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- The impact of cyberloafing and physical exercise on performance: a quasi-experimental study on the consonant and dissonant effects of breaks at workPublication . Santos, Ana Sara; Ferreira, Aristides I.; Ferreira, PaulaThis study aims to examine the consonant and dissonant efects that cyberloafng and physical exercise may have on individuals’ performance as activities of occupying rest breaks at work. Built upon an innovative perspective, a laboratory quasi-experimental study was developed where a total of 124 participants performed two diferent tasks—a cognitive task measuring errors and omissions and a motor task. Their performance was evaluated after a cyberloafng or physical exercise break. Aligned with the cognitive dissonance theory, results revealed that physical exercise breaks had a positive efect on motor performance. Conscientiousness and engagement also presented a medium efect size, suggesting a trend to moderate the impact of cyberloafng breaks on cognitive performance. Theoretical and practical implications, as well as limitations of the study and areas for future research, were also explored.
- Conceptual development protocol of EMPOWER platform and games - Empower platform D2.3Publication . Lopes, Sara; Stilwell, Diana; Ferreira, Aristides I.; Ferreira, Paula; Costescu, Cristina; David, Carmen; Rosan, Alex; Vera, Lucia; Veiga Simão, Ana
- Propriedades Psicométricas do TELESTUDENTS-SRL. Implicações nas percepções dos alunosPublication . Ferreira, Paula; Veiga Simão, Ana; da Silva, Adelina Lopes; Ferreira, Aristides I.; Duarte, FátimaEste estudo procura apresentar as características psicométricas do questionário TELESTUDENTS-SRL. De acordo com as dimensões obtidas na análise, pretende-se descrever as opiniões dos alunos face às dimensões relacionadas com os ambientes de aprendizagem tecnologicamente enriquecidos (AATE) e saber se o AATE promovem a auto-regulação da aprendizagem. Para além disso, pretende-se saber se os recursos tecnológicos são importantes para o desempenho e para a aprendizagem. Este estudo integrou uma amostra (N=153) de estudantes de língua inglesa que obtiveram formação prévia acerca das potencialidades dos AATE para a aquisição do inglês como segunda língua. Estudos psicométricos mostram uma estrutura factorial ancorada em seis dimensões distintas (com 66% do total da variância explicada e alfas de Cronbach superiores a 75) que avaliam fases e componentes importantes da aprendizagem auto-regulada. Tal como esperado, os resultados mostraram ausência de diferenças significativas para as variáveis de caracterização socio-demográficas estudadas. Em todas as dimensões, os estudantes revelaram que este ambiente de aprendizagem ajudou-os no processo de auto-regulação (os valores médios variam entre 3.84 e 4.17 numa escala de 0 a 5 pontos). A análise dos resultados sugere novas reflexões par o desenvolvimento do questionário.
- Common framework for game development - Empower platformPublication . Ferreira, Aristides I.; Lopes, Sara; Costescu, Cristina; David, Carmen; Stilwell, Diana; Domingues, Diogo; Ferreira, Paula; Veiga Simão, AnaThis deliverable describes the game development process, including the theoretical background, the description of standardized tasks which led to game development, the common framework used and the process which it guided, illustrations used for game development, content adaptation and appendix. It is part of WP2)
- How daily negative affect and emotional exhaustion correlates with work engagement and presenteeism-constrained productivity.Publication . Ferreira, Aristides I.; Ferreira, Paula; Cooper, Cary; Oliveira, DoraExploring productivity loss due to presenteeism, and how it can have an influence on employees’ productivity has been an important concern for HR managers. Using the Conservation of Resources theory and the Job Demands-Resources model, this study investigated how work engagement could mediate the relationship between both emotional exhaustion and negative affect and productivity loss due to presenteeism in a country experiencing an economic downturn. A total of 42 employees from a health care institution completed a ten-day diary survey (420 diary tasks). Multilevel linear modeling results, including power analyses, showed that negative affect and emotional exhaustion predicted productivity loss due to presenteeism positively, while work engagement predicted productivity loss negatively. Furthermore, we found that at a day-level, work engagement mediated the effects of emotional exhaustion and negative affect on productivity loss due to presenteeism. This study highlights the importance of promoting work engagement to reduce the effects of negative affect and emotional exhaustion on productivity loss due to presenteeism through intervention.
