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Behavioral Sciences, Volume 10, Issue 11

November 2020 - 16 articles

Cover Story: Loneliness is an experience to which we can all relate. For many, chronic loneliness is strongly related to feeling like you do not matter. This feeling has been called “anti-mattering”. In this study, we propose that if loneliness and anti-mattering are indeed separate constructs, they will relate differently to a third variable. For the third variable, we chose self-reported measures of four distinct humor styles (affiliative, aggressive, self-deprecating, and self-enhancing). The results indicated a moderate correlation between loneliness and anti-mattering, but also similar profiles with humor styles. We discuss the implications of these similarities in terms of how we understand loneliness and how humor may be an indicator of psychosocial functioning. View this paper.
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Articles (16)

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,401 Views
14 Pages

The Sense of Dignity at the End of Life: Reflections on Lifetime Values through the Family Photo Album

  • Ines Testoni,
  • Vera Baroni,
  • Erika Iacona,
  • Adriano Zamperini,
  • Shoshi Keisari,
  • Lucia Ronconi and
  • Luigi Grassi

23 November 2020

This study focuses on the dimensions of dignity, linking Chochinov’s Dignity Therapy to Schwartz’s Theory of Values. The use of family photo albums has enriched the application of dignity therapy. Seven terminal patients in home-based pal...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,734 Views
13 Pages

22 November 2020

Background: The capacity of understanding and manipulating numerical stimuli (i.e., numeracy) can impact decision making. This investigation was conducted to examine whether number comprehension and mental calculation predict hedonic (i.e., Scale of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,584 Views
10 Pages

Effects of Cognitive Training in Mild Cognitive Impairmentmeasured by Resting State Functional Imaging

  • Seungho Kim,
  • Eunhee Park,
  • Hyunsil Cha,
  • Jae-Chang Jung,
  • Tae-Du Jung and
  • Yongmin Chang

17 November 2020

Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is defined as an intermediate state of cognitive alteration between normal aging and dementia. In this study, we performed a functional network connectivity analysis using resting-state functional magnetic resonance im...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
8,578 Views
17 Pages

The Influence of Workload and Work Flexibility on Work-Life Conflict and the Role of Emotional Exhaustion

  • Gabriele Buruck,
  • Anna-Lisa Pfarr,
  • Marlene Penz,
  • Magdalena Wekenborg,
  • Nicole Rothe and
  • Andreas Walther

16 November 2020

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between contextual work-related factors in terms of job demands (workload—WL) and job resources (work flexibility—WF), work–life conflict (WLC) and the burnout dimension emoti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
5,792 Views
15 Pages

13 November 2020

The Humor Styles Questionnaire (HSQ) is one of the most popular self-report scales in humor research. The present research conducted a forward-looking psychometric analysis grounded in Rasch and item response theory models, which have not been applie...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,601 Views
11 Pages

10 November 2020

The study aimed to assess the prevalence and associated factors of ever suicide attempt and past 12-month suicidal ideation, plans and/or attempts among persons aged 15–69 years in Eswatini. Cross-sectional nationally representative data from 3...

  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,029 Views
23 Pages

8 November 2020

(1) Background: Review-based studies are required to consider the different designs and data that describe the association between physical activity and mental health for underprivileged children and adolescents. There is a particular need to identif...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,988 Views
15 Pages

Brain Activations and Functional Connectivity Patterns Associated with Insight-Based and Analytical Anagram Solving

  • Dmitry O. Sinitsyn,
  • Ilya S. Bakulin,
  • Alexandra G. Poydasheva,
  • Liudmila A. Legostaeva,
  • Elena I. Kremneva,
  • Dmitry Yu. Lagoda,
  • Andrey Yu. Chernyavskiy,
  • Alexey A. Medyntsev,
  • Natalia A. Suponeva and
  • Michael A. Piradov

8 November 2020

Insight is one of the most mysterious problem-solving phenomena involving the sudden emergence of a solution, often preceded by long unproductive attempts to find it. This seemingly unexplainable generation of the answer, together with the role attri...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,391 Views
25 Pages

6 November 2020

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between language control, semantic control, and nonverbal control in bilingual aphasia. Twelve bilingual adults with aphasia (BPWA) and 20 age-matched bilingual adults (AMBA) completed a langu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,056 Views
11 Pages

5 November 2020

The recent surge in acts of violence motivated by intergroup biases in the United States are of great concern. If allowed to progress, these conditions could create an unwelcoming atmosphere and could foster further division within the United States....

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Behav. Sci. - ISSN 2076-328X