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Min, Jun Suk. "Movements for enjoyment /." Online version of thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/7790.
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Hashim, Hairul Anuar. "Components of enjoyment in physical education." University of Western Australia. School of Human Movement and Exercise Science, 2007. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2007.0097.
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[Truncated abstract] Enjoyable physical education (PE) has the potential to promote adolescent involvement in healthy activities outside the school setting. Disturbingly, evidence exists that many students do not enjoy PE and do not believe that it meets their needs. Indeed, a number of studies have documented an age-related decline in PE enjoyment among students. The research reported here is based on the assumption that a deeper understanding of the enjoyment processes could guide researchers and assist teachers in making PE classes more enjoyable for students. Given the fact that enjoyment is a product of multiple processes, a model of enjoyment developed by Scanlan and Lewthwaite (1986) was viewed as a potentially useful framework to guide this research. The validity of this model has been established in youth sport settings. However, further studies are needed to examine the utility of this framework in PE settings. In STUDY 1 (Chapter 3), a measurement instrument was constructed based on the Scanlan and Lewthwaite (1986) model. Content validity of the instrument was established by obtaining feedback from eight experts in psychology and four highly experienced secondary school teachers. ... Moreover, the results of correlation analyses again revealed significant positive relationships between PE teaching processes and enjoyment of PE. Unique findings in this study centered on the specific aspects of PA that were positively related to PE enjoyment. More v specifically, significant positive relationships were also obtained between PE enjoyment and self-reports of exercise duration (min-per-week: r = .30, p <.001), exercise intensity (r = .28, p < .001), exercise habit strength (r = .29, p < .001), and exercise stage-of-change (rho = .23, p < .001). Together, the findings from these studies provide support for the Scanlan and Lewthwaite (1986) model within the PE context. In addition, the findings provide guidance about how PA programs can be structured to maximize student enjoyment of PE. In terms of program structure, student enjoyment may be fostered by considering six processes. These processes are: self-referent competency, other-referent competency, teacher-generated excitement, activity-generated excitement, peer interaction, and parental encouragement. By emphasizing these processes, teachers will not only increase student enjoyment of PE but also increase the likelihood of involvement in PA outside of the school setting. Given global trends toward decreases in PA and increases in obesity, these outcomes could have important benefits for reducing public health costs in future.
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Kaus, Reed J. "Affect and Enjoyment Associated with CrossFit Exercise." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1395427844.
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Lee, Eunny P. "The vitality of enjoyment in Qohelet's theological rhetoric." Berlin New York de Gruyter, 2004. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=2658961&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm.
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Lee, Eunny P. "The vitality of enjoyment in Qohelet's theological rhetoric /." Berlin [u.a.] : de Gruyter, 2005. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=2658961&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm.
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Broughton, Paul Stephen. "Risk and enjoyment in powered two wheeler use." Thesis, Edinburgh Napier University, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.506326.
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Karlsson, Rebecca. "LGBT and the universal enjoyment of human rights." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Juridiska institutionen, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-127651.
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Barnett, Elizabeth. "Physical Activity and Enjoyment: Measurement, Evaluation, and Theory." Thesis, Harvard University, 2016. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:27201740.
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Childhood engagement in physical activity improves health and contributes to the sustainment of physical activity in adulthood. My dissertation research broadens scholarship by disentangling the effects of sports- vs. non-sports-focused summer camps on children’s physical activity and identifying modifiable activity characteristics contributing to physical activity enjoyment, an important predictor of physical activity sustainment. My work also challenges current discourse by presenting the analytical argument for bringing enjoyment research to the forefront of public health.
In Chapter 1, I hypothesize that children attending a sports camp spend more time in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) compared to children attending general day camps. Multivariable linear regression models estimated differences in percent of accelerometer-monitored time spent in MVPA. Children in the sports camp spent significantly more time in MVPA compared to children in a non-sports-oriented camp. This is the first study of its kind to use real data to document physical activity differences between sports and non-sports camps.
In Chapter 2, I investigate whether children in a sports camp experience higher enjoyment when the activity 1) is competitive, 2) has an active line or no line, 3) involves active coaches, 4) poses challenge, or 5) requires skill. Enjoyment scores were higher for competitive vs. non-competitive activities and those with higher perceived challenge and skill. Integrating challenging, competitive, and skill-building activities into sports camps is relatively simple, yet may have broad effects on children’s physical activity behavior.
Chapter 3 presents rationales for bringing enjoyment to the forefront of public health dialogue and action to increase physical activity in children. I outline five challenges that have limited physical activity enjoyment research and offer strategies for addressing them. While other fields have linked physical activity enjoyment with physical activity maintenance, the public health field rarely measures or incorporates enjoyment in epidemiologic, intervention, or theory research.
Increasing physical activity in childhood should be prioritized in public health. The findings and lessons from these chapters not only contribute new scientific evidence, but also have the potential to inform policies and programs that improve children’s relationship with and experiences of physical activity during childhood and across the life course.
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Milman, Daisy Kristina. "Is Video Enjoyment Deeper for Those with ADHD?" BYU ScholarsArchive, 2017. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/6677.
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To find if video enjoyment was deeper for people with ADHD (attention deficit/hyperactive disorder) than for their non-ADHD peers, subjects with ADHD, and without, had their eye movement tracked during video exposure to determine average saccade rates. I interviewed subjects using pre-tested statements to establish periods of flow state (a measure of enjoyment). Results indicate that there is a deeper sense of enjoyment for people with ADHD, as subjects with ADHD passed a greater average time in flow state during video consumption (27% compared to 21%). Furthermore, the effects of flow state on the eye movement of those with ADHD was much greater than the effects of flow state on the eye movement of the non-ADHD control group. Average saccade rates jumped up 0.15 saccades per second when comparing out-of-flow to in-flow states for the ADHD group, while the average saccade rate for the non-ADHD group increased only 0.03 saccades per second when comparing out-of-flow to in-flow states. This helps further understanding of why people with ADHD consume more screen time than their non-ADHD peers; they may be more inclined to choose video consumption as an activity since the enjoyment they receive from video consumption is deeper and more frequent.
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Remedios, Richard. "The effects of success on task enjoyment and persistence." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/1874.
