Studia Doctoralia Psychology and Educational Science
Studia Doctoralia Psychology and Educational Science is the official journal of The Doctoral School of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Bucharest, Romania, published by the Doctoral Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, Innovation and Sustainable Development (CCIIDD). Studia Doctoralia is indexed by Google Scholar, ROAD (Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources) and SCIPIO (Scientific Publishing & Information Online; CNCSIS - UEFISCDI institution). Studia Doctoralia is also registered in ICI World of Journals database (Index Coperncius International). All articles will receive a DOI indexed by CrossRef.
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Keep Calm and Be a Dad: Psychosocial Factors and Fathers’ Emotional Well-Being
The aim of this study was to examine how perceived social support (PSS), parental competence (PC), and parenting styles affect Romanian fathers’ psychological well-being - as indicated by symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress - and how these relationships are moderated by marital status, levels of neuroticism, and time spent with children. Using a cross-sectional design, the research was conducted on a nonclinical sample of 106 Romanian fathers (M = 42.15 years, SD = 7.33), of whom 66 were married and 40 were divorced or separated. Participants completed an online battery of questionnaires represented by MSPSS, PSOC, PSDQ-short, IPIP-Ro neuroticism, and DASS-21. Results showed that higher perceived social support was associated with significantly lower depressive symptoms and showed smaller, context-dependent associations with anxiety and stress. Parental competence emerged as a robust predictor of reduced depression and stress, with no modulation by marital status or time spent with children. Marital status significantly moderated the link between social support and depression: the protective effect of social support was stronger among married fathers than among divorced/separated fathers.
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The Role of Work Meaningfulness in the Relationship between Workplace Loneliness and Counterproductive Behaviors
This study explores the relationship between workplace loneliness and counterproductive work behaviors, with a focus on the role of work meaningfulness as a moderating factor. In an empirical investigation conducted with a sample of 141 employees from various industries, we examined how perceptions of loneliness influence negative workplace behaviors and how work meaningfulness may diminish this effect. The results indicate that work meaningfulness acts indeed as a moderator in the relationship between loneliness and CWB, and despite the assumption that it would attenuate this relationship, work meaningfulness was found to work as an intensifier. In other words, high levels of perceived meaningfulness may cause a stronger effect of work loneliness on counterproductive work behavior. This study expands and contributes to existing literature regarding the outcomes of meaningful work. Moreover, the research implies that strategies to reduce loneliness and improve work meaning should be carefully designed, as they may have unintended consequences if not balanced properly.
Neuroticism and Loneliness: The Role of Social Support in the Relationship Between Emotional Instability and Perceived Loneliness
between emotional instability and loneliness, and to test the moderating role of social support and social media use on the relationship between neuroticism and loneliness. The sample consisted of 152 individuals (n = 110, 72.4% women and n = 42, 27.6% men, SD =11.87). Demographic data were collected, along with data regarding levels of neuroticism, loneliness, perceived social support and social media use. Only one hypothesis, the one concerning the relationship between neuroticism and loneliness was supported, while the rest of the hypotheses were rejected. Results suggest that although neurotic individuals benefit from social support, it does not have a perceived effect on the loneliness they experience. Moreover, despite the fact that neurotics often engagge in social comparison when using social media, this does not influence the level of loneliness they feel. Limitations and future research directions are outlined later on in the study.
