Wadsworth, Lauren P.; Van Kirk, Nathaniel; August, Madeline; Kelly, J. MacLaren; Jackson, Felicia; Nelson, Jennifer; Luehrs, Rose
doi: 10.1007/s12144-021-02118-3pmid: 34334987
HE, Yuan; Ashraf, Muhammad; Sharif, Wareesa; Abbas, Mazhar; Raza, Arslan; Jaafar, Noor Ismawati; Sulaiman, Ainin; Thurasamy, Ramayah; Shabbir, Muhammad Salman
doi: 10.1007/s12144-021-02119-2pmid: N/A
Online product recommendation (OPR) plays critical role in purchasing products, but less attention has been given to examine the differential impact of distinct recommendation sources on customer’s decision beliefs and behaviour. This study investigates and unfolds the distinct effects of system generated recommendation (SGR) and consumer generated recommendation (CGR) on customers’ decision effort and decision quality along with the analysis of their mediating effects on OPR reuse and purchase intentions. The study tests a conceptual model based on effort-accuracy model linking SGR and CGR to perceived decision effort and decision quality in two different product settings (search versus experience products). An online survey is conducted with Amazon customers and results of valid 482 responses reveal that users of CGR (compared to SGR) express higher decision quality, while SGR (compared to CGR) is more effective in minimizing users’ decision effort. Decision factors subsequently mediate the effects of OPR use on OPR reuse and purchase intentions. Further, CGR is found to elicit higher decision quality for experience products, while SGR is effective in minimizing decision effort for search products.
Cai, Wenjun; Gu, Jibao; Wu, Jianlin
doi: 10.1007/s12144-021-02030-wpmid: N/A
Existing literature increasingly identifies the effect of CEO passion on firm innovation. However, the understanding on how and when CEO passion promotes firm innovation remains limited. We examine the role of the top management team (TMT) creativity as the intervening mechanism in the link between CEO passion and firm innovation, and explore the different roles of flexibility-oriented and control-oriented cultures as contingencies. By using survey data of 245 firms in China, we find that flexibility-oriented culture positively moderates the relationship between CEO passion and TMT creativity, but negatively moderates the relationship between TMT creativity and firm innovation. By contrast, control-oriented culture negatively moderates the relationship between CEO passion and TMT creativity, and insignificantly moderates the relationship between TMT creativity and firm innovation. We also discuss our theoretical contributions and provide some practical implications.
Robinson, D. N.; Hopke, T.; Massey-Abernathy, A.
doi: 10.1007/s12144-021-02036-4pmid: N/A
Short-term activation of the human stress response system is beneficial as it prepares the body to deal with stressors at hand (McEwen & Stellar, 1993). However, chronic activation of the system can negatively impact health and longevity (Cohen et al., 2007). There is evidence that relaxation techniques that utilize controlled or diaphragmatic breathing can be useful in the reduction of stress and psychological complaints. Short-term interventions like computer-based biofeedback or the implementation of a gentle yoga practice could provide a brief, yet beneficial, way to manage stress and anxiety. The present study aimed to expand on current research involving yoga and biofeedback for stress reduction by exploring whether participating in a gentle yoga intervention or a biofeedback intervention could decrease the stress response more quickly than what naturally occurs after the Trier Social Stress Test: a laboratory stress task shown to elicit changes in cortisol levels found in participants’ saliva samples. Participants were randomly assigned to take part in a gentle yoga sequence, a biofeedback intervention, or watch a neutral video while relaxing on their own. We examined changes in salivary cortisol levels and found a significant difference between the three groups, with both the yoga and biofeedback intervention groups eliciting a larger decrease in cortisol levels, indicating a greater decrease in stress levels.
Gavriel-Fried, Belle; Delfabbro, Paul; Ricijas, Neven; Dodig Hundric, Dora; Derevensky, Jeffrey L.
doi: 10.1007/s12144-021-02017-7pmid: N/A
Countries with public policies that support gambling through gambling legislation foster an environment in which gambling is socially accepted, tacitly encouraged and actively promoted. Although gambling worldwide has features in common, countries differ in terms of the nature of their gambling markets. The current study examined the role of perceived gambling accessibility in gambling behaviors and problem gambling in four different countries: Australia, Canada, Croatia and Israel. A convenience sample comprised 1787 university students aged 18–30. Gambling behaviors and problems were found to be more prevalent and gambling was perceived to be more accessible in liberalized markets (e.g. Australia, Canada and Croatia) as compared to Israel which is relatively more conservative and has more restrictive regulations. Social accessibility was perceived to be higher in those who gambled and associated with higher risk gambling, especially for women. The study highlights the potentially important role of social normalization of gambling and how supply variations can influence perceptions as well as impact gambling behavior.
