Death anxiety is a common phenomenon in all societies. Older adults may be more prone to death than their younger counterparts; however, among older not well understood. This study explores the relationship between meaning life, self-esteem, and senior citizens China.A total of 283 participated this study; data were collected via Meaning Life Questionnaire, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, Anxiety Scale.Results show that dimensions presence (r = - 0.43, p < 0.01), search for 0.31, self-esteem...

This study aimed to explore how core self-evaluations influenced job burnout and mainly focused on the confirmation of mediator roles organizational commitment satisfaction. A total 583 female nurses accomplished Core Self-Evaluation Scale, Organizational Commitment Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire, Maslach Burnout Inventory–General Survey. The results revealed that self-evaluations, commitment, satisfaction, were significantly correlated with each other. Structural equation modeling...

BackgroundNursing has a high risk of job burnout, but only few studies have explored its influencing factors from an organizational perspective. ObjectiveThe present study explores the impact psychological capital on burnout by investigating mediating effect commitment this relationship. MethodsA total 473 female nurses four large general hospitals in Xi'an City China were selected as participants. Data collected via Psychological Capital Questionnaire, Maslach Burnout Inventory-General...

Sample size planning for longitudinal data is crucial when designing mediation studies because sufficient statistical power not only required in grant applications and peer-reviewed publications, but essential to reliable research results. However, sample determination straightforward analysis of design. To facilitate the with a multilevel model, this article provides achieve 80% by simulations under various sizes effect, within-subject correlations numbers repeated measures. The calculation...

Abstract Evidence from behavioral, electrophysiological and diffusion-weighted imaging studies suggest that schizophrenia patients suffer deficiencies in bilateral brain communication this disruption may be related to the occurrence of auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH). To increase our understanding aberrant inter-hemispheric relation AVH, we recruited two groups first-episode patients: one group with AVH (N = 18 patients) without Non-AVH 20 healthy controls. All participants received T1...

The present study investigated the effect of dilemma type, framing, and number saved lives on moral decision making. A total 591 undergraduates, with a mean age 20.56 (SD = 1.37) were randomly assigned to 12 groups basis grid two types (the trolley problem or footbridge dilemma) by three frames (positive, neutral, negative frame) different numbers workers (5 15 people). main effects frame, all significant. interaction type independent factors Results indicated that judgment is affected...

How the career commitment of medical university students can be improved is an underinvestigated topic.This experimental study aims to explore factors that influence students.One hundred eighty-two completed vocational value questionnaire, state anxiety scale, core self-evaluation Minnesota satisfaction and Chinese questionnaire.(1) A mismatch was found between students, primarily in their self-development; (2) Core significantly predict continued students; (3) Vocational value, fit,...

Abstract The phenomenon that prior gains may increase people’s willingness to accept risky gambles is named as the house money effect (Thaler and Johnson, 1990). Many studies have shown “house effect” a robust but few scholars explain mechanism of it well. We suppose reason for ante (starting amount) from gambling profits, its potential loss has relatively low psychological value. To test this hypothesis, we designed series using two-stage gambles. A total 915 university students...

This study focuses on the relationships of career calling to job satisfaction in army officers. The direct and indirect (via meaning life work) effects were investigated 355 male officers China. For this purpose, structural equation modeling bootstrap method used. Results confirmatory factor analysis verified latent structures work satisfaction. Structural χ 2 test indicated presence partially mediated association between also revealed a significant path from through them. These findings...

This correlation study investigated the relationship between nurses' regulatory focus and burnout, as mediated by their perceptions of transformational leadership, using a cross‐sectional research design with anonymous questionnaires. In J uly– A ugust 2012, data were collected from 378 nurses three hospitals in S haanxi P rovince, C hina, self‐report questionnaires for measuring focus, level burnout perception whether leadership supervisor was transformational. Structural equation modelling...

Abstract Background Executive function enhancement is considered necessary for improving the quality of life patients with neurological or psychiatric disorders, such as attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder, obsessive‐compulsive disorder and Alzheimer's disease. Transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) has been shown to have some beneficial effects on executive functioning, but quantification these improvements remains controversial. We aimed explore potential functioning induced by use...

The current study aims to explore how the decision-making style of maximizing affects subjective well-being (SWB), which mainly focuses on confirmation mediator role regret and suppressing achievement motivation. A total 402 Chinese undergraduate students participated in this study, they responded maximization, regret, motivation scales SWB measures. Results suggested that significantly predicted SWB. Moreover, (hope for success dimension) could completely mediate suppress effect. That is,...

The aim of this study was to investigate the influence a pay increase on job satisfaction among junior officers in Chinese Army. A questionnaire devised for and used both before after raise with military from one region detect changes satisfaction. Before increase, at comparatively low level; raise, it improved significantly. This improvement also occurred all facets It concluded that plays an important role officers.

The construct of job performance has been one the important topics in research. present study investigated among Chinese military soldiers using both qualitative and quantitative methods. First, after interviewing 95 officers soldiers, we categorized conceptualized eight sets typical behavioural incidents related to soldiers' performance, designed a questionnaire measuring performance. Then, sample 1402 reliability validity were tested, then was revised. further refined confirmatory factor...

To verify whether three different framing effects (risky choice, attribute and goal) exist in simulated medical situations to analyse any differences.Medical decision-making problems were established, relating skill evaluation, patient compliance a selection of treatment options. All described positive negative frame conditions.Significantly more evaluations made if the doctor's records as 'of 100 patients, 70 patients became better' compared with those 30 didn't become better'. Doctor's...

In order to further the insight into explanation of changed performance in mental transformation under microgravity, we discuss change and its relationship with altered regional homogeneity (ReHo) resting-state brain by using simulated weightlessness model. Twelve male subjects age between 24 31 received fMRI scan test both normal condition immediately after 72 hours −6° head down tilt (HDT). A paired sample t-test was used difference behavior activity these two conditions. Compare...

Nonfungibility is taken to be the fundamental characteristic of mental accounting. We put forward hypothesis that nonfungibility not absolute: there a flow money from an account containing consumer items low psychological value high value. To evaluate we designed 2 related experiments, and invited 236 undergraduates 240 male workers participate in research. It was shown Study 1 luxury either communication or food account, but opposite directions. In it found with increased attractiveness...

Previous research has shown that meaning in life is closely related to well-being, a relationship been receiving increasing scholarly attention. We explored the mechanism by which people with high level of show enhanced subjective focus on mediating role self-efficacy this link. Participants study were 245 undergraduates at three Chinese universities. Data collected using Satisfaction Life Scale, Generalized Self-Efficacy Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, Meaning Questionnaire....