Conspiracy Mentality, Self‑Efficacy, Self‑Control, Legal Cynicism, and Violent Extremist Intentions in Romanian Population - a Replicate Study
We replicate Rottweiler and Gill’s model linking conspiracy beliefs to violent-extremist intentions (VEI) in a Romanian adult sample. Participants (N = 677) completed short measures of conspiracy beliefs, general self-efficacy, low selfcontrol (higher scores = lower control), legal cynicism, and VEI. We estimated four OLS models with HC3 robust standard errors, controlling for age (standardized midpoint, z) and gender. The results showed that conspiracy beliefs exhibited a small positive association with VEI in the baseline model (β ≈ .18, p < .001; R² ≈ .04) that attenuated to ~0 when either low self-control (β ≈ .46, p < .001; R² ≈ .22) or legal cynicism (β ≈ .54, p < .001; R² ≈ .29) entered the model. Interactions (Conspiracy × Self-efficacy, × Self-control, × Legal cynicism) were small and non-significant; simple-slopes probes at −1 SD/mean/+1 SD yielded near-parallel lines. Findings replicate the modest conspiracy–VEI association while highlighting selfregulatory deficits and eroded legal normativity as dominant, additive correlates of extremist intentions in this context. Implications favor complementing counter-conspiracy messaging with interventions that strengthen self-regulation and enhance procedural justice and perceived legal legitimacy. Limitations include non-probability sampling, cross-sectional design, and reliance on self-report.
Are Mindful Employees Less Stressed at Work? The Impact of Mindfulness on Perceived Workplace Stress and the Moderating Role of Social Support
The present study aimed to investigate whether the role trait mindfulness (the general tendency to be present) decreases the stress level, where social support moderates this relationship. Stress has harmful effects on mental and physical health as well as productivity at work, being one of the main triggers for these problems. At the same time, mindfulness can mitigate these effects. However, few studies have tested the moderating role of social support and the empirical role of the awareness trait in this process. A sample of 182 employees participated in this cross-sectional study by completing a research questionnaire consisting of the Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory, the Social Provisions Scale, and the Work Stress Questionnaire. It was observed that mindfulness and social support are significant negative predictors of stress, indicating that higher levels of the two variables predict lower stress levels. At the same time, social support was found to moderate the relationship between mindfulness and stress. These results emphasize the importance of integrating mindfulness programs alongside strategies to improve social support in the workplace. Future research should use a longitudinal design to observe the relationship between these long-term variables and the use of a possible mediating variable..
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The Mediator Role of Rumination on the Link between Critical Thinking and Social Discomfort
This study aims to investigate whether rumination could be a potential mediator of the relationship between critical thinking and social discomfort. Featuring new knowledge reported in the literature, a non-experimental, crosssectional study based on a sample of 158 participants from different fields of activity was conducted. The results of the statistical analysis showed that critical thinking is a significant predictor of social discomfort. Furthermore, rumination partly mediated the relationship between the two studied constructs. These findings can be explained based on the literature on perseverative cognition, a characteristic that may explain the effect of rumination as an explanatory mechanism for the relationship between critical thinking and social discomfort. Theoretical and practical implications highlight the negative effects that critical thinking can have in a social context.
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Frequency of Mate Retention Strategies in Relation to Couple Satisfaction: The Moderating Effect of Partner Jealousy
The present study aims to expand knowledge about the causality of relationship satisfaction and about the moderating effect of partner jealousy on the relationship between mate retention strategies and satisfaction. The sample on which the analyzes were based consisted of 481 Romanians 78.6% women (n = 378) and 21.4% men (n = 103) involved in romantic relationships. The results of the statistical analysis suggest that participants who used direct guarding of the partner and negative intersexual or intrasexual inducements experienced a low level of relationship satisfaction and participants who adopted public signals of possession and positive inducements are significantly more satisfied in the relationship. Although partner jealousy measured according to multidimensional theorizing (cognitive, emotional, and behavioral) did not have a moderating effect on the relationship between mate retention strategies and satisfaction, significant negative correlations were observed between cognitive jealousy and satisfaction and between behavioral jealousy and satisfaction. Thus, the current paper serves as a theoretical basis for future studies.
