Regulation Questionnaire Research Articles

Adaptation and Validation to Spanish elementary school children of the Academic Self- Regulation Questionnaire (SRQ-A)

Introduction. The assessment of student motivation can be a powerful tool for understanding the factors that can influence the school environment, where students, families, teachers, psychologists or administration can develop interventions related to the improvement of learning through the motivational style based on the Self-Determination Theory (SDT). The present study aims to offer a Spanish version of the Academic Self-Regulation Questionnaire (SRQ-A), one of the most widely used instruments worldwide to measure academic motivation. Method. A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted on a sample of 1343 elementary school students aged 8 to 13 years. To analyse the divergent validity, a correlation analysis was carried out between the four-factor model of the SRQ-A and to analyse its reliability, Cronbach's alpha and McDonald's omega were used. Also, its invariance was tested taking gender and grade as reference. Finally, in order to analyse its convergent validity, a Pearson correlation of the motivational regulatory styles with the level of satisfaction of basic psychological needs was carried out. Results. A good convergent and discriminant validity of the reduced Spanish version of the SRQ-A was shown, as a positive correlation was observed between the most self-determined styles and the level of satisfaction of autonomy, competence and relatedness needs. A multiple-group CFA showed that the structure of the four-factor model did not vary according to gender or grade level. Discussion or Conclusion. The Spanish version of the SRQ-A demonstrates that it is a reliable instrument for measuring academic motivation described in the TAD in elementary school students.

Comparing Emotion Cognitive Regulation, Alexithymia and Neuropsychological Skills among Teenagers with Type-1 Diabetes and Healthy Ones

Background: The emergence of chronic physiologic diseases in the people causes their mental health damage. Therefore, the present study aimed to compare emotion cognitive regulation, alexithymia and neuropsychological skills among teenagers with type-1 diabetes and healthy ones. Methods: This was a causal-comparative method. The statistical population included teenagers with type-1 diabetes and healthy ones in the city of Rasht in 2016. The sample size was 100 teenagers with type-1 diabetes and 100 healthy ones who were selected through convenient sampling method. The applied questionnaires included alexithymia questionnaire, emotion cognitive regulation and neuropsychological skills questionnaire. After collecting questionnaires and extracting raw data, the data analysis was done through two-group independent sample t-test. Results: The results of data analysis showed that there is a significant difference between emotion cognitive regulation, alexithymia and neuropsychological skills among students with type-2 diabetes and healthy ones (p < 0.0001) in a way that the teenagers with type-1 diabetes have lower emotion cognitive regulation and neuropsychological skills and higher alexithymia than healthy ones. Conclusion: According to the findings, teenagers with type-1 diabetes have lower emotion cognitive regulation and neuropsychological skills and higher alexithymia due to treatment and psychological involvement in their sickness; so, there needs to use treatments related to these components such as mindfulness and acceptance and commitment treatment to improve them.

Identification of the Factors Predicting the Stretching Exercise Behavior Among Office Employees with Reinforcing and Developing the Performance of the Health Promotion Model

Musculoskeletal Diseases (MSDs) is the most common occupational health problem affecting work and each day in workplace employees which are growing in Iran. This study aimed to Identification of the factors predicting the Stretching Exercise (SE) Behavior among Office employees with reinforcing and developing the performance of the Health Promotion Model (DHPM) in Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBUMS) of Iran. This cross-sectional study, data were collected a questionnaire-based on HPM for SE behaviors and Self Regulation, Counter-conditioning, and Stimulus control questionnaire (DHPM) From eligible 430 office employees working in comprehensive service centers for urban-rural health affiliated to SBUMS, selected by Multistage cluster sampling from May to Sep 2017. All structures were examined as predicting factors to decide whether or not they affect the likelihood of the prevalence of SE behavior. The data were analyzed using Confirmatory Factor Analysis the method by Amos software 22 and regression analysis with SPSS 19 software. Totally 420 office employees with mean age of 37.1±8.03 years old took part in the study. The effects of the validity of two versions of HPM (RMSEA= 0.067, x2/df=2.98, GFI&CFI=0.90) and DHPM in confirmatory factor analysis confirmed that i¬tness Indexes of the DHPM (RMSEA= 0.059, x2/df=2.38, GFI&CFI=0.98) were better. Regression analysis reflected that the coverage ratio of SE behavior variance of the DHPM is more than the HPM. This study showed that perceived barriers to action could prevent the studied participants from engaging in stretching exercise. Perceived self-efficacy, Commitment to a plan of action, interpersonal influences, and Stimulus control were significant predictors for SE behavior.

The association of financial incentives for low density lipoprotein cholesterol reduction with patient activation and motivation.

