AbstractThis study investigated the efficacy of 10-module metacognitive training (MCT) among Japanese patients with schizophrenia by conducting a multicenter randomized controlled trial to test the ...influence of the most recent and extended version of MCT on positive symptoms. A six-center, randomized, assessor-blind, controlled trial between “treatment as usual” (TAU) and TAU + MCT was conducted. Fifty inpatients and outpatients with schizophrenia, schizotypal, and delusional disorders (ICD 10) were enrolled, then randomly assigned to TAU (n = 26) or TAU + MCT (n = 24). Assessments were made at baseline, after six weeks, immediately posttreatment, and 1-month post-treatment. The primary outcome was positive symptom score, as measured by the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS). General assessment of functioning (GAF) and measures of cognitive biases were secondary outcomes. Completion at post-treatment (10 weeks later) and 1-month follow-up was high—TAU + MCT, n = 22 (91.67%) and TAU, n = 23 (88.46%). The severity of PANSS positive symptoms declined significantly in the TAU + MCT treatment group compared with the TAU group. GAF also showed significantly greater improvement in the TAU + MCT group compared with the TAU group. There was also a trend for greater efficacy of MCT on cognitive biases. In conclusion, this study provides support for the efficacy of 10 module MCT concerning positive symptomatology (especially, delusion) and general functioning.
As behavioral physical activity (PA) research matures, the adaptation and augmentation of theories with PA-specific concepts are required to improve explanatory power and to justify the uniqueness of ...the discipline. This review details the advances of three prominent theories applied to understand PA. We conclude by presenting a framework for researchers to test whether a particular behavioral theory holds use in the PA domain.
Open government has become an important topic in democratically developed societies. Its key aims are to increase transparency, citizen trust and public participation. Against this background, the ...article focuses on perceived barriers opposing the introduction of open government data. On the basis of cognitive theory and a literature review, the essential factors that impede public servants in implementing open government data are conceptualized and summarized in a model. The perceived risk-based attitude of public servants is identified as the main barrier. Other significant obstacles include perceived legal barriers, perceived hierarchical structuring of authorities, perceived bureaucratic decision-making culture and perceived organizational transparency.
Background
The most challenging task in eye‐tracking‐based multimedia research is to establish a relationship between eye‐tracking metrics (or cognitive processes) and learners' performance scores. ...Additionally, there are current debates about the effectiveness of animations (or simulations) in promoting learning in multimedia settings.
Objectives
As a result, the current study aimed to review eye tracking‐based research on learners' cognitive processes in the animated/simulated multimedia learning domain.
Method
For this purpose, fifty‐seven (57) studies were systematically determined based on PRISMA guidelines, and they were synthesized.
Results and Conclusions
The notable findings are that (1) most of the reviewed studies have tried to relate eye‐tracking measures to at least one cognitive process (e.g., selecting, organizing, and integrating) which are assumed to take place during multimedia learning; (2) eye‐tracking measurements show whether design features of animation are successful in directing learners' attention; (3) the success of animation in attention‐guiding to the relevant parts may not have a positive impact on learning because individual differences (e.g., prior knowledge, spatial ability, or working capacity) and animation content are the other factors that directly affect the effectiveness of animation over learning.
Implications
The current study implies that (i) use of signaling cues in animated multimedia settings diminish visual search and promote higher learning scores, (ii) giving users control over animations causes negative outcomes (e.g., missing micro or macro events); (iii) research on animated multimedia learning should be replicated with the participant group from K‐12, special education (e.g., autistic children), and elders.
Lay Description
What is already known about this topic
The use of animation in educational/non‐educational settings has been increased in recent times.
Eye‐tracking technology has become a novel tool to understand learners' cognitive processes in animated multimedia learning settings.
There are contradicted results regarding the effectiveness of animations over static displays in multimedia learning settings.
It isn't easy to establish the relationship between eye movement measurements and learning performance scores.
What this paper adds
The paper explores the relationship between learners' cognitive processes and their gaze behaviors in animated multimedia learning settings.
The paper demonstrates literature gaps in animated multimedia settings.
The paper shows the main reasons for failure in establishing the relationship between eye tracking metrics and learning performance scores.
The paper recommends instructional design guidelines for researchers and professionals.
Implications for practice and/or policy
Relational‐event, arrow, spreading‐color, and synchronized cueing are effective instructional ways to direct learners' attention to the relevant parts (e.g., animations, text, visuals).
Employing narration in animated eBooks has positive impacts on children's learning.
Giving learners too much freedom does not always promote learning performance in animated multimedia settings.
The cognitive cue may be an alternative way for better visual search and learning performance in animated pedagogical agents.
Investigating user behaviour in China's leading tourism community, Mafengwo.cn, this study unveils how cognitive capabilities and individual motivations drive knowledge sharing. Leveraging web ...crawlers, we extracted data from over 14,000 users and 22,000 travel footprints, applying hierarchical regression and Bootstrap method for analysis. Our innovative cognitive-motivation-behaviour model reveals that cognitive capability and motivation positively influence knowledge sharing. Notably, individual motivation mediates the impact of cognitive capability on knowledge sharing, with community status moderating this effect. These insights illuminate the dynamics of knowledge sharing in online tourism communities.
