The Need of Holistic Interventions in Schools: The Promotion of Healthy and Sustainable Personal Development among Children

Garcia, Danilo; Drugge, Anders

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“…Additionally, encouraging patients to cultivate a sentimental and positive view of the past (i.e., high past positive) and the desire to experience pleasure without concern for future consequences (i.e., high present hedonistic). For instance, interventions targeting the development of life satisfaction and character have been shown to provide alleviation for mental health problems and disabilities, such as affective and behavioral disorders, in general and clinical populations (e.g., Cloninger, 2004 ; Cloninger, 2006 ; Fava et al, 2005 ; Ruini, 2017 ; Garcia et al, 2016 ).…”

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“…Individuals’ perspective of time predicts the reported use of alcohol, drug, and tobacco ( Keough, Zimbardo & Boyd, 1999 ), risky driving ( Zimbardo, Keough & Boyd, 1997 ; Boyd & Zimbardo, 2005 ), indecision and avoidant procrastinations ( Díaz-Morales, Ferrari & Cohen, 2008 ), environmental engagement ( Milfont, Wilson & Diniz, 2012 ), the choice of food and of partner, educational achievement, and the distinctness of future goals ( Zimbardo & Boyd, 1999 ). Time perspective is also related to well-being–negative views of the past have been reported to be associated with depression, whereas positive views of the past have been reported to be associated with happiness and life satisfaction ( Bruehlman-Senecal & Ayduk, 2015 ; Zimbardo & Boyd, 1999 ; see also Stolarski et al, 2014 ; Sailer et al, 2014 ; Garcia et al, 2016 ). In relation to anorexia patients, however, if positive information of the present, or past for that matter (e.g., they have become thinner), is not well adjusted into their mindset (e.g., “I’m still overweight”), then even if long-term goals are future oriented, these goals might not be healthy in nature (e.g., “I need to eat less”).…”

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A dark past, a restrained present, and an apocalyptic future: time perspective, personality, and life satisfaction among anorexia nervosa patients

Garcia

Granjard

Lundblad

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BackgroundDespite reporting low levels of well-being, anorexia nervosa patients express temperament traits (e.g., extraversion and persistence) necessary for high levels of life satisfaction. Nevertheless, among individuals without eating disorders, a balanced organization of the flow of time, influences life satisfaction beyond temperamental dispositions. A balanced time perspective is defined as: high past positive, low past negative, high present hedonistic, low present fatalistic, and high future. We investigated differences in time perspective dimensions, personality traits, and life satisfaction between anorexia nervosa patients and matched controls. We also investigated if the personality traits and the outlook on time associated to positive levels of life satisfaction among controls also predicted anorexia patients’ life satisfaction. Additionally, we investigated if time perspective dimensions predicted life satisfaction beyond personality traits among both patients and controls.MethodA total of 88 anorexia nervosa patients from a clinic in the West of Sweden and 111 gender-age matched controls from a university in the West of Sweden participated in the Study. All participants responded to the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory, the Ten Item Personality Inventory, and the Temporal Satisfaction with Life Scale.ResultsA t-test showed that patients scored higher in the past negative, the present fatalistic, and the future dimensions, lower in the past positive and the present hedonistic dimensions, higher in conscientiousness, extraversion, and agreeableness, and lower in life satisfaction. Regression analyses showed that life satisfaction was predicted by openness to experience and emotional stability for controls and by emotional stability among patients. When time dimensions were entered in the regression, emotional stability and the past negative and past positive time dimensions predicted life satisfaction among controls, but only the past positive and present hedonistic time dimensions predicted life satisfaction among patients.ConclusionAnorexia patients were less satisfied with life despite being more conscientious, social, and agreeable than controls. Moreover, compared to controls, patients had an unbalanced time perspective: a dark view of the past (i.e., high past negative), a restrained present (i.e., low present hedonistic) and an apocalyptic view of the future (i.e., high present fatalistic). It is plausible to suggest that, therapeutic interventions should focus on empowering patients to cultivate a sentimental and positive view of the past (i.e., high past positive) and the desire to experience pleasure without concern for future consequences (i.e., high present hedonistic) so that they can make self-directed and flexible choices for their own well-being. Such interventions might have effects on life satisfaction beyond the patients’ temperamental disposition.

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A dark past, a restrained present, and an apocalyptic future: time perspective, personality, and life satisfaction among anorexia nervosa patients

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“…These findings suggest that interventions need to be holistic or biopsychosocial, that is, targeting all aspects of self-regulatory mode in order to target both academic achievement and well-being (cf. Garcia et al, 2016a ). We suggest that the RMQ could be used as a tool in this endeavor.…”

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Modus operandi and affect in Sweden: the Swedish version of the Regulatory Mode Questionnaire

Amato

Nima

Mihailovic

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BackgroundThe 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 that is concerned with movement from state to state) and assessment (i.e., the comparative aspect of self-regulation). The aim of the present study was to verify the independence of the two regulatory modes, as postulated by the Regulatory Mode Theory (Kruglanski et al., 2000), and the psychometric properties of the RMQ in the Swedish context. Furthermore, we investigated the relationship between regulatory modes (locomotion and assessment) and affective well-being (i.e., positive affect and negative affect).MethodA total of 655 university and high school students in the West of Sweden (males = 408 females = 242, and five participants who didn’t report their gender; agemean = 21.93 ± 6.51) responded to the RMQ and the Positive Affect Negative Affect Schedule. We conducted two confirmatory factor analyses using structural equation modeling (SEM). A third SEM was conducted to test the relationship between locomotion and assessment to positive affect and negative affect.ResultsThe first analyses confirmed the unidimensional factor structure of locomotion and assessment and both scales showed good reliability. The assessment scale, however, was modified by dropping item 10 (“I don’t spend much time thinking about ways others could improve themselves”.) because it showed low loading (.07, p = .115). Furthermore, the effect of locomotion on positive affect was stronger than the effect of assessment on positive affect (Z = −15.16, p < .001), while the effect of assessment on negative affect was stronger than the effect of locomotion on negative affect (Z = 10.73, p < .001).ConclusionThe factor structure of the Swedish version of the RMQ is, as Regulatory Mode Theory suggests, unidimensional and it showed good reliability. The scales discriminated between the two affective well-being dimensions. We suggest that the Swedish version of the RMQ, with only minor modifications, is a useful instrument to tap individual differences in locomotion and assessment. Hence, the present study contributes to the validation of the RMQ in the Swedish culture and adds support to the theoretical framework of self-regulatory mode.

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Regulatory Mode Profiles and the Organization of the Flow of Time

Garcia¹,

Lindskär²

2016

Int J Sch Cog Psychol

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The Need of Holistic Interventions in Schools: The Promotion of Healthy and Sustainable Personal Development among Children

Cited by 3 publications

References 12 publications

A dark past, a restrained present, and an apocalyptic future: time perspective, personality, and life satisfaction among anorexia nervosa patients

A dark past, a restrained present, and an apocalyptic future: time perspective, personality, and life satisfaction among anorexia nervosa patients

Modus operandi and affect in Sweden: the Swedish version of the Regulatory Mode Questionnaire

Regulatory Mode Profiles and the Organization of the Flow of Time

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