Fading Voices: COVID-19, Language Death and the Case of Bergamasco in Italy

The chapter explores the impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on language endangerment in Italy. Despite their misleading name, Italian Dialects (IDs) are sister languages of Italian and independently developed from Latin. Since the introduction of compulsory education in the 1960s and concurrent Italy's sharp industrialisation, IDs are in decline, and a clear language shift is detectable towards the dominant national language: Italian. IDs are hence only discretely vital among the aging population with the younger generations having broken their intergenerational transmission. Given the higher mortality rates among the elderly and the strict intermittent national and regional lockdowns enforced by the Italian Government, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the process of language death across Italy. This is particularly noticeable in Bergamo, one of the Italian provinces most affected by COVID-19, where the disease caused a five-fold increase in excess mortality in March 2020. In the same period, COVID-19 was the attributable cause of death in half of those older than 50 and the mean age of those dying for COVID-19 was 80. The death toll of COVID-19 on the elderly population has left Bergamasco, the ancestral language of Bergamo, a step closer to extinction. By taking Bergamasco as a case study, the chapter denounces the vulnerability of IDs and the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their level of vitality. To this aim, the chapter presents a quantitative sociolinguistic study of the vitality of Bergamasco in relation to COVID-19 incidence and lethality rates in the province of Bergamo. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022.

Actually existing vitality rights: resisting neoliberal affects at a video game design camp

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to demonstrate the power of affective pedagogies and playful literacies to resist neoliberal framings of video game play and design in educational contexts. Design/methodology/approachFocusing on the Giga-Games Camp, a video game design camp for adolescents, the authors mobilize different methodological impulses across a number of different registers, using interview data to trace institutional arcs, focal frames from a GoPro camera to see vitality in action and descriptions of platform events to follow these lines through the shift to online instruction brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. FindingsThe authors narrate three transversal movements of the Giga-Games Camp to reveal how play-centered pedagogies can challenge the neoliberal tendency to assimilate young people's video gaming practices as a vehicle for future-proof science, technology, engineering and mathematics learning. Originality/valueThe authors offer the concept of actually existing vitality rights to describe how attending seriously to vitality in learning spaces will often manifest organically in very real strategies to reimagine and restructure preexisting, neoliberally sedimented uses of space, institutional configurations and constellations of sociopolitical power.

Assessment of public open space research hotspots, vitalities, and outlook using CiteSpace

Urbanization is essential for human development and progress. Therefore, it is urgent to study urban public open space (POS) under the dual impact of urbanization construction and the global COVID-19 outbreak. Bibliometric visual analysis is currently popular in academia, as it can be used to analyze specific fields. This research summarizes the development history, hotspots, and trends in POS, with theoretical and data support based on the Web of Science (WoS) Core Collection. The study period was from 2002 to 2022. A total of 398 papers were collected, with the number of papers increasing over time. The research covers various fields, including environment, architecture, ecology, geography, design, behavior, etc. The results show that POS research hotspots include form layout, social value, and sustainable renewal. This paper demonstrates that there is a lack of vitality in urban POS. Although affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the fundamental reason for this is that the vitality of POS is not created from multiple dimensions. Vitality should be enhanced according to the space's terrain, ecology, environment, and other factors. POS research lacks crossdisciplinary collaboration and the fusion of multiple fields. Thus, cooperation between the various disciplines involved must be strengthened. In the future, POS research should change its design concept, continue to place the "human" in the leading position, establish a multidisciplinary research system, use local empirical cases, and develop applicable theories that can be extended upon. Thus, it will be possible to build harmonious open spaces that enhance the relationship between the people and the land and provide practical solutions for other countries in which urbanization is advancing.

Examining Effective Communication During COVID-19 Through Prime Minister's Speeches: The Case of Malaysia

When the COVID-19 virus began spreading aggressively after its first detection, government of most countries impose mandated lockdowns to combat the virus. Subsequently, leaders communicate to their citizens through live telecast, which are usually presented in one language alongside sign language. This may have hindered communication within small ethnic and indigenous communities and thus risking lives. To seek an understanding of the sociolinguistic reality of the interplay and language practices in multilingual countries, this study examines 26 speeches presented by the Prime Minister of Malaysia. The analysis reveals that the main language used is Bahasa Melayu but the Prime Minister switches to English when emphasising important terms. Although the speeches were not translated into community languages, the analysis shows that the top five highest frequency words in both Bahasa Melayu and English transcripts were similar. This result indicates that although effective communication within small ethnic and indigenous communities may not be successful, the Malaysian government still cares about its citizens during the pandemic. The findings provide a snapshot of the language vitality in Malaysia, which acts as a wakeup call for nations that are keen about protecting their citizens while maintaining a multilingual identity. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022.

