The aim of this work is psychological characteristic of the student. The aim of the analysis is to describe the psychological characteristics of the future border guards and the students of technical specialty (auto-mechanic). As basic characteristics of the future border guards and the auto - mechanic were chosen the following characteristics: aspiration, value orientation, the reasons of study, self-evaluation and the motivation of study. According to the aim of the work such tasks of the research work were proceed. To analyze the following psychological characteristics: reasons, aspiration, value orientation, motivation of study and self-evaluation problems in psychology. To describe the psychological characteristics of the future border guards and the students of the technical specialties. To set the cohesion of motivation of study and the process of self-evaluation. To compare the future civil service self-evaluations, aspirations and value orientations with the technical specialties students’ self-evaluations, aspirations and value orientations. In the work the following methods are applied: the analysis of scientific works and the questioning. In this research the students of Visaginas Border Guard School and the students of Visaginas Technology and Business School were taken part. The results of the research demonstrate the differences between the reasons of study and further reasons of study of the future border guards and the future automakers. The students of... [to full text]

Background and Objectives: The rise in cases of online child sexual exploitation has become a global problem. Understanding both the psychological profiles of this offender group and the strategies employed during the process of exploitation, is crucial for aiding prevention and detection of these crimes as well as informing treatment and educational programmes. Thus, there were two main aims of the thesis. Firstly, a systematic review was conducted to investigate the psychological characteristics of online child sexual offenders (OCSO). Secondly, research was carried out to examine the utility of a pre-existing process model of grooming in the online sexual exploitation of children (O'Connell, 2003). Methodology: A systematic search of papers published between 2006 and 2016 was carried out. Those eligible for inclusion measured psychological characteristics using psychometric tools. A quality checklist was designed to appraise the methodological robustness of each paper. For the research study, qualitative content analysis of 63 online chat logs between offenders and children was undertaken. Logs were initially coded for correspondence to stages and strategies outlined by O'Connell, and additional codes assigned to themed text that did not fit this model. Results: The systematic review revealed fourteen papers for inclusion, and collective strengths and weaknesses were identified. Compared to contact offenders, few differences in psychological characteristics were identified; however tentative evidence suggests that online offenders experience greater interpersonal deficits whilst contact offenders present with more antisocial difficulties. Qualitative content analysis of chat logs revealed partial support for O'Connell's model. Several offender strategies proposed to take place during the sexual stage were evidenced. However, no logs showed evidence of all six stages. Additional offender strategies identified included flattery and minimising their behaviour. Various child strategies were identified, with children refusing all sexual advances in the majority of logs (n=34). Conclusions: Generic sexual offender treatment packages may not best meet the needs of OCSO. An alternative is discussed. Future research should focus on the development of psychometric tools for use with OCSO. Offenders appear heterogeneous in their approach to online sexual exploitation of children. Effective educational programmes must emphasise the speed at which many offenders will introduce sexual content, for whom traditional notions of grooming do not apply.

Sport psychological skills are associated with performance in sport. Furthermore it is stated that there are also gender differences with regards to sport psychological skills. The sport psychological profiles of successful and less successful athletes also differ from each other. One hundred and sixty two grade 8 learners with a mean age of 13.2±0.33 years from a High School in Potchefstroom in the North-West province of South Africa were tested. The participants were subjected to the Australian Talent Search Protocol as well as the Athletic Coping Skills Inventory – 28 (ACSI-28) and a demographic questionnaire which collected the general information of participants were completed. Firstly, the group was divided into two groups by means of a median split on the Australian Talent Search Protocol which resulted in a talented group of 16 adolescents and 146 less talented adolescents. The talented adolescents outscored their less talented counterparts in all seven sport psychological variables with statistically significant better scores in coping with adversity, peaking under pressure, goal setting, confidence