Personal Standards Research Articles

Investigating the Theory of Clinical Perfectionism in a Transdiagnostic Eating Disorder Sample Using Network Analysis

Eating disorders are deadly psychiatric illnesses, with treatments working for less than half of individuals who seek treatment. The transdiagnostic theory of eating disorders proposes that eating disorders share similar maintaining symptoms, such as what this theory calls clinical perfectionism (i.e., high levels of concern over mistakes and personal standards). However, it has been difficult to examine the interrelationship of specific aspects of perfectionism, beyond assessing moderation effects, which have generally not found support for the theory of clinical perfectionism in eating disorders. Thus, we used network analysis to test the theory of perfectionism by testing the interrelationships between maladaptive perfectionism facets (concern over mistakes, personal standards, parental criticism, parental expectations, and personal standards) and eating disorder symptoms in 397 individuals diagnosed with an eating disorder. Concern over mistakes was a central symptom and demonstrated the strongest interrelationships with eating disorder symptoms compared to the other aspects of perfectionism, connecting to eating concerns and cognitive restraint. Objective binge eating had a strong negative connection to personal standards. We identified specific central symptoms and illness pathways of perfectionism, which partially supports the theory of clinical perfectionism. Results, if replicated, may suggest that concern over mistakes might be best reconceptualized as part of eating disorder pathology and be targeted to improve treatment outcomes for eating disorders.

Knee Osteoarthritis: Assessment of Quality of Life in These Patients

The most prevalent health hazards in the world’s population are chronic diseases of the musculoskeletal system. The most serious public health issue is knee osteoarthritis, which is caused by aging. It is described as a degenerative joint disease that develops through wear and strain, leading to a continuous decline in articular cartilage, functional limitations, impairment, and eventually a reduction in a person's standard of lifestyle. Around ten percent of people older than 60 frequently are unhappy of this medical condition. While 37 percent of Americans aged 60 or older have osteoarthritis of the knee that has been identified. The rate of knee joint osteoarthritis is predicted to increase near forty percent by 2025 as a result of the growth of the worldwide population. Gender, age, trauma, excessive use, hereditary disorders, and other variables all contribute to the issue getting worsened. In terms of functional ability, discomfort, and functional constraint, the study found that participants with knee osteoarthritis had a poor standard of life. Additionally, a direct correlation between the low quality of life and the academic level was discovered. It has been shown that persons with low levels of schooling participate in more physical activities and have greater effects related to this. Disability results from the illness's worsening effects on life expectancy.

Stock Price Forecast based on ARIMA Model-Taking Yowant Technology and New Oriental Online as Examples

With the growth in the personal standard of living, public play is also undergoing tremendous changes. Increasingly people begin to take note of and participate in share market investment. Shares have high returns, but also high risks. Many factors limit the share market and unpredictable prices. The share price forecast is of great significance. So, since the birth of the share market, stock price prediction has been a hard nut for shareholders and researchers to probe. This paper selects the closing prices of Shenzhen A-share Yowant Technology and Hong Kong stock New Oriental Online as the time series empirical analysis data forecasts the change price trend of these two stocks in the next 30 days by establishing the ARIMA model, and analyzes which stock will rise more. The empirical results show that the imitative effect of the model is well, and the conclusion is that Hong Kong shares of New Oriental Online will increase significantly in the future, which can supply utility assistance for enterprises and investors enterprises to make corresponding decisions.

The gendered effect of an overwork climate and high personal standards for work–home conflict during the pandemic

Although working from home and various other forms of flexible work are often presented as measures to strengthen work–life balance, research depicts a less optimistic picture. Previous research has shown that the impact of telework on work–home conflict is controversial, depending on various factors that are also frequently gender-specific. In this study, the authors evaluate and compare the effects of external expectations (i.e., an organizational overwork climate) and internal expectations (i.e., high personal standards) on changes in work–home conflict between working men and women during the COVID-19 pandemic in Lithuania. Both types of expectations were associated with difficulties reconciling work and private life. Due to their interactions with stereotypical gender roles, organizational expectations encouraging overtime work had a more pronounced effect on male employees. Results suggest that an overwork climate within organizations is a problem not only for employees’ well-being but also poses a risk to gender equality in work and private life.

