Abstract: The present study tested different perspectives on the time course of job satisfaction over the workweek: the “rested and recharged” perspective, the “Monday blues” perspective, and the “Thank God it’s Friday” ...
Lifestyle and health of individuals suffering from multiple sclerosis: The role of resource-adaptive goal setting and goal attainment for subjective well-being, perception of stress and self-efficacyAbstract. ...
We examined whether older individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) differed from healthy controls (HC) and persons with dementia (AD) in objective and perceived behavioral competence as well as in emotional well-being. We used a merged sample of ...
Abstract. This study examined the link between physical symptoms, affect, and self-esteem in everyday life across adulthood. The sample consisted of young, middle-aged, and older adults. Results indicated a significant Self-Esteem × Physical Symptoms ...
Abstract. Adjusting strategies to manage daily goal pursuit with new functional limitations may impact not only the affect of patients, but also that of their partners. Associations between patients’ control strategies and both partners’ affect were ...
Abstract. Affective barriers like negative affect (time-varying subjective state) or fear of falling (person-trait) may reduce daily physical activity among older adults. A group of 123 community-dwelling older adults (Mage = 71.83, range = 64–85, 63% ...
Abstract. Little is known about how people perceive the affective well-being of older and younger adults. In four studies, we compare other- and self-reported trait affect from participants who varied in adult age and familiarity. Our prediction that ...
Evaluation and behavior: The role of motor activity in attitudes and emotionsAbstract. Behavioral approach and avoidance orientations play a central role in an environment that provides us with both the possibility to fulfill our needs and risks. In ...
Reliability and Validity of the German Multidimensional Perfectionism Cognitions Inventory (MPCI-G)Abstract. The present article describes the development of the German version of the Multidimensional Perfectionism Cognitions Inventory (MPCI-G). In an ...
Friendships in the Classroom and Their Importance for Adaptive Individual Dealing with ErrorsAbstract. Learning from errors can be effective – provided that learners are able to deal with them in an adaptive manner. Affective-...
Alexithymia: Emotional skill deficit or inhibition of emotional experiencing?Abstract.Background:Alexithymia refers to a reduced ability to identify and describe emotions. It is still unclear whether alexithymia ...
Self-Regulation Within the Application Process: Intra- and Interindividual Differences in Affect and Action OrientationAbstract. Applicants’ experienced affect and its changes during the application process were investigated. ...
Das Expressive Schreiben (ES) hat sich in verschiedenen Untersuchungen als hilfreich bei der Verarbeitung belastender Ereignisse erwiesen und es haben sich mehr oder weniger deutliche positive Auswirkungen auf den psychologischen und physiologischen ...
Zusammenfassung. Fast alle derzeit diskutierten Modelle zur Erklärung von Gesundheitsverhalten gründen auf einem rational choice-Ansatz und betonen die Bedeutung kognitiver Determinanten im Prozess der Veränderung oder Aufrechterhaltung von Verhalten. In ...
Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in Sport Psychology ResearchAbstract. This article aims at introducing functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) as a neuroimaging technique for the assessment of cortical processes ...
Affect-regulating function of binge episodes in bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorderAbstract.Background: Concerning affect regulation mechanisms in binge and purge behavior there is a lack of studies comparing bulimic patients and patients meeting ...
Common and specific components of depression and anxiety. Evaluation of a factor model of depressive and anxious symptoms and their relation to affectBackground: Self-report measures of anxiety and depression are often strongly interrelated. According to ...
Abstract After a hint from Lang et al.'s (1997) defence cascade, researchers considered cognitive process experienced when encountering mental stress to be composed of four elements: (serially) first attention (Attent), second unpleasant affect (UnplAff) ...
The purpose of the present study is to analyse the effects of task complexity on the EEG spectral parameters and the extent to which age modulates this relationship. Subjects were divided into a junior and a senior group and engaged in a simple and a ...
Previous research has yielded inconsistent results concerning affective reactions to social exclusion. The present study provides evidence that conscious perception of bodily signals (“interoceptive awareness”) constitutes an important moderating factor ...