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The role of neighbourly relations and cooperation in residents’ willingness to renovate multi-family buildings in Croatia

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Klasić A., Đokić R.

Critical Housing Analysis

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2023

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vol. 10

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issue 2

1-14

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The inadequate legislation on multi-family housing management in Central and Eastern European post-socialist countries calls for the exploration of additional determinants of building renovation on the level of the community of residents in a building. To this end, we present here an analytical framework called the mediated-Renovation Decision (m-RD) model for simultaneously testing the direct and indirect effects that neighbourly relations, cooperation of the co-owners’ representative with the co-owners, and acceptance of the building co-ownership concept have on co-owners’ willingness to invest in building renovation. The model is based on assessments made by 325 co-owners’ representatives from multi-family buildings in Croatia. The results show that the quality of neighbourly relations affects the co-owner’s willingness to renovate not directly, but indirectly through the level of their acceptance of the building co-ownership concept. The other indirect effect of neighbourly relations – through the level of the representative’s cooperation with co-owners – was not significant. The demonstrated analytical value of the m-RD model advocates for more complex studies of the role of neighbourly relations in collective decision-making and actions in the housing domain.

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Wymiary tożsamości a satysfakcja z życia u studentów i pracujących

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Karaś D., Kłym M., Wasilewska Ż. M., Rusiak D., Cieciuch J.

Studia Psychologica

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2012

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issue 12/1

25-45

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The main aim of presented study was to examine the relationships between satisfaction with life (Diener, 1984) and five identity dimensions distinguished by Luyckx (Luyckx, Goosens, Soenens, & Beyers, 2006, Luyckx et al., 2008): commitment making, identification with commitment, exploration in breadth, exploration in depth and ruminative exploration. The participants were 417 students and workers aged 19–27. The results indicated significant relationships between identity dimensions and life satisfaction and also showed the differences between students and workers group: in student sub-sample significant appeared to be the connection between exploration in breadth and satisfaction with life, and in worker sub-sample the connections of life satisfaction and exploration in depth. Moreover, in both sub-samples the significant links between satisfaction with life and ruminative kind of exploration were reported. it was also found, that identification with commitment mediates the relationship of commitment making and life satisfaction.

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Be Positive and Engage in Training: Positive Orientation and Marathon Performance

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Kędra M., Łaguna M.

Roczniki Psychologiczne

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2022

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vol. 25

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issue 3

223-237

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Psychological mechanisms explaining running performance have not been fully identified yet. One of the factors potentially important in running performance is positive orientation-a higher order construct capturing the core of self-esteem, life satisfaction, and optimism. The aim of the study was to investigate the role of positive orientation in explaining running performance of recreational runners. The study involved 204 recreational runners taking part in a marathon race. Before the race, they reported their positive orientation, training engagement, BMI, and previous marathon experience. Actual running performance was measured using runners’ personal bib numbers and their objective time scores obtained from the official competitors’ list after the race. Structural equation modelling results show that the higher is runners’ positive orientation, the higher is also their training engagement before the marathon, which in turn predicts their actual running performance. The study extends the understanding of a role of personality in recreational sport performance. The findings broaden also evidence concerning the role of positive orientation in effective functioning.

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Effort-reward imbalance and job strain index associated with health-related quality of life for civil servants in a national survey: the mediation effect of job support and over-commitment

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Tseng P.-C., Lin P.-Y., Liang W.-M., Lin W.-Y., Kuo H.-W.

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

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2022

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vol. 35

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issue 4

425-436

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ObjectivesWork-related stress (WRS) is significantly associated with health-related quality of life (HRQoL), but the amounts of evidence on differences of effort-reward imbalance (ERI) and job strain index (JSI) remain sparse and have limited generalizability. Therefore, we aimed to assess the association between ERI and JSI with HRQoL and assess the mediation effect of social support (JS) and over-commitment (OC) on this association in Taiwan’s civil servants.Material and MethodsA cross-sectional national survey was given to registered civil servants in Taiwan – 20 046 civil servants from 647 institutions were enrolled using multistage stratified random cluster sampling. A web-questionnaire collected demographic information, job characteristics, and different indexes of ERI and job-control-demand-support (JCDS) models. Structural equation model (SEM) was used to examine the association between ERI and JSI with HRQoL, and the mediation effect of JS and OC on the associations.ResultsIn the ERI model, ERI and OC were consistently negatively associated with the mental component score (MCS) (r = –0.46 and r = –0.37) and physical component score (PCS) (r = –0.45 and r = –0.34), which were higher than job demand (r = –0.28 and r = –0.22) and JSI (r = –0.38 and r = –0.29). Using hierarchical multiple regression analyses, ERI was significantly correlated with MCS and PCS, which was consistently higher than JSI. The ERI and JSI were significantly correlated with MCS (β = –0.170 and β = –0.140) and PCS (β = –0.150 and β = –0.082) using SEM analysis, whereas ERI was considerably higher than in JSI. In addition, OC and JS mediated the association between The ERI and JSI with HRQoL.ConclusionsWe found the ERI index is significantly correlated with HRQoL superior to JSI, in particular among Taiwan civil servants. Further longitudinal studies are needed to determine the causality and spatiotemporal relation of these differences.

