Perceptual Style Research Articles

Beyond Fear: Unveiling the Relationship Between Fear of Childbirth and Pharmacological Pain Relief

BackgroundPharmacological analgesia is the dominant method for pain relief in labor. Fear of childbirth (FOC) may significantly affect women's preferences for and usage of pharmacological analgesia. AimThis study aimed to investigate the relationship between FOC in late pregnancy and preferences for, as well as actual use of, pharmacological analgesia among nulliparous and multiparous women, accounting for confounding factors. MethodsA total of 1,300 women participated in the study, completing questionnaires assessing preferences for pharmacological analgesia, FOC, perception of labor pain, social support, coping styles, and demographic variables. The actual use of pharmacological analgesia was followed up. The data were analyzed using univariate and multivariate regression analyses. ResultsUnivariate analysis revealed that women with moderate to severe FOC had a stronger preference for pharmacological analgesia compared to those with none to mild FOC. However, multivariate analysis showed no direct association between FOC and actual usage of pharmacological analgesia. Instead, a stronger preference for pharmacological analgesia increased the likelihood of its actual usage during labor. ConclusionsOur study underscores the effect of FOC on preferences for pharmacological analgesia and its potential influence on actual usage during labor. Healthcare providers should consider women's FOC and preferences when evaluating pain management options. Targeted interventions focusing on promoting non-pharmacological techniques should be implemented to optimize labor pain management for women, particularly nulliparous women.

Exploring Teachers’ Perceptions of English Teaching Method Preferences and Learning Styles in Selected Secondary Schools of Morogoro Municipality

This study explored teachers’ perceptions of English teaching method preferences and learning styles in selected secondary schools of Morogoro Municipality by finding their impacts on teaching and learning styles and the challenges of matching English teaching method preferences and learning styles in secondary schools. The study used an exploratory case study design under a qualitative approach where five teachers from five selected schools consisting of four males and one female were selected purposely and voluntarily to be interviewed using semi-structured questions. The results indicate that three teaching methods are mostly preferred by teachers: learner-centred, engagement style, and multiple styles methods. These methods assist learners to achieve good performance in their studies. Moreover, the aforementioned approaches affect the teaching process as they are more effective in facilitating teachers’ tasks. However, shortage of teaching materials, English language communication barriers, shortage of classroom facilities, and students’ readiness are the challenges in implementing teaching preferences and learning styles in English classes. It is therefore recommended that English teachers should work out to improve their utilization of teaching methods and learning styles to reduce the setbacks found in this study. Additionally, curriculum developers, the Ministry of Education, and other education stakeholders may consider the findings of this study for tackling the challenges faced by English teachers in secondary schools

SiamIST: Infrared small target tracking based on an improved SiamRPN

The continuous tracking of infrared dim-small targets is significant, due to limited spatial resolution and low thermal features. Tracking algorithms based correlation filter may perform not well referring to infrared information. Therefore, a Deep Learning (DL) model is proposed for the tracking task with public data sets of small targets. To be specific, the Siamese Region Proposal Network (SiamRPN) is improved by the style recalibration module, which can obtain the perception of image styles. Furthermore, the proposed algorithm takes advantage of transfer learning technology referring to labeled target images, obtaining good features. To distinguish the small target from the background edges, the side window filtering is combined with the improved SiamRPN model. The experimental results show the good performance of the proposed small target tracking, namely SiamIST, in public near-infrared videos, compared to several related algorithms. Importantly, the designed algorithm uses the DL model to track small infrared targets for the first time, achieving an overall precision of 78.8%.

Regulation of long-term care for older persons: a scoping review of empirical research.

