roles than control and impersonal orientations. This relationship is differential with respect to gender effect and anxious or avoidant attachment patterns.","PeriodicalId":37380,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Thought","volume":"13 1","pages":"376-409"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41878913","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":"ANALYSING ANOREXIA NERVOSA: DIGITAL LOGIC PROVIDES ALTERNATIVE MEANINGS OF ITS NATURE, LEADING TO ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF PSYCHOTHERAPY","authors":"D. Botha","doi":"10.37708/psyct.v13i2.471","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37708/psyct.v13i2.471","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this article is to apply innovative analogue and digital thinking processes that, first, negate DSM (III to 5 th Eds.) understandings of anorexia, and then formulate a bases which encapsulates alternative understandings of the universal patterns of behavior, understandings that honour and embrace the patterns of behavior expressed by each person. Published research of lived experiences of persons who exhibit patterns of behavior and attitudes towards food, weight, body shape and size, that are deemed to be diagnostic criteria of anorexia nervosa, provides evidence that those patterns of behavior serve as coping mechanisms against the suffocating forces of unwanted, specific, and personal discourses in their lives. As a consequence of this application, the article argues that these universal patterns of behavior and attitudes to food, weight and body image, expressed uniquely by each person, are expressions, images and ideas of a specific form of an archetype, with each person having their personal and unique reasons for their behavioral expressions. This analyses indicates that these persons do not “suffer from” a mental eating disorder called anorexia, and that psychotherapeutic approaches for each person should focus on the problems in their lives, problems that cause them to express the images and ideas of a universal archetype.","PeriodicalId":37380,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Thought","volume":"13 1","pages":"286-307"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42322541","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":"TEACHING PSYCHOLOGY DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. CHALLENGES FOR ONLINE COURSES","authors":"Marius Drugas","doi":"10.37708/psyct.v13i2.541","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37708/psyct.v13i2.541","url":null,"abstract":"The forced transition to online teaching and learning, caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic, was sudden and difficult for many teachers and students who had to adapt to new ways of interacting. Our purpose is to describe some specific challenges and recommendations for online teaching and learning in the field of Psychology, especially for those who never had this kind of experience before. The quality of learning was not an issue identified by current students, but the content quality and the opportunities for social interactions during online courses were revealed as real problems by scientific research. Teachers are expected to act as facilitators, content experts, organizers, or technical helpers, and all these may become sources of frustration. The convenience of online courses for students could diminish the worries connected to learning outcomes, but we have to admit that not all teachers are prepared, willing or able to adapt to online classes.","PeriodicalId":37380,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Thought","volume":"13 1","pages":"273-285"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46109058","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":"PERCEIVING UNIVERSITY EDUCATION AS MORE IMPORTANT FOR MEN THAN FOR WOMEN: GENDER DIFFERENCES AND PREDICTORS OF THIS PERCEPTION IN MUSLIM SOCIETIES","authors":"Nur Amali Aminnuddin","doi":"10.37708/psyct.v13i1.392","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37708/psyct.v13i1.392","url":null,"abstract":"Education for women in Muslim societies had been discussed widely. However, it remains unclear if the perception of the importance of university education in Muslim societies and its predictors are different between men and women. Therefore, this research examined the following misogynistic perception among both genders: university education is more important for men than for women. This research aimed to determine gender differences and predictors of this perception. Sample populations were from Malaysia ( N =820), Singapore ( N =320), India ( N =447), and Pakistan ( N =1195). Mean difference test and binomial logistic regression analysis were conducted. The results revealed that more than half of the men agreed that they perceived university education as more important for men than for women. Over half of the women had the same perception. Some demographic variables were significant predictors of perceiving university education to be more important for men than for women, albeit inconsistent based on groups and countries. Some of the findings included being religious predicted less likelihood of misogynistic perception in countries such as Malaysia and Pakistan, but not in the others. Consistently, for both genders, perceptions concerning men’s superiority and women’s role being at home predicted the perception that university education was more important for men than for women. This suggests the intricate influence of the perception of ability and gender stereotype among Muslims when it concerns university education. Further studies are necessary to understand the rationale behind these predictors.","PeriodicalId":37380,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Thought","volume":"13 1","pages":"99-126"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43227304","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}
C. Sousa, M. Rodrigues, L. Figueiredo, G. Gonçalves
{"title":"RURAL TEMPORARY MIGRANT WORKERS: ADJUSTMENT AND INTEGRATION IN PORTUGAL","authors":"C. Sousa, M. Rodrigues, L. Figueiredo, G. Gonçalves","doi":"10.37708/psyct.v13i1.403","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37708/psyct.v13i1.403","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed to analyze the main adjustment difficulties encountered by temporary immigrants and to identify the ways in which organizations received them and implemented integration strategies. Using a sample of three human resource managers, six supervisors and 50 immigrants of varying nationalities, the results revealed that although immigrants claimed to feel largely integrated in the new society and the organizations where they worked, the supervisors argued that integration and adjustment practices directed at immigrant workers were almost non-existent. The practices carried out by the organizations were primarily related to the work aspect, alongside a degree of support with bureaucratic issues and in some cases the provision of Portuguese language courses. Studies on rural immigrants are scarce, especially with regard to organizational integration practices. Managing a diverse workforce is one of the great challenges of modern organizations, hence immigrant workers’ integration is critical not only for the individuals themselves but also for the performance and success of the companies as a whole.","PeriodicalId":37380,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Thought","volume":"13 1","pages":"146-168"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47963477","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}