There is growing interest in using financial incentives for patients to improve medication adherence, but few studies have evaluated whether financial incentives are associated with patients' activation and motivation. We analyzed survey data collected as part of a randomized clinical trial conducted from 2011 to 2014 of four financial incentive interventions to reduce low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) among patients at risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. The main trial included 1503 patients aged 18–80 and recruited from primary care practices affiliated with three health systems. Participants were randomized into four groups: patient financial incentives, primary care physicians (PCPs) incentives, patients and PCPs shared incentives, or no incentives for LDL-C control. Patient Activation Measure (PAM) and Treatment Self Regulation Questionnaire (TSRQ) surveys were administered at baseline and 12 months. Clinical outcomes were change in LDL-C at 12 and 15 months and average medication adherence as measured by electronic pill bottle opening. Mean changes in PAM and TSRQ scores were compared between patients eligible and not eligible for incentives. Clinical outcomes were tested against baseline and change in psychosocial measures using bivariate and multivariate regression. Change in PAM score and TSRQ autonomous subscore did not differ significantly between patients eligible and not eligible for incentives. Lower baseline and greater increase in TSRQ autonomous subscore were predictive of greater 15-month decrease in LDL-C. A financial incentive intervention to improve LDL-C control was not associated with changes in patients' activation or autonomous motivation. Increases in patient autonomous motivation are predictive of long-term LDL-C control.

Presenting the Structural Equation Modeling of Achievement Goal and Self-regulation on Passing the Course

The aim of this research was to investigate the relationship between goal orientation and academic achievement with emphasizing the mediating role of self-regulation of the students. The research method was correlational and the statistical population included all BA students of Islamic Azad University who choose general English in 2015-16 academic year (2 semesters) at Shiraz. They were selected through random sampling. The research tools were standard goal orientation and self- regulation questionnaires. The data were analyzed through structural equation modeling. The results of the structural equation modeling revealed that there was a direct and meaningful relationship between goal orientation and self- regulation with academic achievement. Moreover, the results indicated that the direct effect of academic achievement on self -regulation was meaningful.

Factors Influencing Self-care in Elders with Hypertension Living at Home

Purpose The purpose of the study was to identify the level of resilience, autonomous motivation, depression and self-care and their correlates in elders with hypertension. Methods The participants were 200 elders with hypertension living in J, I, and K city. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews using the Resilience Scale, Treatment Self Regulation Questionnaire, Short Form Geriatric Depression Scale, and Hypertension Self-care Scale. Results Total scores for resilience, autonomous motivation, depression, and self-care were 109.65± 20.78, 38.18±5.99, 8.33±2.61, and 52.06±6.94, respectively. Autonomous motivation, income, acceptance of self and life, resilience, experience of hypertension education, and gender were verified as factors influencing self-care. These factors accounted for 51.6% of self-care. Conclusion Understanding these factors is essential for developing effective interventions to improve self-care in elders with hypertension. 주요어: ë ¸ì¸, ê·¹ë³µë ¥, 동기, 우울, 자가간호 Key words: Aged, Resilience, Motivation, Depression, Self-care

Development and measurement properties of the Chinese breastfeeding self-regulation questionnaire

Backgroundalthough new mothers are aware of the benefits of breastfeeding, many of them stop breastfeeding early in the postpartum period. Maternal psychosocial factors have been shown to contribute to early breastfeeding cessation. According to Self-Determination Theory (SDT) maternal self-determination is an indispensable factor in studying motivation to breastfeed. There are no validated instruments to assess maternal breastfeeding motivation and self-determination. Objectiveour aim was to develop and assess the psychometric properties of the Breastfeeding Self -Regulation Questionnaire (BSRQ) for Chinese pregnant women in Hong Kong. Methodwe reviewed the literature and devised items for a preliminary version of the questionnaire. Thirty-five context-specific items in English were generated. We translated the items into Chinese and then back translated them into English following established translation procedures. We employed exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to assess the structure of the questionnaire. Predictive validity was measured by assessing the relationship between the BRSQ score and actual duration of breastfeeding. Findingswe recruited 591 participants from three publicly funded antenatal clinics. Of the 35 items in the preliminary BSRQ, 22 were retained by EFA. CFA revealed that there were 5 factors including intrinsic, identified, integrated, introjected and external regulation. The goodness of fit of the CFA model was adequate. The Cronbach's alpha of the BSRQ was 0.86. For every one point increase in the BSRQ score, participants had 15% higher odds of any breastfeeding (OR=1.15, 95%CI 1.07–1.23) and 9% higher odds of exclusive breastfeeding (OR=1.09, 95%CI 1.02–1.17) at 6 weeks postpartum. Conclusionthe Chinese version of the BSRQ was a valid and reliable tool to measure maternal self-determination towards breastfeeding.

