To assess the impact of experiencing a major flood during pregnancy on fetal growth and length gestation, to consider how flood-related strains might contribute these effects.The Red River Pregnancy Project was prospective study carried out for 3 months immediately after historic 2009 crest in Fargo, North Dakota. Pregnant community residents who were at least 18 years old with singleton, intrauterine participated (N = 169). Analyses examined if birth weight gestation associated residential...

Bedtime procrastination is a relatively new topic of research and has been found to compromise sleep. Researchers have studied the predictors, but only few studies focused on ways reduce bedtime procrastination. Mindfulness, novel variable in this area, may shed some light how decrease This study examined serial mediation model hypothesized that relationship between mindfulness better sleep quality would be serially mediated by lower levels boredom procrastination.This employed correlational...

This paper describes a work in progress Virtual Reality (VR) based serious game, integrated with an algorithmic classification model for detecting stress during public speaking real-time by analysing the speaker's voice. The designed VR game offers virtual social support/feedback training of skills. We developed detection that recognises and altered normal confident state on 24 actors' voice expressions from Ryerson Audio-Visual Database Emotional Speech Song (RAVDESS). Three different...

To meet the larger demand for electricity supply, Malaysia needs to achieve two main psychosocial conditions, among others—having awareness of renewable energy and demonstrating energy-conserving behavior. examine whether has met these we recruited 225 participants (n = 109 women, n 113 men, 3 did not indicate) complete a series questionnaires. The results showed that public was aware option solar but ready install photovoltaic panels after being told cost incurred. Furthermore, show...

Social support was manipulated in previous experimental studies different ways, including active and passive support. The present study compared the effects among support, alone conditions on emotional changes by randomly assigning 61 participants to either one of conditions. Consistent with hypothesis, produced a lower level positive affect attentive than alone, reduced as well decrease determined pleasantness appraisal after stressful task. Implications findings were discussed terms...

Gender differences in Internet use may affect how women and men respond to online support (OS) provided by friends strangers. The present study compared the psychological effects of brief OS a same-gender, same-ethnicity friend or stranger young Singaporean ( n = 73) 60). After random assignment 1 3 groups (supportive friend, supportive stranger, nothing), university students completed stressor tasks before after instant messaging with doing nothing. findings showed that from attenuated...

Being able to quantify gaming motivation in a valid, systematic way has important implications for game designers and user experience researchers. In the present study, we aimed develop validate 30-item Gaming Instinctual Motivation Scale (GIMS) based on Dillon's 6-11 Framework instinctual Lazzaro's model. To scale, recruited 194 regular gamers (Mage = 22.70 years old, SD 4.38) complete GIMS their general playing role-laying games (RPGs), first-person shooters (FPSs), real-time strategy,...

The present study aimed to investigate the psychosocial impacts of large-scale solar (LSS) power projects. There were 225 participants (n = 109 women, n 3 did not indicate gender) participated in our by completing a series questionnaires. We found that who lived farther from LSS project location and those viewed as being impactful optimistic about benefits projects could bring. Our also demonstrated support for renewable energy development Malaysia. These findings may provide important...

The present study aimed to manipulate Internet-based online social support (OS) in a laboratory setting and compare its effect with face-to-face (FS). Participants (N = 161) were randomly assigned either alone, FS, or OS condition. Consistent the hypotheses, alone participants perceived less than supported experienced positive emotions those who received OS. For all DVs, FS did not differ from each other. results ascertained equivalent benefit of FS. Most importantly, these findings...

Objectives: Bedtime procrastination is linked to compromised sleep quality and an increasingly common phenomenon affecting well-being among young adults. Although research effort has been devoted studying the predictors of bedtime procrastination, fear missing out (FOMO), which emotion adults, rarely studied. Therefore, in present study, we examined a hypothesized serial mediation model. The model that FOMO would predict via rumination, subsequently poorer quality. Methods: We recruited 213...

The present study examined how a combined approach (i.e., goal-setting and social facilitation via media) affects procrastination. In this five-day online experimental study, our participants (N = 191, aged 17–43; 135 women) set four-day plan for new or ongoing academic project on Day 1. On Days 2–5, they followed through with the made postings media – post both plans progress (n 44), only 51), 50), neutral memes 46). Participants who posted plans, progress, experienced lower motivation 1...

Between likability and competence, people value likable colleagues (regardless of their competence level) more than competent colleagues. If humility replaces the preference might be different since is not always associated with positive outcomes. Humility form four archetypes: humble star, fool, jerk, incompetent jerk. This study examined personal professional preferences for these archetypes in workplace how moderated by colleagues’ seniority. There were 475 working adults aged between 21...

In 1993, the first few cases of teacher bullying, when teachers used their power to punish, manipulate or disparage a student beyond what would be reasonable disciplinary procedure, began catch mainstream media’s attention. Since then, studies have focused on bullying globally and even lesser in Asia, where such phenomenon carries stigma attached it. Considering stark differences between Western Asian cultures, especially terms distances students teachers, there emerges need address this gap...