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Sex, affective temperaments and information stress

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Oniszczenko W., Ledzińska M.

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

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2019

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vol. 32

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issue 5

635-644

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Objectives The main purpose of the study was to investigate the association between sex and the level of information stress, as mediated by affective temperaments. Material and Methods The sample consisted of 231 healthy Caucasian adults (150 women and 81 men) recruited from a general population. The participants’ age ranged 18–56 years (M±SD = 25.07±6.36). Affective temperaments were assessed using the Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris and San Diego Auto-questionnaire (TEMPS-A). To assess the level of information stress, the Information Stress Questionnaire (ISQ) was used. Results Information stress displayed low to medium positive correlations with depressive, cyclothymic, irritable and anxious temperaments, and a negative correlation with the hyperthymic temperament. The female group was characterized with significantly higher age, information stress, and anxious temperament values, and with a significantly lower irritable temperament value, when compared to males. Cyclothymic temperament, anxious temperament and hyperthymic temperament were found to be significant predictors of information stress. The mediation analysis showed a significant direct effect of sex on information stress. The anxious temperament was a significant mediator of the relationship between sex and information stress. Conclusions The results showed the relationship between sex and information stress, including the role of anxious temperament as a mediator. Int J Occup Med Environ Health. 2019;32(5):635–44

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Metapoznanie nasila depresję poprzez cechę lęku: badania w populacji osób zdrowych psychicznie

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Cichoń E., Kryciński R., Florkowski M., Szczepanowski R.

Roczniki Psychologiczne

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2017

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vol. 20

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issue 4

745-774

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Wyniki dotychczasowych badań wskazują, że nieadaptacyjne przekonania metapoznawcze mogą być przyczyną objawów psychopatologicznych w postaci nadmiernego lęku i depresji. Ponadto ostatnie badania pokazują również, że lęk może nasilać objawy depresji. W naszym badaniu kwestionariuszowym sprawdzaliśmy hipotezę, czy czynnik lęku może być mediatorem zależności między nieprawidłowymi przekonaniami metapoznawczymi a objawami depresyjnymi u osób zdrowych. W badaniach udział wzięło 208 osób zdrowych, które odpowiadały na pytania Kwestionariusza Przekonań Metapoznawczych (MCQ), Inwentarza Stanu i Cechy Lęku (STAI) i Skali Depresji Becka (BDI). W celu zbadania zależności między lękiem jako mediatorem a metapoznaniem i objawami depresji wykorzystano analizę mediacji. Na podstawie badań stwierdzono, że czynniki, takie jak pozytywne przekonania o zamartwianiu się, negatywne przekonania o myślach odnoszących się do braku kontroli i zagrożenia, niska pewność poznawcza, negatywne przekonania dotyczące konsekwencji braku kontroli nad myślami oraz samoświadomość poznawcza, były zależne od poziomu lęku związanego z nasileniem objawów depresji. Ponadto analiza mediacji wskazała, że jedynie przekonania o pewności poznawczej miały bezpośredni wpływ na nasilenie się objawów depresji.

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Previous studies show that maladaptive metacognitive beliefs may constitute the psychopathological core of anxiety and depression. Recent findings also indicate that anxiety exacerbates the severity of depression. We investigated the hypothesis that anxiety mediates the relationship between faulty metacognitive beliefs and depressive symptoms in normal subjects. Two hundred and eight normal participants completed the Metacognitions Questionnaire (MCQ), the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory(STAI), and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). We performed mediation analysis to explore the relationships between metacognition, depression, and trait anxiety as a mediator. Our study showed that positive beliefs about worry, negative beliefs about uncontrollability and danger, low cognitive confidence, and negative beliefs about the need to control thoughts, and cognitive self-consciousness were mediated by the level of anxiety associated with the severity of depression. Moreover, the mediation analysis indicated that only cognitive confidence beliefs directly influenced the intensity of depressive symptoms.

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