Self-regulation Strategies and Vocabulary Size of EFL Turkish University Students

Abstract The present study attempted to investigate the relationship between Turkish EFL learners⿿ self-regulated learning components and vocabulary knowledge. The study examined the relationship between the participants⿿ proficiency level and vocabulary size. To fulfill this objective, a 150-item Schmitt vocabulary test administered to a sample of 149 students at Hacettepe University and 30 English Language and Literature students at Bulent Ecevit University. The Self- Regulation Questionnaire was administered to the same participants after they answered the vocabulary test. The results revealed that there is a strong positive correlation between high levels of self-regulation and high vocabulary size.

Burnout and emotional experience in professional educators

Aim: This investigation deals with burnout processes and the associated emotional experience patterns in professional educators. The importance of emotions is underlined by the fact that emotions changes the readiness to act (Frijda, 1986). Each emotion is connected with certain kinds of behavior (e.g. disgust with reject of an object or fear with avoidance). Just burnout processes from the educators’ emotional experience point of view become a significant role, because certain emotions are linked with the two most important stages in burnout processes, emotional exhaustion and depersonalization (Burisch, 2010). These aspects are able to become meaningful, because educators have to get in relation with learners and people. On account of these emotions have an effect on educational behavior processes. Method: A sample of nursery and primary school teachers as well as social educators were recruited and assessed with psychometric questionnaires (Maslach Burnout Inventory - MBI, Emotional Experience and Regulation Questionnaire - EER). Results: Data (N=148) evidences significant positive relations between emotional exhaustion and anxiety, grief, contempt, anger, guilt, shame as well as lifelessness and negative correlations between emotional exhaustion and interest. Significant positive correlations were calculated between depersonalization and shame, contempt, irritability, disgust and negative correlations between depersonalization and interest as well as happiness. Conclusions: Results indicate that consulting emotional experiences in burnout processes is useful: First results improve theoretical considerations concerning burnout models (e.g. Maslach & Jackson, 1981; Freudenberger & North, 1992) and second it can be helpful for explaining educators’ behavior in burnout processes.
 Keywords: EER, MBI, emotion

Validation of the Dutch State Version of the Autonomic Regulation (State-aR) questionnaire in a group of patients and a group of healthy persons

Validation of the Dutch State Version of the Autonomic Regulation (State-aR) questionnaire in a group of patients and a group of healthy persons

Personality Traits and Self Regulation: A Comparative Study among Current, Relapse and Remitted Drug Abuse Patients

Objective: The current study aimed to investigate the relationship among personality traits and self regulation among different drug abuse cases. The three categories of drug abuse were based on phases of addiction namely current, relapse and remitted cases. Method: The sample consisted of 108 drug abusers taken from different rehabilitation centers of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. The selected drug abusers were at current (n = 40), relapsed (n = 42) and remission phase (n =2 7) of drug addiction; with an age range of 20 to 70 years. The data were collected from private rehabilitation centers of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. In this study, Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Revised EPQR-Short (Eysenck, Eysenck & Barrett, 1985) was used to measure personality traits of the drug abuse cases. Self Regulation Questionnaire (SRQ) developed by Miller and Brown (1991) was used to measure the self regulatory skills. The data were collected from rehabilitation centers. Before collection of data, formal permission was taken from the administration of these centers. Research protocol included an Ethical Proforma explaining rationale of study, ensuring confidentiality of the information to be used for research purpose only and also had personal consent form. In the first phase, pilot study was conducted to check the reliability of translated scale and availability of sample. A sample of 15 drug abusers was selected for pilot study. In the next step (main study); protocol was administered on current, relapsed and remitted cases through individual administration. For remitted cases, the researcher consulted authorities (administration head, and medical doctors) of centers and administered protocol on the days when these participants came for follow-up session. Results: The results of the study indicate strong correlation between self regulation and personality traits (r = 0.27**). Furthermore, most of the participants scored higher on Psychoticism (100%), Introversion (75%) while Neuroticism (58%) trait was found less among drug abuse cases. The study also indicates strong correlation between self regulation and Extraversion-Introversion personality trait (r = 0.20**) while other traits did not have significant correlations with self regulation. Furthermore, the descriptive frequencies reveal that most of the participants scored higher on Psychoticism (100%), Introversion (75%) while Neuroticism (58%) trait was found less among drug abuse cases. Conclusion: From the above mentioned findings, it is concluded that self regulation is associated with personality traits among drug abusers. The comparisons of personality traits and self regulatory skills among the different phases of addiction provide an insight into how these traits interact with self control to regulate impulsive and addictive behaviors.

