Role Of Self-awareness Research Articles

The Role of Gratitude and Forgiveness Toward Self-awareness in Emerging Adulthood

A transition period from adolescence to adulthood is called emerging adulthood. Individuals experience periods of life that offer opportunities to explore identity in various aspects of life, such as love, work, and views of the world. Self-awareness is an important self-development component for emerging adulthood. Self-awareness is the ability to see oneself clearly and objectively. Self-awareness will become more visible when individuals can use character strengths in living their lives. One of the two character strengths that people have is gratitude and forgiveness. Gratitude is the character strength most strongly associated with life satisfaction. Forgiveness is one of the characteristics of the virtue of temperance, namely a virtue that correlates with an individual’s attitude to refrain from anything that is excessive and has the potential to cause undesirable consequences. This research uses a non-experimental quantitative approach using the Indonesian version of the character strength scale developed by the VIA Institute via the viacharacter.org with an internal consistency reliability of 0.75, which the researcher uses for the gratitude and forgiveness sections. The scale for self-awareness uses the Self-Awareness Outcomes Questionnaire (SAOQ) that has 38 items. The research subjects were 138 respondents in the emerging adulthood category (18-25 years). The research results found that gratitude and forgiveness had a significant role in self-awareness by 42%. Significance in a positive direction, the more gratitude and forgiveness increases, the more self-awareness increases. Keywords: emerging adulthood, self-awareness, gratitude, forgiveness

The impressions of industrial psychologists of their proficiency as coaches

Orientation: Coaching’s expansion is driven by its impact on job performance and wellbeing through positive reinforcement and goal achievement. Working as coaches for individuals, teams, and organisations, industrial psychologists often report feeling inadequately prepared for their coaching roles.Research purpose: The objective of this study was to explore industrial psychologists functioning as coaches, and, their training and development needs related to coaching in the workplace.Motivation for the study: Coaching is driven by its benefits for job performance and wellbeing, highlighting a challenge where many industrial psychologists, frequently acting as coaches, feel unprepared.Research approach, design and method: A qualitative research approach with an interpretivism paradigm was employed in this study. The participants, industrial psychologists and interns (N = 17) were approached using snowball sampling. The data was captured with qualitative surveys and analysed using thematic analysis.Main findings: The results showed that some participants felt confident since they experienced certainty of coaching psychology theories and the role of self-awareness in shaping their coaching methods. Some participants experienced less confidence in their coaching abilities and highlighted the need for supervision from a mentor in sound coaching practices. The participants reported a need for further development in skills such as emotional competence, and theoretical and technological knowledge and practice management.Practical/managerial implications: Coaching interventions by industrial psychologists can enhance employee strengths, boosting organisational returns and promoting a triple-bottom-line.Contribution/value-add: An industrial psychologist committed to coaching development can significantly boost both personal and organisational growth.

Unveiling the Interplay Between Perceived Social Support and Imposter Phenomenon: Role of Self-Awareness as Mediator

In recent times the buzz about imposter phenomenon is very much in academic literature. It is a psychological phenomenon that affects any individual and makes him/her feel pressured to excel in areas such as academics, workplace, or personal relationships. The prevalence of this phenomenon has increased to a larger fold due to the emergence of social media usage during the COVID-19 pandemic. The current study tries to explore the role of Perceived SocialSupport and Self-awareness in determining this phenomenon among the adolescent and adult population of Kerala. The data for the current work was analyzed using SPSS and Jamovi. The results of the study revealed that self-awareness and perceived social support are the significant predictors of imposter. The findings of the study along with the limitations and implications are also discussed.

The Role of Self-Awareness in Predicting the Level of Emotional Regulation Difficulties among Faculty Members

The Role of Self-Awareness in Predicting the Level of Emotional Regulation Difficulties among Faculty Members

HDR Resilience: The Role of Self-awareness When Commencing Your PhD

HDR Resilience: The Role of Self-awareness When Commencing Your PhD

Towards a psychological framework on time perception in patients with chronic tinnitus.

