Positive Self Research Articles

Argumentation in police-suspect interactions in Ibadan, Nigeria

In the Nigerian context, studies on police interrogation have acknowledged that investigating police officers (IPOs) wield power during police-suspect interactions (PSIs). We argue that power is not solely wielded by the IPOs during interrogation sessions; the suspect, who is often considered as a lesser participant during interrogation session, adopts argumentation to contest stances with IPOs. This study examines the rationale behind IPOs’ and suspects’ arguments in PSIs with a view to describing the implications of such arguments for power relations in PSIs. The study adopts insights from Frans H. van Eemeren and Rob Grootendorst’s pragma-dialectal theory of argumentation (PTA). The study adopts a qualitative research design. Data for the study come from 12 interrogation sessions on cases of attempted murder, rape, felony and theft, tape-recorded at the Oyo State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID), Ìyágankú, Ibadan. While IPOs argue by posing a positive self, developing themes around cases, discouraging denials and retaining suspects’ attention, suspects on the other hand argue to affirm positive selves and object justification, counter IPOs’ stances and create extraneous details to distract IPOs. The study posits that argument is a veritable discourse tool for negotiating power in PSIs.

A “positive” turn in heritage language education: Multilingual children's voices on language learner well-being

This paper presents the first empirical attempt to understand language learner well-being in the context of heritage language (HL) learning. Adopting a positive psychology perspective, the research investigates the well-being experiences of Chinese heritage language (CHL) children to explore what flourishing means in HL learning. Data were collected from multimodal focus groups with 40 young CHL learners in the UK, involving a well-being exercise, a drawing activity, and semi-structured discussions. Following an appreciative inquiry approach, the findings indicate that HL learners' well-being revolves around “feeling good,” “doing well,” and “being connected,” including six essential components: positive emotions, affirmative self, perceived competence, active engagement, supportive relations, and diasporic connections. By centring young learners’ perspectives, we propose a multidimensional framework representing different aspects of their flourishing in the journey of HL development, which informs further theorisation of HL learner well-being as multifaceted, interconnected, and contextual. By shifting the emphasis from linguistic achievement to a more holistic approach that prioritises the socio-emotional wellness of HL learners, we also seek to instigate a “positive” turn in HL education which provides an intellectual basis for the design, implementation, and evaluation of future HL interventions with significant policy implications.

The Relationships of Self-Sustained English Learning, Language Mindset, Intercultural Communicative Skills, and Positive L2 Self: A Structural Equation Modeling Mediation Analysis.

Learning English as a second language (ESL) has garnered significant attention from researchers and practitioners over the past few decades, with numerous ESL learning outcomes examined in the literature. However, self-sustained learning (SSL), a crucial factor in promoting students' sustained learning and development within a sustainable society, has long been overlooked. To deepen the understanding of SSL, especially in the context of ESL in China, this study examined the direct and indirect effects of intercultural communicative skills, language mindset, and positive L2 self on sustained English learning among 1238 Chinese college students through descriptive statistics and a Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) mediation analysis. The results indicated that Chinese college students exhibited a strong language mindset and positive L2 self. They also scored high in intercultural communicative skills and long-term self-sustained English learning. SEM analysis showed that, after controlling for students' demographic characteristics, both intercultural communicative skills and language mindset positively predicted positive L2 self and self-sustained English learning. Moreover, intercultural communicative skills and language mindset had significant and positive indirect effects on self-sustained English learning through positive L2 self, underscoring the significant mediating role of positive L2 self in the relationships between intercultural communicative skills, language mindset, and self-sustained English learning. These findings suggest that, to promote self-sustained learning among English learners, instructors should enhance students' intercultural communicative skills, foster a growth language mindset, and cultivate positive language learning beliefs.

Parent’s Communication Style in Shaping Positive Self Concept in Generation Z Adolescents in Polonia Village, Medan Polonia Subdistrict, Medan City, Sumatera Utara Province

Parent’s Communication Style in Shaping Positive Self Concept in Generation Z Adolescents in Polonia Village, Medan Polonia Subdistrict, Medan City, Sumatera Utara Province

A Study of Mental Health of B. Ed and M. Ed Students

Health and fitness are a matter of concern for all.While so much is written,studied and said about physical health,it is felt that mental health and psychological well being require equal attention. Here it needs to be understood that pupil teachers,who are being groomed to be teachers in schools, shall be taking up the responsibility of teaching students once they start working .Besides academic inputs and guidance, personality development of students,their vocational choices,attitude towards work and society,adjustment in roles,happiness and positive self concept and many such traits are shaped and influenced by teachers. Thus the pupil teachers need to be in a state of good mental health and psychological well being. For this purpose ,variables such as gender,stream, locality, economical status and society were taken. The aim was to study the impact of the mentioned variables on the mental health of the pupil teachers. Results revealed no significant impact of the variables upon mental health.Also it was seen that the pupil teachers seemed aware of the need for mental health. However , the need was felt for a positive outlook regarding mental health on the part of the attached agencies namely institutes, staff, society, government etc. Key Words: Health, Mental, Psychological well being, Pupil teacher, M.Ed and B.Ed students .

