Essays about: "social psychology"

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  1. 21. Are we prepared for eco-anxiety? A systematic review of eco-anxiety management responses and their compatibility with the mental-health application “Sensa”

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Anisha Tibdewal; [2023]
    Keywords : Sustainability Science; Eco-anxiety management; AQAL Framework of Integral Theory; mobile mental health applications; Cognitive Behavioural Therapy CBT ; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Many people are struggling with eco-anxiety, a chronic fear of environmental doom. Currently, eco-anxiety is managed through face-to-face psychotherapy, but with a lack of eco-anxiety psychology specialists, mobile mental-health applications bring new possibilities. READ MORE

  3. 22. Impact of Performance Measurement System on Employees’ Motivation and Work Effort in Organizations Offering Non-Incentivized Compensation Scheme: The Case of Banking Sector

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Alivija Kovalova; Alina Romanyceva; [2023]
    Keywords : PMS; Enabling and Coercive Control; Autonomous and Controlled Motivation; Work effort; Banking sector; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The study has two purposes: in the setup of heavily regulated industry (banking) and non-incentivized compensation scheme, (1) to investigate separately bankers’ enabling and coercive perceptions of PMS and how they contribute to motivation and work effort; and (2) to explore to what extent the combination of enabling and coercive perceptions of PMS influences motivation and work effort. The study was based on the online questionnaire, which was distributed using convenience and snowball sampling techniques (N=105). READ MORE

  4. 23. Transitional Justice and Reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina : A comparison across time between the views of political elites and the general population

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrum

    Author : Paulina Budny; [2023]
    Keywords : Transitional Justice; Reconciliation; Bosnia and Herzegovina;

    Abstract : This thesis examines views on reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and how these have changed over time, in an attempt to elucidate if transitional justice can promote reconciliation in the aftermath of ethnic conflict in systems that entrench ethnonational insecurity. Drawing upon literature from the field of social psychology, the paper argues that the work of transitional justice mechanisms is interpreted through a sociopsychological infrastructure of conflict which hinders the intended effects from being realized. READ MORE

  5. 24. Investigating Validity of Semantic Measures vs Rating Scales in Assessing Personality

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Sofie Gustavsson; Henrietta Plate; [2023]
    Keywords : Rating scales; semantic measures; Five Factor Model of personality; The Big Five; IPIP-NEO 30; Natural Language Processing; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Within personality research, self-report questionnaires are a common approach. This study takes aim at investigating whether self-report questionnaires are enough, or if semantic measures, through Natural Language Processing, could be a substitute or complementary method, in assessing personality. READ MORE

  6. 25. Municipal Nature Education Centers Fostering Place Attachment - A Case Study : – A Case Study

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för beteendevetenskap och lärande

    Author : Rachel Turner; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Humans have always shown a great capacity for attachment to each other, and to places. Place attachment has been defined and used in environmental psychology, but not in education. As outdoor and sustainability education becomes more popular, a look into this phenomenon and its implications for children is increasingly interesting. READ MORE