Adolescents' Out-of-School Physical Activity Levels and Well-Being during the COVID-19 Restrictions in Greece: A Longitudinal Study.

The present study aimed to identify the impact of social distancing measures on adolescents' physical activity (PA) levels and well-being during the implementation of COVID-19 restrictive measures. There were 438 participants (207 boys and 231 girls), aged 12 to 15 years old (M = 13.5, SD = 0.55). They completed online questionnaires on well-being and PA in three waves (December 2020, February 2021, and June 2021). Correlation analyses were conducted to examine the relationship between well-being and PA variables in the three measurements. Additionally, separate three-way repeated-measures ANOVAs were conducted to capture possible differences in students' moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) levels, life satisfaction, and subjective vitality among the three measurements due to gender, age, and interaction between gender and age. A significant relation emerged between the MVPA variables and well-being. In all measurements, adolescents' PA levels did not meet the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations of at least 60 min per day in MVPA. Students' MVPA levels, life satisfaction, and subjective vitality were significantly higher in the third measurement compared to the first and second ones. Moreover, significant differences emerged in life satisfaction and subjective vitality between boys and girls in the first and third measurements, respectively. The COVID-19 restrictions appeared to negatively influence adolescents' PA and well-being. Policymakers aimed at facilitating adolescents' well-being in a similar situation in the future should not adopt measures restricting the participation of adolescents in PA.

Act or Wait-and-See? Adversity, Agility, and Entrepreneur Wellbeing across Countries during the COVID-19 Pandemic: ET&P

How can entrepreneurs protect their wellbeing during a crisis? Does engaging agility (namely, opportunity agility and planning agility) in response to adversity help entrepreneurs safeguard their wellbeing? Activated by adversity, agility may function as a specific resilience mechanism enabling positive adaption to crisis. We studied 3162 entrepreneurs from 20 countries during the COVID-19 pandemic and found that more severe national lockdowns enhanced firm-level adversity for entrepreneurs and diminished their wellbeing. Moreover, entrepreneurs who combined opportunity agility with planning agility experienced higher wellbeing but planning agility alone lowered wellbeing. Entrepreneur agility offers a new agentic perspective to research on entrepreneur wellbeing.

Go, go . You'll be happier. Psychological variables among cyclists during COVID-19 lockdowns.

COVID-19 lockdowns involved radical changes in the habits and lifestyles of many. Notably, athletes saw their training routines altered. The relationship between lockdown effects and psychological variables was analysed using a sample comprising 1032 cyclists (average age: 42.97 years, s.d. = 8.94), taking part in the first cycling competition after lockdown. The target variables included psychological variables such as frustration tolerance, subjective vitality, autonomy self-determination, and affective status, as well as sociodemographic and training habits-related variables. The results showed that the constructs under analysis are related. Pre- and post-competition psychological variables were measured, and no significant differences were detected, except concerning subjective vitality. A regression analysis model was designed to analyse the impact of frustration tolerance, autonomy self-determination, and affective status on subjective vitality. The results reveal a lineal relationship (F = 71.789, p < .001) between subjective vitality and a set of independent variables: positive affects; health status; km of training per year; and frustration tolerance, which explain 46.7% of variance. Finally, since the variable that measures subjective vitality was shown to be significant, mediation analyses were undertaken to answer our hypothesis, following the results of the exploratory analysis. The results suggest that frustration tolerance has a direct effect on subjective vitality, and that this relationship is mediated by positive affects, health status, and km of training per year. It is concluded that exercising increases subjective vitality, which is affected by frustration tolerance, positive affects, health status and km of training per year. In addition, it can be argued that these three variables mediate the relationship between frustration tolerance and subjective vitality. Finally, it is worth stressing that, given the positive effects of exercise not only in physical health but also in psychological, social and personal wellbeing, self-determined attitudes in training should be encouraged, as this promotes self-efficacy and self-satisfaction, in both training and competition settings.