Hubungan Antara Dukungan Sosial Teman Sebaya Dengan Quarter Life Crisis Pada Remaja Kelas XII di SMA Negeri 1 Mande Cianjur Tahun 2023

Quarter life crisis in adolescents during emerging adulthood is someone who is experiencing a period of crisis in the form of anxiety and anxiety about the future and the search for identity. In facing this period of crisis, peer social support is needed which can help early adult individuals to improve their psychological well-being, especially during times of crisis. This research aims to determine the relationship between peer social support and quarter life crisis in class XII teenagers at SMAN 1 Mande Cianjur in 2023. The method used is observational with a cross sectional design. This research involved 77 samples of class XII teenagers at SMAN 1 Mande Cianjur. This research data was obtained through the use of a questionnaire to obtain information about peer social support and quarter life crisis. The results of research on peer social support are low, medium and high peer social support, while for quarter life crisis, namely experiencing a quarter life crisis and not experiencing a quarter life crisis. The results of statistical analysis using the Spearman rank correlation test show that there is a significant relationship between social support from peers and the quarter life crisis (p value = 0.002), which is smaller than 0.05, so Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted. Thus, it can be concluded that there is a relationship between social support from peers and quarter life crisis in class positive self, because the quarter life crisis period is a normal period experienced by every individual.

SENTI Aid: Sentiment Analysis on Personal Relations and Aiding Mental Health

This research examined the ability of a novel mobile application designed to provide proactive mental health support by analyzing the user’s conversations and recommends interventions accordingly. Employing sentiment analysis of the user's recorded discussions with designated social contacts (parents, siblings, partner), the application identifies indicators of potential issues in mental health. A personalized chatbot then interacts with the user, offering feedback based on the sentiment analysis and engages in positive conversation to uplift user’s mood. Additionally, the system monitors the user's application activities and chatbot interaction patterns, detecting atypical behaviors for further feedback or prompting emergency alerts to pre-defined contacts. The research employed a two-phased approach: an initial pilot study with simulated data to refine the sentiment analysis and chatbot algorithms, followed by a validation study with a limited user group, utilizing actual conversation recordings. Analysis of the pilot data showed promising accuracy in identifying negative sentiments, while the validation study demonstrated a significant improvement in positive engagement and self- reported well-being among participants. Overall, the findings suggest that this multi-faceted approach using sentiment analysis and conversational AI holds potential for early detection and proactive intervention in mental health issues, justifying further investigation and refinement for broader implementation.

Efektivitas Pelatihan Positive Self-Talk dalam Meningkatkan Kepercayaan Diri Mahasiswa Baru Psikologi Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia

The demands and responsibilities in a new learning environment, namely college, can cause a crisis of confidence for students, especially new students. Positive self-talk is one alternative in increasing the confidence of new students. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of positive self-talk training in increasing the self-confidence of new psychology students at Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia. This study used a quantitative quasi-experimental method with a one group pretest-posttest design. The sample selection was determined using purposive sampling technique. Meanwhile, the subjects in this study amounted to 9 first semester students majoring in psychology at the University of Education Indonesia. Data analysis was carried out with the Wilcoxon test. The results showed a significance value of p = .042 (> 0.05), which means that positive self-talk is effective in increasing the confidence of new psychology students at Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia Keywords: Training; Positive Self Talk; College Students

Turkish adaptation of Oxford positive self scale: Association with psychological distress, subjective vitality and psychological well-being

Positive cognitions contribute directly to psychological well-being, whilst negative cognitions are associated with many mental disorders including depression and anxiety. Psychometric properties of the Oxford Positive Self-Scale were analyzed in a Turkish sample group to assess positive beliefs about the self. In this context, two studies were conducted with two different sample groups. Study I included 403 participants (57 % female, mean age: 25.66) and Study II included 375 participants (56 % female, mean age: 26). Confirmatory factor analyses conducted within the scope of Study I confirmed the 8-item short form of the scale with a 4-factor structure. Configural, metric and scalar analyses also confirmed the measurement invariance. Reliability analyses showed that the scale was in the acceptable reliability range. Item Response Theory analysis provided discrimination. Furthermore, positive self was positively correlated with openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, subjective happiness, self-esteem and negatively correlated with neuroticism. Structural equation modeling in Study II revealed that psychological distress and subjective wellbeing mediate the relationship between positive self-regard and psychological well-being, highlighting their roles in predictive validity analysis. The results suggest that the Oxford Positive Self-Scale short form is valid and reliable for assessing individuals' positive self-cognitions.

