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Bower, Joanne Louise. "Regulation of positive emotions : measurement and individual differences." Thesis, University of Reading, 2016. http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/69518/.
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Regulation of positive emotions is under-researched, despite evidence linking dysregulation to mental health problems. Furthermore, studies often use clinical populations, with limited data from healthy volunteers. The current thesis investigated individual differences in the regulation of positive emotions, and developed and validated tools for the study of emotion regulation. The State/Trait Emotion Regulation Questionnaires (STERQ) were created and validated, showing good reliability, model fit and convergent validity. The project also examined the feasibility of online emotion regulation experiments, showing these can be conducted via the internet, with comparable results to those obtained within the laboratory, albeit eliciting smaller effect sizes. Two studies investigated spontaneous and instructed regulation of positive emotions in healthy participants, focusing on associations between emotion regulation and risk for hypomania and depression. Emotional intrusion was positively associated with both increased hypomania and depression traits. Additionally, hypomanic personality traits were associated with use of more strategies to regulate positive emotions. Individuals with higher depression scores showed some lowering of baseline positive emotions and increased dampening in response to positive emotions. Finally, the thesis assessed the impact of positive emotions on subsequent emotion regulation responses to negative stimuli, testing the hypothesis that positive emotions may have a protective impact on the experience of negative emotion. Elicitation of positive emotions did not affect the regulation strategies, emotional or physiological response to subsequent negative stimuli. Various future directions arise from the current work. The creation of the STERQ provides additional measures for investigating the temporal and contextual dynamics of emotion regulation. Research into regulating positive emotions could be extended through the manipulation of emotional intensity and types of emotion examined. Finally, studying how emotion regulation changes in response to mixed valence states may better reflect real life, leading to a more nuanced understanding of emotion regulation and its relationship with psychopathology.
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Sabir, Iffat. "A holistic emotions measurement model : using the viable system model to diagnose workforce emotions." Thesis, University of Hull, 2014. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:10760.
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Research Purpose: The current study attempted to redress the ‘narrowness’ in the research on the causes of workforce emotional experiences by utilizing the cybernetic Viable System Model (VSM) framework, and developing a reference model to facilitate the integrated view of the related aspects of affective workplace environment. Methods: Based on VSM distinctions, an analytical tool (named as Holistic Emotions Measurement Model – HEMM) was developed for gauging the broad range of the causes of emotional experiences prevailing in the work environment. It facilitated the joined-up functional and the relational view of the entire working environment adequate for holistic diagnosis of the antecedents of emotions within the work settings. HEMM was tested empirically by conducting survey in Pakistan corporate sector. The development and test of the reference model was guided by the constructivism-positivism philosophy respectively. Results: The functional and relational view of the workplace environment captured by the reference model helped in comprehending the causes of emotional experiences holistically. The field testing results confirmed the potential utilization of the tool in diagnosing the antecedents of affective experiences of the employees while at work. Conclusion: The current study provided an empirical account on the effective utilization of organizational cybernetics principles in the field of organizational behaviour which has remained largely unexplored till date. VSM framework has been proposed as a tool for understanding work environment and diagnosing the causes of the workforce emotions generation, which has enhanced the state-of-art theories on emotions management. The application of the reference model on field provided evidence about the convenient use of VSM in conjunction to Affective Events Theory (AET) as emotions measurement tool.
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Hunter, Kirsten, and n/a. "Affective Empathy in Children: Measurement and Correlates." Griffith University. School of Applied Psychology, 2004. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20040610.135822.
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Empathy is a construct that plays a pivotal role in the development of interpersonal relationships, and thus ones ability to function socially and often professionally. The development of empathy in children is therefore of particular interest to allow for further understanding of normative and atypical developmental trajectories. This thesis investigated the assessment of affective empathy in children aged 5-12, through the development and comparison of a multimethod assessment approach. Furthermore this thesis evaluated the differential relationships between affective empathy and global behavioural problems in children versus the presence of early psychopathic traits, such as callous-unemotional traits. The first component of this study incorporated; a measure of facial expression of affective empathy, and self-reported experience of affective empathy, as measured by the newly designed Griffith Empathy Measure - Video Observation (GEM-VO) and the Griffith Empathy Measure - Self Report (GEM-SR); the Bryant's Index of Empathy for Children and Adolescents (1982) which is a traditional child self-report measure; and a newly designed parent-report of child affective empathy (Griffith Empathy Measure - Parent Report; GEM-PR). Using a normative community sample of 211 children from grades 1, 3, 5, and 7 (aged 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, & 11-12, respectively), the GEM-PR and the Bryant were found to have moderate to strong internal consistency. As a measure of concurrent validity, strong positive correlations were found between the mother and father reports (GEM-PR) of their child's affective empathy, for grades 5 and 7, and for girls of all age groups. Using a convenience sample of 31 parents and children aged 5 to 12, the GEM-PR and the Bryant demonstrated strong test-retest reliability. The reliability of the GEM-VO and the GEM-SR were assessed using a convenience sample of 20 children aged 5 to 12. These measures involve the assessment of children's facial and verbal responses to emotionally evocative videotape vignettes. Children were unobtrusively videotaped while they watched the vignettes and their facial expressions were coded. Children were then interviewed to determine the emotions they attributed to stimulus persons and to themselves whilst viewing the material. Adequate to strong test-retest reliability was found for both measures. Using 30% from the larger sample of 211 participants (N=60), the GEM-VO also demonstrated robust inter-rater reliability. This multimethod approach to assessing child affective empathy produced differing age and gender trends. Facial affect as reported by the GEM-VO decreased with age. Similarly, the matching of child facial emotion to the vignette protagonist's facial emotion was higher in the younger grades. These findings suggest that measures that assess the matching of facial affect (i.e., GEM-VO) may be more appropriate for younger age groups who have not yet learnt to conceal their facial expression of emotion. Data from the GEM-SR suggests that older children are more verbally expressive of negative emotions then younger children, with older girls found to be the most verbally expressive of feeling the same emotion as the vignette character; a role more complimentary of the female gender socialization pressures. These findings are also indicative of the increase in emotional vocabulary and self-awareness in older children, supporting the validity of child self-report measures (based on observational stimuli) with older children. In comparing data from the GEM-VO and GEM-SR, this study found that for negative emotions the consistency between facial emotions coded and emotions verbally reported increased with age. This consistency across gender and amongst the older age groups provides encouraging concurrent validity, suggesting the results of one measure could be inferred through the exclusive use of the alternate measurement approach. In contrast, affective empathy as measured by the two measures; the accurate matching of the participant and vignette character's facial expression (GEM-VO), and the accurate matching of the self reported and vignette character's emotion (GEM-SR); were not found to converge. This finding is consistent with prior research and questions the assumption that facially expressed and self-appraised indexes of affective empathy are different aspects of a complex unified process. When evaluating the convergence of all four measures of affective empathy, negative correlations were found between the Bryant and the GEM-PR, these two measures were also found to not converge with the GEM-VO and GEM-SR in a consistent and predictable way. These findings pose the question of whether different aspects of the complex phenomena of affective empathy are being assessed. Furthermore, the validity of the exclusive use of a child self report measure such as the Bryant, which is the standard assessment in the literature, is questioned. The possibility that callous-unemotional traits (CU; a unique subgroup identified in the child psychopathy literature) may account for the mixed findings throughout research regarding the assumption that deficiencies in empathy underlie conduct problems in children, was examined using regression analysis. Using the previous sample of 211 children aged 5-12, conduct problems (CP) were measured using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ; Goodman, 1999), and the CU subscale was used from the Antisocial Process Screening Device (APSD; Caputo, Frick, & Brodsky, 1999). Affective empathy when measured by the GEM-PR and the Bryant showed differing patterns in the relationship between affective empathy, CU traits and CP. While the GEM-Father reported that neither age, CU traits nor CP accounted for affective empathy variance, the GEM-Mother report supported that affective empathy was no longer associated with CP once CU traits had been partialled out. In contrast, the Bryant reported for girls, that CU traits were not found to have an underlying correlational relationship. It can be argued from the GEM-Mother data only that it was the unmeasured variance of CU traits that was accounting for the relationship between CP and affective empathy found in the literature. Furthermore, the comparison of an altered CU subscale with all possible empathy items removed, suggests that the constructs of CU traits and affective empathy are not synonymous or overlapping in nature, but rather are two independent constructs. This multimethod approach highlights the complexity of this research area, exemplifying the significant influence of the source of the reports, and suggesting that affective empathy consists of multiple components that are assessed to differing degrees by the different measurement approaches.
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Weber, Marlene. "Automotive emotions : a human-centred approach towards the measurement and understanding of drivers' emotions and their triggers." Thesis, Brunel University, 2018. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/16647.
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The automotive industry is facing significant technological and sociological shifts, calling for an improved understanding of driver and passenger behaviours, emotions and needs, and a transformation of the traditional automotive design process. This research takes a human-centred approach to automotive research, investigating the users' emotional states during automobile driving, with the goal to develop a framework for automotive emotion research, thus enabling the integration of technological advances into the driving environment. A literature review of human emotion and emotion in an automotive context was conducted, followed by three driving studies investigating emotion through Facial-Expression Analysis (FEA): An exploratory study investigated whether emotion elicitation can be applied in driving simulators, and if FEA can detect the emotions triggered. The results allowed confidence in the applicability of emotion elicitation to a lab-based environment to trigger emotional responses, and FEA to detect those. An on-road driving study was conducted in a natural setting to investigate whether natures and frequencies of emotion events could be automatically measured. The possibility of assigning triggers to those was investigated. Overall, 730 emotion events were detected during a total driving time of 440 minutes, and event triggers were assigned to 92% of the emotion events. A similar second on-road study was conducted in a partially controlled setting on a planned road circuit. In 840 minutes, 1947 emotion events were measured, and triggers were successfully assigned to 94% of those. The differences in natures, frequencies and causes of emotions on different road types were investigated. Comparison of emotion events for different roads demonstrated substantial variances of natures, frequencies and triggers of emotions on different road types. The results showed that emotions play a significant role during automobile driving. The possibility of assigning triggers can be used to create a better understanding of causes of emotions in the automotive habitat. Both on-road studies were compared through statistical analysis to investigate influences of the different study settings. Certain conditions (e.g. driving setting, social interaction) showed significant influence on emotions during driving. This research establishes and validates a methodology for the study of emotions and their causes in the driving environment through which systems and factors causing positive and negative emotional effects can be identified. The methodology and results can be applied to design and research processes, allowing the identification of issues and opportunities in current automotive design to address challenges of future automotive design. Suggested future research includes the investigation of a wider variety of road types and situations, testing with different automobiles and the combination of multiple measurement techniques.
