Palyginus mūsų tiriamųjų paauglių nuo 10 iki 19 metų amžiaus sveikatos kontrolės lokuso skalių duomenis su K. Wallstono (1978), E. Žutautienės (2003), A. Petrulytės ir K. Vetrovaitės (2004) atliktais panašiais tyrimais, stebime tendenciją, kad kuo besimokantieji yra vyresnio amžiaus, tuo labiau išreikštas vidinės kontrolės lokusas. Kituose tyrimuose nenustatyta koreliacija tarp paauglių kūrybiškumo ir akademinio pažangumo. O mūsų tyrimai atskleidė, kad 10 - 19 metų paauglių vidutinis akademinis pažangumas yra susijęs su kūrybinio mąstymo originalumo parametru; taip pat ir vidutinis akademinis pažangumas turi teigiamų sąsajų kūrybiniu mąstymu. Pagal A. Petrulytės, D. Beresnevičienės ir K. Samašonok (2004) ankstesnius tyrimo rezultatus tarp mokinių kūrybiškumo ir mokymosi sėkmės reikšminga koreliacija nebuvo rasta. A. Petrulytė (2008) nubrėžė tyrimų perspektyvą ateityje, kad būtų tikslinga patyrinėti besimokančiųjų sveikatos kontrolės lokuso ir kūrybiškumo subskalių koreliacijas su vidine darna, sveikata, bei palyginti rezultatus su vyresnio amžiaus tiriamųjų (suaugusiųjų) rezultatais. Mūsų tyrimas praplėtė šį teiginį tuo, kad darbe buvo nustatyta kad tarp 10-19 metų paauglių (N=322) lietuvių kalbos bei menų mokymasis turi teigiamų sąsajų su vidinės sveikatos kontrolės (HLC) faktoriumi. Gauti tyrimo duomenys susišaukia su A. Petrulytės (2008) tyrimais tuo jog patvirtina faktą kad tarp kūrybiškumo ir sveikatos kontrolės lokuso bei mokymosi sėkmės yra tam tikras ryšys. Mūsų 1... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Object of the research: self-view, creative thinking and learning success of younger and older adolescents (aged 10-19). Aim of the research: to analyze self-view (evaluation of self-creativity, apprehension of health), creative thinking and learning success of younger and older adolescents (aged 10-19). Hypotheses of the research: 1. Indicators of creative thinking likely differ according to adolescents’ age and sex quantitative and detailed assessment is higher in the groups of girls and older adolescents. 2. Indicators of older adolescents’ health, mood and activity are probably higher and their inner control is more expressed than younger adolescents’. 3. There probably exists positive relationship between adolescents’ a academic progress, indicator of creative thinking and perceptible creativity self-evaluation at emotional and cognitive levels. Conclusions. Creative thinking indicators of adolescents (aged 10-19) are higher in a group of girls and students of higher forms (11-12th school years, aged 17-19). Medium academic progress of adolescents is related to the parameter of creative thinking originality; medium academic progress has positive relations with creative thinking as well. Evaluation of self-creativity at emotional level is higher in girls’ group; and evaluation of self-creativity at cognitive level is the highest among 17-19 years old adolescents (11-12th school years). Indicators of older adolescents’ health, mood, and activity are higher than younger... [to full text]

Self-concept is strongly influenced by beliefs about one’s personal psychological attributes, and these beliefs are held with varying degrees of confidence and consequence. Hence, it is investment in self-views of those attributes that helps to regulate and maintain stable self-concept. Self-view investment is relevant to numerous self-related functions, but high self-view investment can also contribute to maladaptive self-views. Theory suggests that mindfulness cultivates a less personal, more objective perception of one’s thoughts, emotions and behaviors, and training in mindfulness has been shown to alter self-referential processing. The current pilot study (N=21) investigates the possible role of dispositional mindfulness in two forms of self-view investment, epistemic certainty and emotive importance, as indicated by self-reported and neural (functional magnetic resonance imaging-based) indicators of investment. Results indicated that dispositional mindfulness was positively associated with self-reported epistemic certainty but not emotive importance. Trait mindfulness was associated with activity in the amygdala and parahippocampal gyrus during judgements of both epistemic certainty and emotive importance. Caudate activity was positively associated with trait mindfulness specifically for judgements of emotive importance.

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