and coachability. Secondly the group of 162 participants was divided into two groups according to gender which resulted in male group of 77 and female group of 85. The male and female adolescent sport participants did not differ significantly in any of the sport psychological skills. All sport psychological skills revealed a small practical significance. The male group obtained better scores in peaking under pressure, goal setting, freedom from worry, selfconfidence and average coping ability. The female group obtained better scores in coping with adversity, concentration and coachability. Therefore, although a relationship exists between sport performance and sport psychological skills there are a few factors such as maturation and cognitive development that can influence sport psychological skills and development. / MSc (Sport Science), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

Sport psychological skills are associated with performance in sport. Furthermore it is stated that there are also gender differences with regards to sport psychological skills. The sport psychological profiles of successful and less successful athletes also differ from each other. One hundred and sixty two grade 8 learners with a mean age of 13.2±0.33 years from a High School in Potchefstroom in the North-West province of South Africa were tested. The participants were subjected to the Australian Talent Search Protocol as well as the Athletic Coping Skills Inventory – 28 (ACSI-28) and a demographic questionnaire which collected the general information of participants were completed. Firstly, the group was divided into two groups by means of a median split on the Australian Talent Search Protocol which resulted in a talented group of 16 adolescents and 146 less talented adolescents. The talented adolescents outscored their less talented counterparts in all seven sport psychological variables with statistically significant better scores in coping with adversity, peaking under pressure, goal setting, confidence and coachability. Secondly the group of 162 participants was divided into two groups according to gender which resulted in male group of 77 and female group of 85. The male and female adolescent sport participants did not differ significantly in any of the sport psychological skills. All sport psychological skills revealed a small practical significance. The male group obtained better scores in peaking under pressure, goal setting, freedom from worry, selfconfidence and average coping ability. The female group obtained better scores in coping with adversity, concentration and coachability. Therefore, although a relationship exists between sport performance and sport psychological skills there are a few factors such as maturation and cognitive development that can influence sport psychological skills and development. / MSc (Sport Science), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / A dimensão introversão extroversão, os estilos de atribuição e o lócus de controle foram aqui examinados para detectar uma possível interação com as habilidades sociais em adolescentes. A amostra foi restrita a adolescentes que recebem assistência de uma Obra Social que atende a uma comunidade constituída de aproximadamente 800 famílias do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Participaram da pesquisa 20 adolescentes do sexo masculino e 40 adolescentes do sexo feminino, cuja idade variava de 16 a 19 anos e a educação formal do ensino fundamental ao fim do ensino médio. Quatro instrumentos foram usados: Escala de Personalidade Comrey (1970), adaptada por Rodrigues (1973) e revisada por Costa (2003) O Teste Raven das Bases de Poder (1993), utilizado por DAmorim & Assmar (1997), para a Atribuição e o Inventário de Habilidades Sociais desenvolvido por Del Prette & Del Prette (2001). Os resultados mostraram um equilíbrio entre a introversão extroversão, no caso das adolescentes do sexo feminino houve discreta predominância da introversão e para os adolescentes do sexo masculino houve uma predominância mais acentuada deste fator. A atribuição de causalidade foi pontuada principalmente através de suas bases de poder que funcionaram como variáveis experimentais. O lócus de controle foi pontuado em suas dimensões de externalidade (acaso e outros poderosos). A habilidade social que mais obteve explicação das variáveis independentes e seletivas, foi a conversação. Conclui-se que o adolescente tem uma tendência a atribuir a fatores externos e a ter uma orientação externa, principalmente no que se refere à origem dos acontecimentos. Estes representam seu meio de ascensão através do acaso e pela influência de outros poderosos. Deste modo, é possível compreender a ênfase dada à comunicação e a desenvoltura social. / The psychological dimension of Introversion- Extroversion, the six Attribution Styles as related to Power, and the three types of Locus of Control, were studied to verify their possible influence on the use of Social Abilities by low income adolescents. Participants received psychological assistance from a Private Institution dedicated to Social Care that attends a community of nearly 800 families living in greater Rio de Janeiro. Twenty