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This thesis explored two issues. Firstly, how participants would respond,in terms of task persistence and task enjoyment, to differing levels of success, when a task was presented to them with a mastery-focus (Experiments 1-5). Secondly, whether improving at task caused participants to enjoy tasks more than achieving a constant level of success (Experiments 6-10). Experiments 1-3 provided evidence that when participants were given the opportunity to persist with a task for as long as they wanted, they persisted longer after performing poorly. However, despite persisting longer, they did not enjoy the task. Experiments 4-5 adopted the same paradigm as Experiments 1-3, but included a second free-choice persistence phase where participants were unaware their behaviour was being monitored. In Experiments 4 and 5, participants who performed poorly persisted longer initially, but less during the subsequent free-choice phase. Again, those who performed poorly during the initial phase reported that they did not enjoy the task. It was suggested that neither the achievement-goal theories of Nicholls (1984) and Dweck (1986) nor Deci's (1975) theory of intrinsic motivation could adequately account for the persistence behaviours observed in the second persistence phase in Experiments 4 and 5. Instead, it was suggested that participants persisted because of the pleasure derived from solving the problems. Experiments 6-10 examined the role of improvement in task enjoyment. Experiments 6 and 7 were control studies intended to establish wheter the paradigm was appropriate to examine improvement. Experiments 8-9 showed that relative to achieving a consistent level of performance, improvement increased task enjoyment. However, this result was found only when participants did well; when they did poorly at a task, improvemenpt produced less enjoyment(Experiment 10). Both results can be explained if participants' expectations are taken into account as well as their rate of success. The final conclusions chapter discusses the types of achievement targets individuals might set themselves when what constitutes good performance at a task is ambiguous, and relates this analysis to the findings from all ten experiments.
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Norrman, Filip, and Max Huldin. "The Effect of Intrinsic Game Rewards on Player Enjoyment." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för teknik och samhälle (TS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-20315.
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The goal of most games is to entertain and elicit a response in the form of enjoyment from the player. Tools are used to accomplish this; they come in the extrinsic and intrinsic variety. We have focused on intrinsic rewards, the foundation of gratifying game-play experiences. In this study, we have explored the effects of these rewards on the player enjoyment by conducting three experiments with varying degrees of rewards. Established theories, e.g., flow theory have been consulted to create a suitable testing environment. The experiments used methods like “A/B” and “think aloud” in order to collect reliable data. Our findings suggest that a carefully balanced reward system is required to achieve the highest amount of player enjoyment. It is, however, preferable to have a seemingly excessive amount of rewards as the frustration is negligible in comparison to that which is caused by disappointment caused by insufficient rewards.
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Yackley, Aaron K. "Enjoyment of Music by Non-Participants in School Music." The Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu156217548202137.
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Hartson, Mary T. "Masculinity in Spanish film from prohibition to commanded enjoyment /." Diss., Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users, 2008.
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Schuckmann, Eva [Verfasser]. "Shopping Enjoyment : Determinanten, Auswirkungen und moderierende Effekte / Eva Schuckmann." Frankfurt : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2015. http://d-nb.info/1080403914/34.
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Lyons, Reneé C., Deborah Parrott, Gina Podvin, Millie Robinson, and Edward J. Dwyer. "Fostering Reading Enjoyment and Achievement in the School Library." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2015. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/2411.
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Excerpt: In this age of increased accountability through testing and implementation of the Common Core State Standards, the elementary and middle school librarian is often part of the school team working toward enhancing reading achievement among students.
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Ferris, John A. "Part-time TAFE students' conceptions of enjoyment in learning." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1993. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36699/1/36699_Digitised%20Thesis.pdf.
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The issue of enjoyment in learning is important to learners of all ages in various different situations, and appears to be vital to education generally.
Initially the research problem and study background are introduced, and the implications and significance of the research are described. The relevant background literature is analysed for its application to this study, and a niche is established for the study of enjoyment in learning in TAFE.
A qualitative approach is taken in this research. Here, the methodology used in the research is described, the research question is addressed, and the processes used in carrying out the research and in establishing validity are discussed. This thesis describes a phenomenographic study into part-time TAFE students' conceptions· of enjoyment in learning. Within the study, the phenomenon of enjoyment in learning is examined from a 'second-order' perspective. The essential question behind the research is: What do students understand by enjoyment in learning in TAFE?
The thesis describes the understanding that part-time TAFE students have of their experience of enjoyment in learning in their formal studies. It addresses the following issues: What do the students understand by the phenomenon of "Enjoyment in Learning in TAFE?" Are there qualitatively different ways in which students understand, experience or see enjoyment in learning in TAFE? What are the different relationships between the students and their understandings of enjoyment in learning? Are there different ways in which part-time TAFE students interpret the meaning of enjoyment in learning?
To elicit qualitatively different conceptions of enjoyment in learning in TAFE, twenty students in the first year of the Associate Diploma of Applied Science (Building) Course at Ithaca TAFE College took part in a pilot study to help the researcher determine a suitable research question. After the research question was designed, sixteen students from the same group, voluntarily took part in the final research study where all students were interviewed. The question was: From your own experience, what do you understand by enjoyment in learning in TAFE?
Students' responses from these interviews were then transcribed and were subjected to a phenomenographic analysis.
Resulting from these responses, six major categories of description and seven sub-conceptions denoting students' conceptions of enjoyment in learning in TAFE were derived. It was found that:
Enjoyment in learning is seen as:
* An internalised, individual experience
* Emanating from the institution
* Being closely related to one's career
* Emanating from the classroom environment
* Emanating from a learning stimulus
* An intellectual experience
Both structural and referential aspects of enjoyment in learning were considered in formulating the conceptions. The logical relationship between the categories are described through an outcome space.
The six major categories of description, and the outcome space that represents the logical relationship between them, constitute the main outcomes of the research. On the basis of the qualitatively different ways of conceiving the phenomenon of enjoyment in learning, the implications of teaching and learning in regard to enjoyment in learning are discussed. Finally, some suggestions for future research are considered.
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Petherick, Caroline Margaret. "The influence of perfectionism on social physique anxiety." Thesis, De Montfort University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/2086/4094.