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Küntzler, Theresa [Verfasser]. "Emotions : Facial Expressions as a Measurement & Effects on Political Attitude / Theresa Küntzler." Konstanz : KOPS Universität Konstanz, 2021. http://d-nb.info/1237618916/34.
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Ettel, Deborah Jean. "The measurement of emotion regulation : a confirmatory analysis /." Connect to title online (Scholars' Bank) Connect to title online (ProQuest), 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/10220.
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Weidman, Aaron C. "Define, measure, repeat : an application of the iterative measurement-theory link to distinct positive emotions." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/61226.
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Social and personality psychologists strive toward theory advancement—or the derivation of truthful and applicable statements about human behavior—while often neglecting the methods that support those theoretical conclusions. In Chapter 1 of this dissertation, I discuss a two-stage process outlining how researchers’ measurement decisions are inextricably linked to the theoretical conclusions drawn from individual studies. Stage 1 involves formulating an initial definition and measurement tool for a construct, and Stage 2 involves placing this construct within a nomological network of other constructs. Stage 2 is typically followed by iteration back to Stage 1, when the construct is re-formulated based on the findings from Stage 2. In Chapters 2 and 3, I use this two-stage process as a lens through which to analyze individual constructs of humility and happiness, describing research that constitutes a second iteration through Stage 1 of the measurement-theory cycle. In Chapter 2, I propose a revised definition of humility, showing that humility consists of two dimensions (appreciative and self-abasing humility), whereas prior formulations have measured only one dimension mirroring appreciative humility. In Chapter 3, I propose a revised definition of happiness in the context of discretionary spending on experiential and material purchases, demonstrating that explicitly measuring momentary happiness portrays material things in a more favorable light than has prior work which has measured afterglow happiness. In Chapter 4, I use the two-stage process as a lens through which to analyze the field of subjectively experienced distinct positive emotions, describing research that constitutes a second iteration through Stage 1 of the measurement-theory cycle and a second foray into Stage 2. Specifically, I construct bottom-up definitions and measurement tools for each positive emotion currently studied in the literature based on lay experience, and present the interrelations among these emotions. In Chapter 5, I reflect on lessons learned by comparing a wide range of literatures through the lens of the measurement-theory cycle, and I outline an agenda for the field of distinct positive emotions, which would build on the work presented in Chapter 4 and progress toward the ultimate goal of constructing a universal taxonomy of basic positive emotions.Arts, Faculty of
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Wang, Wan-Chen. "Towards a deeper understanding of human emotions in marketing communication : the‘Slogan Validator’and self-reported measurement contrasted." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2010. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/1899/.
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Advertising has long been regarded as providing reasons for consumers to buy. However, in academic research, the significant role of emotion has generally been neglected. Neuroscience research has made considerable advances in the study of emotion and has resulted in a reconsideration of the rational view of decision-making behaviour. In addition, a review of the marketing literature reveals that there is a missing link between repetitive emotions, mixed emotions, continuous measures of emotions and the dominant emotion. This thesis provides this link and proposes a new theoretical research construct: the consumer’s emotional corridor Self-reported measurements have been widely used to measure consumers’ emotional responses to advertising stimuli or consumption-related experiences and have been a consistently popular method for practitioners and researchers. There is, however, a problem known as “cognitive bias” which often arises from self-reported measurements. Several researchers have highlighted the demand for the measurement of emotion to go beyond self-reported measurements and have called for collaboration with other research fields to advance consumer behaviour research in the study of emotion. This research collaborates with researchers in the field of human-computer interaction and suggests an alternative method: the Slogan Validator. This research adopts a multi-strategy approach in combining qualitative research (semi-structured interviews) and quantitative research (survey and experiment). The purpose of the first stage of the research is to assist in defining criteria of cognitive appraisals that consumers use for advertising slogans and on validating the research model. The second stage involves conducting a survey research, which is called study one in this thesis. The main purpose of study one is to test the proposed research model. The third stage of the research methodology involves the Slogan Validator and self-reported measurements (which is called study two in this research). The main purpose of study two is to compare the results of self-reported measurements and the Slogan Validator in measuring emotions. For study one, this research notes that there exist some differences in the types of determinants and their levels of influence on the attitude towards the advertisement, the attitude towards the brand and the purchase intention across four slogan cases. Nonetheless, the cognitive appraisal-outcome of desirability appears to be significant in all fourteen out of the sixteen models. In general, this factor plays the critical role in the advertising effectiveness. Moreover, the results of study one reveal that affective-related factors play the significant role in the advertising process in both the low and high involvement groups. For study two, the findings show that the results of the self-reported questionnaires and the Slogan Validator are almost completely different, except for the ‘happy’ emotion in the cases of McDonald’s and Kentucky. Implications, limitations and further research are discussed. The major contributions of this research are twofold. In terms of theoretical perspective, this research models consumers’ emotional responses to advertising slogans integrated with the new theoretical research construct, the consumer’s emotional corridor, and uncovers the determinants of advertising effectiveness from the consumers’ emotional responses to the advertising slogan standpoint. In terms of methodological perspective, this research initiates the employment of a novel method, namely, the Slogan Validator, which is the voice recognition study, in advertising literature.
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Christian, Carolyn Akers. "Measurement of emotional expressiveness in preschool children comparing direct assessments of affect expressiveness with measures of social competence /." Auburn, Ala., 2007. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/2007%20Spring%20Theses/AKERS_CAROLYN_46.pdf.
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Rantanen, A. (Antti). "Development of methodology for assessing counseling interactions:developing the Counselor Response Observation System and assessing applicability of heart rate variability to the measurement of client emotions during verbal reporting." Doctoral thesis, Oulun yliopisto, 2014. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789526206806.
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Abstract The general purpose of this study was to develop methodology for assessing counseling interactions. The first main objective of the research was to develop measures for assessing counselors’ responses and client-centeredness (Study I). Specific aims connected to the first objective were to assess the content validity and inter-rater reliability of the Counselor Response Coding System (CRCS) and the content validity, construct validity and inter-rater agreement of the Skilled Verbal Responding Scale (SVRS), which are measures included in the Counselor Response Observation System (CROS). The second main objective was to assess the applicability of heart-rate variability (HRV) to the measurement of emotions during clients’ verbal reports of unpleasant experiences (Studies II and III). The setting was analog with client-centered counseling aims in that the subjects produced verbal reports of their unpleasant experiences. Specific aims connected to the second objective were to examine the differences in subjects’ emotions between viewing and reporting unpleasant experiences and to examine the differences in their emotions between reporting pleasant and unpleasant experiences by measuring HRV. The results supported the content validity and inter-rater agreement of the CRCS and the content validity, construct validity, and inter-rater reliability of the SVRS. Overall, the results from the CROS testing can be considered a good starting point toward its further validation. The results from the HRV experiments were consistent with earlier findings and indicated that the subjects’ sympathetic activity was lower and that their parasympathetic activity higher when they reported unpleasant pictures than it was when they viewed them. This dynamic was not observed with the pleasant pictures. The results suggest that HRV and emotions during reporting should be interpreted in relation to the initial experiences and emotions in the viewing phaseTiivistelmä Tutkimuksen yleinen tavoite oli ohjausvuorovaikutuksen arviointimenetelmien kehittäminen. Tutkimuksen ensimmäinen päämäärä oli kehittää ohjaajan responsseja ja ohjaustoiminnan asiakaskeskeisyyttä arvioivia mittareita (Osajulkaisu I). Tarkempina ensimmäiseen päämäärän kytkeytyvinä tavoitteina oli arvioida Ohjausresponssien mittausjärjestelmään (CROS) sisältyvien Ohjausresponssien koodaussysteemin (CRCS) sisällön validiteettia ja interarvioitsijareliabiliteettia sekä Taitavan verbaalisen toiminnan skaalan (SVRS) sisällön validiteettia, rakennevaliditeettia ja interarvioitsijareliabiliteettia. Toisena päämääränä oli arvioida sykevariaatiomittauksen (HRV) soveltuvuutta asiakkaan emootioiden arviointiin puheen aikana (Osajulkaisut II ja III). Asetelma tässä oli analoginen asiakaskeskeisen ohjauksen tavoitteiden kanssa ja HRV -kokeissa koehenkilöt tuottivat verbaalisia kuvauksia emotionaalisesta kokemuksesta. Toiseen päämäärään kytkeytyvät tarkemmat tavoitteet olivat tarkastella eroja koehenkilöiden emotionaalisessa aktiviteetissa epämiellyttävien kuvastimulien katselun ja raportoinnin välillä sekä eroja miellyttävien ja epämiellyttävien kuvastimulien raportoinnin välillä HRV mittauksen avulla. Tulokset tukivat CRCS:n sisällön validiteettia ja interarvioitsija -reliabiliteettia sekä SVRS:n sisällön validiteettia, rakennevaliditeettia sekä interarvioitsija -reliabiliteettia. Kokonaisuudessaan CROS -arvioinnin tulokset ovat hyvä lähtökohta sen kehitystyössä. HRV -kokeiden tulokset olivat yhdenmukaisia aiempien löydösten kanssa ja indikoivat, että koehenkilöiden sympaattinen aktiviteetti oli matalampaa ja parasympaattinen korkeampaa, kun he raportoivat epämiellyttäviä stimuleita verrattuna stimulien katseluun. Tätä dynamiikka ei havaittu miellyttävien stimuleiden kohdalla. HRV -kokeiden tulokset indikoivat, että HRV ja emootiot tulisi tulkita suhteessa alkuperäiseen kokemuksen valenssiin, mikä on raportoinnin kohteena
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Poalses, Jacolize. "An investigation into the advantage of non–verbal measurement of emotion in television advertisements across South African generation / Poalses J." Thesis, North-West University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/7291.