An Epidemiological Study on the Occurrence of Depression Among the Patients with Cardiovascular Disorders Admitted in a Tertiary Care Hospital in India

Background: Depression and stress related events impose a major toll in patients with cardiovascular disorders. It is essential to diagnose and treat depression and stress to reduce the incidence and severity of cardiovascular ailments in the tropical regions. Objective: This epidemiological study aimed to find out the occurrence of depression, and, if any, associated stress related life events among 170 patients with cardiovascular disorders admitted in a tertiary care teaching hospital in India. Different risk factors for the occurrence of depression had also been tried to find out. Materials and methods: This was a hospital based observational and descriptive type of epidemiological study of sample size n=170 with different inclusion and exclusion criteria. Study tools comprised of General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), Self Regulation Questionnaire (SRQ), Stress Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ) and bed head tickets of individual patients. Statistical analysis was done with SPSS (version 16) for interpretation of results. Results: 44.1% patients were found to be suffering from depression with male and middle-age predilection. Conclusion: A huge proportion of the patients with cardiovascular disorders were suffering from depression. However, there was no statistically significant association of depression with any life related stress factors mentioned. Measures should be taken to create a good doctor-patient relationship, to be able to counsel the patient properly and come to a consensus about the best approach of more detailed clinical analysis, psychological counseling, and drug therapy to minimize the morbidity and mortality of cardiovascular disorders among them.

The Effect of Portfolio and Self Assessment on Writing Ability and Autonomy

This study explored the effect of portfolio and self assessment on writing tasks on the one hand and self regulation ability on the other by assigning sixty freshman undergraduate university students majoring in teaching English as a foreign language to a control and experimental group. They had enrolled in the Writing Essay course at Tabaran University in Iran in 2010. While both groups wrote several essays during the course and took a self regulation questionnaire and the same writing task at the beginning and end of the course as pre-and-post tests, only the participants in the experimental group were required to write portfolios regularly and perform self assessment tasks. The multivariate analysis of results showed that the two groups had no significant difference in their writing and self-regulation abilities when the course started. The experimental group, however, did not only score significantly higher than the control group on the writing task (F = 14.390, df = 1, p <.000) but also gained higher self regulation ability as a result of writing portfolios and self assessment (F = 58.235, df = 1, p <.000). The implications of the study are discussed within a foreign language teaching context.

Validation of the self regulation questionnaire as a measure of health in quality of life research

ObjectivesSeveral epidemiological studies address psychosomatic 'self regulation' as a measure of quality of life aspects. However, although widely used in studies with a focus on complementary cancer treatment, and recognized to be associated with better survival of cancer patients, it is unclear what the 'self regulation' questionnaire exactly measures.Design and settingIn a sample of 444 individuals (27% healthy, 33% cancer, 40% other internal diseases), we performed reliability and exploratory factor analyses, and correlated the 16-item instrument with external measures such as the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, the Herdecke Quality of Life questionnaire, and autonomic regulation questionnaire.ResultsThe 16-item pool had a very good internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.948) and satisfying/good (rrt = 0.796) test-retest reliability after 3 months. Exploratory factor analysis indicated 2 sub-constructs: (1) Ability to change behaviour in order to reach goals, and (2) Achieve satisfaction and well-being. Both sub-scales correlated well with quality of life aspects, particularly with Initiative Power/Interest, Social Interactions, Mental Balance, and negatively with anxiety and depression.ConclusionsThe Self Regulation Questionnaire (SRQ) was found to be a valid and reliable tool which measures unique psychosomatic abilities. Self regulation deals with competence and autonomy and can be regarded as a problem solving capacity in terms of an active adaptation to stressful situations to restore wellbeing. The tool is an interesting option to be used particularly in complementary medicine research with a focus on behavioural modification.

Motivation for weight-loss diets: A clustering, longitudinal field study using self-esteem and self-determination theory perspectives

Background Gradual elevation of body weight leads numerous individuals to dieting and weight loss behaviours. Nevertheless, the prevalence of obesity continues to rise in industrialised countries. The examination of the motivational determinants of dietary modification (‘dieting’) in order to identify clusters of individuals in the first 6 months of their effort to control body weight was the aim of the current study. The theories of self-determination and self-esteem formation guided our analysis. Methods A longitudinal study was conducted with three data collection points (N1=256; N2=135; N3=75). Data were responses on the Treatment Self Regulation Questionnaire, Social Physique Anxiety Scale, Physical Self-Description Questionnaire, Kaiser Physical Activity Survey Questionnaire, and items assessing expectations of achievement and self-confidence. Results Cluster analyses provided stable and validated cluster profiles for all data sets. In the 1st and 2nd data sets, results revealed three groups of dieters labelled as ‘media victims’, ‘try to feel nice’ and ‘older and experienced’. For the 3rd data set, results supported a 4-group solution (‘less adaptive profile’, ‘second successful dieters’, ‘successful dieters’, and ‘unsuccessful dieters’). The need for autonomous versus controlling dieting reasons based on Self-Determination Theory, along with the need for an alternative paradigm in weight management, are proposed. Conclusions Psychological theories of self-determination and self-esteem provide important ways of understanding and identifying adaptive and less adaptive weight control strategies.