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Activity promotion advocates regular exercise as a way of reducing mortality, thus providing a cost-effective strategy for public health improvement. However, many individuals embarking on a regime have unpleasant experiences and are more likely to withdraw. One construct identified in the literature that may contribute to this negative affect is social physique anxiety (SPA; Hart et al., 1989). Although the correlates and consequencesa ssociatedw ith SPA have provided invaluable insight, there still lacks conceptual focus. Therefore, adopting the tenets of Lazarus (1999), one individual difference factor important in the cognitive appraisal process that may contribute to SPA is perfectionism (Hewitt & Flett, 1991). This motivational construct has been found to influence the appraisal process and predispose individuals to experience anxiety. Therefore, the purpose of Study 1 was to firstly, investigate the influence of individual differences in perfectionism on SPA and to secondly, explore the mediating influence of coping strategies on SPA, threat, and levels of enjoyment among beginner exercise class participants. In the first part of Study 1, four hundred and four (376 females, 28 males) participants completed measures of social physique anxiety, perfectionism, ability, importance, capacity beliefs, self-efficacy, threat, and enjoyment. In the second part of Study 1, only those participants who deemed that being good at exercise was important to them (N = 317) were used in the analyses. Path analyses results using structural equation modelling procedures provided adequate support for the first part of Study 1 (x I /df = 2.41, BBNNFI = 0.96, Robust CFI = 0.99), and little support for the second part of Study 1 (x2/df = 7.87, BBNNFI = 0.66, Robust CFI = 0.77). Although the research has acknowledged the importance of secondary 11 appraisal characteristics as contributing to threat, the importance of differing motivational orientations as contributing to variations in cognitions and affective responses (Deci & Ryan, 1985) may be equally important. Therefore, in addition to Study 1, the purpose of Study 2 was to investigate the influence of perfectionism on levels of self-determination (Deci & Ryan, 1985), SPA, threat, and enjoyment through the mediational role of perceived competence and autonomy. In addition to the measures used in Study 1, two hundred and eighteen participants (192 females, 26 males) further completed a measure of locus of causality for exercise and a measure of regulation in exercise behaviour. Path analyses results provided little support for Study 2 (x 2/df= 11.85, BBNNFI = 0.23, Robust CFI = 0.27). Overall, the results from the second part of Study 1 and Study 2 provide little support for the hypothesised relationships due to the overall poor fit of the models found. However, the results of the first part of Study 1 provided adequate fit indices suggesting that socially prescribed perfectionism more than self oriented perfectionism influences SPA. In turn SPA significantly and negatively influenced self-efficacy as would be expected. Furthermore, both self-efficacy and capacity beliefs significantly and positively influenced exercise enjoyment. The importance of investigating perfectionism and other individual difference factors as antecedents of SPA are discussed, and future research recommendations proposed. 111
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Nicole, Serene Marie. "THE INFLUENCE OF FITNESS AND EXERCISE STATUS ON MOOD CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH 10 AND 30 MINUTES OF CYCLING." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1151096740.
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Dwyer, Ryan. "Smartphone use undermines enjoyment of face-to-face social interactions." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/62669.
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Decades of research on human happiness points to one central conclusion: Engaging in positive social interactions is critical for well-being. The current smartphone revolution, however, may be altering how and when we derive these benefits. Using a field experiment and experience sampling, we found the first evidence that phone use may undermine the enjoyment people derive from real world social interactions. In Study 1, we recruited over 300 community members and students to share a meal at a restaurant with friends or family. Participants were randomly assigned to keep their phones on the table or to put their phones away during the meal. When phones were present (vs. absent), participants felt more distracted, which reduced how much they enjoyed spending time with their friends/family. We found consistent results using experience sampling in Study 2; during in-person interactions, participants felt more distracted and reported lower enjoyment if they used their phones than if they did not. This research suggests that despite their ability to connect us to others across the globe, phones may undermine the benefits we derive from interacting with those across the table.Arts, Faculty of
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Proto, Francesco. "Architecture for the masses or the obscene subject of enjoyment." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.495532.
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This thesis investigates western subjectivity from the point of view of the object; particularly, the art object, i.e. the 'ready-made', as developing from the modem art of the historical avant-guards to postmodern architecture. I attempt not only to highlight how, according to Baudrillard's notion of obscenity, this object is more and more de-materilized into the image or, better, the 'sign', but to show how this de-materialization takes place in the realm of the subject's phenomenological apprehension of the world. In so doing, it mirrors a condition of increasing dematerialization of western identity or, as Michaud would say, of 'vaporization' into and through the image. The image becomes then the only viable means through which such an identity is substantiated. In this respect, this thesis can be seen to present contemporary architecture as the supreme medium of visual culture.
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Aroean, Lukman T. "New Toy Effect A Consumer Research onExperiential Enjoyment in Consumption." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.502153.
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Responding to the call to give more attention to the area of product consumption, this research investigates the enjoyment in consuming or using a product. More specifically, this research investigates its existence and characteristics; examines its influence to subsequent consumer attitudes and behaviour; and examines how it operates across consumers in order to identify ways of influencing consumers when they encounter it. The main contribution of this research is to establish empirically a complex consumer-enjoyment construct. Through Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling the construct - termed New Toy Effect (NTE) - has been shown not only to exist, but also to be meaningful. NTE is found to be the underlying latent factor of hedonic experience, flow and play, and to be better able to predict the variables of Repurchase Intention, Satisfaction and Opinion Leadership than the models of hedonic, flow and play can do separately. NTE represents consumer experiential enjoyment that integrates the three extant models of hedonic experience, flow, and play. The research has revealed the long-awaited structure of consumer experiential enjoyment and its impact on subsequent behaviour and attitude.
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Jia, Lei. "Shhh… Don’t Tell: Divergent Effects of Secrecy on Consumption Enjoyment." The Ohio State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1591370991002245.
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Caiconte, Zavala Cristian. "The Developmental Unconscious: Labour and Enjoyment in Korea's Developmental Era." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2022. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/28900.
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This thesis offers an innovative reinterpretation of Korea’s developmental era (1961-1987) that questions the subject-object epistemology that currently permeates the literature on the topic. It does so by criticising both empiricist approaches, such as the developmental state theory, as well as poststructuralist explanations such as Foucauldian discourse analysis. Both epistemological standpoints, the thesis argues, cannot adequately explain the rapid pace of Korean developmentalism and the profound social costs associated with it. Drawing on Karl Marx’s critique of political economy and Jacques Lacan’s theory of the unconscious, this thesis departs from stable and “rational” theoretical frameworks to instead understand developmental acceleration through the notions of contradiction and excess. In this way, it asks what are the often concealed historical dynamics that effected such acceleration in the first place. For this purpose, the thesis first analyses the speeches and other texts of Park Chung Hee, the architect of Korea’s developmental project, to arrive at a definition of the most abstract historical determinations of the period under investigation. This gives rise to the argument that the “miracle” of Korean development rests ultimately on the sublimation of “hard work”, a peculiar form of social compulsion that works in conjunction with processes of profit maximisation. Second, the thesis demonstrates the materialisation of the absolutisation of Korean labour by analysing the narratives of yŏgong (“factory women”) and the state-appointed leaders of the Saemaul Undong. Crucially, these narratives reflect the specific symbolic practices, or, in Lacanian terms, unconscious enjoyment, through which Korean workers reasserted the alienated structure that exploited them. The thesis shows that what the literature understands as a conscious statist deviation from the liberal path to development can be better grasped as a developmental unconscious—namely, a dynamic structure constituted both by the intentional activity of Korean people and the unintentional reproduction of the logic of capitalism, which remains covert, impersonal, and in permanent contradiction with Korean people’s will.