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Emotions have become an important research topic in both the behavioural sciences and advertising. Nowadays, emotions are acknowledged as an important mediator of cognitive and behavioural consumer responses to advertising. Consequently, researchers in marketing and advertising have emphasised the need to consider emotions as a crucial factor in the advertising process. To test the viability of this assumption, an empirical research study was conducted at the Behavioural and Communication Research Division of the Bureau of Market Research (BMR). More specifically, the research study used a three–dimensional approach to measure generational differences in consumers’ emotional response to television advertisements. To capture immediate, positive and negative emotive responses towards a pre–selected test advertisement, the study used three research instruments, namely AdSAM, PrEmo (both non–verbal measurement instruments) and the List of Emotions (LoE) (verbal measurement instrument). Gauteng consumers (n = 102) who view television participated in the study, which revealed that ageing appears to be a significant antecedent in measuring emotive response to advertisements. In this regard, the study showed, among others, that Baby Boomers (older generation) were inclined to react to the advertisement in a different manner than younger generations (Millennials and Xers). For example, Baby Boomers found it easier to acknowledge higher levels of engagement with the test advertisement, as was noted in the high Arousal ratings. No significant differences were, however, evident between generations on the Pleasure dimension as all generations seem to have felt positively towards the test advertisement. Furthermore, although all generations felt positive emotive reactions when viewing the test advertisement, Millennials feel more Comfortable, whereas the Xers and Baby Boomers feel stronger Warmed emotions. Overall, older people tend to purposefully seek to experience positive emotions and avoid or limit negative emotions. In summary, both non–verbal and verbal measures reflected generational differences that seem to be more apparent when analysing negative emotions.
The study also revealed that the AdSAM instrument appears to be advantageous when measuring emotions in television advertising due to its non–verbal properties. However, greater generational differences seem to be evident when emotions are measured with a verbal rather than non–verbal instrument.
Against this background, certain recommendations for future research were made, amongst others, the need for further research on emotive reaction to television advertisements and the need for innovative research models that are customised for the diverse South African consumer market.Thesis (M.A. (Research Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2012.
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Escobar, Rivera Dalilis. "Identifying factors for the customer delight in tourism industry: model and measurement scale." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Girona, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/667402.
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The objective of the present dissertation is to empirically identify customer delight in customer’s most memorable experiences in the context of tourism services. Specifically, the aim of the present dissertation is to explain to what extent customers achieve to a delighted state and what factors influence it them, grouping available statements in the literature by developing a research model and measurement scale.
Data for this study were obtained through a survey applied to tourists face-to-face and by online channels in Spain and Portugal summarizing 519 responses. Data are analyzed and showing delighted, most than satisfied and satisfied customers through the application of the scale regarding the effect of cognitive-affective antecedents. This is a relevant statement for the sustainability of the tourism industry in future, focusing to increase competitive advances by managing the happiness ideal of customers and customizing servicesL’objectiu de la present tesi doctoral és identificar empíricament el grau de delit que tenen els clients basant-nos en experiències viscudes en l’àmbit de la indústria turística en serveis que per ells recorden com excel·lents. Específicament, l’objectiu és explicar com els clients arriben a un estat de delit i quins factors són els que més influencien per aconseguir-ho. Aquest fet, ens permet desenvolupar un model teòric i una escala de mesura del delit. Les dades emprades en aquesta tesi van ser obtingudes a través d'una enquesta contestada online i auto-administrada per turistes que es trobaven a Espanya i Portugal, arribant a un total de 519 casos. Les dades analitzades mostren tres possibles comportaments: clients delectats, més que satisfets i satisfets els qual es mesuren mitjançant l'aplicació de l'escala en relació a l'efecte d'antecedents cognitiu-afectius. Aquest tema s’enfoca a incrementar els avantatges competitius manejant l'ideal de felicitat dels clients
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Guerra, Recas Luis. "Personalización subjetiva en los sistemas de música interactiva en los videojuegos. En busca de una experiencia de juego a la medida del individuo." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de València, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/172545.
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[ES] El papel de la Música como elemento de expresión e inducción emocional ha cobrado recientemente importancia en el entorno de la interactividad y los Videojuegos. Los efectos que tiene la música sobre la experiencia emocional del jugador han sido el eje vertebrador de esta investigación que, con el objetivo de crear una experiencia adaptada a la individualidad de cada persona, propone la utilización de la medición fisiológica como elemento activo en la selección musical del videojuego.
En base a la revisión de experiencias previas existentes en la literatura científica, este trabajo incluye el diseño y desarrollo de un prototipo de Sistema Musical Interactivo (SMI) basado en la medición de Respuesta Galvánica de la Piel (GSR) como detonante de las variaciones de la música, con el que poder observar la viabilidad de la propuesta con cualquier videojuego existente.
La experimentación con este sistema ha sido apoyada también por la creación de varias composiciones musicales con funcionalidad interactiva que ha tenido en cuenta, además, la incorporación de elementos musicales con demostrada efectividad en la respuesta emocional. Así ha sido posible observar distintos aspectos de la respuesta emocional de los jugadores y sugerir algunas formas de aplicación de la medición fisiológica como medio para generar una experiencia de juego individualizada.[CA] El paper de la Música com a element d'expressió i inducció emocional ha cobrat recentment importància al voltant de la interactivitat i els Videojocs. Els efectes que té la música sobre l'experiència emocional del jugador han sigut l'eix vertebrador d'esta investigació que, amb l'objectiu de crear una experiència adaptada a la individualitat de cada persona, proposa la utilització del mesurament fisiològic com a element actiu en la selecció musical del videojoc. Sobre la base de la revisió d'experiències prèvies existents en la literatura científica, este treball inclou el disseny i desenvolupament d'un prototip de Sistema Musical Interactiu (SMI) basat en el mesurament de Resposta Galvànica de la Pell (GSR) com a detonant de les variacions de la música, amb el qual poder observar la viabilitat de la proposta amb qualsevol videojoc existent. L'experimentació amb este sistema ha sigut secundada també per la creació de diverses composicions musicals amb funcionalitat interactiva que ha tingut en compte, a més, la incorporació d'elements musicals amb demostrada efectivitat en la resposta emocional. Aixina, ha sigut possible observar diferents aspectes de la resposta emocional dels jugadors i suggerir algunes formes d'aplicació del mesurament fisiològic com a medi per a generar una experiència de joc individualitzada.
[EN] The role of Music as an element of expression and emotional induction has recently gained importance in the environment of interactivity and Videogames. The effects that music has on the emotional experience of the player have been the backbone of this research that, with the aim of creating an experience adapted to the individuality of each person, proposes the use of physiological measurement as an active element in the selection musical video game. Based on the review of previous experiences in the scientific literature, this work includes the design and development of a prototype of an Interactive Musical System (SMI) based on the measurement of Galvanic Response of the Skin (GSR) as a trigger for the variations of music, with which to observe the viability of the proposal with any existing video game. Experimentation with this system has also been supported by the creation of various musical compositions with interactive functionality that has also taken into account the incorporation of musical elements with proven effectiveness in emotional response. In this way, it has been possible to observe different aspects of the emotional response of the players and to suggest some forms of application of the physiological measurement as a means to generate an individualized gaming experience.
Guerra Recas, L. (2021). Personalización subjetiva en los sistemas de música interactiva en los videojuegos. En busca de una experiencia de juego a la medida del individuo [Tesis doctoral]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/172545
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Kromash, Rachelle, Shania L. Siebert, Hannah G. Mitchell, Kelly E. Moore, and Meredith K. Ginley. "A Replication of Measurement Invariance Across Gender of the 36-Item Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2021. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8888.
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D'Ingeo, Serenella. "Laterality, heart rate and EEG as measurements of animal welfare in dogs and horses." Thesis, Rennes 1, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019REN1B010/document.