The relationship between the fear of COVID-19, intention of repurchasing a vacation and subjective vitality variables

COVID-19 has prompted tourists to look for vacation options where they can feel safer. Hence, repurchasing behaviour gains importance regarding vacationing. Another widely accepted effect of COVID-19 is on people's psychological outcomes, such as decreased subjective vitality. Therefore, this study aims to reveal the interrelationships among tourists' fear of COVID-19, intention to repurchase a vacation and subjective vitality. Based on data from 654 tourists from all over Turkey and using the AMOS-SEM and PROCESS macro, the findings show (i) a positive relationship between the intention to repurchase a vacation and subjective vitality, (ii) negative associations between the fear of COVID-19 and repurchase intention, and fear of COVID-19 and subjective vitality. However, the results provide no significant evidence regarding the mediator role of the intention to repurchase. © 2023 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

Correction: A self-support approach to satisfy basic psychological needs during difficult situations

Reports an error in "A self-support approach to satisfy basic psychological needs during difficult situations" by Behzad Behzadnia and Saeideh FatahModares (Motivation and Emotion, Advanced Online Publication, Aug 24, 2022, np). The original version of this article contained a mistake in the acknowledgements section. The correct acknowledgements section is given in the erratum. The original article has been corrected. (The following of the original article appeared in record 2022-95204-001). We tested whether a self-support approach to satisfy basic psychological needs to increase students' basic need satisfaction, mindfulness, and subjective vitality, and decrease their need frustration, coronavirus, and test anxiety during the novel coronavirus and university final exams. Three hundred and thirty students (Mage = 21.45, SD = 2.66) participated in this 6-day long experimental study and they were randomly allocated to either experimental (self-support approach, n = 176) or control (no-intervention) condition. Students completed the targeted questionnaires at the beginning (first day of the university final exams, Time 1) middle (3 days after the beginning of the study, Time 2), and the end of study (6 days after the beginning of the study, Time 3). Compared to students in the control condition, students in the experimental condition reported higher need satisfaction, mindfulness, subjective vitality, and lower need frustration, coronavirus, and test anxiety. Through a path analysis, the experimental condition predicted positively students higher need satisfaction, which in turn, predicted their higher subjective vitality, and lower coronavirus and test anxiety at Time 3. Results highlighted the importance of a self-support approach on students' outcomes during difficult situations, that have implications for theory and practice. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)

University support and online learning engagement during the Covid-19 period: The role of student vitality.

The study investigates the moderating role of students' vitality on the nexus between university support and online learning engagement among tertiary students during the era of Covid-19 pandemic. A sample of 310 business students chosen randomly completed a self-reported questionnaire for the research. Data processing and analysis were done using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 24 and SmartPLS 3.3.9, respectively. Results reveal that university support positively and significantly predict students' online learning engagement. Furthermore, students' vitality enhances the positive effect of university support on students' online learning engagement. This study appears to be one of the first to have investigated a model linking university support, online learning engagement and student vitality from the perspective of higher institutions of learning. The findings suggest higher education managers must build students' states of vitality in order to enhance their online learning engagement during periods of pandemic.

A self-support approach to satisfy basic psychological needs during difficult situations.

We tested whether a self-support approach to satisfy basic psychological needs to increase students' basic need satisfaction, mindfulness, and subjective vitality, and decrease their need frustration, coronavirus, and test anxiety during the novel coronavirus and university final exams. Three hundred and thirty students (M age = 21.45, SD = 2.66) participated in this 6-day long experimental study and they were randomly allocated to either experimental (self-support approach, n = 176) or control (no-intervention) condition. Students completed the targeted questionnaires at the beginning (first day of the university final exams, Time 1) middle (3 days after the beginning of the study, Time 2), and the end of study (6 days after the beginning of the study, Time 3). Compared to students in the control condition, students in the experimental condition reported higher need satisfaction, mindfulness, subjective vitality, and lower need frustration, coronavirus, and test anxiety. Through a path analysis, the experimental condition predicted positively students higher need satisfaction, which in turn, predicted their higher subjective vitality, and lower coronavirus and test anxiety at Time 3. Results highlighted the importance of a self-support approach on students' outcomes during difficult situations, that have implications for theory and practice.

How to achieve carbon neutrality while maintaining economic vitality: An exploration from the perspective of technological innovation and trade openness.