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Lin, Shu-Fang. "Media enjoyment as a function of individual responses and emotional contagion." Connect to resource, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1123862440.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2005.Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xiii, 126 p.; also includes graphics. Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-126). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center
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Fields, Marc. "The Effect of Task Versus Ego Oriented Feedback on Exercise Enjoyment." TopSCHOLAR®, 2003. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/590.
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Intrinsic motivation has been shown to be a very important factor in exercise adherence. Research has found that factors such as exercise intensity, social feedback, goal orientation and perceived climate can affect intrinsic motivation. The purpose of this study was to assess situational goal orientation, specifically whether individuals in a task induced condition or ego induced condition would report different levels of intrinsic motivation (i.e., enjoyment, tension, effort and competence during exercise). Participants (N= 114) rode on an exercise bike for 24 minutes at a moderate intensity. A MANCOVA factorial design was used to examine differences in intrinsic motivation. The results of the study did not reveal any significant differences in the level of enjoyment, tension, effort and competence between the task and ego-oriented conditions. However, there were significant differences for outcome feedback (win vs. lose) for competence and tension as well as a significant interaction between goal orientation and outcome feedback for the dependent variable competence. Ego oriented individuals who won in the race function reported significantly higher levels of competence than ego oriented individuals who lost in the race function. Other results and limitations of the study are discussed.
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Weng, Ting-Chun Groff Diane Gail. "Effect of music-listening on the enjoyment of physical activity experience." Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006. http://dc.lib.unc.edu/u?/etd,728.
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Thesis (M.S.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006.Title from electronic title page (viewed Oct. 10, 2007). "... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Recreation Administration in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science." Discipline: Exercise and Sports Science; Department/School: Exercise and Sport Science.
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Earnshaw, Heather Louise. "An ethic of enjoyment a study in Augustine, Calvin and Barth /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1990. http://www.tren.com.
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Malde, Millie. "The enjoyment factor : examining the relationship between enjoying and understanding science." Thesis, McGill University, 2007. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=112505.
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The investigation conducted for this thesis endeavoured to determine to what extent a relationship exists between pre-service elementary school teacher enjoyment of participating in science laboratory activities in a university-level background science course and their understanding of the science involved in those activities. A student enjoyment score for two science laboratory activities was generated from survey data. A student understanding score was generated from responses to relevant questions on the final exam of the course. A step-wise logistic regression was then conducted on the student enjoyment and understanding scores. Within the scope of the investigation described in this thesis, the findings lead to the conclusion that enjoyment appears to be unrelated to understanding.
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Anderson, William Todd. "THE EFFECT OF MINDFUL LISTENING INSTRUCTION ON LISTENING SENSITIVITY AND ENJOYMENT." UKnowledge, 2012. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/music_etds/3.
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The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of Mindful Listening Instruction on Music Listening Sensitivity and Music Listening Enjoyment. The type of mindfulness investigated in this study was of the social-psychological type, which shares both commonalities with and distinctions from meditative mindfulness. Enhanced context awareness, openness to new information, situation in the present, awareness of novel distinctions, and awareness of multiple possible perspectives (cognitive flexibility) are components of social-psychological mindfulness.
A pretest-posttest control group design was used for this study. Two different age groups of students were studied: fourth-grade students (N = 42) and undergraduate non-music major college students (N = 48). The fourth-grade participants in this study were selected from an elementary school in a large city in the Northeastern United States. The college students were selected from a large university in the Southeastern United States. Participants were randomized into either the experimental or control group.
Gordon’s Intermediate Measures of Music Audiation and Advanced Measures of Music Audiation were used as a pretest for fourth-grade students and college students, respectively. The results showed no statistically significant differences between the experimental and control groups. Student demographical information was also collected and reported.
The treatment consisted of 10 lessons for fourth-grade students. Five of the 10 lessons were used with the college students. For each age level, participants in both groups, Mindful Listening and Control, received instruction using listening-map-based and non-listening-map-based lessons from the Share the Music textbook series. Students in the Mindful Listening groups also received listening instructions designed to promote mindful listening.
Music Listening Sensitivity was measured using the phrasing test from the Sensitivity portion of Gordon’s Music Aptitude Profile (MAP-P), as well as the researcher-created Anderson Test of Music Listening Sensitivity (ATMLS). Music Listening Enjoyment was measured using students’ ratings of their Listening Enjoyment after each lesson on a seven-point Likert-type scale.
Results indicated that Mindful Listening Instruction yielded higher scores, which were statistically significant (at α = .05), for Music Listening Sensitivity (as measured by both the ATMLS and the MAP-P) and Music Listening Enjoyment for fourth-grade and college-student participants.
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Mead, James A. "THE INFLUENCE OF AFFECT ON PRODUCT EVALUATIONS AND ENDURING CONSUMPTION ENJOYMENT." UKnowledge, 2015. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/marketing_etds/5.
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This dissertation consists of two essays on the influence of affect on consumer intentions and behavioral responses. In the first essay, the influence of negative affect on consumer satiation is investigated. In the second essay, the influence of conceptual fluency, a positive affective response of “feeling right” during advertising evaluations, evoked by the structural properties of memory networks, is identified.
In the first essay, how anticipated consumption variety influences consumers’ affective responses to slow satiation in the present is investigated. Prior research has focused on how cognitive appraisals of present variety influence consumers’ satiation rates. However, in addition to cognitively attending to the present, consumers also generate affective information regarding future consumption events (e.g. thinking about dessert while eating an entrée). Results indicate that more anticipated consumption variety reduces the amount of negative affect consumers experience during recurrent consumption, which is found to extend consumers’ present consumption enjoyment (reduced satiation rates). Further, the moderating roles of vice and virtue product perceptions and consumer emotional intelligence are also investigated, providing additional evidence of the proposed affective process mechanism while identifying boundary conditions for the effect.
In the second essay, how the structural nature of semantic memory can produce affective responses, in the form of conceptual fluency, to influence consumers’ product behavioral intentions is investigated. Memory activations, generated by key words in advertising, can provide a temporary boost to the perceived desirability of a given product. However, memories are not activated in isolation. Rather, an entire network of interrelated concepts is activated along with the focal memory through various learned associations. Despite a great deal of knowledge detailing the phenomena of memory spreading activations, research has primarily focused on which memories are connected to each other, rather than on how activated memories are connected to their surrounding networks. This essay identifies consumers’ responses to the betweenness centrality (e.g. providing mediated access to other concepts in memory via the shortest path) of a focal word in advertising, rather than the activation of specific associations, as critical for advertising success.