boys and forty girls took part in the study. Their age varied from 16 to 19 years, and their formal education from elementary school to completed secondary school. Four instruments were used to measure the variables described above: Comreys Personality Scale (1970), adapted by Rorigues (1973) and validated by Costa (2003) for introversion extroversion, Ravens Power Basis (1993) as used by DAmorin, & Assmar (1997), for Attribution, Leversons Locus of Control Scale (1974), adapted and validated by Dela Coleta (1987), and Del Prete & Del Prete (2001) Inventory of Social Abilities. Results showed for the girls a very slight difference between introversion and extroversion favoring the first dimension; this difference was more accentuated for the boys. Power Basis, was used only as an experimental variable, to influence the attribution variable results. Locus of Control influence on Social Abilities was limited to the external dimensions of Chance and Powerful Others. Social Abilitie of Conversation got the highest levels of variance explanation. It can be suggested that adolescent tend to attribute live events to external factors and this tendency is especially strong in connection with the origin of these events. They perceive their chances of life improvement as possible only through chance or the influence of powerful others. This disposition will lead them to emphasize the value of communication and social skills.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / A dimensão introversão extroversão, os estilos de atribuição e o lócus de controle foram aqui examinados para detectar uma possível interação com as habilidades sociais em adolescentes. A amostra foi restrita a adolescentes que recebem assistência de uma Obra Social que atende a uma comunidade constituída de aproximadamente 800 famílias do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Participaram da pesquisa 20 adolescentes do sexo masculino e 40 adolescentes do sexo feminino, cuja idade variava de 16 a 19 anos e a educação formal do ensino fundamental ao fim do ensino médio. Quatro instrumentos foram usados: Escala de Personalidade Comrey (1970), adaptada por Rodrigues (1973) e revisada por Costa (2003) O Teste Raven das Bases de Poder (1993), utilizado por DAmorim & Assmar (1997), para a Atribuição e o Inventário de Habilidades Sociais desenvolvido por Del Prette & Del Prette (2001). Os resultados mostraram um equilíbrio entre a introversão extroversão, no caso das adolescentes do sexo feminino houve discreta predominância da introversão e para os adolescentes do sexo masculino houve uma predominância mais acentuada deste fator. A atribuição de causalidade foi pontuada principalmente através de suas bases de poder que funcionaram como variáveis experimentais. O lócus de controle foi pontuado em suas dimensões de externalidade (acaso e outros poderosos). A habilidade social que mais obteve explicação das variáveis independentes e seletivas, foi a conversação. Conclui-se que o adolescente tem uma tendência a atribuir a fatores externos e a ter uma orientação externa, principalmente no que se refere à origem dos acontecimentos. Estes representam seu meio de ascensão através do acaso e pela influência de outros poderosos. Deste modo, é possível compreender a ênfase dada à comunicação e a desenvoltura social. / The psychological dimension of Introversion- Extroversion, the six Attribution Styles as related to Power, and the three types of Locus of Control, were studied to verify their possible influence on the use of Social Abilities by low income adolescents. Participants received psychological assistance from a Private Institution dedicated to Social Care that attends a community of nearly 800 families living in greater Rio de Janeiro. Twenty boys and forty girls took part in the study. Their age varied from 16 to 19 years, and their formal education from elementary school to completed secondary school. Four instruments were used to measure the variables described above: Comreys Personality Scale (1970), adapted by Rorigues (1973) and validated by Costa (2003) for introversion extroversion, Ravens Power Basis (1993) as used by DAmorin, & Assmar (1997), for Attribution, Leversons Locus of Control Scale (1974), adapted and validated by Dela Coleta (1987), and Del Prete & Del Prete (2001) Inventory of Social Abilities. Results showed for the girls a very slight difference between introversion and extroversion favoring the first dimension; this difference was more accentuated for the boys. Power Basis, was used only as an experimental variable, to influence the attribution variable results. Locus of Control influence on Social Abilities was limited to the external dimensions of Chance and Powerful Others. Social Abilitie of Conversation got the highest levels of variance explanation. It can be suggested that adolescent tend to attribute live events to external factors and this tendency is especially strong in connection with the origin of these events. They perceive their chances of life improvement as possible only through chance or the influence of powerful others. This disposition will lead them to emphasize the value of communication and social skills.