Although disabling tinnitus is a chronic auditory phantom sensation, current knowledge on time perception (i.e., subjective time) in sufferers is limited and unsystematic. This theoretical analysis provides a first approach to this topic, highlighting the heterogeneity of time perception in humans as shown in various research areas. This heterogeneity is inherently related to goal attainment. Our immediate perception of time is restricted to present moment and recent past, whereas our sense of time is mostly future-oriented and represented as our past in a mental time line. The heterogeneity of time translates into a tension between anticipated changes one wants to see happen and full commitment that is required to goal attainment. Tinnitus sufferers are intensely aware of this tension in their self-perception. Their most compelling desire is that they no longer perceive tinnitus, but they get closer to this goal only by avoiding to put all their thoughts into it. Our analysis provides new perspectives on acceptance of tinnitus in relation to this time paradox. Building on the Tolerance model and the role of self-awareness in time perception, we contend that the main way for patients to gain long-term self-confidence is to engage in the present moment. Attention to this attitude is obscured in chronic sufferers by worries and ruminations associated with the ongoing presence of tinnitus. We provide arguments that time perception is a social perception, emphasizing the role of rewarding interactions in helping sufferers to overcome the feeling of being prevented from living in the moment. In the course of improvement towards acceptance, different changes in time perception are hypothesized that promote individuals' disengagement from unattainable goal (i.e., tinnitus suppression). A framework for future research is proposed, which distinguishes individuals' behaviors and associated emotions in relation to the time paradox.

Inner speech does not represent an epiphenomenon: Commentary on Verhaeghen & Mirabito (2021)

Using correlations and hierarchical regression analysis, Verhaeghen and Mirabito (2021) found that while self-awareness was associated with self-regulation, inner speech was not, suggesting that the latter does not play a causal role in either self-awareness nor self-regulation. This motivated the authors to claim that “inner speech is easiest understood as an epiphenomenon” (p. 8). In this Commentary, I suggest that the authors conceptualized and measured inner speech, self-regulation, and self-awareness in inappropriate ways. The two measures chosen to assess inner speech either do not relate to self-regulation (VISQ) or self-awareness (SVQ). Self-awareness was measured using composites of various scales assessing mindfulness (which represents a related, yet different construct) which contains multiple items not representative of a typical self-awareness process. The self-regulation measure was also produced using various subscales assessing self-preoccupation and self-compassion—two self-processes very loosely associated with the target construct. Different results would have been obtained if the authors had used established measures. Their results contradict what has been consistently reported in the literature and do not cast doubt on the recognized fact that inner speech plays a significant, and often causal, role in self-awareness and self-regulation.

Exploring Latinx social work graduate students’ self-awareness by integrating Johari window, Photovoice and Mandala

ABSTRACT Numerous researchers have addressed the role of self-awareness in personal and professional development over decades. Recent studies have addressed the effectiveness and outcomes of gaining self-awareness. In this study, the goal was to explore individuals’ self-awareness elements in relationship to the views of others. Thirteen graduate social work students agreed to participate in this qualitative study for a duration of a semester. The exploration was framed within the Johri window model and supplemented by Photovoice and Mandala. The main finding indicated that all identified self-awareness elements were not viewed as equally important and were not equally noticeable by others. Others particularly paid attention to the participants’ Other-Oriented Traits. Cognition and Emotion-Oriented traits were only noticed by others if the participants strongly focused on them. An additional finding revealed that there was a solid and complementary relationship between traits that were hidden from others (Façade) and individuals’ unconscious (Mystery). The final finding confirmed the role of experiential learning in promoting self-awareness.

The Role of Self-Awareness and Problem-Solving Orientation for the Instrumentality of Goal-Related Means

Abstract. Successful goal striving hinges on the selection of instrumental means. The current research investigates individual differences in self-awareness as a predictor for means instrumentality. This effect should be mediated by the tendency of self-aware individuals to approach the process of goal pursuit in a way that is problem-solving-oriented. Four studies ( N1a = 123, N1b = 169, N2 = 353, N3 = 118) were conducted to explore the positive relation between self-awareness and means instrumentality via heightened levels of problem-solving orientation. Studies 1a and 1b found cross-sectional support for the relation between dispositional self-awareness and problem-solving orientation. Study 2 (preregistered) replicated this finding and provided experimental evidence for the hypothesized mediation model. Finally, Study 3 found longitudinal support that dispositional self-awareness and problem-solving orientation predict self-reported means instrumentality and, beyond this, participants’ objective exam grades. This research emphasizes the crucial role of individual differences in self-awareness for an important self-regulatory process, that is, the selection of instrumental means in personal goal pursuit.

