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Abstract This study aims to examine the budget deficit–inflation relationship, considering financial sector development and broad money supply as moderating and mediating variables. For this purpose, a panel data set ranging from polled mean group, mean group, and dynamic fixed effect estimation techniques are employed. Hence, the pooled mean group estimation result reveals that the budget deficit is inflationary. In addition, GDP per capita, the effective exchange rate, financial sector development, regulatory quality, and the interaction term of the budget deficit and financial sector development are significant determinants of inflation. The study further examines the role of the broad money supply as a mediating variable in the budget deficit–inflation relationship. The structural equation model results and the mediation effect tests confirmed a partial mediation effect of the broad money supply on the budget deficit–inflation relationship. Based on the findings, it is recommended to strengthen regulatory quality, reduce broad money supply, and improve financial sector development. By doing so, we can create a more stable and efficient economy that benefits everyone in the long run.

This study aims to examine the budget deficit–inflation relationship, considering financial sector development and broad money supply as moderating and mediating variables. For this purpose, a panel data set ranging from polled mean group, mean group, and dynamic fixed effect estimation techniques are employed. Hence, the pooled mean group estimation result reveals that the budget deficit is inflationary. In addition, GDP per capita, the effective exchange rate, financial sector development, regulatory quality, and the interaction term of the budget deficit and financial sector development are significant determinants of inflation. The study further examines the role of the broad money supply as a mediating variable in the budget deficit–inflation relationship. The structural equation model results and the mediation effect tests confirmed a partial mediation effect of the broad money supply on the budget deficit–inflation relationship. Based on the findings, it is recommended to strengthen regulatory quality, reduce broad money supply, and improve financial sector development. By doing so, we can create a more stable and efficient economy that benefits everyone in the long run. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Despite the relevance of vaccination as one of the greatest successes of public health, many individuals nurture doubts over vaccines and choose to delay or refuse vaccination, despite its availability. This study investigates whether – independently of support for government restrictions, conspiracy beliefs, and informational contamination – benevolence and universalism values separately relate to COVID-19 vaccination uptake via attitudes toward vaccines. The mediational analyses, carried out via MPLUS on 214 Italian participants who had completed an online questionnaire, show that universalism was related to the decision to get vaccinated through the mediation of attitudes toward vaccines, whereas benevolence is related to it only directly. This study contributes to a deeper understanding of the individual factors playing a role in COVID-19 vaccination uptake. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This study investigated discrete achievement emotions (enjoyment, pride, boredom, and anxiety) as simultaneous mediators between achievement goals (mastery goals, performance-approach goals, and performance-avoidance goals) and academic engagement (cognitive engagement, effort withdrawal, and novelty avoidance). The data were collected using an online questionnaire with a sample of secondary school students (n = 1939) in Singapore. With gender, stream, and grade controlled, we conducted structural equation modelling to test the hypothesised mediation model. We found that achievement goals had a differential relationship with the four achievement emotions, which in turn showed a distinct association with engagement variables. Achievement emotions as mediators partly explained the differential relationship between achievement goals and academic engagement. In particular, the findings highlight the complex meaning of enjoyment and anxiety and the adaptive role of mastery goals in student learning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background and Objectives: Today, turnover intention and withdrawal behaviors of the personnel have received world-wide attention. Finding independent factors and mediators affecting personnel' commitment is essential, especially in health centers. Accordingly, the purpose of the present study was to determine the mediator role of job satisfaction among mentoring functions and organizational commitment in hospital personnel. Material and Methods: This was a correlation study based on structural equation modeling. The statistical population included all the permanent, temporary and contractual staff in Poursina Hospital in Rasht. A total number of 403 employees were selected using quota sampling. The selected subjects completed Mentoring Functions Questionnaire (MFQ-9), Organizational Commitment Questionnaire (OCQ) and Job Descriptive Index (JDI). All statistical analyses were done using SPSS Version 22 and AMOS Version 18. Bootstrap method with Preacher and Hayes' Macro program was used to analyze the mediating relations. Results: The fit indices of structural equation modeling showed that the proposed mediator pattern has an appropriate fitness of data (GFI = 0.986, NFI = 0.972, TLI = 0.976, CFI = 0.986 and RMSEA = 0.049). Findings showed that mentoring has a positive and significant effect on organizational commitment (P Conclusion: It is suggested that managers can strengthen mentoring dimensions, while improve the personnel’s organizational commitment and prevent them from turnover intention.

Workplace bullying is a serious problem that may arise within any occupation or organisation. Situations of workplace bullying are highly stressful and affect the health of workers who experience them in a negative way. Resilience has beenidentified as an essential capacity to protect people’s health. This study focuses on how resilience functions in situations of workplace bullying. By means of questionnaires, information about workplace bullying behaviours, resilience, andpsychological health in a sample of 762 workers was collected. The results show that exposure to bullying behaviours is related to poorer health, and resilience has a mediating role in the relationship between workplace bullying and employees’health. Main findings, limitations, and practical consequences of this study are discussed. The results obtained may serve to assist human resources managers and professionals when they are designing programs aimed at both controlling andpreventing workplace bullying within organisations.