Not only care professionals are responsible for the quality of care but other stakeholders including regulators also play a role. Over the last decades, countries have increasingly invested in regulation of Long-Term Care (LTC) for older persons, raising the question of how regulation should be put into practice to guarantee or improve the quality of care. This scoping review aims to summarize the evidence on regulatory practices in LTC for older persons. It identifies empirical studies, documents the aims and findings, and describes research gaps to foster this field. A literature search (in PubMed, Embase, Cinahl, APA PsycInfo and Scopus) was performed from inception up to December 12th, 2022. Thirty-one studies were included. All included studies were from high-income countries, in particular Australia, the US and Northwestern Europe, and almost all focused on care provided in LTC facilities. The studies focused on different aspects of regulatory practice, including care users' experiences in collecting intelligence, impact of standards, regulatory systems and strategies, inspection activities and policies, perception and style of inspectors, perception and attitudes of inspectees and validity and reliability of inspection outcomes. With increasingly fragmented and networked care providers, and an increasing call for person-centred care, more flexible forms of regulatory practice in LTC are needed, organized closer to daily practice, bottom-up. We hope that this scoping review will raise awareness of the importance of regulatory practice and foster research in this field, to improve the quality of LTC for older persons, and optimize their functional ability and well-being.

The Influence of Leadership Style on Employee Performance and Loyalty Mediated by Organizational Climate

In an increasingly complex and dynamic world of work, the role of leadership style, performance and employee loyalty are important aspects that need to be well understood. The Regional Immigration Office of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights in Jakarta has various duties and responsibilities, requiring effective leadership to achieve organizational goals. This study aimed to explore the relationship between leadership style, performance, and employee loyalty at the Regional Immigration Office of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights in Jakarta. This study used a Sequential Explanatory approach, which combined qualitative and quantitative methods. Data was collected through in-depth interviews and observations as qualitative methods to understand leadership style and organizational climate. Furthermore, a structured questionnaire was utilized to gather quantitative data about employees' perceptions of leadership style, performance, and loyalty. Qualitative data were analyzed using a thematic approach, while quantitative data were analyzed using statistical analysis. The study's results showed that leadership style influenced employee performance and loyalty. The organizational climate was also proven to mediate the effect of leadership style on employee performance and loyalty.

Urbanization is positively associated with global perceptual style

More and more people are moving to cities, resulting in more than half of the world's population living today in urban areas. The impact of the physical environment on cognition has been a subject of study in environmental psychology, but the findings have been inconclusive due to its complexity. While some studies have indicated a negative correlation between urbanization and cognitive abilities, others have found no significant effects. The current study investigates the relationship between urbanicity, multitasking abilities, and perceptual style. Specifically, the study aims to determine whether individuals living in highly urban environments exhibit different multitasking abilities compared to those living in low urbanicity environments and whether perceptual style mediates this relationship. Previous research suggests that rural residents show a local perceptual bias and better attentional control, which may affect their multitasking abilities. Participants were recruited from two distinct postcode areas in the UK classified as urbanicity-high and urbanicity-low based on the percentage of urban features present. Our study found no association between urbanicity and multitasking abilities. However, additional analyses revealed that other variables related to the engagement with their physical environment, such as time spent outdoors, and time spent in nature were associated with multitasking abilities. This goes in line with the previous research showing the restorative effects that short-term exposure to nature can have on cognition. Additionally, we examined the relationship between urbanicity and perceptual style using a global-local visual processing task. In line with previous research, dwellers living in highly urban areas showed a global bias as compared to those living in less urban areas. Overall, our results suggest that the physical environment in which people live is associated with the way they process visual information.

Leadership styles of academic deans and department heads: university dons' perspectives on how they affect their job satisfaction

PurposeLeadership has been recognised as a critical factor for employees' job satisfaction. However, much remains to be learned about how university academics who work in developing country contexts perceive their head of departments (HoDs) and deans' leadership styles and how such leadership styles influence their job satisfaction. Therefore, extending earlier research on higher education leadership, this study was pioneered to examine deans' and heads of departments' leadership styles and how such leadership styles influenced their job satisfaction.Design/methodology/approachThis study employed an exploratory research design to draw on data from in-depth interviews with university academics sourced from two private and two public universities. Participants constituted fifteen academics (N = 15) from the studied universities. The collected data from interviews were transcribed verbatim and subjected to thematic analysis.FindingsThe findings revealed that overall, academics perceived their HoDs and deans as employing both transformational and transactional leadership styles. As such, both styles of leadership influenced academics' job satisfaction in diverse ways although the transformational leadership style appeared to be the most dominant in influencing academics' job satisfaction.Practical implicationsThe article highlights the need for university managers (i.e. heads of departments and deans) to flexibly employ preferred leadership styles to achieve job satisfaction among academics.Originality/valueFrom the theoretical point of view, this article contributes to expanding the earlier research by showing how academics' perceptions of leadership styles employed by their academic leaders shape their job satisfaction.