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Le bien-être animal est considéré un phénomène multidimensionnel basé sur les conditions et les expériences de vie de chaque individu, et lié aux fonctions organiques et à la sensibilité de l’individu même. L’étude des émotions animales est complexe mais les hypothèses sur leurs états émotifs peuvent être formulées sur la base de mesures neurophysiologiques, comportementales et cognitives. Des études récentes ont montré que la latéralité cérébrale et comportementale, la fréquence cardiaque et l'activité cérébrale (mesurée par électroencéphalographie sont des paramètres qui permettent d’évaluer la perception de la valence et du niveau stimulant des émotions chez l’animal et l'Homme. Le but principal de ce projet de thèse était d’étudier la perception que les chiens et les chevaux ont du contenu émotionnel des signaux humains et l’impact potentiel que peuvent avoir ces signaux sur l’état émotionnel de ces animaux et par conséquent sur leur bien-être. Dans ce but, nous avons présenté à ces animaux des stimuli exprimant diverses émotions. Nous avons utilisé une approche intégrée combinant l’analyse de la latéralité comportementale, de la fréquence cardiaque, de l’activité cérébrale et du comportement des sujets afin de répondre à 2 questions: 1) les chiens et les chevaux perçoivent-ils le contenu émotionnel des signaux humains? 2) Les chiens et les chevaux attribuent-ils une valence et une intensité différentes selon les émotions humaines perçues. Les résultats de ce travail de thèse montrent que les chiens et les chevaux traitent différemment les signaux émotionnels en fonction de leur valence et de leur intensité. La perception de la voix de l'homme par le cheval est modulée par la valence des interactions homme-cheval antérieures et par les conditions de vie des chevaux. En ce qui concerne les chiens, nos résultats montrent qu’ils discriminent et perçoivent les émotions contenues dans les signaux visuels, auditifs et olfactifs humains différemment, et nous fournissent de nouvelles connaissances sur le fonctionnement émotionnel du cerveau du chien. Les résultats de ce travail de thèse apportent un cadre théorique pour définir des paramètres utiles à l'évaluation du bien-être animalAnimal welfare is considered to be a multidimensional phenomenon based upon life experiences and conditions, characterized by how an individual feels and functions. The study of emotions in animals is difficult but assumptions of emotional states are usually derived from neurophysiological, behavioral and cognitive measurements. Recent literature shows that cerebral and behavioral laterality, cardiac activity and brain activity (measured by electroencephalography) are suitable parameters to examine animals’ and human emotional processing along the valence and arousal dimensions. The main aim of the present research project was to investigate dogs and horses perception of the emotional content of human signals that potentially affects animals’ affective state and welfare. An integrated approach combining the analysis of behavioral lateralization, cardiac and brain activity, and subjects’ behavior was applied in order to answer to the following questions: 1) Do dogs and horses perceive the different emotional content of human signals? 2) Do dogs and horses attribute a different valence and intensity to the human emotions perceived? Overall, the results of this thesis project demonstrate that dogs and horses process differently emotional signals according to their valence and intensity. In particular, horses perception of a human voice is modulated by the valence of the prior horse-human interactions and by subjects’ living conditions. As for dogs, results demonstrate that they discriminate and perceive differently the emotional content of human visual, auditory and olfactory signals, providing new insights into the emotional functioning of the canine brain. The current research offers a theoretical framework for defining useful parameters to evaluate animal welfare
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Assaf, Elias. "Uncovering The Sub-Text: Presidents' Emotional Expressions and Major Uses of Force." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2014. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/6241.
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The global context of decision making continues to adapt in response to international threats. Political psychologists have therefore considered decision making processes regarding major uses of force a key area of interest. Although presidential personality has been widely studied as a mitigating factor in the decision making patterns leading to uses of force, traditional theories have not accounted for the emotions of individuals as they affect political actions and are used to frame public perception of the use of force. This thesis therefore measures expressed emotion and cognitive expressions in the form of expressed aggression, passivity, blame, praise, certainty, realism, and optimism as a means of predicting subsequent major uses of force. Since aggression and blame are precipitated by anger and perceived vulnerability, they are theorized to foreshadow increased uses of force (Gardner and Moore 2008). Conversely, passivity and praise are indicative of empathy and joy respectively, and are not expected to precede aggressive behavior conducted to maintain emotional regulation (Roberton, Daffer, and Bucks 2012). Additionally, the three cognitive variables of interest expand on existing literature on beliefs and decision making expounded by such authors as Walker (2010), Winter (2003) and Hermann (2003). DICTION 6.0 is used to analyze all text data of presidential news conferences, candidate debates, and State of the Union speeches given between 1945 and 2000 stored by The American Presidency Project (Hart and Carroll 2012). Howell and Pevehouse's (2005) quantitative assessment of quarterly U.S. uses of force between 1945 and 2000 is employed as a means of quantifying instances of major uses of force. Results show systematic differences among the traits expressed by presidents, with most expressions staying consistent across spontaneous speech contexts. Additionally, State of the Union speeches consistently yielded the highest scores across the expressed traits measured; supporting the theory that prepared speech is used to emotionally frame situations and setup emotional interpretations of events to present to the public. Time sensitive regression analyses indicate that expressed aggression within the context of State of the Union Addresses is the only significant predictor of major uses of force by the administration. That being said, other studies may use the comparative findings presented herein to further establish a robust model of personality that accounts for individual dispositions toward emotional expression as a means of framing the emotional interpretation of events by audiences.M.A.
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Preece, David A. "Measuring emotional reactivity, alexithymia, and emotion regulation as clinically relevant emotional constructs: theoretical considerations and the development of new psychometric measures." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2019. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/2196.
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Many psychopathologies are characterised by abnormalities in emotional functioning, so clinicians and researchers need to assess emotional functioning to inform case conceptualisations and treatments, and to develop theoretical understanding of the mechanisms behind these psychopathologies. A comprehensive profile of emotional functioning requires information about at least three constructs, emotional reactivity, alexithymia, and emotion regulation, as each has been independently identified as an important transdiagnostic risk factor. Clinicians’ and researchers’ ability to assess these three constructs is, however, currently hampered by a lack of conceptual or definitional clarity, and consequently a lack of comprehensive or accurate psychometric measures. My research project was therefore one of both construct validation and measurement validation, with two interrelated aims: first, to establish compatible and empirically supported definitions of emotional reactivity, alexithymia, and emotion regulation; second, to develop and validate a set of new, comprehensive self-report measures based on these definitions, called the Perth series of measures. I use Gross’s (2015a) extended process model of emotion regulation as an integrating conceptual framework, to delineate definitions of emotional reactivity, alexithymia, and emotion regulation that are compatible with each other and consistent with existing empirical data. I then present six papers that report on factor analytic studies I conducted to test this framework’s parameters and evaluate existing measures or the new Perth measures. I propose in these papers that emotional reactivity, alexithymia, and emotion regulation are conceptually separable but linked constructs, because they correspond to different stages in the emotion generation and emotion valuation sequences described by Gross. My studies’ results indicate that the new Perth measures are structurally consistent with this framework, and appear to be comprehensive and valid measures of emotional reactivity (Perth Emotional Reactivity Scale), alexithymia (Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire), and emotion regulation ability (Perth Emotion Regulation Competency Inventory). This thesis therefore helps to delineate the theoretical structure of emotional reactivity, alexithymia, and emotion regulation, and provides clinicians and researchers with a set of psychometric tools that can operationalise these three constructs in greater detail than was previously possible.
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Barkley, M. "Improving ability emotional intelligence measurement." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.546008.
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Lane, Andrew Michael. "Mood and sport : conceptual, measurement and performance issues." Thesis, Brunel University, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.299118.
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Ettel, Deborah Jean 1958. "The measurement of emotion regulation: A confirmatory analysis." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/10220.
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xvi, 133 p. : ill. A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number.The increasing incidence of depression worldwide has led the World Health Organization to predict that depression will be the second leading global burden of disease by 2020. Since depression is often characterized by suboptimal emotion regulation, one of the potential pathways for understanding the transmission of depression risk is through the examination of early emotion regulation development, specifically in a known at-risk group: offspring of depressed parents. A substantial body of literature underscores the myriad ways in which offspring of ever-depressed parents differ from offspring of never-depressed parents, particularly in their development of emotion regulation, and level of risk for affective disorders. Emotion regulation was defined, along with its putative component dimensions, within the context of several well developed temperament models. This study examined emotion regulation in toddlers through data from the Infant Development Study, a longitudinal study of infant development which included parents from the Oregon Adolescent Depression Project and their offspring. A measurement model of emotion regulation based upon mother reports of toddler behavior was developed and tested as a first step in exploring this putative risk pathway. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to test three measurement models for absolute and comparative fit. A three factor model with dimensions of Negative Affectivity, Surgency, and Effortful Control, was the best fitted model of those tested. Following this aspect of the study, structural models with outcomes of problem behavior were also tested in order to examine the concurrent and predictive validity of the measure. The best fitting model was found to be significantly associated with concurrent toddler problem behavior and predictive of later toddler problem behavior, including internalizing, externalizing, and aggressive behaviors. Recommendations are presented for future study of emotion regulation as a risk transmission pathway.
Committee in charge: Kenneth Merrell, Chairperson, Special Education and Clinical Sciences; Cynthia Anderson, Member, Special Education and Clinical Sciences Joe Stevens, Member, Educational Leadership; John Seeley, Member, Not from U of 0; Jean Stockard, Outside Member, Planning Public Policy & Mgmt
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Schubert, Emery School of Music & Music Education UNSW. "Measurement and time series analysis of emotion in music." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of Music and Music Education, 1999. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/18268.
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This thesis examines the relations among emotions and musical features and their changes with time, based on the assertion that there exist underlying, culturally specific, quantifiable rules which govern these relations. I designed, programmed and tested a computer controlled Two-Dimensional Emotion Space (2DES) which administered and controlled all aspects of the experimental work. The 2DES instrument consisted of two bipolar emotional response (ER) dimensions: valence (happiness-sadness) and arousal (activeness-sleepiness). The instrument had a test-retest reliability exceeding 0.83 (p > 0.01, N = 28) when words and pictures of facial expressions were used as the test stimuli. Construct validity was quantified (r < 0.84, p > 0.01). The 2DES was developed to collect continuous responses to recordings of four movements of music (N = 67) chosen to elicit responses in all quadrants of the 2DES: "Morning" from Peer Gynt, Adagio from Rodrigo???s Concierto de Aranjuez (Aranjuez), Dvorak???s Slavonic Dance Op 42, No. 1 and Pizzicato Polka by Strauss. Test-retest reliability was 0.74 (p > 0.001, N = 14). Five salient and objectively quantifiable features of the musical signal (MFs) were scaled and used for time series analysis of the stimuli: melodic pitch, tempo, loudness, frequency spectrum centroid (timbral sharpness) and texture (number of different instruments playing). A quantitative analysis consisted of: (1) first order differencing to remove trends, (2) determination of suitable, lagged MFs to keep as regressors via stepwise regression, and (3) regression of each ER onto selected MFs with first order autoregressive adjustment for serial correlation. Regression coefficients indicated that first order differenced (???) loudness and ???tempo had the largest correlations with ???arousal across all pieces, and ???melodic pitch correlated with ???valence for Aranjuez (p > 0.01 for all coefficients). The models were able to explain up to 73% of mean response variance. Additional variation was explained qualitatively as being due to interruptions, interactions and collinearity: The minor key and dissonances in a tonal context moved valence toward the negative direction; Short duration and perfect cadences moved valence in the positive direction. The 2DES measure and serial correlation adjusted regression models were, together, shown to be powerful tools for understanding relations among musical features and emotional response.