Employee's lying behavior and the role of self-awareness

PurposeEmployee’s lying behavior has become ubiquitous at work, and managers are keen to know what can be done to curb such behavior. Managers often apply anti-lying strategies in their management and, in particular, the role of self-awareness on lying intervention has drawn academic attention recently. Drawing on multi-disciplinary literature, this study aims to investigate the efficacy of self-awareness in reducing lying behavior.Design/methodology/approachFollowing the perspectives of positivism and deductive reasoning, a quasi-experimental research approach was adopted. Employees from Dijon, France were recruited as research participants. Based on the literature, different conditions (scenario manipulation) were designed and implemented in the laboratory, in which participants were exposed to pre-set lying opportunities and their responses were analyzed accordingly.FindingsUnlike prior studies which praised the merits of self-awareness, the authors found that self-awareness did not decrease lying behavior, not encouraging the confession of lying either. Employees actually lied more when they believed other employees were lying.Practical implicationsThis study suggests managers not to rely on employee’s self-awareness; rather, the concept of self-awareness should be incorporated into the work ethics, and managers should schedule regular workshops to keep employees informed of the importance of ethics. When employees are regularly reminded of the ethics and appreciate its importance, their intention of lying is more likely to decrease.Originality/valueTo the best of the atuhors’ knowledge, the current research is the first in its kind to investigate lying intervention of employees in the laboratory setting. Research findings have brought new insights into the lying intervention literature, which has important implication on the implementation of anti-lying strategies.

Role of Self-Awareness in Initiation and Social Engagement During Post-Acute Outpatient Brain Injury Rehabilitation

Role of Self-Awareness in Initiation and Social Engagement During Post-Acute Outpatient Brain Injury Rehabilitation

A cross-cultural analysis on career decision making of the students: the role of self-awareness and self-efficacy

The present study aimed at finding out the factors that affect the students' career decision making in two different cultures (Italian and Turkish). The research evaluated the career decision making self-efficacy scale-short form (Betz et al., 1996; Chaney et al., 2007) and self-consciousness scale (SCS) of the Scheier and Carver (1985). Responses are collected from 291 undergraduate students of the Yeni Yuzyil University in Istanbul and University of Torino in Turin. The objective of this study is to reveal significant factors to develop self-assessment, career awareness and goal setting competencies of the students in different cultural contexts. Our results show that there are differences between the two countries and that having a previous job experience have a strong effect on career decision making. Most importantly, in order to give more explanatory information about the factors that affect career decision making in university students, this is one of the first studies that tested and found evidence of the relevance of self-awareness.

Phenomenon of self-consciousness and its development during infancy and childhood

The purpose of this work is determining the features of self-consciousness development in infancy and childhood. The main research methods are analysis and synthesis. The role of self-awareness and personality is evaluated. The importance of self-awareness in ontogenetic development is shown. The work shows that the development of self-consciousness begins with infancy, when the first prerequisites for its development arise, and the first formed elements of self-consciousness are manifested in preschool childhood. The dynamics of the development of self-consciousness during infancy and childhood. is shown. Considers the key aspects of its development during infancy, early childhood and preschool age. The special role of the environment and communication for the formation of self-awareness is studied. The development of elements of self-awareness in preschool age is characterized. The essential internal and external conditions for development of self-consciousness within these age periods were analyzed.

A cross-cultural analysis on career decision making of the students: the role of self-awareness and self-efficacy

The present study aimed at finding out the factors that affect the students' career decision making in two different cultures (Italian and Turkish). The research evaluated the career decision making self-efficacy scale-short form (Betz et al., 1996; Chaney et al., 2007) and self-consciousness scale (SCS) of the Scheier and Carver (1985). Responses are collected from 291 undergraduate students of the Yeni Yuzyil University in İstanbul and University of Torino in Turin. The objective of this study is to reveal significant factors to develop self-assessment, career awareness and goal setting competencies of the students in different cultural contexts. Our results show that there are differences between the two countries and that having a previous job experience have a strong effect on career decision making. Most importantly, in order to give more explanatory information about the factors that affect career decision making in university students, this is one of the first studies that tested and found evidence of the relevance of self-awareness.

The Role of Self-Awareness, Augmented Artificial Intelligence and Enhanced Leadership Competencies in Developing Future Academic Physicians

The Role of Self-Awareness, Augmented Artificial Intelligence and Enhanced Leadership Competencies in Developing Future Academic Physicians

School environment role towards elementary school students’ moral and cultural literacy

This study aims to determine the role of the school environment on moral and cultural literacy of elementary school students. This is descriptive qualitative research. Data collection techniques are observation, interviews, questionnaire, and documentation. Data analysis techniques are data reduction, data presentation, and conclusions. Data validity using triangulation. Triangulation is to ensure the data validity that takes into consideration aspects of credibility, transferability, dependability, and confirmability. The subjects are 3 teachers and 27 students of 4th, 5th and 6th grade in Muhammadiyah School of Sleman Regency. The results of this study are (1) teachers-students’ relationships have role to foster the character of honesty, fairness, caring, and teachers as role model for students; (2) students-students’ relationships also have role to habituate good behavior to students; (3) school discipline contributes to the students’ moral and cultural formation such as self-awareness, honesty, justice, responsibility, obedience to the rules, good commitment and unfazed by the changing era; (4) these learning implements have role in self-awareness, responsibility and care, because the teaching implements provided by the teachers becomes the students’ responsibility.