The contribution of transdiagnostic vulnerability factors in patients with chronic insomnia.

Various transdiagnostic factors have been associated with insomnia severity. The current study aimed to predict insomnia severity based on a group of transdiagnostic factors including neuroticism, emotion regulation, perfectionism, psychological inflexibility, anxiety sensitivity, and repetitive negative thinking after controlling for depression/anxiety symptoms and demographic characteristics. Two hundred patients with chronic insomnia disorder were recruited from a sleep disorder clinic. Participants completed the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), Clinical Perfectionism Questionnaire (CPQ), Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II (AAQ-II), Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3 (ASI-3), Repetitive Thinking Questionnaire (RTQ-10), Big Five Inventory (BFI-10), Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ), and Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21). After controlling for the confounding variables (depression/anxiety symptoms and demographic characteristics), hierarchical multiple linear regression suggested the significant association of neuroticism (BFI), cognitive reappraisal (ERQ), personal standards (CPQ), evaluative concerns (CPQ), physical concerns (ASI), cognitive concerns (ASI), and repetitive negative thinking (RTQ) with insomnia severity. The findings support the role of transdiagnostic factors, especially physical concerns, repetitive negative thinking, and neuroticism in chronic insomnia. Future research using longitudinal designs is required to verify the causal status of transdiagnostic variables.

The Effects of Self-Control and Self-Awareness on Social Media Usage, Self-Esteem, and Affect

Background: With the increase in social media usage due to the COVID-19 pandemic, investigation into factors that mitigate excessive and problematic usage is warranted. Factors such as self-awareness were included in the analysis of social media usage as it leads individuals to focus on personal ideal standards, begging the question as to whether high self-awareness limits problematic social media usage. Self-control, strengthened by self-awareness, was measured to examine its involvement in limiting excessive social media usage. Self-esteem and affect were included in analyses as they have never been examined in relation to both self-awareness and social media usage. It was hypothesized that self-awareness would be negatively related to social media usage, given self-control levels are high. Furthermore, self-awareness would be positively related to self-control, self-esteem, and affect, given social media usage is low. Methods: 125 psychology students (73.6% female) completed scales on self-awareness, social media usage, self-esteem, self-control, and affect. Linear regressions with moderation and mediation were conducted. Results: No moderation occurred but it was found that self-control mediated the relationship between self-awareness and social media usage. Self-awareness was positively related to self-esteem, self-control, and positive affect. Social media usage was not significantly related to self-esteem, positive affect, or negative affect. Self-control acted as a mediator in numerous analyses involving self-awareness and social media usage. Conclusions: Self-awareness promotes self-control, resulting in reduced social media usage. Future research should focus on cultivating self-awareness and the consequent self-control to help avoid the negative outcomes associated with social media usage (e.g., reduced self-esteem).

Relationship between Perfectionism and Cognitive Components of Sportsmen’s Professional Skills

To achieve high results in sports, both motor and cognitive skills are important. However, the formation of cognitive components of sports activity can be influenced by personality traits, for example, such a multidimensional trait as perfectionism. The aim of the research was to determine the relationship between various parameters of perfectionism and the cognitive component of skill in sports. The study involved 311 athletes aged 14 to 32 years (M = 19.5; SD = 2.03). The following instruments were used in the study: The Sport Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale 2 and The Three-Factor Questionnaire of Perfectionism (for diagnosing perfectionism); Questionnaire of Metacognitive Involvement in Activities (for diagnosing metacognitive involvement); and The Mental Image Inventory in Sports (to determine the frequency of using mental images). It has been shown that the athletes with more pronounced perfectionism are able to better understand and evaluate their performance; they can more accurately notice mistakes and more often use mental images in the training process. Also, as a result of a series of regression analyzes, it has been found that such parameters of perfectionism as “high personal standards” and “regime organization” affect the frequency of using cognitive and motivational images, as well as metacognitive involvement in the activities of the athletes who took part in the study. Thus, perfectionism has a significant impact on various parameters of the cognitive component of skill development, which in turn can affect the performance of an athlete in training and competition.