Workplace bullying is a serious problem that may arise within any occupation or organisation. Situations of workplace bullying are highly stressful and affect the health of workers who experience them in a negative way. Resilience has beenidentified as an essential capacity to protect people's health. This study focuses on how resilience functions in situations of workplace bullying. By means of questionnaires, information about workplace bullying behaviours, resilience, andpsychological health in a sample of 762 workers was collected. The results show that exposure to bullying behaviours is related to poorer health, and resilience has a mediating role in the relationship between workplace bullying and employees'health. Main findings, limitations, and practical consequences of this study are discussed. The results obtained may serve to assist human resources managers and professionals when they are designing programs aimed at both controlling andpreventing workplace bullying within organisations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background and Objectives: Today, turnover intention and withdrawal behaviors of the personnel have received world-wide attention. Finding independent factors and mediators affecting personnel' commitment is essential, especially in health centers. Accordingly, the purpose of the present study was to determine the mediator role of job satisfaction among mentoring functions and organizational commitment in hospital personnel. Material and Methods: This was a correlation study based on structural equation modeling. The statistical population included all the permanent, temporary and contractual staff in Poursina Hospital in Rasht. A total number of 403 employees were selected using quota sampling. The selected subjects completed Mentoring Functions Questionnaire (MFQ-9), Organizational Commitment Questionnaire (OCQ) and Job Descriptive Index (JDI). All statistical analyses were done using SPSS Version 22 and AMOS Version 18. Bootstrap method with Preacher and Hayes' Macro program was used to analyze the mediating relations. Results: The fit indices of structural equation modeling showed that the proposed mediator pattern has an appropriate fitness of data (GFI = 0.986, NFI = 0.972, TLI = 0.976, CFI = 0.986 and RMSEA = 0.049). Findings showed that mentoring has a positive and significant effect on organizational commitment (P<0.0001) and job satisfaction (P<0.0001) among personnel's. In addition, the employees' job satisfaction played a mediating role between mentoring functions and personnel' organizational commitment. Conclusion: It is suggested that managers can strengthen mentoring dimensions, while improve the personnel's organizational commitment and prevent them from turnover intention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study explores the role of peer communication in normative social influences on risk behavior. We use the theory of normative social behavior (TNSB) as a guiding framework for developing a communication perspective on normative social influences. Peer communication is conceptualized as a norm-building factor and its concrete role is specified as a function of its content. The hypotheses on peer communication's impact on norms in normative social influences are tested for the case of speeding in road traffic. The analyses are based on representative survey data of 1,138 German young car drivers. Findings from mediational analyses indicate that peer communication plays a crucial role in the formation of social norms which, in turn, affect risk behavior, and that the communication's health-promoting potential depends on its content. Implications for further norm-based theory development and strategic risk communication are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract Adopting Biggs' (2003) 3P (presage, process, product) model, this study examined the role of individual preparedness, member's contribution, motivation, enjoyment in students' learning, readiness for interprofessional learning, and attainment of desired outcomes in the context of computer-supported interprofessional team-based learning (CS-IPTBL). A sample of 531 health and social care students (Chinese medicine, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, occupational therapy, and social work) from two universities in Hong Kong participated in the study. Mediational analysis showed that task value (motivation and enjoyment) and utility (perceived usefulness) played a significant mediating role between perceived preparedness and perceived individual contribution and outcomes. The study enriched the extant research by showing possible pathways that determined students' achievement in CS-IPTBL. Findings suggest that students' achievement (product) in CS-IPTBL is influenced by their motivation, enjoyment, and perceived usefulness (process) which were derived from two sources: individual preparedness and members' valuable contribution (presage). Key findings and their implications for program enhancement and teaching are provided. Highlights • Motivation, enjoyment, and perception of usefulness influenced students' learning. • Preparedness and contribution predicted motivation, enjoyment, and usefulness. • Perceived contribution has direct effect only on perceived learning. • Motivation and enjoyment mediated preparedness and learning and readiness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Synchronous hybrid delivery (simultaneously teaching on-campus and online students using web conferencing) is becoming more common; however, little is known about how students experience emotions in this learning environment. Based on Pekrun's (2006) control-value theory of emotions, the dual purpose of this study was first to compare synchronous hybrid students who attend online versus on-campus in terms of control, value, emotions and perceived success and second to compare students’ degree of emotional activation in the domains of programme achievement and technology use. Survey data from 101 graduate business students revealed that online students reported significantly higher levels of technology-related anger, anxiety and helplessness. Furthermore, in comparison to their on-campus counterparts, online students more clearly separated their emotions in terms of programme achievement and technology use. Emotions related significantly to students’ perceived success for both programme achievement and technology use, and mediated the effects of control and value appraisals on perceived success.