Representations of 5G in the Chinese and British press: a corpus-assisted critical discourse analysis

This study employs a corpus-assisted critical discourse analysis to demystify the dominant patterns of representations around 5G in the Chinese and British press. Keyword analyses identify four thematic categories around the representation of 5G: the nature of 5G, social actors in 5G discourse, actions around 5G and timing in 5G discourse. Findings suggest that the Chinese press tends to use positive evaluative expressions to depict 5G as a trustworthy and beneficial issue and stress China’s strong support for 5G development. In contrast, the British press prefers to frame 5G as a product of geopolitical rivalry and an issue with scientific uncertainties and controversies by repeatedly employing negative language patterns related to 5G risks and conspiracy theories. Besides, a subtle but varying “self versus other” schema is constructed by the two presses. The Chinese press is inclined to use positive predication strategies to construct a positive self-representation, whereas the British press tends to adopt negative predication strategies to portray China as an outgroup and meanwhile use scapegoating strategies to profile Britain as a positive self by using recurrent patterns denoting the pressure exerted on Britain by the United States. Such differences could result from their journalistic ideologies and values and the contrasting socio-political contexts where the two presses are situated.

Recipes for Happiness: Conversations on Happiness and Well-being in the School Environment

Background: Since ancient times, the debate around happiness has been present in philosophical reflections. In the face of an increasingly complex society, impacted by several crisis, the need and urgency to debate conceptualizations of happiness and well-being is evident, and educational institutions may play a relevant role in this process. Objective: Considering philosophical and current psychological perspectives on well-being, this paper seeks to analyze children’s perceptions of happiness through the analysis of an anthology of recipes for happiness created by elementary school children in a public school in Brazil. Methodology: A qualitative analysis was carried out based on the content of 15 recipes for happiness, produced by 6th grade students at a federal public school in Brazil. Content analysis was conducted associating the thematic categories of the article “children’s conceptualizations of happiness” with the ingredients of the recipes for happiness. Results: Among the corpus of recipes analyzed in the study, positive feelings were present in 86.7% of the recipes, followed by positive self (66.7%), then friendship (46.7%), and leisure (33.3%). Conclusion: The results demonstrate writing recipes for happiness can be considered an effective intervention to articulate the debate about well-being in the school environment. Furthermore, understanding children's perceptions of happiness can be important data for developing well-being policies in schools.

Complex Behavior Change Interventions for Community Health

How can community health professionals connect with resident health consumers to encourage positive self care? This goes beyond encouraging physical activity to encompass a range of life style behavior changes with a tailored approach that engages those least engaged with health and wellness and potentially most at risk from acute health risks and longer term conditions such as Type 2 Diabetes. Is the answer purely digital, or does a network of health service managers help drive engagement and better outcomes?
 Objectives• Insight into own practices and the balance between acute and preventative care• Understand how smartphone technology, combined with incentives, can be used to engage community residents in their own self care• Learn how to baseline existing behavior and measure change over time• Gain insights from smartphone derived data and understand how it can be used to identify barriers to change

Correlation Analysis of Self-Concept and Interpersonal Communication Among Generation Z Nursing Students at Pre-Professional Nursing Practice

Background: Interaction between people is facilitated by communication. The self concept might take on a positive or negative form. Gen Z is unique among current generations. Not just for the social structure they have come up in, but also for their spending habits, which differ from other generations. Objective: to investigate the possible relationship between generation Z nursing students' interpersonal communication skills and their self concept. Methods: A cross-sectional approach to correlation analysis was used in the research technique. The instruments were questionnaires and observations. The research sample consisted of 70 seventh semester preprofessional nursing students from Banjarmasin, selected using a total sampling technique. The Spearmen Rank Correlation test was utilized in this investigation. Results: indicated that 95.7% of students exhibited a good self concept, whereas 78.6% of students had intermediate levels of interpersonal communication abilities. The statistical test results showed a significant link (p < 0.05) between nursing students' self concept and their interpersonal communication skills. Conclusion: Students have a positive self concept, but clinical practice experience and social media influence their interpersonal communication skills. Suggestion: It is necessary to develop a program to improve both the positive nursing student’s self concept and teaching learning methods suitable for Z generation nurses to their communication abilities.