Copyright (c) 2023 Sorina Naidin http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
When War is Not just a War. It’s a War with Ourselves and our Mental Health
Copyright (c) 2023 Denisa Berceanu http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
The Role of Coping Strategies in the Relationship between Anger and Risky Driving Behavior
The aim of this study was to analyze the moderating role of coping mechanisms in the relationship between anger and risky driving behaviour in professional drivers and implicitly, investigate the associations between the concept of road rage and risky driving behaviour on one hand and between risk taking as a personality trait and the manifestation of risk behaviour behind the wheel on the other. The moderating role of coping mechanisms in the relationship between risk taking and risky driving behaviour was also studied in this paper. The study involved 81 participants, professional drivers, both male (58) and female (23), aged between 19 and 59 (M = 37.77, SD = 12.13). The instruments used were The Aggression Questionnaire, The Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, The Jackson Personality Inventory – Risk Taking and The Freight Driving Behaviour Questionnaire. The results showed that both anger and risk taking explained a significant percentage of the risky driving behaviour and were also positively associated with it. At the same time, the results obtained from the moderating analyzes implied that maladaptive coping mechanisms have a moderating role in the relationship between anger and risky driving behaviour, but the adaptive ones did not. Nor the adaptive neither the maladaptive strategies had a significant moderating role in the relationship between risk taking and risky driving behaviour. The conclusions of this study highlighted the theoretical and practical implications of risk related research in matter of developing occupational safety programs and increasing awarness about factors that may influence the manifestation of risky driving behaviour in an organizational environment.
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Explaining the COVID-19 Vaccination Intention and Authorities' Support for Limiting the Spread of the Disease - A Comparative Analysis
This study investigates intentions to vaccinate against Coronavirus and to support the authorities in limiting the pandemic's effects from the theory of planned behavior perspective in a Romanian adult sample. We intend to improve this model by adding additional variables such as irrational beliefs, past behavior, and risk perception. Hierarchical regression analyses show that the model based on demographic variables such as age and education and the theory of planned behavior constructs best explain the vaccination intention (75%) and support for authorities (29%). The results obtained indicate that a high level of education, favorable subjective norms inside the population, a positive attitude towards vaccination, lack of pressure/obligation to vaccinate, and low perception of the risk associated with this medical procedure led to an individual decision in favor of vaccination. Increased values of normative beliefs and perceived behavior control (from the TPB model) lead to increased support given to the authorities and, the low values of irrational beliefs, in the case of beliefs in conspiracy theories and pseudo-religious beliefs, also increase the support given to the authorities.
Copyright (c) 2023 Constantin Roanghesi, Pantilimon-Alexandru Găianu http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
The Relationship between Meaningful Work and Cyberloafing: The Mediating Role of Boredom at Work
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the role that Meaningful Work plays in deterring Cyberloafing behaviors. Thus, this paper tested whether the relationship between the two variables is a negative one. The research also tested the mediating role of Boredom at Work on the relationship between Meaningful Work and Cyberloafing. The scientific literature supports the association between the absence of meaning at work and boredom at work. At the same time, studies show that employees facing Boredom at Work turn behaviorally to compensatory activities, which provide them with the stimulation they need. In this sense, Cyberloafing can be seen as a coping mechanism in relation to Boredom at Work. Data was collected on a sample of 218 participants via an online questionnaire. Hypotheses testing was done using the PROCESS add-on. Although the results revealed that there is no statistically significant direct relationship between Meaningful Work and Cyberloafing, an indirect, statistically significant, mediating relationship was identified, respectively Boredom at Work mediates the relationship between Meaningful Work and Cyberloafing.
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Language and Aggression in Preschool Children. Gender Differences
The present study has two objectives. Firstly to analyze the gender differences in language development in preschool children and secondly to analyze the relationships between language development on the one hand and aggression, prosocial behavior on the other hand. The study involved 155 preschool children aged between 36 and 71 months (M = 52.61, SD = 10.40) enrolled in a kindergarten in Bucharest. The instruments used were the Adaptive Behavior Assessment System, ABAS-II (Harrison et al., 2012) and Preschool Social Behavior Scale - Teacher Form (Crick, 1996). To determine the gender differences, a series of independent samples t tests and Mann-Whitney U nonparametric test were performed and for the relationships among variables, regression and moderation analyzes were performed. The results showed that girls have higher levels of language development than boys, in all measured dimensions. At the same time, the level of language development was negatively associated with physical and relational aggression and positively with prosocial behavior. Contrary to our expectations, gender has not moderated the relationship between language development and aggression or prosocial behavior. The practical implications of the study address the need to capture and treat early delays in language development in order to prevent aggressive behaviors among preschoolers.