My perfectionism drives me to be a cyborg: moderating role of internal locus of control on propensity towards memory implant

ABSTRACT Intention to use memory implants for non-therapeutic purposes has recently received attention among researchers. The present study examined perfectionism with two dimensions namely personal standards (PS) and evaluative concerns (EC) as possible dispositional factors associated with the intent to use memory implants. This study also examined the moderating role of internal locus of control (LOC) on the relationship between the dimensions of perfectionism and the intention to use memory implants. Employing a cross-sectional design, this study collected data on PS, EC, internal LOC and intention to use memory implants from a purposive sample of 686 Spanish university students aged between 18 and 28 years old (M = 21.88, SD = 2.40, males = 361, females = 325). Results showed that both PS and EC perfectionism have positive relationships with the intent to use memory implants. Internal LOC is also found to be strengthening the relationship between PS and the intent to use memory implants. These findings yield implications for those pushing forward the acceptance of human–machine hybrid and for those concerned about the detrimental consequences of such artificially formulated changes in humankind.

Value foundations of the multiple self and reflexive choice as student’s resources in stress resistance and adaptation in multicultural groups

Introduction. The present research is dedicated to an urgent problem of investigating the stress experience and adaptation by students studying in a multicultural environment of modern universities. In the course of studying the resources for stress resistance and adaptation, the authors analysed Chinese and Russian students’ value priorities and value realisation based on the concept of multiple self. The relevance of the chosen approach is based on the existence of intrapersonal value conflict experienced by students studying in the multicultural university environment and interaction with representatives of other cultures.Aim. The current research aims to conduct cross-cultural analysis of values of the multiple self and the reflective choice of Chinese students in the context of stress experience and adaption to stressfulsituations in a new culture, and students from Russia studying in the environment of multicultural interaction.Methodology and research methods. The authors used a comparative analysis of the significance of values and their realisation among representatives of different cultures in the situation of experiencing stress and adaptation to stressful situations in the multicultural educational environment.Results and scientific novelty. The study allowed the authors to analyse the factors of successful adaptation to a different culture on the sample of Chinese and Russian students studying in the same multicultural environment. The research revealed values specific for students from different culture groups with a high level of adaptation to the multicultural environment of a modern university: health, art, career, power, education for students from China, freedom and friendship for students from Russia. Cultural-specific differences were found in the successful realisation of personal value standards in the field of love (more achievable for the group of Chinese students) and freedom (more achievable for Russian students). Cultural groups with varying degrees of adaptation to the multicultural environment of the university were identified and analysed. The obtained results on specifics of students’ adaptation to the multicultural educational environment could be used as the basis for a differential approach to further cross-cultural studies.Practical significance. The analysed specifics of the reflection on the value priorities from different substructures of the multiple self and the established differences in the realisation of personal value standards of students from China and Russia can be used in the consulting practice of cultural adaptation centres.

Revisiting Perfectionism in High-Level Ballet: A Longitudinal Collective Instrumental Case Study

Using a case study design, we explored two ballet dancers’ perfectionism experiences via interviews and questionnaires at two time points 5 years apart. They represented the two types of “pure perfectionism” in the 2 × 2 model of perfectionism: a female representing pure personal standards perfectionism (high perfectionistic strivings, low perfectionistic concerns) and a male representing pure evaluative concerns perfectionism (low perfectionistic strivings, high perfectionistic concerns). The pure personal standards perfectionism dancer reported stable perfectionism across time, seemingly resilient to any perfectionistic concerns developing. She attributed this to her stable, grounded personality, also reporting autonomous motivation and performance success. The dancer representing pure evaluative concerns perfectionism reported increased perfectionistic strivings and lowered perfectionistic concerns over time; concurrently, his motivation became less controlled and more autonomous. He described the reasons in terms of improved basic psychological needs satisfaction and personal growth. Overall, autonomy might be important in mitigating perfectionism.