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Arvidsson, Tobias. "Indirect subjective measurements of applied reappraisal and distraction : An online study." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för biovetenskap, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-20091.
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The struggle to regulate one's emotions can sometimes be difficult. Two emotion regulation strategies are to reappraise an emotional stimulus or to distract oneself from the stimulus. While there have been many investigations of both strategies, previous research suffers from methodological problems. Reappraisal conditions might be confounded by non-reappraisal-related cognitive processes, resulting in effects of distraction rather than reappraisal. In the current exploratory within-subjects study, participants completed an online survey where the conditions were held as equal as possible to avoid any differences in non-task-related cognitive processes. I measured variables that have been associated with an electrophysiological response correlated to the intensity level of emotions: the late positive potential. First, participants watched emotionally negative film clips in a reappraisal, distraction, and control condition, followed by ratings of experienced feeling. Second, participants rated the threat level of angry and neutral faces. It was hypothesized that applying ER during emotion induction compared to no ER should result in more positive ratings of experienced feeling after induction and lower threat-ratings of angry faces due to a more positive emotional state. The results showed no significant differences between conditions, most likely due to either methodological limitations or an actual lack of emotion regulation effects. I discuss future directions and improvements of the method.
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Rasmussen, Susan R. Dalton Jo Ann. "Acoustic measurement of emotion expression of women with chronic knee pain." Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2009. http://dc.lib.unc.edu/u?/etd,2413.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2009.Title from electronic title page (viewed Sep. 3, 2009). "... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the School of Nursing." Discipline: Nursing; Department/School: Nursing.
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Nyquist, Alex C. "A Structured Interview Measure of Emotion Awareness for Adolescents." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1594844524425887.
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Hemmeler, Megan Renee. "Social and Emotional Competency and Exclusionary Discipline." The Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1301855137.
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Elzy, Meredith Brown. "Emotional Invalidation: An investigation into its definition, measurement, and effects." Scholar Commons, 2013. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/4670.
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Emotional invalidation is a construct closely related to childhood maltreatment, which has been linked theoretically and empirically to the development of psychopathology. This study sought to advance the empirical investigation into emotional invalidation through three primary objectives: 1) to critically review the way emotional invalidation is currently defined and measured in the existing literature, 2) to offer a novel approach at conceptualizing and measuring emotional invalidation as a two part construct comprised of emotionally invalidating behaviors and perceived emotional invalidation, and 3) to experimentally test the effects of invalidating behaviors on a person's perception of emotional invalidation and their level of emotional distress. Results suggest that the invalidation paradigm created for this study did lead participants in this condition to report higher levels of perceived emotional invalidation compared to participants in the neutral condition; however, they did not report higher levels of emotional distress. Potential moderation was examined for participants' levels of borderline personality features and childhood maltreatment based on the theoretical relationships among emotional invalidation and these constructs. Unexpectedly, participants' borderline personality features and childhood maltreatment histories did not individually contribute unique variance in the prediction of emotional distress, but together did predict higher levels of emotional distress. In regards to the perception of emotional invalidation, neither borderline personality features or childhood maltreatment were found to be significant predictors. The need exists for continued research in this area as many questions remain unanswered, and the implications for determining what makes some types of emotional invalidation harmful are significant.
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Brännmark, Emma. "Cognitive Bias as a Measurement of Emotional States in Dogs." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-166551.
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Cognitive bias can be used when determining emotional states in animals by assessing the animal’s perception of an ambiguous stimulus. In the concept of animal welfare, both physical health as well as mental health of animals are involved. Therefore, cognitive bias can be a valuable tool in order to measure the mental health of an animal. The aim of this paper is to summarize and discuss how cognitive bias tests have been used to assess emotional states in dogs. Cognitive bias tests in dogs have been used to evaluate the emotional state of a dog with behavioural problems. It has also been shown to be useful when studying the effect of enrichment in the form of natural behaviour, such as being allowed to use its olfactory sense to a greater extent. Additionally, the connection between personality and cognitive bias is discussed. Hence, assessing the emotional state of dogs can be valuable in a welfare perspective.
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Payne, Simon Mark. "Impression management & self-presentation in sport : measurement, process & consequences." Thesis, Aberystwyth University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2160/b9cc3908-075e-4f9f-b978-afc8ef5a24cd.
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The aim of this programme of research was to build on existing knowledge of impression management and self-presentation in the sport context. Theoretical advancement was made with the integration of two well-established social psychological frameworks of impression management phenomena; Leary’s (1995) topography of dispositional self-presentational motives, and Leary and Kowalski’s (1990) Two-Component Model of Impression Management – including situational impression motivation and impression construction – are complimentary, and their combination reflects a trait x state approach to understanding interpersonal behaviour in sport contexts. Athletes are assessed by team-mates, coaches, selectors, and the audience at a frequent rate. If they are aware of this, it could be viewed as an opportunity for personal and social development, or a threat to their existent identities. In both cases, the athlete must ensure that their performance is not affected by such thoughts, otherwise they risk conveying a negative impression regardless of their self-presentational motives (Leary, 1992). The present thesis incorporates three novel studies that address a multitude of first and second generation research questions (cf. Zanna & Fazio, 1982). Key findings include, but are not limited to: athletes have a strong dispositional motive to attain intra- and interpersonal goals via their self-presentations; if their impression efficacy does not match their impression motivation they tend to appraise this as a challenge, not a threat, contrary to theoretical expectations; in a laboratory setting, heightened impression motivation is associated with improved performance rather than increased distractibility and performance decrements (as was anticipated); impression management is important in developing desired social identities within university sport subcultures; and impression management is implicated in positive and negative group dynamics. In achieving its aims, the present thesis developed a new measurement scale, devised a successful experimental manipulation of impression motivation, and employed stimulated recall interview methodology; all novel or challenging approaches in sport psychology.
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Passarelli, Rebecca E. "The Measure of Social and Emotional Competence in Children (MSECC): An open-source, stakeholder-informed, and strength-based assessment tool for social and emotional competence in children." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1594293390441975.
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Boone, George E. "Emotion, community development, and the physical environment: An experimental investigation of measurements." UKnowledge, 2013. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cld_etds/10.
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A wide range of research fields have studied how emotions and behavior are affected by the physical environment. This gestalt theorist approach of experimental research as well seeks to measure emotion (using the valence-arousal scale) and micro-scale community development interactions when weighted physical environment factors are adjusted. Community development (CD) interactions at the micro-scale have received but slight attention from scholars in the CD research field and this study aims partially to investigate developing objective measures from social observations. CD interactions from recordings along with self-reported emotion through surveys in four quasi-experimental groups (where the environments were constructed based on peer-reviewed literature to cause emotional reactions) and one control group made up the data collected for this experiment. While the results of this experiment displayed apparent convincing quantitative differences in both CD interactions and emotion when the physical environment was manipulated, the results of a one-way ANOVA indicated no statistical significance to either dependent variable. The conclusions suggest limiting the physical factors of the environment to produce more precise changes as a result of the manipulated quasi environments.
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Gerhardt, Micah Gerhardt. "Development of Emotion Regulation and Parental Socialization during Early Childhood." The Ohio State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1595368352889174.
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Sloan, Matthew. "Developing the Reappraisal Tactic Questionnaire: Examining the Relationships of Reappraisal Tactics with Affect and Well-being Outcomes." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1606840999980038.
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Noland, Madeline D. W. "Emotional Clarity in Young Adults: Operationalization, Measurement, and Associations with Mental Health Outcomes." Thesis, Seattle Pacific University, 2020. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=22587399.
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Emotional clarity (EC) refers to the ability to identify, understand, and distinguish one’s emotions (Gohm & Clore, 2000). The literature suggests that EC is highly related to emotion regulation (ER), such that individuals with higher EC are more likely to use adaptive ER strategies and individuals with lower EC are more likely to use maladaptive ER strategies (Vine & Aldao, 2014). EC has been measured with both self-report measures and physiological tasks. Due to the limitations of both self-report measures and physiological tasks, I aimed to develop a behavioral measure of EC using the concordance between change in individuals’ physiological responding and change in their subjective emotional states before and during a stressor task. In part one of the study, I created a behavioral measure and compared it to individuals’ self-reported emotional clarity. In part two, I examined the concurrent validity of the behavioral EC measure by assessing its relationships with maladaptive ER, adaptive ER, and non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI, a maladaptive ER strategy). Participants were 127 (90% female, Mage = 19.51, SDage = 1.31) young adults. Participants completed questionnaires of self-reported emotional clarity and ER strategies. Then, participants completed a modified Trier Social Stress Test in the laboratory (TSST; Waugh, Panage, Mendes, & Gotlib, 2010). Heartbeat was measured throughout and self-rated negative affect was measured before and after stress. Results indicated that behavioral EC was not associated with self-reported EC (r = .14, p = .178). Furthermore, structural equation modeling results indicated that behavioral EC did not predict maladaptive ER (β = .18, p = .733), adaptive ER (β = .61, p = .497), or NSSI (β = .40, p = .618). Examinations of the relations between study variables suggested that self-reported EC may have been a more accurate measure of EC in the current sample. Limitations of the current study may have impacted the ability for the behavioral measure to properly capture the construct of EC. Future research is needed to more fully understand whether a behavioral measure of EC is feasible.
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Condon, Ryan Joseph. "The Relationship between Self-Awareness and Leadership : Extending Measurement and Conceptualisation." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Psychology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/5185.