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Dark Triad, Counterproductive Work Behaviour and Job Performance
Dark personality traits are also known as the dark triad which is a multidimensional construct, made up of Machiavellianism, narcissism and psychopathy. They have recently become a major topic of interest in organizational psychology. The present research aims to demonstrate that the dark triad of personality is a significant negative predictor of job performance and studies the relationship between the dark triad and job performance, having as a mediator counterproductive work behavior. The sample of this study is represented by 137 participants from different organizations with different ages and different work experience ranging from one to 40 years, of which 34 men (24.82%) and 103 women (75.18%). The design adopted is cross-sectional, descriptive, correlational, nonexperimental. In this paper each construct of the triad was taken separately and measured in relation to the other two variables mentioned above, and the results varied depending on this aspect. Thus, only one of the two major hypotheses was supported.
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Personality, Learning Strategies, and School Performance in Adolescents
The aim of this study is to analyze the relationships between personality factors, learning strategies and school performance in adolescents. The study was attended by 499 students enrolled in seven high schools in Constanța County, 240 boys (48%) and 259 girls (52%), aged between 14 and 18 years, M = 16.80, SD = .82. The instruments used were the Questionnaire for Learning Strategies and School Motivation Assessment, SMALSI (Stroud & Reynolds, 2006) and the CP5F Questionnaire (Albu, 2008) based on the Five-Factor Personality Inventory, FFPI (Hendriks, 1997). School performance was represented by the general grade obtained by the students in the previous year of study. The results showed that, among the personality factors, only agreableness and autonomy are positively associated with school performance. However, personality factors are positively associated with learning strategies, which mediate the relationship between them and school performance. Students' weaknesses (low academic motivation, test anxiety, attention difficulties) are negatively associated with academic performance and mediate its relationship with personality factors. The practical implications of the study address the need to provide students with appropriate learning opportunities and especially to teach them how to learn, in order to adopt the most appropriate strategies that will lead them to success.
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To Speak or Not to Speak in Public: A Non-Randomized Controlled Trial Regarding the Effects of a Public Speaking Program
Public speaking has become an increasingly sought-after skill, which is why more and more people choose to get professionally trained. But is it possible for a public speaking program to have other effects, in addition to improved performance? The aim of this study is to discover the effects of a public speaking program on reducing social anxiety, public speaking anxiety and shame, and also on increasing self-efficacy. The sample (high-school and university students) consisted of 164 participants aged between 15 and 47 years, M = 19.93, SD = 4.70. There were 82 participants in the experimental group and 82 participants in the control group, and the instruments used were: Liebowitz's Scale for Social Anxiety (Liebowitz, 1987), Personal Report on Public Speaking Anxiety (McCroskey, 1970), General scale of self-efficacy (Schwarzer & Jerusalem, 1995), Cognitive Schema Questionnaire (Young, 2005). A test-retest design was approached, the participants completing the questionnaires one week apart from the others. The results indicate that a public speaking program is useful for reducing social anxiety and public speaking anxiety, with significant differences between the experimental and control groups. However, in terms of self-efficacy and shame, the results were not conclusive. Thus, even if there has been a decrease in shame and an increase in self-efficacy, it is not clear whether these changes can be attributed to the proposed program. This study can serve as the beginning of a program that can contribute to reducing the level of social anxiety and public speaking anxiety..