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Betschild, Myra Josephine. "Midlife women's lived experience : their patterns of health, leisure and enjoyment." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 1998. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/3119/.
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This study was prompted by the negative images of midlife women portrayed in the literature and popular culture. Apart from a few accounts of extraordinary feats, which counter the generalisations about midlife women, for example, a 76 year old grandmother going sky-diving, there is very little written about midlife women living enjoyable, independent lives. This work presents a detailed analyses of the way in which thirty women have been able to, or are in the process of, actively structuring an enjoyable midlife. Previous research has tended to view aspects of women's lives in isolation, such as leisure, body, health, or work. The artificial boundaries that have arisen because of this separation reinforce societal notions of fragmentation within social life. This research was designed to challenge these divisions and, by investigating women's enjoyable experiences, to develop concepts that are common across the composition of these women's lives. A feminist phenomenological methodology was used and semi-structured in-depth interviews were undertaken to access women's lived experience of enjoyment, their lifeworld, and also to determine participants understanding of the concept of leisure and their experience of menopause. All interviews were transcribed and subjected to a systematic content analysis, as advocated by phenomenological research practitioners. The findings contradict the predominantly negative popular images of midlife women and show that most of the women in the study are in the act of resisting the earlier views of women and ageing. Their responses also indicate they tend not to recognise the fragmentation of their lives into work, leisure and health issues, but rather regard their lives as 'all together and not separated out'. An enjoyable lifeworld means being regarded as an individual and independent person and having 'a sense of being in charge', over their own time and space, making opportunities for physical, social, creative and intellectual activity, as well as preparing for the future. The thesis concludes with a discussion of how midlife women are creating enjoyable lifestyles. The concept of enjoyment and enjoyable experiences appear to defy segmentation, and the women are in the act of composing their own lives.
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Lillberg, Oliver, and Erik Kongpachith. "Online teaching methods effectiveness in students’ focus retention and lecture enjoyment." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-302796.
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Online teaching has become more common during the past decades as technological advancements provide new education possibilities. New technology also gives teachers new ways to conduct teaching. Today, there are many different teaching methods which can be utilized. Which teaching methods should be used in order to retain students’ focus during lectures? Which ones should be used to improve students’ enjoyment of lectures? This thesis studies these questions through an eye tracking experiment. Test subjects watched short lecture clips, each using a different teaching while being recorded using eye tracking. In addition, the test subjects answered a questionnaire regarding lecture enjoyment. Based from the results, it is found that focus during and enjoyment of online lectures seems to be mostly dictated by cognitive load. Teaching methods which use some sort of technique to reduce the amount of cognitive load are better at keeping students focused. Furthermore, students seem to enjoy teaching methods which uses a chalk board more.Onlineundervisning har blivit mycket vanligare under det senaste decenniet tack vare teknologiska framsteg. Nya teknologier har också gett lärare nya sätt att undervisa. Idag finns det många olika undervisningsmetoder som kan användas. Men vilka undervisningsmetoder borde lärare använda för att hålla studenter koncentrerade under föreläsningar? Vilka metoder skall användas för att öka studenters föreläsningsglädje? Denna studie svarar på dessa frågor med ett ögonspårningsexperiment. Försökspersoner tittade på korta föreläsningsklipp som använde olika undervisningsmetoder medans deras ögonrörelser var inspelade med ögonspårning. Försökspersonerna svarade även på en enkät om föreläsningsglädje. Från resultatet framgick det att fokus och hur mycket de gillade att kolla på online föreläsningen påverkades mest av kognitiv belastning. Undervisningsmetoder som använder sig av tekniker som minskar den kognitiva belastningen var bättre i att hålla studenter fokuserade. Studenter verkade även visa större föreläsningsglädje för undervisningsmetoder som anväder svarta tavlan.
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LeBlanc, Michael Edward. "Pervertions of the street capitalism and the enjoyment of urban violence /." Diss., UC access only, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=121&did=1871857111&SrchMode=1&sid=1&Fmt=7&retrieveGroup=0&VType=PQD&VInst=PROD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1270488292&clientId=48051.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Riverside, 2009.Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 284-302). Issued in print and online. Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations.
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Hodges, Bridger Scott. "The Effects of Haptics on Rhythm Dance Game Performance and Enjoyment." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2018. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/7024.
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Haptics are an exciting, ever-expanding field, particularly in relation to video games. Though haptics found their way rather quickly into conventional games through devices like handheld controllers, music and rhythm titles have hardly seen such attention. Little research has been done to examine the effects of haptics on rhythm dance games from a quantitative and qualitative standpoint for the player. StepMania is an open-source dance game which closely mimics the popular title Dance Dance Revolution. This research investigates the effects of haptics on a sample size of fifty individuals. Each completed three songs in the game with varying conditions: the game's visuals only, a haptic device only, or both the haptics and visuals together. The haptic device warned the participant of an incoming step by vibrating two beats in advance in the direction needing to be stepped in. Music was present for all conditions, as it is an implied essential component of the game. Performance, self-reported enjoyment and self-reported difficulty were very similar between conditions involving visuals only and trials involving both the visuals and haptic device. Conditions involving the haptic device only (no visuals) saw a large drop in performance, a large increase in self-reported difficulty, and a very minor decrease in enjoyment. Despite the difference, participants reported enjoying the experience in free-response questions. The results of the study illustrate the potential for haptics to enhance user experience in rhythm dance video games. Additionally, these results indicate the beginnings of an avenue through which such dance games could become more accessible to the blind, who have been unable to participate in such games up to this point.
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Bogicevic, Vanja. "The Effect of Airport Servicescape Features on Traveler Anxiety and Enjoyment." Scholar Commons, 2014. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/4987.
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The physical attributes of the service setting are critical differentiators among service providers that significantly influence customers' emotional responses. Following the changes in the airport industry and addressing the gap in the existing research, this study aims to investigate the relationship between physical servicescape elements, emotional responses of enjoyment and anxiety and word-of-mouth in the context of airport environment.