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Psychological research focusing on the relationship between self-awareness and leadership has subsequently attracted criticism, regarding both the conceptualisation and measurements used therein. Specifically, the previous use of difference scores to measure self-awareness has become associated with issues of reliability and the conceptualisation of self-awareness within the emotional intelligence paradigm has been considered a limitation. To study the relationship between self-awareness and leadership while acknowledging the need for improved methods, the current research conceptually extended self-awareness to include recognition of cognitive and social intelligence as well as emotional intelligence within the self. In addition, the current study tested a newly proposed correlational method for measuring self-awareness. The leader-follower relationship was represented by seventy two managers who were each paired with one of seventy two respective subordinate employees. Each manager rated their own cognitive, social and emotional intelligence at two points in time, two weeks apart, and their respective employee subordinate rated the manager on twelve Leader Behaviours. As predicted, the managers’ mean self-ratings were associated with employee-rated Leader Behaviour. Inconsistent with the literature and against prediction, correlational scores taken between the managers’ two self-rating times were not associated with Leader Behaviour. In addition, results were inconsistent with the prediction that difference scores between the managers’ two rating times would be associated with leader behaviour. The current study contributed to the scientific understanding of the association between social intelligence and leadership as well as the relationship between self-awareness and leader behaviour. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed in reference to organisational leadership.
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Shauchenka, Hanna. "Affective quality of educational services measurement in the context of higher education marketing." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/3525.
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Educational marketing has become an increasingly important area within Higher Education as the competition for students has intensified. Being able to measure and understand the quality of educational services – a key factor in the decision making process for a prospective student – is an incredibly challenging problem as it involves the quantitative measurement of factors such as emotions and affections towards an Institution or programme, which themselves tend to be intangible. The application of total quality management philosophy and methodology in the context of higher education today is fully acknowledged and widely used. These conditions have defined the main task of this research: to develop a methodology for quantitative measurement of the affective quality of educational services for marketing management analysis. In other words offered research investigates how to measure things that have often been considered immeasurable. It was hypothesized that availability of a methodology for quantitative estimation of the affective quality of educational services provides additional important information that ensures an effective decision-making process in the marketing department in higher education institutions. Kansei engineering formalizes such concepts as affections and emotions and highlights their role in the purchase decision-making process. Our KanMar (short for Kansei Marketing) approach is aimed on the implementation of the main Kansei engineering ideas in the context of educational marketing and provides the framework for the quantitative measurement of educational services’ affective quality. KanMar enables the formalization of the affective quality of educational services for its marketing analysis: comparison, prediction, control, etc. The results of such an analysis help to position own services in today’s competitive market more effectively. Data obtained using KanMar methodology enables to find out the stakeholders’ implicit motivations or attitudes. So, for example, data obtained during the conducted survey has indirectly confirmed the students’ orientation to the practical activity. This orientation is typical for the Universities of Applied Sciences and the respondents for this survey have all been students at one of them. KanMar approach also addresses major gaps of existing instruments based on SERVQUAL methodology aimed to measure service quality in education. The hypothesis was tested and partly confirmed using case study that illustrates the application of the KanMar approach.
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Hanna, Moira Elizabeth. "Emotional intelligence comparisons of criterion-related validity across conceptual and methodological variants of measurement /." Connect to this title online, 2008. http://etd.lib.clemson.edu/documents/1211388773/.
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Lacerenza, Christina. "An exploratory factor analysis of self-reported state and trait guilt." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2012. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/577.
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The construct of guilt has been a subject of debate among philosophers, theologians, sociologists and psychologists for centuries. Disagreements concerning guilt have emerged on the definitional level, measurement level, and conceptual level due to the various ways guilt can be experienced and interpreted. Researchers continue to empirically investigate various aspects of guilt in an effort to advance and refine our understanding of the construct; however, differences among researchers in assessing the impact of guilt on psychological well-being still exist. The purpose of this study is to investigate the internal factor structure of three prominent measures of guilt. This will enable us to develop a more concise guilt measure en route to reconciling these differences and better conceptualizing the construct.B.S.
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Brady, Amelia Louise. "Effects of standardized testing on teachers' emotions, pedagogy and professional interactions with others." Cleveland, Ohio : Cleveland State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1235664962.
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Raak, Ragnhild. "Identification of subgroups in experimental and chronic pain : sensory, emotional and evaluative aspects /." Linköping : Univ, 2002. http://www.bibl.liu.se/liupubl/disp/disp2002/med714s.pdf.
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Erhart, Amber Christine. "EVALUATING THE PREDICTIVE VALIDITY OF ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SCREENING ASSESSMENTS FOR MEASURING ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SUCCESS AT THE END OF FIRST GRADE." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2013. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/222715.
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By the end of the kindergarten, students are expected to possess early academic skills as well as the social maturity to be successful in first grade. Students leaving kindergarten without these readiness skills are sometimes held back in first grade or referred for a special education evaluation in later grades if they fail to make adequate progress. However, before a special education referral can be made, the education system must demonstrate that the deficit is not due to a lack of instruction. Response-to-Intervention is a preventive intervention framework supported by federal legislation (No Child Left Behind (NCLB); 2002 and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEIA); 2004) that ensures that only valid special education referrals (i.e., referrals based on quantitative data) are processed. Using a multi-tiered assessment and intervention approach, students are first identified as at-risk through the use of screening tools designed to indicate academic or behavioral deficits. At-risk students are then exposed to evidence-based interventions with increasing levels of intensity to determine the type and amount of support needed. However, response-to-intervention has yet to be extended down to kindergarten students, and the screening instruments available for this population have yet to be evaluated for their predictive validity with end of first grade academic and behavioral performance. This study examines the predictive validity of psychometrically sound academic and behavioral screening instruments with first grade academic and social-emotional success. Participants included kindergarten students (n=290) from five ethnically diverse elementary schools located in a small suburban city in a mid-Atlantic state. Early literacy, early numeracy, writing, and social-emotional screening assessments were administered three times a year to determine whether the screening tools were adequate measures of kindergarten readiness skills for first grade academic and social-emotional success. Participants were followed from the beginning of kindergarten until the end of first grade to determine which skills measured by the screening assessments were the most predictive of a conceptual model of first grade academic and social-emotional success. The results indicated that the social-emotional screening assessment was able to significantly predict social-emotional success at the end of first grade. Kindergarten academic screening assessments however, were not able to significantly predict first grade academic success. Results also indicated that there were significant differences in scores across gender, ethnicity and family composition.
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Schneider, Anke. "Farbeinflussfaktoren zur emotionalen Bildwirkung und ihre Bedeutung für das Retrieval von Tourismusbildern." Doctoral thesis, Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, 2017. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:ch1-qucosa-209553.
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Der Einsatz von Bildern in den unterschiedlichsten Bereichen ist enorm gestiegen, da Bilder die Fähigkeit haben Erlebnisse, sowie Emotionen zu erzeugen und die Phantasie anzuregen. Zudem lässt die rasante Entwicklung im Multimediabereich die Anzahl der fotografierten und gespeicherten Bilder steigen. Die Suche nach dem „besten Bild“ für z.B. eine Kampagne gestaltet sich schwierig, da die Inhalte mehrerer Bilder zu einem Thema nicht selten eine hohe Ähnlichkeit aufweisen. Die Bilder können sich allerdings sehr deutlich in ihren Low-Level Features, wie Farbton, Sättigung und Helligkeit, unterscheiden. Jedoch ist der Emotional Gap zwischen diesen Low-Level Features und der dahinter steckenden High-Level-Semantik im inhaltsbasierten Image Retrieval nur marginal untersucht. Im Fokus dieser Arbeit steht die Analyse des Einflusses der emotionalen Wirkung eines Bildes auf die Qualität der Image Retrieval Ergebnisse. Dies umfasst zum einen die Untersuchung der von Farbeigenschaften eines Bildes ausgelösten Emotionen, sowie die Evaluation der Ergebnisse einer emotionalen Bildsuche. Durch verschiedene Experimente kann gezeigt werden, dass die Helligkeit und der Farbton die emotionale Wahrnehmung eines Bildes maßgeblich beeinflussen. Anhand der Ergebnisse konnte eine emotionale Annotation von Bildern und somit die Einbindung von Emotionen in den Suchprozess ermöglicht werden. Die anschließende Evaluierung der Suchergebnisse zeigt, dass die Qualität der Ergebnisse des Image Retrievals verbessert werden konnteThe use of pictures in a variety of areas has increased tremendously in recent years, as they stimulate a person’s imagination and help to create first experiences and emotions. Furthermore, the rapid developments in multimedia have led to an escalation of the number of digitally stored pictures and photographs. Consequently, finding the ‘best picture’ for a convincing advertising campaign has been becoming increasingly difficult due to the abundance of available pictures. To further complicate this search process, a lot of pictures related to a specific topic are very similar with regard to their content. However, their low-level features, such as hue, saturation, and luminance, might differ considerably. Therefore, this work focusses on the influence of emotional characteristics on the image retrieval process. This includes the study of emotions caused by the color properties of a picture, as well as the evaluation of the results of an emotional image retrieval processes. Results of different experiments show that a picture’s luminance and color have the power to influence emotion. The subsequent evaluation of the results shows an improvement of emotional image retrieval processes. Consequently, one can conclude that the consideration of emotions for ranking affects the quality of the results of the Image Retrieval positively
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Yeung, Kwong. "Perception of teacher emotional support and parental education level : the impacts on students’ math performance." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/8607.
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There is a paucity of research juxtaposing parental education level and teacher emotional support in a single study which examines their relative impacts on students’ academic achievements. Therefore, the first objective of this dissertation is to study the influence of parental education level, in comparison to the influence of teacher emotional support, on students’ math performance, by using more representative data and a rigorous statistical method. The second objective is to identify and examine how some important psychological traits (both affective and cognitive) mediate the effects of social factors on students’ math performance. The third objective is to examine whether those relationships are moderated by gender. Hong Kong’s survey data is extracted from the Program of International Students Assessment (2003) as organized by Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), on the math performances of 4,478 students at the age of fifteen. Measurement invariance was first tested, and then followed by Confirmatory Factor Analysis. Two structural models were tested by Structural Equation Modeling using Linear Structural Relations (LISREL) 8.5 which is computer software for SEM. Results indicated that first, parental education level affects children’s math scores by providing home education resources and enhancing children’s math self-efficacy, and second the Self Determination Theory is applicable in supporting the hypothesis that teachers affects their students’ math scores by providing a cooperative learning environment, which in turn, enhances students’ affective and cognitive factors. Three important mediators, namely cooperative learning environment, math self-efficacy, and home education resources are concluded as significant mediating factors upon the effects of parents and teachers on students’ math performance. The perceived support from parents and teachers are not significantly different across gender in Hong Kong. This is consistent with recent studies that differences favoring males in mathematics achievement are disappearing. Theoretical contributions and practical implications are discussed in the final part of the dissertation.