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Risky Parental Practices and Their Implications in Adult Psychopathology
There are many ways in which an individual may fail as a parent. Most parents have good intentions, but that’s the exact reason why there’s an urgent need to clarify good parenting practices. This paper will look at risky parenting practices (e.g., guilt-inducing criticism) and their relationship with psychopathology (depression and anxiety, in this case) using socially prescribed perfectionism as a mediator. All eight mediations turned out to be statistically significant with six out of eight analyses being full mediations. Also, the relationships between the facets of perfectionism, depression, and anxiety are consistent with the findings of other studies up until this point. Considering the relationship between socially prescribed perfectionism and psychopathology, practical implications are discussed.
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Determinants of Job Satisfaction in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic
The purpose of the study is, firstly, to establish the relationship between personality and job satisfaction and, secondly, to identify the role of online work in this relationship in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The present study is cross-sectional, descriptive and correlational. The study involved 246 people, employees, aged between 19 and 58 years, M = 31.49, SD = 7.98. The instruments used were the Telework Perception Scale, the Generic Satisfaction Scale at Work, the 10-item Neuroticism Scale and the 10-item Extraversion Scale. The results showed that there are significant differences in the perception of the disadvantages of online work by generation, with people in generation X perceiving the disadvantages of online work much more intensely than people in generation Z. Also, the results showed that extraversion is a significant positive predictor of job satisfaction, while neuroticism is a significant negative predictor of job satisfaction. Moreover, the results showed that the perception of the benefits of online work mediates the relationship between extraversion and job satisfaction, while the perception of the benefits of online work fails to mediate the relationship between neuroticism and job satisfaction. The conclusions of the study highlighted the need for employees to participate in programs focused on facilitating the process of adapting to the online work system depending on their intrapersonal particularities.
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Attachment Styles, Alexithymia and Interpersonal Relationships
The present study aims to investigate the relationship between attachment styles and interpersonal relationships, more precisely the typologies specific to interpersonal problems, mediated by the variable alexithymia. This study involved 121 people aged between 18 and 62 years, M= 31.31 and SD= 11.66, 32 men and 89 women. The scales used were the Attachment Styles Questionnaire, The Alexithymia Toronto Scale, and The Inventory for Interpersonal Problems. The results showed that the secure attachment is positively associated only with the dominant style, and the avoidant attachment is positively associated only with the dominant, conflicting, and cold styles, while the anxious attachment is positively associated with all eight styles specific to interpersonal conflicts. Regarding the role of alexithymia, it mediates the relationship between the two variables, more precisely the secure attachment has no association with these variables, alexithymia mediates the relationship between avoidant attachment and conflicting, cold and naive types, as well as the relationship between anxious attachment and dominant, conflicting types, cold, insecure and naive. Following the results, we can say that the study data are consistent and can contribute to the development of the specialized area in the field.
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Social anxiety represents a concerning problem for the general public today. It also has an important impact on human memory. The present study analyses the level of social anxiety on a non-clinical group of people. The study involved 102 people aged between 19 and 70 years, M = 25.28, SD = 9.02. Of these, 16 are male (16%) and 86 are female (84%). We focus on characteristics such as the specificity and vividness of a memory. We also consider negative emotionality a moderating variable in this relationship. Results show that almost half of the memories people described can be considered not specific (M = 7.76, SD = 3.82). Furthermore, regression analysis shows that only one of the two types of anxiety, respectively performance anxiety is negatively associated with autobiographical memory. The present research could assist in further developing the process of cognitive restructuring by providing more clarity on how social anxiety affects autobiographical memory.
Copyright (c) 2022 Izzah Ahmad http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
From Pandemic to War in a Blink of an Eye. Living amidst Uncertainty
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Face Validity in the Context of Personality Assessment: An Experimental Approach
In the online environment, there are free psychological questionnaires available for anyone to complete, but test-taker perceptions have not been studied for these tools. Starting from the distinction between cognitive and visceral credibility and from the model of applicants’ reactions in the selection process, this paper has the objective of evaluating whether manipulating the feedback format can predict perceptions related to face validity, accuracy and usefulness. The secondary objective was to test the predictor role of face validity in relation to perceived accuracy, respectively to perceived usefulness. To achieve these objectives, the participants have been randomly assigned in two groups, depending on the feedback format of the IPIP questionnaire. The results indicate that feedback format does not predict any of the three variables, but that face validity significantly predicts the perceptions related to accuracy and those related to usefulness. These results suggest the fact that respondents do not perceive differently the face validity, the accuracy and the usefulness of a test depending on the visual aspect of feedback. Face validity proves, however, to be a relevant predictor even outside of personnel selection.