The Relationship between Mood Symptom Severity and Perfectionism Subtypes in Mood Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Previous research suggests that there is a link between perfectionism and symptoms of depression. This study aimed to see if different types of perfectionism are linked differently to symptoms of depression in mood disorders and if there is a relationship between perfectionism and symptoms of mania in bipolar disorder. A systematic search was conducted in the databases PsycINFO, EMBASE, Web of Science, and PubMed to find papers which examined the relationship in clinical depression and bipolar disorder. A meta-analysis pooled the correlation effect sizes for mood symptoms severity and the severity of the perfectionism subtype. Twelve papers were included in the review, with five of these being included in the meta-analysis. The meta-analysis found statistically significant positive correlations between greater severity of depression symptoms and more severe perfectionism for the following subtypes: concern over mistakes, doubts about actions, other-oriented perfectionism, parental criticism, self-oriented perfectionism, and socially prescribed perfectionism. There was no significant relationship between depression symptoms and perfectionism subtypes of organisation and personal standards. There were not enough studies reporting data for manic symptoms for the meta-analysis or for any firm conclusions to be drawn. The relationship between depression and perfectionism differs depending on the particular type of perfectionism examined. Most studies were cross-sectional and correlational, so causation cannot be inferred, and future longitudinal studies are needed.

Ethical attitudes of the future Russian officials and businessmen: Comparative analysis

Introduction. In accordance with the Bucharest Declaration of Ethical Values and Principles of Higher Education (2004), modern universities cannot be considered only as scientific and technical “factories” in isolation from values and ethical norms. In accordance with their mission in society, they should “contribute in every possible way to the establishment and inculcation of the highest moral standards”.In this article, the problem of training future government and municipal employees in the Russian universities of the country is actualised based on the analysis of the research results of their ethical attitudes in order to indirectly assess the effectiveness of anti-corruption training of students of specialised educational programmes in the areas of “Government and Municipal Administration” and “Law”.Aim. The present empirical study aimed to identify the ethical attitudes of future officials in comparison with future entrepreneurs, as well as with the employees of commercial companies and government officials.Methodology and research methods. The authors conducted an online research. The research involved 874 people. The main test sample (134 students) consisted of two groups: students of the speciality “Government and Municipal Administration” and “Law” (70 people), and students of business education programmes (64 people). The background sample consisted of the government and municipal employees (39.0% of the total sample) and the employees of commercial companies (36.5%), as well as the representatives of NGOs (6.8%). In the course of a comparative study, using the questionnaire “Moral Views (Amoralism)-2” by E. A. Bulgakova, and the scale of the “Dark Future” by Z. Zalessky, the authors tested the hypothesis on the samples of future officials and future business representatives. The tested hypothesis was based on some works of foreign authors and consisted of the fact that future Russian entrepreneurs were expected to have a higher degree of relativism (than future officials), supporting personal moral standards and rejecting universal moral principles.Results. The tested hypothesis was not confirmed by the research results. Compared to future entrepreneurs, future officials are significantly more likely to justify the act of appropriation, deception due to omissions, and revenge within the law. Future officials turned out to have higher indicators on the scales of cynicism, aggressiveness and hostility than students in the field of business education. In addition, future civil servants have more uncertainty about whether they will be able to take place in life, fears about possible collisions with life crises and difficulties, as well as anxiety for their future. Existing university ethics training programmes often only strengthen relativistic views and form deviant behaviour in the future.Scientific novelty. The scientific novelty of the study consists in the fact that the authors carried out theoretical analysis and empirical research, which consisted in the study of ethical attitudes among the representatives of two professional groups.Practical significance. As part of the development of training programmes, it is advisable to increase the emphasis on structurally mature ethical attitudes of professionals, especially state and municipal employees.

How social media and peer learning influence student-teacher self-directed learning in an online world under the ‘New Normal’

The study aimed to investigate three aspects of Thai student-teacher self-directed learning (SDL) competency. These were the student-teachers opinions concerning their use of social media (SM), self-management (SM), and learning desire (LD). The sample group was 468 student-teachers enrolled in a Bachelor of Industrial Education Program at the King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang in Bangkok, Thailand, in the Academic Year 2021. The research instrument consisted of an SDL competency questionnaire whose discrimination (corrected item-total correlation) values were determined to be between 0.37 and 0.69, which also had a confidence level of 0.91. Data analysis used LISREL 9.10 for the study's second-order confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Descriptive statistics analysis included the mean and standard deviation (SD), which was accomplished using IBM's® SPSS® for Windows Version 21. Three models were developed for the study. These included the social media (SM) model containing 285 participants, the peer learning (PL) model, which contained 183 participants, and the total group (TG) model, which contained everyone surveyed (n = 468). The final analysis from the second-order CFAs showed that student-teacher SDL competency for self-control (SC) (0.96) was valued most by the student-teachers. However, their learning desire (LD) (0.87) and self-management (SM) (0.80) skills were somewhat behind. Moreover, in the Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) (r) analysis of the 24 variable relationships, the strongest was related to each student-teacher's learning desire. However, the weakest variable relationship was related to their ability to set high personal standards and the self-discipline to achieve them. Finally, quite interestingly, 60.90% of the student-teachers indicated that their SDL is gotten from social media (SM) resources compared to learning from their peers (PL) around them.