In this study, 67 participants (95% female) with fibromyalgia (FM) were randomly assigned to an online acceptance and commitment therapy (online ACT) and treatment as usual (TAU; ACT + TAU) protocol or a TAU control condition. Online ACT + TAU participants were asked to complete 7 modules over an 8-week period. Assessments were completed at pre-treatment, post-treatment, and 3-month follow-up periods and included measures of FM impact (primary outcome), depression, pain, sleep, 6-minute walk, sit to stand, pain acceptance (primary process variable), mindfulness, cognitive fusion, valued living, kinesiophobia, and pain catastrophizing. The results indicated that online ACT + TAU participants significantly improved in FM impact, relative to TAU ( P  <   .001), with large between condition effect sizes at post-treatment (1.26) and follow-up (1.59). Increases in pain acceptance significantly mediated these improvements ( P  = .005). Significant improvements in favor of online ACT + TAU were also found on measures of depression ( P  = .02), pain ( P  = .01), and kinesiophobia ( P  = .001). Although preliminary, this study highlights the potential for online ACT to be an efficacious, accessible, and cost-effective treatment for people with FM and other chronic pain conditions. Perspective Online ACT reduced FM impact relative to a TAU control condition in this randomized controlled trial. Reductions in FM impact were mediated by improvements in pain acceptance. Online ACT appears to be a promising intervention for FM. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Peer mentoring programs frequently are implemented on college campuses to enhance first-year college student retention; however, few studies have examined characteristics of peer mentors that are associated with more supportive mentor–mentee relationships, leaving college personnel with a limited understanding of how to improve these vital programs. Accordingly, in this prospective study, we examined whether mentors’ attachment style and self-efficacy to mentor predicted peer mentors’ (n = 76) or mentees’ (n = 999) ratings of mentor-provided support. Results showed that mentor self-efficacy mediated the relation between an avoidant attachment style and mentor-reported support; that is, peer mentors with a more avoidant attachment style reported lower self-efficacy to mentor and, in turn, endorsed providing lower levels of support for mentees. Mentor–mentee contact, however, was the only predictor of mentees’ ratings of mentor support. Future research should aim to extend these preliminary findings so as to inform the selection, training, and supervision of peer mentors in college settings, with the ultimate goal of enhancing first-year student retention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study investigated the mediating relationships among an organizational variable (supervisory support), three trainee characteristics (self-efficacy, expected utility, and learning motivation), a training design variable (content relevance), and training transfer perceived by both the trainees and the supervisors in South Korean organizational setting. Data analysis indicated that course relevance mediated the relationships between the study variables for both the trainee's and the supervisor's assessment of training transfer. Based on the study findings, training transfer is considered a multiphasic process including many factors interacting simultaneously rather than a linear influential process. For practical implications, content relevance and expected utility were identified as critical factors to enable training transfer in the workplace, which could be controlled and developed by training designers. Also, supervisory support should be carefully controlled to reduce its negative effect on training transfer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Co-occurring borderline personality disorder (BPD) features have a marked impact on treatment of patients with mood disorders. Overall, high neuroticism, childhood traumatic experiences (TEs) and insecure attachment are plausible aetiological factors for BPD. However, their relationship with BPD features specifically among patients with mood disorders remains unclear. We investigated these relationships among unipolar and bipolar mood disorder patients.Methods: As part of the Helsinki University Psychiatric Consortium study, the McLean Screening Instrument (MSI), the Experiences in Close Relationships-Revised (ECR-R), the Short Five (S5) and the Trauma and Distress Scale (TADS) were filled in by patients with mood disorders (n=282) in psychiatric care. Correlation coefficients between total scores of scales and their dimensions were estimated, and multivariate regression (MRA) and mediation analyses were conducted.Results: Spearman's correlations were strong (rho=0.58; p<0.001) between total scores of MSI and S5 Neuroticism and moderate (rho=0.42; p<0.001) between MSI and TADS as well as between MSI and ECR-R Attachment Anxiety. In MRA, young age, S5 Neuroticism and TADS predicted scores of MSI (p<0.001). ECR-R Attachment Anxiety mediated 33% (CI=17-53%) of the relationships between TADS and MSI.Limitations: Cross-sectional questionnaire study.Conclusions: We found moderately strong correlations between self-reported BPD features and concurrent high neuroticism, reported childhood traumatic experiences and Attachment Anxiety also among patients with mood disorders. Independent predictors for BPD features include young age, frequency of childhood traumatic experiences and high neuroticism. Insecure attachment may partially mediate the relationship between childhood traumatic experiences and borderline features among mood disorder patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Synchronous hybrid delivery (simultaneously teaching on-campus and online students using web conferencing) is becoming more common; however, little is known about how students experience emotions in this learning environment. Based on Pekrun’s (2006) control-value theory of emotions, the dual purpose of this study was first to compare synchronous hybrid students who attend online versus on-campus in terms of control, value, emotions and perceived success and second to compare students’ degree of emotional activation in the domains of programme achievement and technology use. Survey data from 101 graduate business students revealed that online students reported significantly higher levels of technology-related anger, anxiety and helplessness. Furthermore, in comparison to their on-campus counterparts, online students more clearly separated their emotions in terms of programme achievement and technology use. Emotions related significantly to students’ perceived success for both programme achievement and technology use, and mediated the effects of control and value appraisals on perceived success. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study applied the affect heuristic model to investigate key psychological factors (affective associations, perceived benefits, and costs of wood heating) contributing to public support for three distinct types of wood smoke mitigation policies: education, incentives, and regulation. The sample comprised 265 residents of Armidale, an Australian regional community adversely affected by winter wood smoke pollution. Our results indicate that residents with stronger positive affective associations with wood heating expressed less support for wood smoke mitigation policies involving regulation. This relationship was fully mediated by expected benefits and costs associated with wood heating. Affective associations were unrelated to public support for policies involving education and incentives, which were broadly endorsed by all segments of the community, and were more strongly associated with rational considerations. Latent profile analysis revealed no evidence to support the proposition that some community members experience internal 'heart versus head' conflicts in which their positive affective associations with wood heating would be at odds with their risk judgments about the dangers of wood smoke pollution. Affective associations and cost/benefit judgments were very consistent with each other. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Emotion dysregulation has been consistently linked to psychopathology, and the relationship between disability and depressive symptomatology in old age is well-known., Objective: To examine the mediational role of emotional dysregulation in the relationship between perceived disability and depressive symptomatology in older adults., Methods: Two hundred eighty-three participants, aged 60-96 years (M±SD=74.22±8.69; 62.9% women; 29.0% with long-term care support [LTC-S] and 71.0% community residents without LTC-S), were assessed with the Geriatric Depression Scale-8 (GDS-8), the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule-2 (WHODAS-2), and the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale-16 (DERS-16)., Results: A mediation model was established, which revealed: (1) a moderate association between WHODAS-2 and GDS-8 (β=0.20; p<.001); (2) DERS-16 partially and weakly mediated the relationship between WHODAS-2 and GDS-8 (β=0.003; p<.01). The model explained 31.9% of the variance of depressive symptoms. An inconsistent mediation model was obtained in the LTC-S group., Conclusions: Globally, our findings indicate that disability has an indirect relationship with depressive symptomatology through emotional dysregulation (except for those in the LTC-S). Accordingly, we present suggestions for the treatment of depressive symptoms and for the inclusion of other emotion regulation variables in the study of the disability-depressive symptom link in future studies with older people in the LTC-S., (Copyright © 2022 SEGG. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.)

Objective:This study assessed a mediational model in which negative automatic thoughts and anxiety sensitivity were hypothesized to mediate the relationship between perfectionism cognitions and depressive and anxiety symptoms.Participants: Participants were undergraduate students from an urban Canadian university. The data were collected from July 2009 to August 2010.Methods: In a cross-sectional evaluation, 992 undergraduate participants completed questionnaires that assessed perfectionism cognitions, negative automatic thinking, anxiety sensitivity, and anxiety and depressive symptoms.Results: Mediational analysis confirmed the role of anxiety sensitivity and negative automatic thoughts in mediating the association between perfectionistic cognitions, anxiety symptoms, and depressive distress. Furthermore, in line with previous studies, nearly a third of students displayed an elevated prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms.Conclusions: This study further clarified the associations and mediating relationships among mood states associated with perfectionism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), including behavior therapy, cognitive therapy, and their integration, has evolved over the past four decades to become the most empirically supported psychological treatment for a range of psychiatric conditions, spanning the preponderance of Axis I disorders, selected Axis II disorders, and a range of associated clinical-health problems. The evolution of cognitive-behavioral theory and treatment has followed a coherent scientific framework, first introduced in the cognitive-behavioral modeling and treatment of depression, to include: (a) systematic clinical observations, (b) definition and psychometric operationalization of key disorder-specific cognitive, emotional and behavioral constructs, (c) laboratory investigation of operationalized disorder-specific processes, (d) development of comprehensive CBT treatment interventions to target the processes of empirically tested disorder-specific models, (e) progression from early noncontrolled clinical outcome studies to the development of sophisticated, large-scale randomized controlled trials testing disorder-specific CBT interventions, (f) examination of disorder-specific moderators and mediators of change in CBT treatment, and (g) openness to refinements and elaborations based on empirical updates from experimental and clinical investigations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]