Copyright (c) 2022 Adelina Neagu http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
Social Media Addiction, Social Comparison and Counterproductive Work Behaviour
The present study aims to identify the relationships between social media addiction, counterproductive behaviours encountered in the workplace and the mediating role of social comparison in relation to them, while also looking at the predisposition of socio-demographic aspects towards the manifestation of counterproductive behaviours. The study involved 263 participants aged 19-70 years, M = 39.37, AS = 13.89, of whom 60 were men (23%) and 203 were women (77%). The instruments used were the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale, the Iowa-Netherlands Comparison Orientation Measure and the Counterproductive Work Behavior Checklist. Results indicate that social media addiction is positively associated with organizationally oriented counterproductive behavior, but is not a predictor for person-oriented behavior. Also, the level of social comparison only mediates the relationship between social media addiction and organizationally oriented counterproductive behavior, not person-oriented counterproductive behavior, although it enhances both relationships. The study findings indicate that social comparison process intensifies underlying relationships and emphasizes the need to combat predictors of counterproductive behavior in the workplace, thus implying the need for future studies on the topic in the Romanian labor field.
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p-Hacking as a Questionable Research Practice in Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Copyright (c) 2021 Bogdan Cocoș http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
Determinants of work-family conflict in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
In this paper, we want to investigate some determinants of work-family conflict. Factors related to job (job insecurity, job demands and resources, type of job, salary level, time spent at work, working conditions in the pandemic) and aspects such as fear of COVID-19 will be explored. The present study involved 301 people, aged between 18 and 65 years, M = 40.10, AS = 8.25. The instruments used were Work and Family Conflict Scale (Haslam et al., 2015), Job Insecurity Scale (De witte et al., 2000, 2010), The Job Demands-Resources Questionnaire (Bakker et al., 2014) and The Fear of COVID-19 Scale (Ahorsu et al., 2020). The results indicated that both job insecurity and workplace pressure are positive predictors of the work-family conflict, while autonomy is a negative predictor. Also, the moderating effect of fear of COVID-19 on the relationship between job insecurity and work-family conflict was analyzed, but it proved to be statistically insignificant. However, it was found that employees working from home during this period have a higher level of work-family conflict. Based on these results, work-family conflict management strategies can be developed, both individually and by organizations.
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Dark Triad, Risk Taking and Counterproductive Work Behavior in Different Organizational Contexts
The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between Dark Triad of Personality, risk-taking and counterproductive work behaviort. The study involved 200 people aged between 18 and 51 years, M = 27.69, SD = 9.83, of which 35 are males (17.5%) and 165 are females (82.5%). The instruments used were The Dirty Dozen: A Concise Measure of the Dark Triad (Jonason & Webster, 2010), Counterproductive Work Behavior Checklist - CWBC (Spector, Bauer & Fox, 2010) and RISK-TAKING [JPI: Risk Taking [Rkt] (Goldberg et. al, 2006). The results showed that people who work in non-profit organizations (volunteers), those who have a low seniority in work or who hold a leadership position tend to take more risks than others. Low seniority at work also correlates with counterproductive behaviors. In contrast, no significant difference was observed as far as the other two demographic characteristics are concerned. Moreover, the results show that Machiavellianism is responsible for 16% of the variation of counterproductive work behavior, and risk-taking mediates this relatonship. Narcissism and psychopathy are responsible for 10% and 13% respectively of the variation of this behavior, the mediation percentage of risk taking being 19.2% concerning the first one and 22.4% concerning psychopathy. Given these results, the study can be useful in the organizational field, providing employers with more data that they can take into account when recruiting staff. It can also be helpful when it comes to better employee management, as well as a deeper understanding behind counterproductive behaviors, thus leading more easily to diminishing them.