On How to Be Liked in First Encounters: The Effects of Agentic and Communal Behaviors on Popularity and Unique Liking

When meeting other people for the first time, how should one behave in order to be liked? We investigated the effects of agentic and communal behaviors on two forms of being liked: popularity (being generally liked by others) and unique liking (being uniquely liked by specific interaction partners). In a round-robin study, 139 unacquainted German adults had dyadic conversations and provided liking ratings afterward. The conversations were recorded on video, and four agentic behaviors (leading, dominant, confident, boastful) and four communal behaviors (polite, benevolent, warm, friendly) were each rated by trained observers. Participants who generally showed agentic and communal behavior were also generally liked (popularity). When participants’ level of communal, but not agentic, behavior exceeded their personal standards during an interaction, they were particularly well-liked by the respective interaction partner (unique liking). The behavioral predictors of being liked thus differ, depending on whether one focuses on popularity or unique liking.

International legal protection standards personal information

The article examines the specificities of personal data protection at the international level, clarifying the meaning of concepts such as “personal information”, “personal data”, “person” and “identity”. The analysis and synthesis of existing norms of international standards have been carried out, allowing to identify the range of issues requiring elimination of contradictions at the legislative level, in order to increase the efficiency of their application, given the rapid processes of globalisation, development of high technologies and as a consequence – appearance of a new international terrorism form – cyber terrorism, the society requires new approaches and definition of new standards for modern personal data system, resolution of contradictions arising in modern law, legal control over the development of electronic environment and computer systems. To address these issues, the dynamics and specifics of legal regulation in this area have been studied.
 A significant number of monographs and periodicals are devoted to the issue personal data protection. Among them, we can highlight the scientific achieve-ments of M. Bem. K. Bennett, V. Bryzhko, S. Vorren, T. Kostetska, T. Obukhovska, A. Paziuk, K. Polinkevych, I. Sopilko, M. Shvets. Given a large number of statutory regulations and their differences in defining conceptual and categorical apparatus, mechanisms of application of personal information protection standards, a large range of issues in this area of relations are unresolved today, in connection with which their consideration and systematization are relevant.
 Definition of the content and scope of essential features of the "personality", "natural person" and "personal data" terms. The statutory regulations of the European legal system regulating issues related to the protection of personal data are investigated and the most important provisions are highlighted. New European standards in accordance with Regulation 2016/679 are identified.
 It should be noted that international documents in the field of personal data protection have a similar purpose, but at the same time, they do not have a single definition of basic concepts, such as natural person, information, information about a natural person, identified natural person, personal data processing, etc. that complicates their effective understanding and application by all participants of these relations.
 It is worth noting that the adoption of Regulation 2016/67 was a breakthrough in the simplification of the legal regulation. After all, the framework Directive 95/46/EC, which was in force before its adoption, was interpreted differently by each country, which caused many misunderstandings and created obstacles to ensure the human right to privacy. That is why the issue of unification of legal regulation in this area is always relevant and requires continuous improvement and timely response to changes in the information technology space.

Reconciliation and Diversity for Educators: The Medicine Wheel, Bloom's Taxonomy, and CanMEDS Competencies.

Reconciliation and Diversity for Educators: The Medicine Wheel, Bloom's Taxonomy, and CanMEDS Competencies.