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Hinerman, Krystal M. "Construct Validation of the Social-Emotional Character Development Scale in Belize: Measurement Invariance Through Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2014. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc699875/.
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Social-emotional learning (SEL) measures assessing social-emotional learning and character development across a broad array of constructs have been developed but lack construct validity. Determining the efficacy of educational interventions requires structurally valid measures which are generalizable across settings, gender, and time. Utilizing recent factor analytic methods, the present study extends validity literature for SEL measures by investigating the structural validity and generalizability of the Social-Emotional and Character Development Scale (SECDS) with a large sample of children from schools in Belize (n = 1877, ages 8 to13). The SECDS exhibited structural and generalizability evidence of construct validity when examined under exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM). While a higher order confirmatory factor structure with six secondary factors provided acceptable fit, the ESEM six-factor structure provided both substantive and methodological advantages. The ESEM structural model situates the SECDS into the larger body of SEL literature while also exhibiting generalizability evidence over both gender and time.
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Abu, Snieneh Wafa' A. J. "An integrated model for the measurement of online customer experience. An empirical international study." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/4245.
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With the emergence of the internet as a new business channel and its impact on the overall role of today¿s customers, existing models for the measurement of perceived quality, satisfaction and loyalty are worth revisiting. This is specifically important in light of the prominent progress of some of the new business concepts, particularly customer experience management, and the rising emphasis on customers¿ hedonic and emotional needs.
This study attempts to bridge the gap in existing literature by examining the online customer experience in its entirety, attending within the study to both the utilitarian and hedonic needs of online customers and giving special attention to emerging aspects in the online environment, such as customer engagement in self-driven experiences. Therefore, the study includes a comprehensive review of a large body of knowledge, both in consumer behaviour and marketing literature as well as quality management literature, in addition to a scrutiny of 50 studies for different evaluation models in the online environment. This is in order to identify a list of attributes and factors that impact customer evaluations of online experiences.
Upon the synthesis of the list of attributes and factors that impact customer evaluations of online experiences, an online blog was created as an environment for asynchronous focus groups. The online blog was beneficial in creating a deeper understanding of what online customers want and what impacts their experiences. Following, an online questionnaire was administered in two stages, once for measure purification purposes which received 90 pilot responses and once for mass data collection purposes which received 366 responses.
As a result of this study, an integrated model for the measurement of online customer experience that emphasises the significance of the emotional component was proposed. The model consists of three components, each serve a specific measurement purpose. The XQual construct which consists of 7 attributes and 30 factors, is a performance measure of the experience in relation to specific aspects that address customers¿ utilitarian and hedonic needs. The satisfaction continuum consists of four factors and is an output measure for each experience or transaction with the online firm. The loyalty continuum consists of four factors and is an outcome measure that indicates customers¿ attitudinal commitment towards the online firm.
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Snieneh, Wafa' Abdel Jalil Abu. "An integrated model for the measurement of online customer experience : an empirical international study." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/4245.
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With the emergence of the internet as a new business channel and its impact on the overall role of today's customers, existing models for the measurement of perceived quality, satisfaction and loyalty are worth revisiting. This is specifically important in light of the prominent progress of some of the new business concepts, particularly customer experience management, and the rising emphasis on customers' hedonic and emotional needs. This study attempts to bridge the gap in existing literature by examining the online customer experience in its entirety, attending within the study to both the utilitarian and hedonic needs of online customers and giving special attention to emerging aspects in the online environment, such as customer engagement in self-driven experiences. Therefore, the study includes a comprehensive review of a large body of knowledge, both in consumer behaviour and marketing literature as well as quality management literature, in addition to a scrutiny of 50 studies for different evaluation models in the online environment. This is in order to identify a list of attributes and factors that impact customer evaluations of online experiences. Upon the synthesis of the list of attributes and factors that impact customer evaluations of online experiences, an online blog was created as an environment for asynchronous focus groups. The online blog was beneficial in creating a deeper understanding of what online customers want and what impacts their experiences. Following, an online questionnaire was administered in two stages, once for measure purification purposes which received 90 pilot responses and once for mass data collection purposes which received 366 responses. As a result of this study, an integrated model for the measurement of online customer experience that emphasises the significance of the emotional component was proposed. The model consists of three components, each serve a specific measurement purpose. The XQual construct which consists of 7 attributes and 30 factors, is a performance measure of the experience in relation to specific aspects that address customers' utilitarian and hedonic needs. The satisfaction continuum consists of four factors and is an output measure for each experience or transaction with the online firm. The loyalty continuum consists of four factors and is an outcome measure that indicates customers' attitudinal commitment towards the online firm.
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Loo, Kirsten van de [Verfasser], Bernhard [Akademischer Betreuer] Schmitz, and Franziska [Akademischer Betreuer] Perels. "Emotional Clarity - Measurement, Training and its Role in Affect Regulation / Kirsten van de Loo. Betreuer: Bernhard Schmitz ; Franziska Perels." Darmstadt : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt, 2012. http://d-nb.info/1106115368/34.
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Couvillon, Michael A. "Measurement and Utility of Functional Behavioral Assessments and Behavior Intervention Plans in Classrooms for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2006. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5469/.
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This research study examined how education service providers conduct functional behavioral assessments and utilize behavior intervention plans to address the social and emotional needs of students with challenging behaviors. The data are based on a 20-item survey administered to educators who identified themselves as working with students diagnosed with emotional and behavioral disorders. The results and implications of the survey are discussed and evaluated to the review of literature conducted prior to the study. Recommendations for future research are also explored.
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Cortellazzo, Laura. "Emerging perspectives on behavioral competencies: an innovative measurement model, learning antecedents, and employability outcomes." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Ramon Llull, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/665048.
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¿Què fa que les persones siguin eficaces al treball? En les darreres dècades, comparacions entre l’assoliment superior i promig mostren que les persones amb major acompliment al treball són aquelles que manifesten competències comportamentals, les quals estan relacionades amb el comportament emocional i social.
Amb la integració de teories de diferents camps, aquesta tesi contribueix a l’actual debat sobre competències comportamentals facilitant una millor comprensió dels seus antecedents, resultats i medicions.
La demanda persistent el mercat de treball de professionals amb habilitats comportamentals més altes subratlla la necessitat d’aprofundir en la investigació i esbrinar, a part de la formació protocolar, què més pot ajudar al desenvolupament d’aquestes competències. A partir de la teoria d’aprenentatge experimental, el primer estudi, basat en una mostra d’estudiants licenciats, revela que una sèrie d’activitats extracurriculars pròpies de la vida real semblen predir diferents clústers de competències comportamentals.
El segon estudi avalua l’impacte que les competències comportamentals tenen sobre la forma en que els estudiants licenciats encaren la seva carrera professional i com això afecta la seva ocupabilitat.
El tercer estudi té com objectiu medir amb eficàcia competències comportamentals amb finalitats avaluatives i de desenvolupament personal. En aquest estudi es desenvolupa un instrument de mesura amb la intenció de posar al dia, ampliar i superar algunes limitacions pròpies de les escales existents. Basat en una revisió de la literatura i en investigacions empíriques addicionals, es proposa un nou i exhaustiu marc competencial, i es desenvolupen i validen les corresponents escales de mesura.
Aquesta investigació ofereix un novedós model de mesura per competències comportamentals i mostra la importància del seu desenvolupament ja a una edat primerenca de la vida per tal que ajudi als estudiants a aventurar-se amb èxit al mercat laboral¿Qué hace que las personas sean eficaces en el trabajo? En las ultimas décadas, comparaciones entre el desempeño superior y el promedio muestran que las personas con mayor desempeño en el trabajo son aquellas que manifiestan competencias comportamentales, las cuales estan relacionadas con el comportamiento emocional y social. Con la integración de teorías de diferentes campos, esta tesis contribuye al actual debate sobre competencias comportamentales facilitando una mejor comprensión de sus antecedentes, resultados y mediciones. La demanda persistente en el mercado de trabajo de profesionales con habilidades comportamentales más altas subraya la necesidad de profundizar en la investigación y averiguar, a parte de la formación protocolar, qué más puede ayudar al desarrollo de dichas competencias. A partir de la teoria de aprendizaje experimental, el primer estudio, basado en una muestra de estudiantes licenciados, revela que una serie de actividades extracurriculates propias de la vida real parecen predecir diferentes clústers de competencias comporamentales. El segundo estudio evalua el impacto que las comptencias comportamentales tienen sobre la forma en que los estudiantes licenciados encaran su carrera profesional y como ello afecta a su empleabilidad. El tercer estudio tiene como objecto medir con eficacia competencias comportamentales con finalidades evaluativas y de desarrollo personal. En dicho estudio se desarrolla un instrumento de medida con la intención de poner al día, ampliar y superar algunas limitaciones propias de las escalas existentes. Basado en una revisión de la literatura y investigaciones empíricas adicionales, se propone un nuevo y exhaustivo marco competencial, y se desarrollan y validan las correspondientes escalas de medida. Dicha investigación ofrece un novedoso modelo de medida para competencias comportamentales y muestra la importancia de su desarrollo ya a una edad temprana de la vida con tal de ayudar a los estudientes a aventurarse con éxito al mercado laboral.