Leadership cycles, styles, and antecedent factors: the perspective of coaches and young soccer athletes from national Slovak leagues.

Building positive relationships and interactions between coaches and athletes is critical to an athlete's success. The current study aimed to overview how coaches and their young athletes perceive three elements of the Leadership Efficacy Model (philosophy, practice, and criteria). The aim was examined with four goals of analysis: the perceptions of coaches and athletes about coaches' leadership philosophy, practice, and criteria (1); the differences between athletes' and coaches' perceptions of leadership cycles (2); the differences between athletes' and coaches' perceptions of leadership styles (3); and the differences between athletes' and coaches' perceptions of leadership antecedent factors (4). The study involved 304 athletes and 20 coaches competing in the youth national leagues U15, U16, U17, and U19. Two-source data collection was applied: coaches completed the questionnaires from their point of view, and so did athletes. The coaches were paired then with their athletes to compare the answers. Coaches fulfilled Leadership Cycles Questionnaire (LEQ), Multidimensional Scale of Leadership in Sport (MSLS), and Leadership Antecedent Factors Questionnaire (LAFQ). Athletes completed the same questionnaires as the coaches did and also fulfilled the Sport Performance Perception Questionnaire (SPPQ). Athletes' age and SPPQ served as control variables. Both athletes (37.5%) and coaches (40%) perceived that the philosophy of the leadership efficacy model should be increased. Coaches evaluated their philosophy (F = 4.43; p = 0.036; η2 = 0.014), support in MSLS (F = 5.05; p = 0.025; η2 = 0.016) and active management in MSLS (F = 4.08; p = 0.044; η2 = 0.013) higher than their athletes. The athletes assessed the maturity of the team members (LAFQ dimension) (F = 13.98; p <0.001; η2 = 0.044), negative feedback in MSLS (F = 6.02; p = 0.015; η2 = 0.020), and passive management in MSLS (F = 4.95; p = 0.027; η2 = 0.016) higher than their coaches. The tendency of coaches to have a more positive perception of their leadership behavior compared to their athletes represents the coach-athlete perception gap of leadership. Future research can examine the efficacy of congruent perceptions of leadership between athletes and coaches during the sports season and the impact produced by objective performance indicators.

TEACHERS’ PERCEPTION OF A FEMALE MANAGER LEADERSHIP STYLE

The most important part of an organization, an institution or a school is the leadership and the person who did it called the leader. The leader is someone who can give big influence and also inspire the subordinate. Leadership is people-driven and the ability to inspire people helps to achieve the set goals of an organization (Lahti, 2013). Most of organization is sometimes lead by a male leader. Only a few that leads by the female leader. People believe that male is better than female in leading an organization. Kuchynkova (2015) reported that men tend to be more logical and rational with the requisite toughness, while women are more intuitive, sensitive and predisposed towards change and diplomacy. The writer conducted a descriptive qualitative study for this mini research. This study was conducted in order to get the teacher’s perception of female manager leadership style.