Privacy perceptions and the use of tools for its protection in Uruguay

This article explores Uruguayan’s perceptions about privacy rights in the digital era and the capacity of legal and institutional frameworks to protect it. The article presents the results of a survey and an intervention (experimental design) on the Facebook platform in Uruguay from 2018, where participants received a random treatment about their credit information that was publicly available with their National Identification Number. Based on these results, the article explores the tensions in matters of identity systems, personal data protection and regulation of the privacy right in Uruguay. The Uruguayan case is relevant for its adaptation to the personal data protection standards proposed by the European Union, as well as for the relatively good institutional performance of the country in Latin America. Based on the results of the survey and the experiment, the privacy paradox is confirmed, according to which people recognize an important value in the law but their actions for protection are limited. The article argues in favor of building state and citizen capacities for effective control of personal data.

Impact of changes in global crude oil prices on the Indian economy

Oil is a crucial component in nearly every country's economic activities. “As a result, an increase in its price is likely to have a negative impact on the economic expansion of oil-importing nations like India. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how the price of oil affects India's economic growth to see if there is a co-integration relationship between India's economic growth, oil price, capital formation, and inflation. Crude oil always has a lower starting price, but import taxes make it more expensive for the average person. The cost of petroleum or other related items increments as needs be which brings about an expansion in consumption of an everyday person. This paper attempts to explain the significance of reducing crude oil imports to raise a person's standard of living and provides insight into the current state of crude oil imports. In order to avoid a rise in oil prices and its subsequent negative impact on the country's economic growth, the study suggests that the government should refrain from imposing additional taxes.”

THE EFFECT OF SELF EFFICACY IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION AND ENTREPRENEURIAL POTENTIAL AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN JOS NORTH LGA, PLATEAU STATE

The study seeks to examine the direct impact of entrepreneurship education, as well as the mediating role of self-efficacy on the entrepreneurial potential of senior secondary school students in Jos North LGA, Plateau State Nigeria. Data was collected through a primary field data, i.e. a questionnaire survey was gathered from327 students spread across 19 government schools in the region. Data was analyzed by structural equation modelling using SPSS 26 and AMOS 23 to establish the impact of the study variables. The results suggest that entrepreneurship education, in terms of student centered learning, course content and inspiration, mediated by self-efficacy, and significantly influences entrepreneurial potential. Findings of the study reveals that self efficacy has a mediating role in the relationship entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial potential. Also, the direct relationship between entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial potential was positive and significant. Furthermore, anchoring on the theory of planned behavior supported by the engagement learning theory, this study finds that students’ active participation in an entrepreneurship education course can increase his/her self-belief to be effective when performing a task. And believing in oneself, having personal standards and having control over behavior can help build the entrepreneurial potential of the student towards venturing into being self-employed.

A University as a Space of Values for Students' Professional Self-Efficacy Development

The article analyzes the value space of Grinchenko University and the mechanisms of its reflection in the personal values ​​of students through the prism of the scientific heritage and management activities of Viktor Ogneviuk. Professional value experience of students is considered as the result of integration into the structure of individual value consciousness of assimilated professional values ​​of educational space, experience of successful activities and development of professional abilities. Accumulated valuable experience becomes the basis for the development of professional self-efficacy - a valuable formation based on the conviction of a person in his own ability to cope with professional tasks of a high level of complexity and achieve the desired results. To develop the professional self-efficacy of students in the educational process, the use of a psychological-technological complex consisting of a psychodiagnostic method and group training is proposed. Psychological method «Professional self-efficacy profile of students» (Muzyka O.O., 2020) allows you to identify individual indicators according to five subscales: leadership, goals and motives of professional activity; abilities and confidence; reflection and personal standards; resistance to failure, overcoming and will; self-education and self-development. Group training promotes reflection, enrichment of resources and mutual support for the development of professional self-efficacy. The general training algorithm is described: 1) familiarization with the content and tasks of the exercises; 2) preliminary group discussion of the task using real situations proposed by students; 3) filling in a self-efficacy notebook based on self-analysis of one's own professionally important qualities and self-efficacy resources; 4) discussion of the exercises and students filling in the self-efficacy notebook based on group analysis. Taking into account the conditions of wartime, all procedures of the psychological-technological complex are adapted to be carried out on electronic platforms that allow organizing work in microgroups, as well as generate and provide each student with individual interpretations of the results of his research and recommendations for self-development.