What makes people effective at work? In recent decades systematic comparisons between best and average performers showed that people who perform best in their job are the ones who manifest behavioral competencies, which are the ones related to emotional and social behaviors. Through the integration of theories from different fields, this thesis contributes to the current debate on behavioral competencies by providing a better understanding of their antecedents, outcomes and measurement. The persistent demand in the job market for professionals with higher behavioral competencies, underlines the need for further research to understand, besides formal training, what else may enhance behavioral competencies. Drawing on experiential learning theory, the first study, based on a sample of graduates, reveals that a range of real life extracurricular activities seem to predict different clusters of behavioral competencies. The second study assesses the impact of behavioral competencies on the way graduates approach their career and the effect that this approach has on employability. Results indicate that behavioral competencies are critical not only for professionals to succeed in their careers, but also for students to better orient themselves in the career path and increase their employability. The third study aims at effectively measure behavioral competencies for both developmental and evaluation purposes. It develops a measurement instrument intended to update, enlarge and overcome the limits of existing scales. Based on literature review and additional empirical investigation, a new comprehensive competency framework is proposed and the related scales are developed and validated. This body of research offers an innovative measurement model for behavioral competencies and shows the importance of their development at an early stage in life to successfully guide students in their venture into the job market.
Cosa rende le persone efficaci nel loro lavoro? Negli ultimi anni una comparazione sistematica tra i performer migliori e quelli nella media ha evidenziato che le persone con le migliori prestazioni sono quelle che dimostrano competenze trasversali, ovvero competenze legate a comportamenti di comprensione e gestione di emozioni e relazioni. Attraverso l’integrazione di teorie provenienti da diversi ambiti scientifici, questa tesi contribuisce all’attuale dibattito sulle competenze trasversali attraverso l’approfondimento di fattori che facilitano lo sviluppo di queste competenze, una miglior comprensione dei loro effetti e delle loro modalità di misurazione. La persistente discrepanza in termini di competenze trasversali tra domanda e offerta nel mondo del lavoro sottolinea la necessità di indagare maggiormente i fattori che possono contribuire allo sviluppo di queste competenze. Basandosi sulla teoria dell’apprendimento esperienziale, il primo studio condotto su un campione di studenti universitari, fa luce sull’impatto di una serie di attività extracurriculari su diverse tipologie di competenze trasversali. Il secondo studio valuta l’influenza delle competenze trasversali sul modo in cui i neolaureati orientano la propria carriera e le relative conseguenze in termini di employability. I risultati ottenuti indicano che le competenze trasversali risultano critiche non solo per il successo nella carriera di professionisti, come precedentemente enfatizzato dalla letteratura, ma anche per un efficace orientamento alla carriera degli studenti e una conseguente maggiore occupabilità. Il terzo studio propone un efficace strumento di misurazione delle competenze trasversali, volto ad aggiornare, ampliare e a superare i limiti dei modelli esistenti. Basandosi sull’analisi della letteratura e su un’addizionale ricerca empirica, lo studio propone un nuovo modello di competenze trasversali e presenta lo sviluppo e la validazione delle relative scale. Questa ricerca fornisce un modello innovativo di misurazione delle competenze trasversali e mostra l’importanza del loro sviluppo sin dalle prime fasi per guidare con successo gli studenti verso la loro avventura nel mondo del lavoro.
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Cronin, Lorcan. "Life skills development through youth sport : antecedents, consequences, and measurement." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/22533.
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Youth sport is acknowledged as an ideal setting for promoting positive youth development. In particular, youth sport participation has been linked to life skills development and psychological well-being. The coaching climate has been proposed to play a role in facilitating such positive outcomes. Nonetheless, few measures exist to examine life skills development through sport and it is unclear how positive youth development may be facilitated by the coach. Using existing and newly developed measures, this thesis examined how the coaching climate is related to life skills development and psychological well-being in youth sport participants. Phase 1 of this programme of research investigated Benson and Saito’s (2001) conceptual framework for youth development theory and research within sport. Study 1 examined a model whereby the coaching climate is related to life skills development (personal and social skills, cognitive skills, goal setting, and initiative); which, in turn, is related to participants’ psychological well-being (self-esteem, positive affect, and satisfaction with life). Data from 202 youth sport participants suggested that an autonomy supportive coaching climate was positively related to all four life skills. Further analysis revealed that the development of personal and social skills mediated the relationships between coach autonomy support and all three indices of psychological well-being. However, the validity of the scale used to measure life skills was brought into question during this study. Therefore, the studies which follow developed and validated a new scale which could accurately assess eight key life skills young people learn through sport. Phase 2 of this programme of research involved developing and validating a scale which measures life skills development through sport. Study 2 outlines the initial development of a scale which would assess whether young people learn the following life skills through sport: teamwork, goal setting, time management, emotional skills, interpersonal communication, social skills, leadership, and problem solving and decision making. This study involved defining each of the eight life skills, deciding what components made up each life skill and developing items which could assess each life skill. The initial item pool was reviewed by 39 academics, with between two and seven experts assessing the items for each of the eight life skills. Using the ratings and comments provided by experts, the first version of the Life Skills Scale for Sport (LSSS) was developed. Study 3 reduced the number of items contained within the LSSS from 144 to 47 items using both exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and descriptive statistics. For this task, 338 youth sport participants completed the LSSS. EFA results supported the unidimensional factor structure of each of the eight subscales. Each subscale also displayed adequate internal consistency reliability. Study 4 examined the factor structure of the LSSS using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) with an independent sample of 223 youth sport participants. After the removal of four emotional skills items, seven of the eight subscales and the revised 43-item scale displayed adequate model fit. Results supported both the convergent and discriminant validity of the LSSS and each of the eight subscales displayed adequate internal consistency reliability. Study 5 assessed the test-retest reliability of the LSSS with an independent sample of 37 youth sport participants. Each participant completed the scale on two occasions which were two weeks apart. Results revealed that time 1 and time 2 scores were relatively unchanged over this two-week period, providing evidence of test-retest reliability. Phase 3 of this programme of research involved re-testing Benson and Saito’s (2001) framework. Study 6 retested the coaching climate – life skills development – psychological well-being model from Study 1 using the LSSS. Data from 326 youth sport participants suggested that an autonomy supportive coaching climate was positively related to young people learning teamwork, goal setting, time management, emotional skills, interpersonal communication, social skills, leadership, and problem solving and decision making. The total amount of life skills a young person developed through sport was positively related to their self-esteem, positive affect and satisfaction with life. Again, the factor structure and reliability of the scale was supported. The findings from this PhD research suggest that the coaching climate plays an important role in young peoples’ development through sport. Specifically, an autonomy supportive coaching climate was positively related to life skills development and psychological well-being in youth sport participants. This thesis also provides researchers with a valid and reliable measure of life skills development through sport. Future research using the LSSS should examine other factors (e.g., peer relationships) which may promote positive youth development through sport. Additionally, future studies can use the LSSS to examine the efficacy of existing programmes (e.g., the SUPER programme) which teach life skills through sport. Such research will help guide coaches and sports programmes efforts to promote positive youth development through sport.
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Schneider, Anke. "Farbeinflussfaktoren zur emotionalen Bildwirkung und ihre Bedeutung für das Retrieval von Tourismusbildern." Universitätsverlag Chemnitz, 2015. https://monarch.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A20550.
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Der Einsatz von Bildern in den unterschiedlichsten Bereichen ist enorm gestiegen, da Bilder die Fähigkeit haben Erlebnisse, sowie Emotionen zu erzeugen und die Phantasie anzuregen. Zudem lässt die rasante Entwicklung im Multimediabereich die Anzahl der fotografierten und gespeicherten Bilder steigen. Die Suche nach dem „besten Bild“ für z.B. eine Kampagne gestaltet sich schwierig, da die Inhalte mehrerer Bilder zu einem Thema nicht selten eine hohe Ähnlichkeit aufweisen. Die Bilder können sich allerdings sehr deutlich in ihren Low-Level Features, wie Farbton, Sättigung und Helligkeit, unterscheiden. Jedoch ist der Emotional Gap zwischen diesen Low-Level Features und der dahinter steckenden High-Level-Semantik im inhaltsbasierten Image Retrieval nur marginal untersucht. Im Fokus dieser Arbeit steht die Analyse des Einflusses der emotionalen Wirkung eines Bildes auf die Qualität der Image Retrieval Ergebnisse. Dies umfasst zum einen die Untersuchung der von Farbeigenschaften eines Bildes ausgelösten Emotionen, sowie die Evaluation der Ergebnisse einer emotionalen Bildsuche. Durch verschiedene Experimente kann gezeigt werden, dass die Helligkeit und der Farbton die emotionale Wahrnehmung eines Bildes maßgeblich beeinflussen. Anhand der Ergebnisse konnte eine emotionale Annotation von Bildern und somit die Einbindung von Emotionen in den Suchprozess ermöglicht werden. Die anschließende Evaluierung der Suchergebnisse zeigt, dass die Qualität der Ergebnisse des Image Retrievals verbessert werden konnte.The use of pictures in a variety of areas has increased tremendously in recent years, as they stimulate a person’s imagination and help to create first experiences and emotions. Furthermore, the rapid developments in multimedia have led to an escalation of the number of digitally stored pictures and photographs. Consequently, finding the ‘best picture’ for a convincing advertising campaign has been becoming increasingly difficult due to the abundance of available pictures. To further complicate this search process, a lot of pictures related to a specific topic are very similar with regard to their content. However, their low-level features, such as hue, saturation, and luminance, might differ considerably. Therefore, this work focusses on the influence of emotional characteristics on the image retrieval process. This includes the study of emotions caused by the color properties of a picture, as well as the evaluation of the results of an emotional image retrieval processes. Results of different experiments show that a picture’s luminance and color have the power to influence emotion. The subsequent evaluation of the results shows an improvement of emotional image retrieval processes. Consequently, one can conclude that the consideration of emotions for ranking affects the quality of the results of the Image Retrieval positively.