The Relationship Between Perceived Transformational Leadership Style and Organizational Commitment in Kindergarten Teachers

This study aims to determine the positive relationship between perceptions of the principal's transformational leadership style and organizational commitment in teachers/educators. Organizational commitment should be owned by every teacher/educator to achieve the goals of the educational institution listed in the vision and mission of the educational institution. However, commitment to the organization could be more concern for educational institutions. This study is to fill the literature gap and provide direction to stakeholders as a consideration for making references regarding transformational leadership style and teacher organizational commitment. The data collection method in this study used a scale with the Likert Model scale scoring technique. The hypothesis in the study is that there is a relationship between the perception of the principal's transformational leadership style and the teachers' organizational commitment. The population and sample in the study were all educators in kindergartens in Cilacap District, totaling 30 teachers/educators. Data collection methods using the Transformational Leadership Style scale and Organizational Commitment scale. The results of the Pearson Product Moment correlation analysis of the two variables amounted to (rxy) 0.402 (p &lt; 0.014). The results showed a positive and very significant relationship between the perception of transformational leadership style and organizational commitment in teachers in kindergarten. The coefficient of determination of the correlation coefficient is R2 = 0.162. The conclusion from the data presented shows that leadership style provides an effective contribution to organizational commitment in teachers by 16.2%. The usefulness of this research is the need and importance of leadership style to determine the organizational commitment attached to teachers.

Teachers’ Perception of Different Leadership Styles of Head Teachers in Public Girls’ Secondary School District Kech

This research aimed to investigate the perceptions of teachers towards the various leadership styles practiced by head teachers in public secondary schools of the district Kech, Baluchistan. The study had two main objectives: firstly, to explore how teachers perceive their head teachers' leadership styles, and secondly, to identify the different leadership styles employed by female head teachers in public secondary schools in the Kech district. A quantitative approach using a descriptive survey design was utilized to conduct the research. The population consisted of 19 public girls' secondary schools, 19 head teachers, and 146 female secondary school teachers. The research sampled 9 female head teachers and 100 female teachers from 9 respective schools, selected through a random sampling technique. The data was collected using Likert scale (5 points) questionnaires, and analyzed using descriptive statistics. The findings suggest that the adoption of democratic leadership styles has a positive and significant impact on teachers' perceptions of their head teachers' leadership effectiveness.

THE INFLUENCE OF PERCEPTIONS OF LEADERSHIP STYLE AND ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE AT THE INVESTMENT OFFICE AND ONE-STOP INTEGRATED SERVICES OF LAMPUNG PROVINCE

A good leader will definitely get good performance from his subordinates. Employee performance is a real behavior displayed by each employee as work achievements produced in accordance with his role in the organization. This study aims to examine the influence of variables partially or simultaneously the perception of leadership style and organizational behavior together on employee performance at the Investment Office and One-Stop Integrated Services of Lampung Province. The population in this study is employees in the Environment of the Investment Office and One-Stop Integrated Services of Lampung Province, totaling 85 people. Sample The research to be studied considering the number of the population is limited in determining this sample, the author uses the Slovin formula with a sampling error error rate of 10 percent so that the number of samples is 46 people. The results showed that the perception of leadership style partially affects the performance of employees of the Investment Office and One-Stop Integrated Services of Lampung Province. Organizational behavior variables affect employee performance in the Investment Office and One-Stop Integrated Services of Lampung Province and variables of Perception of leadership style and organizational behavior together have a positive and significant effect on the performance of employees of the Investment Office and One-Stop Integrated Services of Lampung Province.

Academic Chairs’ Leaderships Styles and Teachers’ Job Satisfaction in Higher Education Institutions in UAE

&lt;p style="text-align:justify"&gt;This study aims to identify the dominant leadership styles of chairs from the perspective of faculty members in different college departments in higher education in the UAE. Furthermore, the study aims to identify the teachers' perceptions of leadership styles that affect their job satisfaction. The study used quantitative means with faculty members in different higher educational settings in the UAE. The survey used a five-point Likert scale. The leadership styles have values (completely agree =5, agree = 4, neutral =3, disagree=2, completely disagree=1). The job satisfaction questions have values (completely satisfied =5, satisfied = 4, fairly satisfied =3, dissatisfied =2, completely dissatisfied=1). The chosen subjects were faculty members from different colleges. Those subjects are 135 university teachers who are divided into four age groups. The data revealed no dominant leadership styles in the colleagues from faculty members' perspectives; however, the statistics lean towards the laissez-faire leadership style. It also reveals correlations between the three leadership styles and job satisfaction. The democratic leadership style has the greatest impact and most significant environment and incentives among the three independent variables.&lt;/p&gt;