Copyright (c) 2021 Ana Alexandra Stoica http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
Stress, online courses and parenting during COVID19 pandemic
In March 2020, the World Health Organisation declares a pandemic of infection with the novel coronavirus (nCoV) COVID-19 and on 23rd of April the first official report on its evolution and effects emerges. A state of medical emergency and quarantine is imposed in all affected countries. This study proposed a research of what parenting entails and which are the implications of parenting in a crisis context for young people, particularly how perceived parental support and perceived support work on the relationship between stress on one hand, and depression and anxiety on the other hand, especially for those who study online due to context. The proposed sample consists of 104 students aged 18 to 25. Participants self-reported on their attitude towards online school, perceived stress levels, perceived parental and maternal support and anxiety and depression levels. The procedure consists of completing online questionnaires. The statistical procedure used is the mediation analysis. The results show that there is a partial mediation effect of perceived parental support and perceived parental support in the relationship between stress and anxiety, and the attitude towards the online academic races leave to an increase in perceived stress levels. These results could be used for programs to prevent the negative effects associated with online school and the effects of long-term social isolation, as well as for psychological education and parenting programs in emergency situation.
Copyright (c) 2021 Monica Stănescu http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
The role of cognitive schemas in the relationship between attachment style and emotional intelligence
The current study focuses on the idea that the relationship between attachment styles and emotional intelligence can be influenced by cognitive schemas. It is well known that the first interaction between the child and his mother lays the foundations of attachment. The extent to which it develops guides the individual throughout his life making him responsible for his own actions and decisions. In this way studying the three variables becomes the main objective of the study. The data were collected on an online form, using the snowball method by which subjects were able to share the questionnaire to acquaintances to gather a larger number of people. The study was attended by 281 people aged between 18 to 40 years, M = 21.98, SD = 4.10, of which, 52 were males (18.50%) and 229 females (81.50%), 134 were single (47.69%) and 147 were in a relationship (52.31%), 48 people come from single-parent families (17.08%) and 233 come from two-parent families (82.92%). The results were as expected, secure attachment constitutes a significant positive predictor of emotional intelligence while the anxious attachment was a significant negative predictor of emotional intelligence. The results also showed that avoidant attachment would be a significant positive predictor of emotional intelligence. Following the results it was observed that there is a mediation between cognitive schema and the relationship between attachment styles and emotional intelligence. The secure attachment style was significantly negatively associated with all three types of schemas as expected.
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Burnout, empathy and well-being in medical and psychology students
The present study aims to analyze the relationships between burnout, empathy and the well-being of medical and psychology students, as well as the differences in these variables depending on their specialization. The study was attended by 270 students, 94 males (35%) and 176 females (65%), aged between 18 and 48 years, M = 20.84, SD =3.26. Regarding the specialization, 83 are enrolled at the Faculty of Dentistry Titu Maiorescu (31%), 73 are enrolled at the Faculty of General Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila (27%), and 114 are enrolled at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Bucharest (42%). Burnout was measured with the Academic Burnout Scale (Zhang, Shi, Yun, Li, Wang, He, & Miao, 2015), empathy was measured with the Jefferson Scale of Empathy, JSE (Hojat, Maxwell, Carroll, & Cass, 2016), and well-being was measured with The Satisfaction with Life Scale, SWLS (Diener, Emmons, Larsen, & Griffin, 1985). The results showed that medical students have higher levels of burnout than psychology students and lower levels of empathy and well-being. Empathy also moderates the relationship between burnout and well- being. These results can be used to develop intervention programs to reduce burnout and increase students' empathy in order to increase well-being.
Copyright (c) 2021 Adrian Chiracu, Andreea Dona Iordan Dumitru http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0