From Yogācāra to Philosophical Tantra in Kashmir and Tibet

This paper outlines a shift in the role of self-awareness from Yogācāra to tantra and connects some of the dots between Yogācāra, Pratyabhijnā, and Buddhist tantric traditions in Tibet. As is the case with Yogācāra, the Pratyabhijnā tradition of Utpaladeva (10th c.) maintains that awareness is self-illuminating and constitutive of objects. Utpaladeva’s commentator and influential successor, Abhinavagupta (10th–11th c.), in fact quotes Dharmakīrti’s (7th c.) argument from the Pramāṇaviniścaya that objects are necessarily perceived objects (sahopalambhaniyama). That is, everything known is known in consciousness; there is nothing that can be known outside or separate from consciousness. This aspect of Pratyabhijnā thought is shared with Yogācāra. While Utpaladeva drew upon Yogācāra epistemology to formulate a differential construction of objects (via apoha), he departed from this theory to develop a distinctive monistic framework for the interpretation of subjectivity. By appealing to the ultimate reality of a singularly nonconceptual, transcendental subject rather than a plurality of (non)conceptual particulars, Utpaladeva appropriated Dharmakīrti’s epistemological model while turning it on its head. That is, Utpaladeva critiqued Dharmakīrti in one context (his external realism) while he is indebted to him in another (his epistemic idealism) to establish the framework for his own absolute idealism, where everything happens in and through the absolute self that is Śiva. Utpaladeva extended (or made explicit) the place of self-awareness in Yogācāra to formulate an absolute idealism that is the theoretic foundation for philosophical tantra. In this paper, I will chart a trajectory of this development, from Yogācāra to Pratyabhijnā, and show how a parallel development took place in tantric assimilations of Yogācāra in Tibet.

Educational action in the rehabilitation of severe acquired brain injuries: the role of self-awareness.

Severe acquired brain injuries (ABI) cause a range of short-or long-term limitations in physical and neuropsychological abilities. The aim of rehabilitation is to promote the harmonious development of the individual through collaboration between medical and educational sciences, involved in the educability of the whole person, in which the aim is not only functional recovery but also social-reintegration. This "functional synergy" permits the development of the person, and establishes an indissoluble link between functions and attitudes, thus allowing the achievement of the greater possible autonomy. In this way classical and pedagogical rehabilitation may be combined in a single concept of educational action. To realize this integrated educational process it is important to evaluate and promote awareness development, based on the possibilities of brain plasticity and on the presence of multiple intelligences skillfully intertwined each other. Therefore, self-awareness plays a prime role in educational actions for the rehabilitation of persons with severe ABI.

C-69 * The Relationship between Self-Awareness and Functional Outcomes in Brain Injury Rehabilitation

Objective: Functional outcomes of transitional rehabilitation programs are often measured across multiple domains, including physical abilities, adjustment, and social participation. While research suggests clinician ratings on measures such as the Mayo-Portland Adaptability Index (MPAI-4) predict outcomes, the role of self-awareness in achieving rehabilitation outcomes is unclear. We explored how patients' self-awareness of deficits correspond to clinicians' ratings and whether level of self-awareness (as measured by the discrepancy between patient and staff MPAI-4 total score at discharge) predicts functional outcomes. Method: Clinicians completed the MPAI-4, a 29-item rating scale of functional impairment, at admission and discharge for 72 (mean age = 30.5) active duty service members and Veterans with acquired or traumatic brain injury who participated in a residential transitional rehabilitation program at the VA Palo Alto between 2008 and 2014. Patients also completed the MPAI-4 at the same time points. Results: Analyses revealed that following rehabilitation treatment, both patients and staff reported improved functional outcome on MPAI-4 total score from admission to discharge (t = 5.05, t = 11.16, p < .01, respectively). At admission, patients rated themselves as less impaired across all functional domains compared to the clinicians' ratings (p < .01). Poor self-awareness at admission was associated with poorer functional outcome at discharge (r = −.44, p < .01) and greater self-perceived functional changes at discharge (r = −.83, p < .00). Conclusion(s): Self-awareness of functional deficits may predict functional outcomes in a brain injury rehabilitation program. Moreover, impaired insight may serve to hinder functional gains and should be a focus for intervention in the rehabilitation setting.

What can mirror-touch synaesthesia tell us about the sense of agency?

Sense of agency (SoAg) refers to the feeling of control over one's actions and forms an integral part of our cognitive and social lives (Moore and Fletcher, 2012). For example, it is thought that the recognition of oneself as the agent of an action plays a fundamental role in self-awareness (Jeannerod, 2003). It is also thought that the experience of agency is important for guiding our attributions of responsibility (Haggard and Tsakiris, 2009).