This study was conducted in three phases. The first phase incorporated an EFA conducted on a pilot study sample of 174 respondents that proposed a six-factor structure of airport service environment. In the second phase of the study, a self-administered online questionnaire was sent to an online marketing agency, resulting in 311 valid responses. This phase included a CFA that confirmed the validity of the instrument proposed in the pilot study, recommending the following six airport servicescape factors: design, scent, functional organization, air/lighting conditions, seating and cleanliness. Finally, an SEM testing suggested that airport design features and pleasant scent have a positive influence on traveler enjoyment, further generating positive WOM. Nevertheless, poor functional organization and inadequate air and lighting conditions are major predictors of traveler anxiety that leads to negative recommendations.
According to the findings, this study offers several implications for the airport practitioners and developers. Based on the service environment frameworks established in the previous research, this study developed a valid instrument for examining travelers' perceptions of the airport environment. As a result, emphasizing hedonic attributes of the airport environment such as aroma, colors and d[eacute]cor would enhance traveler enjoyment and experience. In addition, airport practitioners are advised to provide successful wayfinding through the facility, appropriate luminosity, air conditioning, and temperature that would reduce travelers' stress and anxiety during their stay. Finally, design was showed to be the most influential environmental stimuli, justifying the need for of airport modernization and renovations.
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Jonas-Dwyer, Diana. "The relationship between enjoyment and ongoing participation in A Grade dancesport." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 1997. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/880.
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To date no studies have considered enjoyment in Dancesport. Scanlan, Stein and Ravizza, (1989a, 1989b & 1991) have extensively studied enjoyment and recommended further studies be conducted in individual sports. Past research has tended to identity enjoyment as a one off momentary experience termed 'peak performance' (Cohn, 1991) and 'flow' (Csikszentmihalyi, 1975; Kimiecik & Stein, 1992). Many thousands of people participate in Dancesport, the competitive arm of ballroom dancing, both nationally and internationally. Determining the predictors of enjoyment for Dancesport could provide a base upon which to plan activity programs to increase lifelong participation and health. A qualitative approach was used to investigate the sport enjoyment experience of A Grade Adult and A Grade Senior Dancesport competitors from their perspective. In-depth interviews and inductive content analysis to gain insight into the sport. The major theme that emerged from the data was that of "social world". Participation in this world creates enjoyment and whilst they are enjoying their sport they wish to continue competing. Enjoyment sources were related to the physical (increased fitness), mental (the challenge of competition), and social (the social relationship formed with others, ie, coaches, partners and other dancers) elements of the sport.
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Mattiasson, Jesper, and Dongsheng Lu. "How does Head Mounted Displays affect users' expressed sense of in-game enjoyment." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för informatik och media, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-202692.
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In recent years, the rapid development of new head-mounted display technology (HMDs) for gaming provides usage opportunities for the mass market. A kickstarter project initiated by a well-known HMD developer Oculus Rift inspired our study. The main purpose of this study was to find out how a HMD will affect user’s expressed level of enjoyment. The method utilized in this study was a quantitative research method based on a research experiment. The thesis reports on a comparative study, in which the same game is played both with and without a HMD. Based on the analysis of our collected data, the results showed that playing games with a HMD does really give a boost in user’s enjoyment level. This may seem as a reasonable conclusion because the HMDs can provide the user with a more realistic and completely immersive in-game environment. Unfortunately there were some limitations in our study, one of the most crucial one was that the hardware was outdated, which significantly affected the reliability of the test results. For future prospects, it is recommended to use a more modern setup to acquire more reliable results, as well as optimizing the experience for the users.
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Harries, Timothy. "Programming Musical Experience: Programs' effects on responses to music." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/18756.
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Program notes are ubiquitous at Western art music concerts, but their effects on listener experience remain unclear. While understanding and emotional response are positively affected by programs, positive and negative effects of programs have been observed for enjoyment. Across two studies, this thesis explores attitudes towards program notes, and their influences on responses to music. To identify differences between regular and new listeners, each study featured equal numbers of musician and music novice participants. The first study involved semi-structured interviews with 16 participants. Topics covered included participants' conceptions of programs, informational preferences, the role programs played in their musical experiences, and areas where programs required improvement. Interviewees' responses indicated a strong demand for program notes. Music novices and musicians displayed differences in informational preference, and different conceptualisations of how programs contributed to musical engagement. Information which facilitated engagement was most commonly appreciated; practical details were also popular. Several participants noted that programs could restrict freedom of interpretive response. Suggested improvements to programs included making them easier to memorise, and incorporating alternative methods of communicating program information, including pre-concert lectures and "verbal programs". The second study involved 32 musicians and music novices, listening to four music excerpts, each heard under a different informational condition (no program, a title, a title and a program, and a fake program). A significant positive effect of programs on understanding was observed, while no effect on liking or interest was noted. These studies indicate programs are popular, and fulfil multiple functions. They can significantly increase understanding, provide guidance, facilitate engagement, inform readers of extra-musical references, and help orient listeners. Future research should investigate how programs' contributions in each of these areas affects musical experience, and explore new approaches to communicating programmatic information.
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Aumand, Elizabeth A. ""For the love of the game" factors influencing athlete enjoyment in sport /." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2005. https://eidr.wvu.edu/etd/documentdata.eTD?documentid=4402.
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McCarthy, Paul J. "In pursuit of enjoyment : understanding and enhancing positive emotion in youth sport." Thesis, Staffordshire University, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.487403.
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This thesis had three objectives: 1) to examine the developmental progression in sources of enjoyment and nonenjoyment among youth sport performers, 2) to determine youth sport performers' understanding of psychological skills and their relationship with sport enjoyment and 3) to use cognitive-behavioural interventions to enhance positive affect among youth sport performers. Youth sport performers reported a developmental progression in sources of enjoyment and nonenjoyment. Older athletes reported greater other-referenced competency and recognition (i.e. showing ability to others) reflecting greater opportunities and value in demonstrating superiority through competition. Boys regarded social recognition of competency as a more important source of enjoyment than girls, reflecting the cultural influence viewing sport as integrally connected to male identity and meanings of masculinity. Compared with individual sport participants, participants involved in team sports reported significantly greater sport enjoyment, self-referenced competency, competitive excitement, affiliation with peers and positive parental involvement. Younger sport performers reported a lower level knowledge of the basic psychological skills compared with older sport performers. Sport enjoyment was associated with four of the basic psychological skills and using regression analysis, sport enjoyment was predicted by goal-setting in practice and imagery in competition. Finally, using cognitive-behavioural interventions based on developmental motivational theories with an emotion component, youth athletes reported increases in positive affective responses.
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Hills, Carol A. "Determinants and sources of enjoyment for exercise across the stages of change." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0011/NQ59970.pdf.
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Vadolas, Antonios. "Fascist di-visions of enjoyment and the perverse remainder : a psychoanalytic study." Thesis, Brunel University, 2006. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/5603.
