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TL;DR: Path analysis results indicated that the positive links between social media engagement and two motivational factors: Extrinsic and amotivation for learning are more likely to be mediated by FoMO.
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TL;DR: The time-limited, short-term use of very low dosages of sublingual buprenorphine was associated with decreased suicidal ideation in severely suicidal patients without substance abuse.
Abstract: Objective:Suicidal ideation and behavior currently have no quick-acting pharmacological treatments that are suitable for independent outpatient use. Suicidality is linked to mental pain, which is modulated by the separation distress system through endogenous opioids. The authors tested the efficacy and safety of very low dosages of sublingual buprenorphine as a time-limited treatment for severe suicidal ideation.Method:This was a multisite randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial of ultra-low-dose sublingual buprenorphine as an adjunctive treatment. Severely suicidal patients without substance abuse were randomly assigned to receive either buprenorphine or placebo (in a 2:1 ratio), in addition to their ongoing individual treatments. The primary outcome measure was change in suicidal ideation, as assessed by the Beck Suicide Ideation Scale at the end of each of 4 weeks of treatment.Results:Patients who received ultra-low-dose buprenorphine (initial dosage, 0.1 mg once or twice daily; mean final dos...
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TL;DR: Assessment of weekday and weekend sleep patterns and their relationships with electronic media (television and computer) exposure and with daytime sleep‐related behaviours, including sleep problem behaviours, sleepiness and fatigue in Israeli adolescents.
Abstract: Aim: The aim of this study was to assess weekday and weekend sleep patterns and their relationships with electronic media (television and computer) exposure and with daytime sleep-related behaviours, including sleep problem behaviours, sleepiness and fatigue in Israeli adolescents.
Methods: A cross-sectional survey, which includes 470 8th and 9th grade middle school students (mean age 14 ± 0.8) in the normative school system, was performed. Students completed the modified School Sleep Habits Survey (SSHS), and the modified Electronic Media and Fatigue Questionnaire (EMFQ).
Results: Adolescents went to bed at 23:00 and 01:45 hours, and slept <7.5 and nearly 10.0 h on average, during weekdays and weekends respectively. Average electronic media exposure per day was about 3 h for television and 2.5 h for internet. Adolescents with a bedroom television went to bed later, had longer sleep latency and slept less than those without a bedroom television. Increased electronic media exposure and poor daytime sleep-related behaviours predicted later bedtime, longer sleep latency during weekdays and later wake-up time during weekends.
Conclusion: Poor sleep patterns in Israeli adolescents are related to excessive electronic media habits and daytime sleep-related problems. These findings raise a public health concern regarding lifestyle and functioning in young individuals.
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TL;DR: Adolescents reporting problematic SMU are particularly at risk of lower well-being, and in countries with a higher prevalence of intense SMU, intense users reported higher levels of family support and life satisfaction than nonintense users, and similar levels of psychological complaints.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined how educational efforts based on constructivist theory were associated with the self-efficacy beliefs of students within higher education settings, and found that students in the Problem-Based Learning environment perceived the learning environment as more constructivists and having high academic selfefficacy relative to the lecture-based environment.
Abstract: Self-efficacy for learning, which refers to students’ beliefs in their capabilities to regulate their own learning, could determine students’ motivation and academic achievement and, therefore, is significant in the learning process. This study examined how educational efforts based on constructivist theory were associated with the self-efficacy beliefs of students within higher education settings. Perceived constructivist pedagogical principles and academic self-efficacy were measured for a sample of 167 undergraduate college students studying in a Problem-Based Learning environment (PBL) informed by constructivist theory, and in a traditional lecture-based environment which used conventional instruction. The main aims were to compare the different learning environments and to identify which perceived constructivist dimensions in the PBL environment were more contributive to academic self-efficacy beliefs. Multivariate analysis of covariance, path analysis and regression analysis showed that students in the PBL course perceived the learning environment as more constructivists and having high academic self-efficacy relative to the lecture-based environment. The construct ‘motivation towards reflections and concept investigation’ (the extent to which high-order meta-cognitive learning functions towards knowledge are stimulated) was the most dominant positive predictor of academic self-efficacy. Implications of these findings are discussed.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Jacob Bear | 42 | 150 | 26282 |
Yael Nemirovsky | 38 | 296 | 5290 |
Shimon Gepstein | 33 | 67 | 4160 |
Tamar Shochat | 29 | 76 | 3641 |
Elisheva Ben-Artzi | 17 | 32 | 1825 |
Sibylle Heilbrunn | 16 | 42 | 664 |
Meyran Boniel-Nissim | 15 | 22 | 2093 |
Dorit Alt | 14 | 50 | 788 |
Emanuel Gluskin | 13 | 109 | 572 |
Eran Ketter | 13 | 24 | 634 |
Tomer Einat | 12 | 45 | 489 |
Eyal Kurzbaum | 12 | 35 | 365 |
Muhammad Akashi | 12 | 34 | 427 |
Ran Y. Suckeveriene | 11 | 32 | 348 |
Tal Sela | 10 | 24 | 446 |