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View article: Psychometric properties of the Swedish version of the satisfaction with life scale in a sample of individuals with mental illness
Psychometric properties of the Swedish version of the satisfaction with life scale in a sample of individuals with mental illness Open
Background Health assessment among individuals with mental health problems often involves measures of ill-being (e.g., anxiety, depression). Health is, however, defined as a state of physical, mental and social well-being and not merely th…
View article: Editorial: Outside the Comfort Zone: What Can Psychology Learn From Tourism (and Vice Versa)
Editorial: Outside the Comfort Zone: What Can Psychology Learn From Tourism (and Vice Versa) Open
This paper is an introduction to the Topic issue titled: Outside the Comfort Zone: What Can Psychology Learn From Tourism (and Vice Versa)
View article: Occupation and life satisfaction among individuals with mental illness: the mediation role of self-reported psychophysiological health
Occupation and life satisfaction among individuals with mental illness: the mediation role of self-reported psychophysiological health Open
Background Unemployment can diminish physical, psychological and social health. In this context, research shows that people with mental illness have even more difficulties finding occupation. Thus, some countries, such as Sweden, strive af…
View article: Affectively Motivated: Affective Profiles, Motivation, Stress and Energy
Affectively Motivated: Affective Profiles, Motivation, Stress and Energy Open
Objective: We used the affective profiles model to investigate individual differences in motivation, stress andenergy. The aim was to replicate past findings, but we also focused on matched comparisons within individuals withaffective prof…
View article: The Promotion of a Bright Future and the Prevention of a Dark Future: Time Anchored Incitements in News Articles and Facebook’s Status Updates
The Promotion of a Bright Future and the Prevention of a Dark Future: Time Anchored Incitements in News Articles and Facebook’s Status Updates Open
Background: Research suggests that humans have the tendency to increase the valence of events when these are imagined to happen in the future, but to decrease the valence when the same events are imagined to happen in the past. This line o…
View article: Dark Triad, Locus of Control and Affective Status among Individuals with an Entrepreneurial Intent
Dark Triad, Locus of Control and Affective Status among Individuals with an Entrepreneurial Intent Open
Aim The purpose of the present study was to assess personality factors such as the Dark Triad, i.e. psychopathy, narcissism and Machiavellianism, internal locus of control, and positive and negative affect among applicants, presenting entr…
View article: Think Entrepreneurially. Entrepreneurs vs Non-Entrepreneurs Cognitive Profiles
Think Entrepreneurially. Entrepreneurs vs Non-Entrepreneurs Cognitive Profiles Open
Many recent contributions try to identify the way of thinking of individuals who pursue entrepreneurial careers. This study aims at investigating the cognitive styles (i.e., the stable preferred way to thinking by an individual) of a sampl…
View article: Modus operandi and affect in Sweden: the Swedish version of the Regulatory Mode Questionnaire
Modus operandi and affect in Sweden: the Swedish version of the Regulatory Mode Questionnaire Open
Background The Regulatory Mode Questionnaire (RMQ) is the most used and internationally well-known instrument for the measurement of individual differences in the two self-regulatory modes: locomotion (i.e., the aspect of self-regulation t…
View article: Promoting STEM via UMI: an Ecological Framing of CoPs in Networking and Networked Robotics
Promoting STEM via UMI: an Ecological Framing of CoPs in Networking and Networked Robotics Open
Ubiquitous Computing, Mobile Computing and Internet of Things (UMI) technologies, are widely diffused in the everyday life. In addition to their primary usage (e.g., supporting the implementation of the future 5G network), these technologi…
View article: Regulatory Modes and Entrepreneurship: The Mediational Role of Alertness in Small Business Success
Regulatory Modes and Entrepreneurship: The Mediational Role of Alertness in Small Business Success Open
Previous studies suggest that entrepreneurs play a key role in the success of their ventures. But relatively little is currently known about how they produce such effects. The present research provides data suggesting that two modes of ent…