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Under the shade of escalating violence and fundamentalism, our epoch's diffused aura of liberalism supposedly tolerates difference, by exorcising the evil phantasms of totalitarianism, in favour of a liberal and humane post-modem order. Consequently, behind contemporary versions of evil, one demonises modem 'fascists', 'totalitarian threats', and 'Hitlers'. As if not obscure enough, fascist evil has been equivocally linked with perversion. Considering this link a tenebrous enigma, my thesis suggests that psychoanalysis can successfully elucidate its problematic and feeble basis, by reappraising previous narratives from a number of different discourses that inscribe the liaison between fascism and perversion in their representational stage. In a first approach, the present study dissects texts as heterogeneous, as film, social theory, political philosophy, and psychoanalysis. This is to show that, despite the divergent speculative angle that each discourse espouses, perversion is a common exegetic thread, intertextually sewing their narratives. The objective of my criticism that goes through psychoanalysis, without, however, exempting it from this criticism, is to reveal that both fascism and perversion implicate the non-symbolisable kernel in politics, which becomes the source of their mystification. My thesis argues that the fascist does not take the same discursive position, as the pervert does, regarding this symbolic gap. The first is interested in domination, drawn from the superiority of his ideology's master signifier, whereas the latter is interested in excavating the emptiness of any master signifier and in constantly provoking prefabricated knowledge, similarly to the hysteric. Apart from the level of discourse, on the ethical level, I disengage the view that sees Sade and the Nazi officer, as emblematic figures of a Kantian ethical gesture. Considering the imaginary hypostasis of their ethical performance, I argue that personal interests, fantasies and desires, determine the austerity of their ethical duty. Yet, the fantasies of Sade and Nazism are incongruent, insomuch as they are organised by antithetical ideals. Finally, I develop a new rhetoric, de-pathologised and de-ideologised, regarding the structure of the so-called pervert, introducing new vocabularies and directions for psychoanalytic research that further distance the pervert, or whom I call the extra-ordinary subject, from fascist politics and, instead, expose his diachronic "fascist" isolation from the social edifice. This reveals the fruitful alternatives that can stem from a 'return to Freud cum Lacan, which supports a flexible on-going reformulation of psychoanalytic knowledge.
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Cruz, Daniel Mendonça Lage da. "Liberdade é prazer (enjoyment). : concepções da cidadania em Phomolong, África do Sul." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UnB, 2017. http://repositorio.unb.br/handle/10482/32484.
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Esta dissertação de mestrado decorre de pesquisa de campo conduzida em Phomolong, squatter-camp de Pretória, África do Sul, entre julho e agosto de 2015 e entre março e julho de 2016. O trabalho tem três objetivos. Primeiramente, investigo padrões de interação social entre Whites e Africans e Africans e Pakistanis numa ocupação informal, habitada pela assim chamada underclass do país. Segundamente, examino os sentidos locais de liberdade, palavrachave do pós-apartheid. Terceiramente, analiso as relações entre a experiência da liberdade e o consumo intoxicante de bebidas alcóolicas, particularmente de cerveja. Por meio desses três eixos, proponho diferentes possibilidades de compreender como os habitantes de Phomolong formulam e expressam demandas de liberdade/cidadania. O registro histórico e o etnográfico constituem as duas principais orientações da dissertação.
This dissertation stems from fieldwork conducted in Phomolong, a squatter-camp in Pretoria, South Africa, between July and August of 2015, and between March and July of 2016. The study is centred on three objects. Firstly, I investigate patterns of social interaction between Africans and Whites and Africans and Pakistanis in an informal settlement, inhabited by the country’s so-called underclass. Secondly, I examine local meanings of freedom, the catchword of post-apartheid South Africa. Thirdly, I analyse the ordinary practice of excessive drinking and propose the existence of ties between the intoxicating consumption of beer and the experience of freedom. By these three means, I propose different possibilities of understanding how the dwellers of a South African squatter-camp conceive and express demands of freedom/citizenship. Historical investigation, together with ethnography, constitute the main axis of this work.
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Drareni, Kenza. "Taste and cancer : satisfy the senses to maintain food enjoyment during chemotherapy." Thesis, Lyon, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020LYSE1008.
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Le maintien du plaisir à s'alimenter durant un traitement par chimiothérapie est un enjeu majeur pour les patients, leurs familles et les professionnels de la restauration en hôpital afin de lutter contre la dénutrition. Or, les altérations sensorielles fréquemment observées chez les patients et exprimées différemment d'un patient à l'autre peuvent interférer avec le goût des aliments, impactant négativement le plaisir résultant de leur consommation. L'objectif de ce travail est de contribuer à définir un modèle exhaustif de l'effet de la chimiothérapie pendant le cancer sur les capacité olfactives et gustatives des patients, et des conséquences que cela peut avoir sur leur comportement alimentaire. Une première partie porte sur la compréhension de la variabilité des modifications sensorielles et de leurs conséquences sur le comportement alimentaire des patients. Nos résultats ont conclu à l'existence de divers profils sensoriels chez les patients sous chimiothérapie : les patients ne présentant pas d'altérations sensorielles, les patients présentant une hyposensibilité, et les patients présentant une hypersensibilité aux stimulations olfactives/gustatives. Les patients ayant des altérations des capacités olfactives/gustatives ont également montré des modifications du comportement alimentaire. D'une part, la classification des patients sur la base de leurs capacités sensorielles auto-déclarées a mis en évidence l'impact négatif de l'hyposensibilité aux stimulations olfactives et gustatives sur la perception des aliments. D'autres part, une classification basée sur les capacités olfactives évaluées par des tests psychophysiques a montré une modification des habitudes de consommation chez les patients atteints d'hyposmie. Les deux approches ont conclu à une tendance générale à la baisse des capacités perceptives chez les patients atteints de cancer et traités par chimiothérapie. Une seconde partie plus opérationnelle a permis de tester l'enrichissement sensoriel comme stratégie de palliation des déficits sensoriels. Les résultats suggèrent qu'un enrichissement en saveur ou en arôme augmente l'appréciation de l'aliment pour le groupe de patients ayant reporté une baisse de la sensibilité olfactive/gustative, ainsi que les patients n'ayant pas déclaré avoir de déficits sensoriels mais pas dans le groupe de sujets contrôles. Ces travaux mettent en évidence la diversité interindividuelle existante entre les patients et confirment l'implication des altérations olfactives/gustatives dans la modification du comportement alimentaire. Nos résultats soulignent l'importance d'une prise en charge nutritionnelle personnalisée des patients selon leur profil d'altérations sensoriellesMaintaining the pleasure of eating during a chemotherapy treatment is a major challenge for patients, their families and hospital catering professionals to avoid malnutrition. However, the sensory alterations frequently observed in patients and expressed differently from one patient to another can interfere with the taste of food and reduce the pleasure resulting from food consumption. The aim of this work is to contribute to define a model of the effect of chemotherapy during cancer on olfactory and gustatory abilities of patients, and the consequences that this may have on their eating behavior. The first part of this work focuses on understanding the variability of sensory changes and their consequences on patients’ eating behavior. Our results highlighted three main sensory profiles : patients with no sensory impairment, patients with hyposensitivity, and patients with hypersensitivity to olfactory / gustatory stimuli. Patients with impaired olfactory / gustatory abilities expressed also changes in their food behavior.The classification of patients on the basis of their self-reported sensory abilities highlighted the negative impact of hyposensitivity on food taste perception. The classification based on psychophysical assessment of olfactory abilities showed a change in consumption habits in patients with hyposmia. Both approaches found a general downward trend in perceptual abilities of cancer patients treated with chemotherapy.In the second part of this work we examined the effect of food sensory enhancement as a coping strategy to sensory alterations. The results suggest that taste or aroma enhancement increases food liking in patients with decreased olfactory / taste sensitivity, and patients who did not report taste and smell deficits but has no effect on the hedonic rating of food in the group of control subjects. This work highlights the interindividual diversity existing between patients and confirms the involvement of olfactory / taste alterations in patients food behavior modification. Our results stresses the importance of personalized nutritional management of patients considering their sensory alteration profile
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Pierce, Lori. "Repeated Readings in Poetry Versus Prose: Fluency and Enjoyment for Second-graders." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1352040851.
