Search results for "optimism"

Materialism and the Bright and Dark Sides of the Financial Dream in Spain: The Positive Role of Money Attitudes-The Matthew Effect

2012

Research suggests that materialism leads to the dark side of the financial dream. In this study, we treat love of money as a mediator and test a theoretical model's direct path (Materialism to Financial Satisfaction) and indirect path (Materialism to Love of Money to Financial Satisfaction) simultaneously using the whole sample and across several demographic variables based on 1,011 citizens in Spain. Results for the whole sample showed that the positive indirect effect suppressed the negative direct effect creating an overall small positive effect. Furthermore, we found a significant negative direct path for rural dwellers, the 30–44-year-old age group, and married people, but a positive i…

El socialismo liberal / 5

2008

Psychosomatisch relevante Instrumente in der Leipziger LIFE-Adult-Study

2020

Psychosomatically relevant instruments used in the Leipzig LIFE-Adult-StudyObjectives: The main aim of the Leipzig Life-Adult-Study was to examine civilization diseases. In this paper we present the instruments used in this study which are relevant in a psychosomatic context. In addition, several results obtained with the study data will be described. Methods: The study comprised 10,000 inhabitants of Leipzig, the age range was 18-80 years. Beyond comprehensive medical examinations, the study included several questionnaires concerning mental health and quality of life. Results: This paper presents an overview on the assessment instruments for the following areas: medical examinations, socio…

Effective pursuit of personal goals: The fostering effect of dispositional optimism on goal commitment and goal progress

2015

Abstract Personal goals play a leading role in directing behavior and influencing well-being. Thus, it is important to assess goal dimensions promoting effective goal pursuit. The current research aimed at identifying the best predictors of goal pursuit, operationalized as perceived goal progress, among goal-related variables and individual differences in dispositional optimism. Two studies examined the influence of optimism on goal progress, commitment, expectancy, value, and conflict. Moreover, the mediation effect of expectancy in the relationships among optimism, commitment and progress was assessed. Participants in the first cross-sectional study were 283 young people (19–32 years old)…

Trends in government communication in The Netherlands

2008

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to provide a current state of the art of government communication in The Netherlands which can help to promote a dialogue about how communication quality in this field can be improved further.Design/methodology/approachIn 2006 a survey was conducted for the second time to trace the communication trends in ministries, provinces, municipalities and water boards. The survey was set up in association with sector representatives and it is implemented every two years. The respondents were the top manager and the communication managers of all organisations in the four public sectors. The questionnaire was answered online and the response was 33 per cent.Findings…

Turning Migration Disadvantage into Educational Advantage. Autobiographies of Successful Students with an Immigrant Background

2018

The article focuses on unexpected pathways of successful students with an immigrant background, in order to investigate the implication of this phenomenon from a theoretical, methodological and empirical point of view. After a review of the main sociological studies on “immigrant optimism” towards educational success, I will reflect on biographical approach, particularly suitable to study this topic. A on-going research project based on the collection of educational autobiographies of successful immigrant-origin students, attending upper secondary schools in Northern Italy, is presented. Then, the story of Destiny, a 16 years-old girl with Moroccan origin, is used as a case study to explore…

ANALYSE EMPIRIQUE DES ECARTS DE PREVISIONS DE BENEFICES DANS LES PROSPECTUS D'INTRODUCTION : LE CAS FRANCAIS

2002

International audience; Sur un échantillon de 151 introductions en bourse en France, nous analysons les biais et la rationalité des prévisions de bénéfices contenues dans les prospectus d'introduction. Nous proposons également un modèle explicatif des écarts de prévisions et vérifions si la performance boursière des actions est fonction des écarts de prévision.

Pirmsskolas vecuma bērnu labizjūtas veicināšanas pedagoģiskie nosacījumi

2017

Annotācija Bakalaura darba autore ir Jūlija Postevaja, LU Ventspils filiāles studente, profesionālā bakalaura studiju programma “Skolotājs” ar apakšprogrammu “Pirmsskolas un sākumskolas skolotājs”. Bakalaura temats ir „ Pirmsskolas vecuma bērnu labizjūtas veicināšanas pedagoģiskie nosacījumi. ” Darba mērķis ir pētīt pirmsskolas vecuma bērnu labizjūtas pedagoģiskos nosacījumus Ventspils Ziemeļkurzemes reģionālās slimnīcas apstākļos un Ventspils pirmsskolas izglītības iestādēs. Lai šo mērķi varētu sasniegt, darbā tika izvirzīti šādi uzdevumi: analizēt pedagoģijas un psiholoģijas teorētiskās atziņas un pētīt situāciju par labizjūtas veicināšanas pedagoģiskajiem nosacījumiem Ventspils pirmsskol…

How does job insecurity relate to self-reported job performance? Analysing curvilinear associations in a longitudinal sample

2013

The study focuses on the relationship between job insecurity and self-reported job performance. Based on theoretical, empirical, and statistical arguments, we propose that this relationship is U-shaped and mediated by vigour at work. This assumption was tested cross-sectionally and across two measurement points, and against two alternative explanations, namely that the U-shaped relationship might be due to the influence of the moderators optimism and supervisory support. The findings of a study among a large group of job-insecure employees of two Finish universities ( n = 2,095) confirm the U-shaped effect of job insecurity on self-reported job performance. This effect was shown to be robus…

Home atmosphere and adolescent future orientation

1990

Adolescent future orientation was studied from the point of view of orienting expectations about the future, consisting of three aspects: cognitive (clarity of plans for the use of future time), affective (optimistic vs pessimistic attitudes toward the future), and motivational (realistic vs unrealistic wishes for the future). The study was part of the Jyvaskyla Longitudinal Study of Social Development, the original sample for which consisted of 8-year-old subjects. Follow-up studies were made using a semistructured interview covering several aspects of home atmosphere (child-rearing and external home conditions) and youthful life orientation at ages 14 and 20 with 115 subjects. Results obt…