'I've learned a lot about myself this year': Young student women's perceptions of their cumulative use of digital fitness technologies across the Covid-19 pandemic.

Many young women turned to digital fitness technologies (DFT) to support their health and wellbeing during the covid-19 pandemic. The present study explores young student women's retrospective perceptions of their cumulative engagement with DFT, across periods of restriction and easing (March 2020-2021). Seventeen UK-based women (Age M = 20.29, SD = 1.72); Ethnicity White = 94.12% participated in one-on-one interviews using an adapted scroll-back technique. Data was analysed using narrative-informed reflexive thematic analysis. Three themes were developed: My lockdown #fitnesstransformation: DFT as information and inspiration, My unrealistic expectations: DFT as a source of comparison and concern and My new body positive and resilient self: DFT as a catalyst to self-development. Themes highlight how perceptions of DFT changed over time as a consequence of repeat engagement, sociocultural context and psychological meaning-making. Crucially, findings underscore the importance of examining the collective and cumulative effects of DFT engagement on health and wellbeing, both positive and negative.

A Critical Stylistic Study of Peter Obi’s Campaign Speech Delivered at Chatham House

This paper is a critical stylistic analysis of Peter Obi’s presidential campaign speech that he delivered at Chatham House in the United Kingdom on January 26, 2023. Critical stylistics provides the reader or listener with ten analytical tools to make use of in carrying out critical analysis of texts for the main purpose of identifying the meanings and ideologies inherent in such texts. The aim of this work then is to investigate some of the meanings and ideologies which Peter Obi passes on to his listeners through lexical choice as well as sentence pattern and construction using three of the ten tools put forward by Jeffries (2010) for investigating the various meanings in texts. The three tools selected are: naming and describing, prioritising and equating and contrasting. Findings reveal that though all the excerpts bring out different meanings that are relevant to the text, however, the ideology behind them that serves as the foundation for all the interpretations is that of positive self presentation and negative “Other” presentation.

Peran Guru BK dalam Mengembangkan Pemahaman Diri yang Positif pada Diri Siswa SMK N 1 Guguk

The problem with this research is that there are some students who have not been able to understand themselves positively, where these students have not been able to recognize their potential and weaknesses and have not been able to accept their physical and psychologiocal conditions well. The aim of this research is to describe the development of students’ positive self understanding and the role of guidance and caunseling teachers in developing students’ positive self understanding. The research method used is descriptive qualitative, which is a research method that describes phenomena or events that have occurred either in the present or the past. Data collection techniques used are interviews, observations and documentation. The frist informant on the study was teacher BK and supporting informant of the study was SMK student N 1 Guguk. The results of research continuously lead to students developing positive self understanding for themselves and the development of positive self understanding in students can develop well if the students is able to apply good self understanding to himself. The role of guidance and causeling teachers in developing positive self understanding instudents is by providing guidance, guidance and causeling services on the topic of self understanding as well as providing motivation or support to students in achieving positive self understanding in thenselves. So it can be concluded that the importance the guidance and counseling services provided by guidance and causeling teachers to students in developing positive self understanding, these services are preapared based on the assessments given to students.

The relationship between self ac The relationship between self acceptance and body dissatisfaction among female adolescent Tiktok users in the city of Makassar

The more TikTok social media users among teenage girls, the more it will influence self acceptance of their bodies. TikTok social media can be one of the triggers for a person's dissatisfaction with their body shape due to visual content that influences the individual. This research aims to find out the relationship between self acceptance and body dissatisfaction in teenage girls who use TikTok in the city of Makassar. The research method used is a quantitative research method. The subjects in this research were teenage girls using the social media TikTok aged 11-18 years and domiciled in the city of Makassar (N = 400) who were obtained using accidental sampling techniques. Research data was tested using the Spearman rank correlation test. The measuring instruments used are the self acceptance scale and the body dissatisfaction scale. The results of the research show that there is a negative relationship between self acceptance and body dissatisfaction among teenage girls who use TikTok in the city of Makassar, amounting to (r) -0.868 with a significance level of 0.000. This research illustrates that the higher self-acceptance, the lower body dissatisfaction. The results of this research contribute to adolescent girls increasing positive self acceptance so that they can accept their bodies, thereby reducing the risk of negative things occurring due to a lack of self acceptance, one of which is body dissatisfaction. Teenagers can start by using TikTok social media wisely so that it has a positive effect on themselves. The conclusion is that from the research results, it was found that there was a negative relationship between self-acceptance and body dissatisfaction in teenage girls who use TikTok in Makassar city.