Cognitive impairments are prominent in schizophrenia (SZ). Imaging studies have demonstrated that functional changes of several areas of the brain exist in SZ patients. The relationships between ...these two indexes are largely unexplored in SZ. The MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery (MCCB) was used to measure cognitive impairment in multi-dimensional cognitive fields of SZ patients. This study was conducted to explore the relationship between cognitive functional impairment and the amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF) in SZ patients.
A total of 104 participants (44 SZ patients and 60 age- and gender-matched healthy controls (HC)) were recruited for this study. The MCCB was used to assess cognitive function of the participants, while brain activity was assessed using the ALFF. The relationship between the MCCB and the ALFF was investigated by using a correlation analysis.
There were significant differences between SZ patients and HC in MCCB total and domain scores as well as in ALFF results. The reduction of ALFF in the bilateral postcentral gyri and paracentral lobule in SZ patients has a negative correlation with the MCCB sub-test of symbol coding.
These findings suggest that the reduction of ALFF in bilateral postcentral gyri and paracentral lobule may be related to cognitive impairment in SZ patients.
The factors influencing KMS usage are of major concern to the MIS community. Among the diverse theories employed to help understand this is task technology fit (TTF), which considers the needed ...technological characteristics of the task as a major factor determining usage. This theory, however, ignores the personal cognition dimension, which has been found to affect the use of an IS. By integrating TTF and social cognitive theory (SCT), we attempted to determine the key factors affecting KMS usage in IT, the organizational task, and personal cognition. Through a survey of 192 KMS users, task interdependence, perceived task technology fit, KMS self-efficacy, and personal outcome expectations were found to have substantial influences on KMS usage. Among the key factors, KMS self-efficacy was found to be especially important as it was substantially and positively correlated to perceived task technology fit, personal and performance-related outcome expectations, and KMS usage.
Abstract This study examines the mediating role played by green psychological climate between green human resource management practices and green employee behavior relationship. A cross‐sectional, ...survey‐based, multi‐level approach was adopted to understand the relationship among the variables. Data was collected from 77 HR managers and 445 employees using online and offline methods of data collection. Drawing on social exchange theory and social cognitive theory, the results of the study revealed that green psychological climate partially mediates the relationship between green human resource management practices and green employee behavior. The study is first in itself to empirically examine the relationship among the variables using multi‐level approach. Multi‐level approach of decoding the relationships in organization behavior is considered as a better way of unlocking the relationships since it addresses several methodological concerns. The study attempts to bind the ideas of social exchange theory, social cognitive theory and strategic HRM with green concept paving way for green strategic HRM. Green human resource management practices foster eco‐friendly HR practices, green psychological climate assesses the organizational atmosphere, and green employee behavior reflects sustainable behavior among employees. This comprehensive view allows organizations to integrate corporate social responsibility and environmental management seamlessly, ensuring that sustainable principles are embedded throughout the company's culture, operations, and employee actions, thereby promoting a more environmentally responsible and socially accountable corporate environment.
Blood donation anxiety is a major psychological obstacle for blood donation. However, it remains unclear what the mechanism underlying the relationship between anxiety and blood donation intention is ...and what factor(s) will buffer the negative effects of anxiety. Based on social cognitive theory, we theorized a model delineating the mechanism with which blood donation anxiety was related to blood donation intention. Data were collected in a three-wave online survey including 425 individuals and was analyzed using hierarchical multiple regression with SPSS 24.0 software. The results indicated that the negative relationship between blood donation anxiety and blood donation intention was mediated by moral disengagement. Meanwhile, mindfulness was found to play a buffering role in the relationship between blood donation anxiety and moral disengagement as well as the indirect relationship between blood donation anxiety and blood donation intention via moral disengagement. Our findings advanced the understanding of the detrimental consequences of blood donation anxiety and demonstrated that while blood donation anxiety came at a high cost, it can be managed.
Constructive deviance, rule-breaking to benefit the organization, is an emerging topic in the scholarly research and is considered to be an ethical decision. Despite the value of guiding constructive ...deviance in organizations, the effect of ethics-oriented leadership on employees’ constructive deviance remains unclear. This research identifies leader moral humility as a new antecedent of constructive deviance and examines how and when leader moral humility influences employee constructive deviance. Drawing on social–cognitive theory, we propose that leader moral humility fosters employee moral identity, which in turn triggers employees to exhibit constructive deviance. Moreover, the mediating effect of moral identity is more pronounced when normative conflict with organizational rules is high, as this conflict inspires identity-driven behavior. Two studies with scenario-based experimental and time-lagged field methods provided general support for our hypotheses. Study 1 reveals that leader moral humility positively affects constructive deviance via employee moral identity. Study 2 replicates and extends Study 1 to support the moderating role of normative conflict. These findings enrich the understanding of constructive deviance by shedding light on the moral cognitive process in the relationship between leader moral humility and employee constructive deviance and by identifying the boundary condition for the relationship.
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