Search results for "Grit"
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Effects of the Best Possible Self intervention: A systematic review and meta-analysis
2019
The Best Possible Self (BPS) exercise promotes a positive view of oneself in the best possible future, after working hard towards it. Since the first work that attempted to examine the benefits of this intervention in 2001, studies on the BPS have grown exponentially and, currently, this is one of the most widely used Positive Psychology Interventions. However, little is yet known about its overall effectiveness in increasing wellbeing outcomes. Thus, the aim of this meta-analysis is to shed light on this question. A systematic literature search was conducted, and 29 studies (in 26 articles) met the inclusion criteria of empirically testing the intervention and comparing it to a control con…
Grit, Self-Efficacy, Motivation and the Readiness to Change Index Toward Exercise in the Adult Population.
2021
This study examined the relationships between grit personality, self-efficacy, motivation (autonomous, controlled, and amotivation), and the readiness to change index toward exercise. Participants were 391 adults aged between 18 and 64 years old (M= 31.16;SD= 12.45) from Hermosillo, Sonora (Mexico) who completed questionnaires (i.e., the Grit Personality Scale, the Exercise Self-Efficacy Questionnaire, the Treatment Self-Regulation Questionnaire and the Stages of Change Questionnaire for Physical Activity) measuring the variables of interest. The reliability of the instruments was tested using Cronbach's alpha, whereas confirmatory factor analyses were performed for each instrument separate…
El plagio y las revistas depredadoras como amenaza a la integridad cientifica
2019
Resumen: Este artículo propone un análisis del concepto del plagio con la finalidad de mostrar el amplio espectro de manifestaciones que pueden ser consideradas como tal al incurrir en una transgresión de la propiedad intelectual, realizada con el ánimo de engañar sobre la verdadera contribución de los autores y sobre la originalidad y novedad de la información.Describe las distintas circunstancias en las que se incurre en un plagio intencional y el daño que esta mala conducta ocasiona en la credibilidad de un sistema científico, en el que el crédito de autoría es el fundamento de la carrera académica, del prestigio del autor en la comunidad científica y la base para la financiación de la i…
I paesaggi del catalogo: Sicilia.
2011
La centralità mediterranea, la diversità dei caratteri ecologici territoriali, la grande biodiversità, l’incontro millenario con le più importanti civiltà agrarie e con il loro patrimonio di piante, animali, tecniche, costumi e rapporti sociali hanno determinato in Sicilia l’affermarsi di una pluralità di paesaggi agrari e agroforestali, spesso opposti per la contrapposizione degli elementi che li definiscono. Il contrasto tra le montagne, le colline interne, le aree costiere, tra l’agricoltura del latifondo e quella del giardino mediterraneo, tra il terreno nudo del maggese e quello coperto dagli alberi emerge evidente non solo negli aspetti ambientali e produttivi ma:anche nella percezion…
Landscape structure, resilience and ecogeographic relations between agro-forestry and forestry landscapes of Sicily: quantitative approaches
2014
Landscape ecology provides a wide spectrum of useful techniques for quantitative analysis of the land-mosaic patterns, on the basis of areal, linear and punctual parameters. According to the scale of analysis, data collection can be costly and time-consuming; this is especially true in areas with a very heterogeneous land-mosaic patterns and landscape-types for environmental variability and cultural reasons. Aims of this work are: 1) to assess the land-mosaic complexity of the traditional agricultural and agro-forestry landscapes (PAfT) of Sicily; 2) to highlight interfaces and structural gradients between main forest areas and closed PAfTs. These aims have the main purpose to pinpoint agri…
Speciale CRA: Agritrasfer In Sud
2013
“AGRITRASFER-IN-SUD”: più ricerca per le imprese, più competitività per il sistema
Retorica e declamazione nell'Africa vandalica. Draconzio, l'«Aegritudo Perdicae», l'«Epistula Didonis ad Aeneam»
2010
Organizzazioni corrotte: quando la corruzione diventa sistema
2020
There is abundant empirical evidence which shows that corporate corruption is not so much the result of episodic events or favorable occasions, exploited by inveterate criminal minds or people of doubtful morality, but the result of widespread behavior that reflects substantial institutional weaknesses. This article, therefore, aims to clarify the individual, social and institutional processes that generate systemic corruption within public and private organizations. To this end, some reflections on the concept of corruption are also made. The reasons why organizations have a certain propensity for corruption are explained below. In the central part of the text, the organizational processes…
Whistle-blowing and Education Management
2016
Contemporary management studies usually concern positive and desir- able solutions that increase the organizational effectiveness and perfor- mance. That is why graduates of higher business schools, equipped with idealistic views on business environment, need to face the dark side of business practice without the appropriate preparation. Their unawareness of the risk associated with management misconduct results in corrupt scandals, erosion of public trust to their organizations, or even the collapse of profitable corporations. Underestimation of unethical behaviors may lead to severe consequences. The last decade, in fact, has been abundant in numerous examples of corruption scandals in mo…