Teachers’ and principals’ perceptions of school climate: the role of principals’ leadership style in organizational quality

In this paper, we report on teachers’ and principals’ shared perceptions regarding beliefs, rules, trust, and encouragement of new initiatives. Collectively, these are aspects of leadership for learning (LFL) describing an overall shared climate in schools. We demonstrate how these perceptions on school climate differ across teachers and principals within and across countries. Moreover, we report how different perceptions of school climate are associated with leadership style. We analyze data from 37 countries that participated in the last cycle of the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) in 2018. To build the measurement model, we employ multigroup multilevel confirmatory factor analysis, whereas multivariate linear regression is used to inspect associations. Overall, principals and teachers differ in their views of school climate. In the majority of the countries, principals report stronger school climate than teachers. We further confirm these perceptual differences between teachers and principals by separately studying the relationships between teacher perceived school climate and principal perceived school climate with relevant leadership variables. In the entire sample, we find that principals’ perceptions of school climate are more strongly and consistently associated with leadership in schools. This relationship is particularly stable for distributed leadership. In the entire sample, leadership styles are weakly positively correlated with teacher perceptions of school climate too; however, this association is less pronounced and less stable within individual countries. The analyses conducted within countries revealed that the distributed leadership rather than instructional leadership shapes teachers’ perceptions of school climate. More discussion is presented on the need for alignment between different perceptions of school climate and leadership styles in the overall organizational quality.

Zooming in on style: Exploring style perception using details of paintings.

Most studies on the perception of style have used whole scenes/entire paintings; in our study, we isolated a single motif (an apple) to reduce or even eliminate the influence of composition, iconography, and other contextual information. In this article, we empirically address two fundamental questions of the existence (Experiment1) and description (Experiment2) of style. We chose 48 cut-outs of mostly Western European paintings (15th to 21st century) that showed apples. In Experiment1, 415 unique participants completed online triplet similarity tasks. Multidimensional scaling (MDS) reached a nonrandom three-dimensional (3D) embedding, showing that participants are able to judge stylistic differences in a systematic way. We also found a strong correlation between creation year and embedding, both a linear correlation with Dimension 2, and a rotational correlation in the first two dimensions. To interpret the embedding further, in Experiment2, we fitted three color statistics and nine attribute ratings (glossiness, three-dimensionality, convincingness, brush coarseness, etc.) to the 3D perceptual style space. Results showed that Dimension 1 is associated with spatial attributes (Smoothness, Brushstroke coarseness) and Convincingness, Dimension 2 is related to Hue, and Dimension 3 is related to Chroma. The results suggest that texture and color are two important variables for style perception. By isolating the motifs, we could exclude higher levels of information such as composition and context. Interestingly, the results reinforce previous findings using whole scenes, suggesting that style can already be perceived in sometimes very small fragments of paintings.

EFL Student’s Perception of Teachers’ Hybrid Teaching Style: A Case Study

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Comparative Analysis Between Banking and Insurance Sector on Perception of Transformational Leadership Styles

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the differences in leadership styles prevalent in the public sector with those working in the banking and insurance industries. Cluster variables from both industries included in the analysis are as follows: Idealized influence, inspiring motivation, intellectual stimulation, and individualized consideration are all components of leadership. Theoretical Framework: Due to its apparent efficacy, transformational leadership has received a lot of attention from public sector researchers over the past decade. Successful leaders alter their teams by enlisting their followers' help in effecting change. A transformational leader is one who "transforms" their followers by inspiring them to make positive personal and professional shifts. Design / Methodology / Approach:The study is exploratory research design using Quantitative data collected from the Banking and Insurance sector employees. The study uses a well-structured questionnaire using Likert scale items. The sample was chosen on Convenience basis from 5 select public sector Insurance companies and 5 select public sector Insurance companies. 100 Questionnaires each were distributed and 97 valid responses were selected for banking industry and 90 responses from Insurance Industry were selected for the study. Paired t test using SPSS software was utilised for analysing the data in the study. Findings:The findings of the study show that there is significant difference between the leadership styles practices in Banking and Insurance industry. The banking sector employees showed a greater inclination towards transformational leadership with higher mean scores and statistically significant outcomes. Research Implications: Banking and insurance each have their own distinct cultures and management philosophies; as a result, they cannot be studied as a single entity under the umbrella of the BFSI sector. Additional research on the various leadership styles currently in use within the banking and insurance sectors is necessary. Originality/Value: There are no studies related comparative analysis between Insurance and Banking industry on the leadership styles in Public sector.

