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Behavioral Sciences, Volume 10, Issue 12

December 2020 - 17 articles

Cover Story: Considered a prevalent occurrence in academic settings, procrastination refers to a behavioral disposition of postponing tasks. Indeed, procrastinators lack a self-regulatory pattern including learning goals and metacognitive processes. This study investigated the role played by self-regulated learning strategies in predicting procrastination among university students. To this end, the relationships of procrastination with cognitive–metacognitive learning strategies and time management were explored in the total sample, in male and female groups. Gender differences were considered. Findings indicated that temporal and metacognitive components play an important role in academic achievement and that males procrastinate more than females due to poor time management skills and metacognitive strategies. Practical implications were suggested to help students to overcome dilatory behaviors. View this paper.
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Articles (17)

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,954 Views
20 Pages

Anxiety-Related Attention Bias in Four- to Eight-Year-Olds: An Eye-Tracking Study

  • Suzannah Stuijfzand,
  • Bobby Stuijfzand,
  • Shirley Reynolds and
  • Helen Dodd

17 December 2020

(1) Background: There is evidence of an attention bias–anxiety relationship in children, but lack of appropriate methods has limited the number of studies with children younger than eight years old. This study used eye tracking as a measure of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,797 Views
22 Pages

16 December 2020

Brief face-to-face self-confidence workshops were effective in reducing depression among the public. Technological advances have enabled traditional face-to-face interventions to be adapted using unique technology-mediated platforms. This article det...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
34 Citations
11,226 Views
11 Pages

15 December 2020

Decision-making autonomy may have played a crucial role in protecting, or on the contrary, intensifying the onset of negative psychological outcomes for workers with roles with responsibilities during the lockdown due to the Covid-19 crisis. The pres...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,711 Views
14 Pages

The Impacts of the Presence of an Unfamiliar Dog on Emerging Adults’ Physiological and Behavioral Responses Following Social Exclusion

  • Ilona Papousek,
  • Katharina Reiter-Scheidl,
  • Helmut K. Lackner,
  • Elisabeth M. Weiss,
  • Corinna M. Perchtold-Stefan and
  • Nilüfer Aydin

14 December 2020

Research indicates that non-human attachment figures may mitigate the negative consequences of social exclusion. In the current experiment, we examined how the presence of an unfamiliar companion dog in the laboratory effects physiological and behavi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,480 Views
14 Pages

Coping Styles among People with Parkinson’s Disease: A Three-Year Follow-Up Study

  • Maria H. Nilsson,
  • Frank Oswald,
  • Sebastian Palmqvist and
  • Björn Slaug

12 December 2020

People with Parkinson’s disease (PD) experience a gradual loss of functional abilities that affects all facets of their daily life. There is a lack of longitudinal studies on coping styles in relation to the disease progression among people wit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,809 Views
12 Pages

Cognitive Functioning, Life Satisfaction, and Their Relationship with the Financial Attitudes of Older Individuals Who Participate in an Active Aging Program

  • Claudia Idárraga-Cabrera,
  • Jorge-Manuel Dueñas,
  • Marina-Begoña Martínez-González,
  • Regina Navarro-Blanco,
  • Marianela Denegri-Coria and
  • Mariana Pino

10 December 2020

Life expectancy has increased in many countries throughout the world over recent years, leading to new challenges related to aging. A large part of the population is over 60 years old, and therefore studies that focus on financial autonomy and active...

  • Review
  • Open Access
17 Citations
11,416 Views
13 Pages

9 December 2020

Arts therapies (AsTs) are considered a valuable intervention for people with eating disorders, however the range of research studies and the comparison between the types of arts therapies are unknown. The goal of the future scoping review is to explo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,667 Views
16 Pages

Influence of Mothers’ Habits on Reading Skills and Emotional Intelligence of University Students: Relationships in the Social and Educational Context

  • Elena Jiménez-Pérez,
  • Almudena Barrientos-Báez,
  • David Caldevilla-Domínguez and
  • José Gómez-Galán

7 December 2020

Numerous studies show that the family plays a crucial role not only in the education of children but also in the acquisition of skills in the process of teaching and formal learning, especially in their reading competence. Furthermore, within the fam...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
3,726 Views
12 Pages

3 December 2020

One of the interesting behaviors practiced by citizens across the globe is the pursuit of outdoor recreational activities featuring elements of personal risk and danger. These types of activities are now becoming a global mainstay for many individual...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,186 Views
14 Pages

Process Evaluation of a Personality Targeted Intervention for Addictive Eating in Australian Adults

  • Yive Yang,
  • Li Kheng Chai,
  • Rebecca Collins,
  • Mark Leary,
  • Megan Whatnall and
  • Tracy Burrows

3 December 2020

Addictive eating prevalence is estimated at 15–20% in studied populations, and is associated with concurrent mental health conditions and eating disorders as well as overweight and obesity. However, few evidence-based interventions targeting ad...

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Behav. Sci. - ISSN 2076-328X