Il lavoro ha esplorato il tema dello sviluppo del talento nello sport a partire da una prospettiva psicosociale. Per fare questo si è posto due obiettivi principali: il primo di esplorare la letteratura sul talento nello sport per identificare quelle teorie che meglio potessero rispecchiare l'approccio psicosociale. Il secondo obiettivo è stato quello di studiare empiricamente come le relazioni impattano sul benessere psicologico dei giovani atleti, ipotizzando che esso si possa considerare una condizione particolarmente favorevole per lo sviluppo del potenziale. La ricerca condotta non solo ha identificato con successo una serie di teorie che sostengono l'utilizzo dell'approccio psicosociale allo sviluppo del talento, ma ha anche dimostrato come migliori relazioni, mediate da una serie di variabili psicologiche individuali, vadano ad influenzare positivamente il benessere psicologico di giovani calciatori, e quindi secondo l'ipotesi del lavoro, il loro efficace sviluppo come atleti. / the work explored talent development in sport following a psychosocial approach. It has two main aims: the first was to explore literature on talent development in sport to identify theories that better support psychosocial approach to talent development. the second aim was to study empirically how relationship impact on psychological wellbeing of young talented athletes, hypotesizing that it describes a particularly effective ground breaking condition for the development of potentiality. Research finds support for psychosocial approach to talent development in many theories on talent development, and next to this it also show how having positive relationship impact on psychological wellbeing thanks to the mediation effect of psychological characteristics and consequently of athletes' potential.

For over a decade, suicides of young people have been a very important public health concern. The number of suicides among the school-aged children varies from 20 to 33 per annum, whereas suicide as the cause of death is number three on the list of causes. Research carried out in various countries provide clear evidence that one of the most threatening signs of the possible suicidal behaviour is self-harm or attempted suicide at an early age. Therefore, in-depth knowledge of the risk factors for deliberate self-harm is very important not only for scientific reasons, but for the prevention of suicides of young people. The aim of dissertation is to research social and psychological peculiarities of deliberate self-harm of 15-17 year old Lithuanian pupils. In order to achieve the aim, the following objectives were set: 1. To assess distribution of pupils’ deliberate self-harm, types of self-harm, and socio-demographic irregularities. 2. To disclose subjective reasons for deliberate self-harm of pupils. 3. To analyse the relationship between stressful life experience and pupils’ deliberate self-harm. 4. To identify the importance of smoking, alcohol, and drug abuse to deliberate self-harm. 5. To investigate the relationship between the pupils’ deliberate self-harm and subjective indices of psychic health and general condition. 6. To assess the need for help to pupils who deliberately harm themselves. / Jaunų žmonių savižudybės jau daugiau kaip dešimtmetį išlieka labai svarbia visuomenės sveikatos problema. Mokyklinio amžiaus vaikų savižudybių skaičius per metus svyruoja nuo 20 iki 33, o savižudybė pagal dažnį yra trečioje vietoje mirties priežasčių sąraše. Įvairiose šalyse atlikti tyrimai pateikia neabejotinų įrodymų, jog vienas grėsmingiausių galimo savižudiško elgesio rizikos ženklų yra sąmoningas savęs žalojimas ar bandymai žudytis jauname amžiuje. Todėl gilesnis sąmoningo savęs žalojimo rizikos veiksnių pažinimas yra labai svarbus ne tik mokslo, bet jaunų žmonių savižudybių prevencijos požiūriu. Disertacinio darbo tikslas — ištirti sąmoningai save žalojančių 15–17 metų Lietuvos moksleivių socialinius bei psichologinius ypatumus. Tikslui pasiekti iškelti šie uždaviniai: 1. Įvertinti moksleivių sąmoningo savęs žalojimo paplitimą, būdus bei jų sociodemografinius netolygumus. 2. Atskleisti subjektyvias moksleivių sąmoningo savęs žalojimo priežastis. 3. Išanalizuoti ryšius tarp stresą sukeliančios gyvenimo patirties ir moksleivių sąmoningo savęs žalojimo. 4. Nustatyti rūkymo, alkoholio bei narkotikų vartojimo reikšmę moksleivių sąmoningam savęs žalojimui. 5. Išnagrinėti moksleivių sąmoningo savęs žalojimo, subjektyvių psichikos sveikatos bei savijautos rodiklių sąsajas. 6. Įvertinti save žalojančių moksleivių pagalbos poreikius.