A Study about the Effect of Positive Perception of Innovation on Leadership Styles

Innovation is basically defined as improvements and changes which provide added value to the enterprises. The impacts of innovation are generally seen as positive by business owners and executives, but in some cases this perception may be negative as well. The aim of this study is to research the effect of the perception that innovation will create a competitive advantage, will increase the product quality and is considered as an escape from a crisis, which are indeed positive perceptions of innovation, on transformational, interactional, charismatic, servant and strategic leadership styles. For this purpose, a survey was conducted on 108 SMEs operating in and around Bursa province. As a result of the related survey and further studies, the effect of the positive perception of innovation on the innovation-oriented leadership styles was determined as follows: on transformational leadership 51.9%, on interactional leadership 14%, on charismatic leadership 79.4%, on servant leadership 46.4% and on strategic leadership 40.2%.

Prediction of the adherence to sports practice of young Ecuadorians based on the perception of the coach's interpersonal style.

Based on the framework of the self-determination theory, the present study aimed to test a predictive model in the Ecuadorian sports context by using autonomy support as a trigger, which was mediated by basic psychological needs and later by autonomous motivation. This procedure was used to predict the intention to be physically active and was carried out on 280 athletes from the province of Azuay (Ecuador) aged between 12 and 20 years (M = 15.28; SD = 1.71). Different scales were used to measure the perception of the interpersonal style of autonomy supported by the coach. The scales employed included the degree of satisfaction of basic psychological needs, motivation to practice sports, and intention to be physically active. A structural equation analysis revealed that perceived autonomy support positively predicted basic psychological needs, which in turn positively predicted autonomous motivation and, as a result, the athletes' intentions to be physically active. It was concluded that coaches' support for the interpersonal style of autonomy can benefit the development of basic psychological needs as well as autonomous motivation, which in turn can increase young athletes' intentions to be physically active. Future research is also recommended to verify this predictive model and to encourage further experimental studies in which coaches promote autonomy support for athletes intending to increase their adherence to practising sports.

Insertion par l’activité économique : les effets bénéfiques de la participation aux ateliers et chantiers d’insertion et du soutien à l’autonomie dans l’encadrement sur l’émergence de ressources psychologiques favorables à l’emploi

IntroductionThis study examines the impact of Ateliers et Chantiers d’Insertion (ACI) on the development of psychological resources that support reemployment. ObjectivesThe study has two objectives: first, to test the effect of ACI on key variables related to return to/maintenance in employment, such as self-efficacy, psychological distress, and basic need satisfaction; and second, to determine which form of support, autonomy support or control, is best suited for ACI employees. MethodThe study surveyed 109 employees from different ACIs in Côte-d’Or to assess their perceptions of support style and the presence of psychological resources that support reemployment/maintenance in employment. It was expected that (1) the employees would declare more psychological resources at the time they took this survey, compared to before passing into the ACI, and (2) that the perception of support that promotes autonomy would be associated with these same psychological resources. ResultsThe results show that employees reported greater psychological resources at the time of the survey compared to before joining ACI, and that a perception of support that promotes autonomy is associated with these same resources. ConclusionThese findings suggest that ACIs have a positive impact in helping employees return to or remain in employment, and that autonomy support is effective in developing these resources. The study provides recommendations for professionals in the field on how to promote autonomy in ACIs.