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Pierce, Lori A. Mrs. "Repeated Readings in Poetry Versus Prose: Fluency and Enjoyment for Second-graders." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1353027277.
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Harley, Joan Mary. "To what extent is the deep enjoyment of flow experienced in primary classroom learning, and under what teaching and learning conditions might the deep enjoyment of flow be facilitated /." Electronic version, 2003. http://adt.lib.uts.edu.au/public/adt-NTSM20040729.142903/index.html.
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Zhang, Yu. "Mood and Exercise Enjoyment of College Students When Jogging at Preferred Exercise Intensities." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1355240278.
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Stodel, Emma J. "Mental skills training for enjoyment: Exploring experiences, processes, and outcomes with recreational golfers." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/29171.
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The critical role enjoyment plays in prolonging sport participation highlights the necessity of maximising opportunities for enjoyment in sport. Extant research suggests that mental skills training (MST) may be a potentially valuable means through which this can be achieved. However, no one has specifically examined the value of a comprehensive MST program as a means of enhancing sport participants' enjoyment of the sport experience. Consequently, the purpose of this inquiry was to explore the role of MST in increasing sport enjoyment. Not only was the effectiveness of MST in enhancing enjoyment investigated, but also an attempt was made to gain an understanding of the MST experience from the perspective of the participants. Furthermore, the MST process for the participants was documented.
The inquiry was qualitative in nature and conducted from a constructivist perspective. A multiple case study approach was employed to collect data from seven recreational golfers (four males, three females). Various data collection methodologies were selected for use in this inquiry to allow the participants' voices to be heard. Data sources included interviews, individual consultations, MST seminars, observations, documents, and a questionnaire. Both within-case and cross-case analyses were conducted.
Findings indicated there is a role for MST in increasing golf enjoyment for recreational golfers. All the participants indicated they enjoyed golf more after the training. They attributed the increase in enjoyment to a number of cognitive, affective, and behavioural outcomes of the MST. First, the MST changed the participants' attitudes, making them more confident, balanced, and disciplined. Second, the participants learned to become more relaxed when playing golf. Third, the participants felt their golf had improved. Fourth, the participants learned to derive enjoyment from diverse sources as a result of learning to switch their focus away from their performance when appropriate. Lastly, the participants developed a sense of control over their performance and emotions.
Despite the significant impact the MST had on the participants' golf enjoyment, they reported their primary reason for engaging in the MST was to improve their golf performance. During the MST the participants were taught diverse MST techniques and guided in their mental skill development. The use of these techniques varied across participants in terms of how they adapted them to meet their needs and the degree to which they integrated them into their golf. Yet in spite of these differences in the participants' involvement with the training, they all enjoyed the experience and benefited from it in different ways. The individual consultations emerged as the most helpful aspects of the MST, but the seminars also played a critical role in the mental training experience. The social element of the seminars contributed to both the participants' enjoyment and learning. Furthermore, the findings highlighted the importance of grounding MST for adults in the principles of effective practice for adult education. Implications of the findings for sport psychology theory and practice are discussed.
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Johnson, Christine Elizabeth. "Student Perceived Motivational Climate, Enjoyment, and Physical Activity in Middle School Physical Education." UKnowledge, 2015. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/edsc_etds/6.
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Youth physical activity (PA) levels, specifically that of girls, decline as they enter the middle grades (Parish & Treasure, 2003). Physical education (PE) is one area in the school environment where student PA can be increased. One goal recognized by the Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE) is for students to be physically active for at least 50% of class time and be offered PE for at least 225 minutes per week (SHAPE, 2013). Achievement Goal Theory (AGT) suggests student perceived motivational climate can influence PA levels, student enjoyment, and intrinsic motivation. The purpose of this study was to determine if student perceived motivational climate predicted student enjoyment and PA levels in PE while controlling for school, gender, grade, and ethnicity. Youth from three middle schools in the southeast United States were asked to wear a pedometer to measure PA levels in PE and complete a questionnaire to measure perceived motivational climate and enjoyment. Participants included 290 students (n = 108 6th grade students, n = 94 7th grade students, n = 88 8th grade students). Results revealed males were more active than females during PE (Mm=57%, Mf=48%), 7th grade participants had the highest PA levels (M=56%, SD= 16), and Hispanic students were the least active (M=45%, SD=16). After controlling for gender, it was found that males had significantly higher levels of enjoyment during PE (Mm =4.29, Mf = 3.87, p<.01), and a mastery climate was perceived over a performance climate by majority of student regardless of gender, grade, or ethnicity (Mmc=3.78, Mpc=2.2). Statistically significant relationships were found between both mastery (p<.01) and performance scores (p<.01) with enjoyment. The performance relationship was negative while the mastery relationship was positive. There was not a significant relationship between the mastery climate and PA and only the performance climate subcategory Unequal Recognition (p<.001) had a significant relationship with and PA during PE.