In the year 2020, COVID-19 was a worldwide phenomenon. Changes in personal behavior and consumer behavior resulted from the new restrictions. Because of COVID-19, many consumers purchase groceries online rather than in physical stores. Historically, there have been several pandemics during the 1900 century, and all of these pandemic crises have impacted consumer behavior. In the timeframe of this research, the restriction was withdrawn, and new restrictions were applied, which resulted in continued changed consumer behavior. Different characteristics influence consumer behavior, such as economic, psychological, and environmental. Income and savings of individuals and members of households are economic characteristics that influence consumer behavior. Because no product has to be carried or there is no time limit on shopping, this psychological characteristics contributes to increased accessibility, convenience, and time savings. In terms of the environment, there have been questions about whether e-commerce has a positive or negative impact. Consumer behavior is also influenced by demographic factors, such as age, gender, education, marital status and living environment. All individuals change their buying behavior over their lifetimes, and with restrictions during this pandemic crisis, many needed to adapt their behavior even more. This study has created a more profound understanding of consumer behavior due to a pandemic crisis, such as COVID-19. With this presented purpose, an online survey was constructed and collected a sample of 123 respondents located mainly in Sweden and Norway. After analysing our data collection, we concluded that the three characteristics and demographic factors influenced our sample, and they still prefer to purchase groceries in a physical store, despite a pandemic crisis.

Submitted by Maike Costa (maiksebas@gmail.com) on 2016-04-29T12:00:15Z No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivo total.pdf: 1696166 bytes, checksum: 9cffce720b1e065d51fb81811a6c6b80 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-29T12:00:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivo total.pdf: 1696166 bytes, checksum: 9cffce720b1e065d51fb81811a6c6b80 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-10-30 / Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq / There is strong evidence that a relationship exists between human factors and human performance in production systems where the workforce is predominant. On the other hand, researches regarding this relationship are scarce in the recent literature. Moreover, these researches conducted only consider the performance from the perspective of quality and / or human error, that are just two of its many facets in the literature. However, this study considered the performance under a different perspective, to the investigate it as the number of pieces produced. Treat performance from the perspective of production quantity is important because this is a measure widely used to measure performance in assembly lines. In consequence of the established context, the objective of this research was to identify the cognitive, physiological and psychological characteristics that influence the performance of workers in terms of quantity of pieces produced in activity collage tennis on an assembly line. In this sense, was selected a set of cognitive, physiological and psychological characteristics a taxonomy called PIF's (Performance Influencing Factors), in which these three characteristics are used together to measure the performance of workers. Subsequently, was verified the interrelationship between the selected set and performance. The experiment was conducted in a shoes company in the State of Paraíba that has several assembly lines of shoes and evaluates the performance of its employees by the number of pieces per hour. As a result, was generated generalized linear models (GLM). Among the models that best explained this relationship was a MLG (the response variable) has an inverse normal distribution. This model has a pseudo-R2 equal to 0.81. Moreover, the human characteristics were considered significant: experience, age, gender, training, skill and pain. / Há fortes evidências de que existe uma relação entre fatores humanos, “human factors”, e o desempenho humano, “human performance”, em sistemas de produção onde a força de trabalho é predominante. Por outro lado, pesquisas referentes a esta relação ainda são escassas na literatura recente. Além disso, essas pesquisas realizadas consideram o desempenho apenas sob a ótica da qualidade e/ou erro humano, que são apenas duas das suas muitas facetas existentes na literatura. No entanto, este estudo considerou o desempenho sob uma perspectiva diferente, ao investigá-lo como a quantidade de unidades produzidas. Tratar o desempenho sob a perspectiva da quantidade de produção é importante porque essa é uma medida muito utilizada para medir o desempenho em linhas de montagem. Em consequência do contexto estabelecido, o objetivo desta pesquisa foi identificar as características cognitivas, fisiológicas e psicológicas que influenciam no desempenho dos trabalhadores em termos de quantidade de peças produzidas na atividade de colagem dos tênis numa linha de montagem. Neste sentido, foi selecionado um conjunto de características cognitivas, fisiológicas e psicológicas da taxonomia denominada de PIF’s (performance influencing factors), em que essas três características são usadas conjuntamente para medir o desempenho de trabalhadores. Posteriormente, foi verificada a inter-relação entre o conjunto selecionado e o desempenho. O experimento foi conduzido em uma empresa calçadista do Estado da Paraíba, que tem várias linhas de montagem de tênis e que avalia o desempenho dos seus trabalhadores através da quantidade de peças por hora. Como resultado, foram gerados modelos lineares generalizados (MLG). Dentre os modelos, o que melhor explicou esta relação foi um MLG cuja variável resposta apresenta uma distribuição normal inversa. Esse modelo possui um pseudo-R2 igual a 0,81. Além disso, as características humanas consideradas significativas foram: experiência, idade, sexo, treinamento, habilidade e dor.