노인의 우울과 노인연령인식 간에 사회참여활동이 미치는 영향

Objective : We aim to explore the impact of social participation activities on the relationship between depression and age perception in the elderly.
 Methods : This study used data from the 2020 Survey on the Status of the Elderly, and a total of 10,097 people responded to the survey by sampling the survey districts and the number of households. The dependent variable was the perception of the elderly's age, the independent variable was the depression score, and the control variable was social participation. Statistical analysis was performed through regression analysis. Considering that the independent variable in this study was a continuous variable and the control variable was a categorical variable, an interaction term was entered into the regression equation for analysis. 
 Results : As a result of the analysis, social activity participation and depression were statistically significant (F(3, 10093)=1308.39, p<.001), and the explanatory power of the model was approximately 28% (adjusted R²=0.28). When the interaction term was added, the explanatory power increased by 0.5%, and the increase in explanatory power was statistically significant (F(2,10094)=1914.99, p<.001). In addition, the effect of participation in social activities lowers the perception of the elderly's age. The more depressed one is, the higher the perception of the elderly's age, but participation in social activities has a positive effect on lowering the perception of the elderly's age (b=-0.14). 
 Conclusion : Participation in social activities plays an important role in lowering depression and age awareness among the elderly and strengthening the positive social self of the elderly. Based on the research results, this study needs to emphasize the importance of policies and programs that encourage and support participation in social activities in old age, and support positive age perception among older people at the personal and social levels. It is expected that these results can be used as basic data to emphasize the importance of social activity participation projects for the elderly and to change the age standards for the elderly.

The impacts of family planning and HIV service integration on contraceptive prevalence among HIV positive women in Tanzania: a comparative analysis from the 2016/17 Tanzania HIV impact survey

BackgroundPrevention of unplanned pregnancies through modern contraceptives among HIV-positive women is one of the essential strategies for reducing mother-to-child transmission of HIV. Family planning and HIV services integration is a national strategy designed to scale-up modern contraceptives among HIV-positive women. This study aims to evaluate the success of a service integration strategy by comparing the prevalence of modern contraceptive use among HIV-positive women receiving ART within integrated services and those not on integrated services (HIV-negative women and HIV-positive women unaware of their status).MethodsWe used data from the Tanzania HIV impact survey (THIS) of 2016/17. THIS provided HIV counselling and testing with a return of results in over 30,000 adults over 15 years of age. Women tested positive self reported their enrollment into ARV with further confirmation through laboratory analysis for any detectible ARV in their blood. All non-pregnant women reported their contraceptive use. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression was used to assess the effect of accessing integrated services controlling for potential confounders.ResultsA total of 14,986 women were included in the analysis; HIV-positive women were 1,066 and HIV-negative women were 13,830. Modern contraceptive use prevalence was 35% among HIV-positive women and 30% among HIV-negative women. Among HIV-positive women, those enrolled in integrated services (ART) had a higher prevalence of modern contraceptive (40%) compared to HIV-positive women unaware of their status (27%, p-value = 0.0014). The most common contraceptive methods in HIV-positive women were injectables (32%) and male condoms (31%), while in HIV-negative women, injectables (39%) and implants (30%, n = 1032) were the most preferred methods. Among HIV-positive women, enrolment into integrated services (currently on ART) demonstrated an increase in the odds of modern contraceptives by 85% (AOD = 1.85, 95%CI: 1.27–2.71).ConclusionThis study found relatively low modern contraceptive use among HIV-positive women in the general population despite the existance of service integration program and guidelines to guide its implementation.Our study therefore calls for the evaluation on the implementation of the integration programme to identify factors that constrain or facilitate programme effectiveness.

Positive-More than unbiased-Self-perceptions increase subjective authenticity.

Authenticity is often described using terms like "real," "genuine," and "true" suggesting that unbiased and objective self-perception is a core component of the construct. However, people tend to view themselves in an overly positive way. Therefore, we propose that experiencing a positive self-versus an unbiased self-will increase authenticity. We find support for this in seven studies (Ntotal = 1,795) with two operationalizations of self-rated authenticity: attributed and state authenticity. We find that authenticity emerges from positive self-beliefs (Study 1), positive personality assessments (Study 2), and positive self-expressions (Study 3a and b). Further, we find that these effects are not driven only by positivity, but positive selves (Study 4), and mediated by the identity centrality (Study 5). Finally, Study 6 finds that this positivity bias does not extend to other-rated authenticity: People who present an overly positive self seem less authentic to others relative to a mixed or negative self-presentation. Taken together, these findings suggest that being "unreal" through positive self-illusions can, paradoxically, make one feel more real. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).