doi: 10.1007/s12144-021-01962-7pmid: N/A
At present, majority of studies have focused only on high suicide rates in cities or rural areas. This study investigated sociodemographic factors, health-related factors, and suicidal ideation among older Koreans and compared the risk factors for suicidal ideation in urban and rural areas. A secondary analysis was conducted using data from a nationwide cross-sectional survey of the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 2012 to 2013. Subjects aged >65 years (2630) were included, and pooled sampling weights were applied to all data analysis processes. Chi-square tests and multiple logistic regression analyses were performed. The contribution of each factor to suicidal ideation differed significantly between urban and rural areas. Older people living in urban areas cited more contributing factors than those living in rural areas. The factors associated with suicidal ideation among elderly Koreans were primarily health-related in both residential areas. Only two factors, bedridden status and experience of melancholic mood, were common to both areas. The impact of melancholic mood on suicidal ideation was the greatest among all the related factors in both areas, and was larger in urban areas than in rural areas. Subjective unhealthy status, including mental health status, was more influential on suicidal ideation in urban areas. Gender and marital status did not influence suicidal ideation among older people. Factors associated with suicidal ideation must be considered when developing suicide prevention programs tailored to residential areas.
doi: 10.1007/s12144-021-02049-zpmid: N/A
Dispositional greed has shaped our evolutionary history and has ramifications for the well-being of those who are exposed to greedy behavior. However, there are enormous individual differences in dispositional greed, and little is known of the potential positive aspects of this heterogeneity. Three studies tested the link between dispositional greed and one potential benefit: empathy for pain. Surprisingly, Study 1 found that individual differences in dispositional greed are positively correlated with empathy for pain. Studies 2 and 3 further found that individual differences in dispositional greed are positively correlated with pain experience and physical pain sensitivity. Importantly, our finding that dispositional greed is associated with empathy for pain is due to the those exhibiting dispositional greed being more sensitive pain experiences. These results shed light on the psychological mechanisms underlying the persistent nature of dispositional greed.
Metrat-Depardon, Cédric David; Teo, Chua Tee
doi: 10.1007/s12144-021-02039-1pmid: N/A
The state of mental health and related high rates of depression in youth is a growing concern worldwide. Some populations, however, seem to be more vulnerable than others; and this is the case with polytechnic students in Singapore. Positive psychology interventions (PPIs) have been found to enhance the level of happiness and well-being of students when delivered in the school context. Intervention efforts have often been limited to a single or two to three PPI activities and rarely offered as a consolidated programme with multiple PPIs that would allow students to identify and adopt strategies that would best support their well-being. This quasi-experimental pilot study tested the effects of a school-based happiness mentoring programme largely based on the PERMA model on a small sample of full-time students of a polytechnic in Singapore. Over a period of 10 weeks, the programme conducted by a mentor offered multiple PPIs aimed at enhancing participating students’ level of happiness, well-being and student life satisfaction. While no statistically significant differences between the experimental and control groups were reported at pre- and post-intervention, statistically significant differences were found within each group. The results of paired t-tests showed significant statistical improvements in all variables within the experimental group, but the control group did not show significant within group improvements in Engagement, Meaning, Accomplishment and Student Life Satisfaction. These findings were supported by post-intervention structured interviews during which students reported having benefitted from specific PPIs in enhancing self-awareness, awareness of others and acquisition of several strategies that build positive emotions to sustain their well-being. Implications of the findings are discussed and suggestions for future research provided.
El Haj, Mohamad; Glachet, Ophélie; Moustafa, Ahmed A.; Gallouj, Karim
doi: 10.1007/s12144-021-02028-4pmid: N/A
Self-defining memories (i.e., memories of self-relevant events) were found to be hampered by Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). We therefore investigated whether this decline can be alleviated with odor exposure. We invited individuals with mild AD and healthy controls to choose a preferred odor and to retrieve three autobiographical memories after exposure to that odor as well as to retrieve three other memories without odor exposure. We analyzed the retrieved memories regarding their self-defining nature. Results demonstrated a retrieval of a higher number of self-defining memories in individuals with AD after odor-exposure than in the odor-free condition. Our study demonstrates positive effects of odor exposure on self-defining memories in AD but not in normal aging. We attribute the beneficial effect of odors in individuals with AD to their familiarity. At the clinical level, our findings contribute to the enhancement of autobiographical memory and the amelioration of diminished sense of self in AD.
doi: 10.1007/s12144-021-02058-ypmid: 34248313
The aim of this study to define personal play identity and examine the fundamental elements in its development process. Within the scope of this research, 66 works (36 experimental, 28 theoretical, and two both experimental and theoretical) were reviewed and discussed by following the systematic literature review process. After reviewing process, the fundamental elements of personal play identity can be examined under four themes, namely play, personality, socio-culture and environment, and economics and technology. The evolutionary nature of play, which can be defined as an individual’s complex specialized identity is considered as a part of their development, allows personal play identity to be transferred to the next generations as it shaped by the continuous interaction of factors, such as socio-cultural environment, economy and technology. It is thought that play identity has a power that can make a positive difference to people since it presents a healthy development in most skills and attitudes which determine the quality of life, such as developing solutions for the problems faced by people throughout their lives, establishing social relations, achieving identity, and the ability to cope with problems.
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