- University students perceptions of campus climate, cyberbullying and cultural issues: implications for theory and practicePublication . Souza, Sidclay B.; Veiga Simão, Ana; Ferreira, Aristides I.; Ferreira, PaulaThis study investigated the influence of campus climate dimensions, namely newcomer adjustment and feelings of well-being on the tendency for victims of cyberbullying to become aggressors, and how cultural issues could influence students’ involvement in situations of cyberbullying. Participants included 979 Portuguese and Brazilian university students who responded to the Cyberbullying Inventory for College Students and the Institutional and Psychosocial Campus Climate Inventory. Moderation analyses revealed that the relationship between being a victim and being an aggressor of cyberbullying was influenced by variables of the psychosocial campus climate and cultural aspects. Student victims from Brazil showed a significant tendency to become aggressors, independently of their level of newcomer adjustment and feelings of well-being, whereas the victims from Portugal tended to break the cycle between being a victim and being an aggressor. Implications for future research, preventive practices and university policies are discussed.
- Career interests of students in psychology specialties degrees: psychometric evidence and correlations with the RIASEC dimensionsPublication . Ferreira, Aristides I.; Rodrigues, Rosa Isabel; Ferreira, PaulaIn this study, we present the development of a vocational interest scale for university students studying psychology. Three dimensions were extracted through principal component analysis, namely, organizational, educational, and clinical psychology. A second study with confirmatory factor analysis replicated the same three factors obtained in the first study. We found significant positive correlations between clinical and educational psychology with the social dimension of Holland’s model. The enterprising dimension appeared to be significantly and positively correlated with the organizational psychology component. Implications and suggestions for future research are discussed.
- Self-Regulated Learning and Working Memory Determine Problem-Solving Accuracy in MathPublication . Ferreira, Paula; Ferreira, Aristides I.; Veiga Simão, Ana; Prada, Rui; Paulino, Paula; Rodrigues, RicardoThis study aims to understand the role of self-regulated learning (SRL) and its different processes in the relationship between working memory (WM) and problem-solving accuracy in math in primary school children. A sample of 269 primary school children (Mage=8.84, SD =0.81, 58% boys) participated in this study. Tasks were used as intervention resources to assess children’s WM (i.e., reading and computation span tasks), SRL (i.e., a digital game), and performance (i.e., the performance in the game, as well as a traditional math problem). Through structural equation modeling, results revealed that WM predicted children’s SRL and their problem-solving accuracy in math, such that those with higher capability for temporary storage attained better accuracy. Accordingly, children’s SRL explained the relationship between WM capacity and problem-solving accuracy in math; such that the indirect effect of WM capacity through SRL was lower on problem-solving accuracy in math. Results indicated that the planning phase was a greater indicator of students’ SRL in problem-solving accuracy in math. These results highlight the importance of SRL competencies in explaining children’s performance in problem-solving in math.
- Presenteeism and Productivity: The Role of Biomarkers and HormonesPublication . Ferreira, Aristides I.; Pérez Nebra, Amalia Raquel; Costa, Eva Ellen; Aguiar, Maria Luisa; Zambonato, Adriane; Gomes Da Costa, Carla; Modesto, João Gabriel; Ferreira, PaulaThis study aimed to assess whether self-reported productivity despite presenteeism may be affected by biomarkers and hormones and how these physiological indicators can interact with each other to explain the presenteeism dimensions. Methods. This pilot study included 180 healthy participants with a mean age of 41.22 years (SD = 13.58), 76.11% of whom were female. The dependent variable included a self-reported measure of productivity loss due to presenteeism: the Stanford Presenteeism Scale 6. This study also includes physiological indicators such as biomarkers (C-reactive protein (CRP) and blood glucose) and hormones (cortisol and TSH thyroid hormone). Results. Multiple linear regression analyses revealed that CRP moderated the relationship between cortisol levels and productivity despite presenteeism. Moreover, the increase of TSH moderated the relationship between cortisol, glycemia, and employees’ capacity to complete work tasks while sick. Conclusions. The results highlight TSH’s moderating role in decreasing employees’ capacity to fulfill tasks when these individuals have high levels of glycemia and cortisol in their blood. These findings have practical and theoretical implications based on a fuller understanding of how biomarkers and hormones explain productivity despite presenteeism.
- Overshadowed Leadership: The Grey Areas of Leadership MalpracticePublication . Ferreira, Aristides I.; Pérez-Nebra, Amália; Ferreira, PaulaIn times of uncertainty and absence of resources leaders may cause harm to their subordinates. Although the empirical research focuses on abusive supervision, we propose a scale of an overshadowed leadership construct, which may inform future research on the grey areas of leadership malpractice. In six studies we investigate the viability and importance of this construct. We develop and test a new instrument to measure overshadowed leadership, test the equivalence between different countries, examine the connections of overshadowed leadership with other constructs in a nomological network, and demonstrate its predictive validity for outcomes. The current findings proposed a reduced scale to evaluate a new unethical leadership dimension which is well supported by robust theoretical models that open interesting lines of research for future studies. Therefore, theoretical and practical implications, as well as limitations and future research are discussed at the end of the paper.
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