The significant drop in global carbon emissions in 2020 was credited to the enormous loss of economic activity from the impact of COVID-19. The challenge is now to reduce carbon emissions without causing massive disruption and damage to economic production. To achieve carbon neutrality while maintaining economic vitality, the impact of technological innovation and trade openness must be considered. This paper sets technological innovation and trade openness as core variables and establishes two extended Stochastic Impacts by Regression on Population, Affluence, and Technology (STIRPAT) models. The first model focuses on carbon emissions and the second focuses on economic growth. Comparisons were made between the BRICS (i.e., Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) and G7 (i.e., Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, and the USA) countries. The fully modified ordinary least squares (FMOLS) regression analysis was used to explore the impact of technological innovation and trade openness on low-carbon economic development. A Panel Granger Causality Test explores the causal relationship between the core, control and dependent variables. The results illustrate that: (1) technological innovation is the primary factor that inhibits carbon emissions and promotes economic growth in both international organizations, (2) trade openness promotes the growth of carbon emissions in BRICS countries, but restrains G7 growth, confirming the "Pollution Haven Hypothesis", (3) per capita GDP is the largest contributor to carbon emissions growth in both the G7 and BRICS countries, which illustrates that per capita GDP is the largest contributor to carbon emissions. It is proportional to G7 and BRICS carbon emissions. This paper provides several policy recommendations: breaking through basic research, adjusting the science and technology evaluation system, optimizing the export trade structure, and increasing the proportion of renewable energy.

Corona-phobia violated human rights? Impact of COVID-19 on patient's well-being

PurposeThis study aims to measure whether admittance in the quarantine ward due to COVID-19 can affect one's mental health. Nowadays, many countries worldwide are battling with the threat of the COVID-19 contagion, and it is difficult to understand how the pandemic leaves psychological impacts on one's well-being. Design/methodology/approachThis research used qualitative and quantitative approaches to assess the psychological impacts of quarantine due to COVID-19. Population of the present study were 250 patients who were admitted in quarantine centres of Pakistan. The data analysis was conducted through univariate analysis using (ANVOVA) software. FindingsThis study found that patients who were quarantined due to the COVID-19 infection displayed multiple psychological symptoms such as a lack of self-control, anxiety, low general health and vitality, depression and negative well-being. Practical implicationsThere is an urgency to provide psychological treatments to each afflicted person and their family members to establish a healthy community. Originality/valueThis research investigates whether admittance in the quarantine ward due to COVID-19 can affect mental health in Pakistan.

Integrative Wellness Approaches to Mitigate Perceived Stress, Increase Vitality, and Build Community during COVID-19: A Pilot Study.

INTRODUCTION: In January 2020, a small, private school of nursing in a university in the pacific northwest, established the Initiative for Vital Practice (I4VP). The I4VP's primary goal was to create a sustainable pathway for increasing vital practice through increasing resiliency and self-care practices. OBJECTIVES: The ensuing pathway's objectives were to, (1) take previously identified factors related to perceived stress related to workloads, impacts on professional quality of life and psychosocial exposures during the COVID-19 pandemic; and (2) develop and pilot test a wellness intervention (i.e., wellness pods) for faculty and staff to build community and find new ways to enhance well-being through peer support. METHODS: Five focused Wellness Pods were developed on Microsoft Teams platform using the individual channels: (1) stress and mind-body exploration pod; (2) mindfulness in healthcare pod; (3) healing relationship pod; (4) environmental pod; and (5) physical activity pod. Faculty and staff self-selected into a Wellness Pod that interested them. The Wellness Pods met weekly in person over a period of two months. Quantitative and qualitative data was collected via cross-sectional surveys including: four sociodemographic items, one item on current stress level, one write-in item on current stress management at work, two write-in items focused on the cognitive reasoning for participation, the 7-item subjective vitality scale focused individual difference, the 7-item subjective vitality scale focused on the state level, the 10-item perceived stress scale, and one item ranking which wellness pod the individual wanted to participate in. There was one trained facilitator for the overall Wellness Pods operations and communication. RESULTS: The average score on the perceived stress scale was 22.3 (SD = 3.5), indicating moderate levels of perceived stress. The average score on the individual difference vitality score was 26.5 (SD = 7.6), whereas the state level vitality score was 21.4 (SD = 9.98), indicating moderate levels of subjective vitality. Two categories: stress management and wellness pods, were identified through content analysis. CONCLUSIONS: Through pilot testing, this project demonstrated feasibility for future wellness pods interventions for faculty and staff at schools of nursing. Future research is needed to evaluate the effectiveness of the wellness pods intervention.

A new method to explore the abnormal space of urban hidden dangers under epidemic outbreak and its prevention and control: A case study of Jinan City

In recent years, the proliferation of coronavirus disease has profoundly affected the world. The vitality of urban space is difficult to recover in the short term. Therefore, in the early stage of human-to-human transmission of the epidemic, we need to determine the potential urban agglomeration space as soon as possible, the timely find of hidden danger areas, and carry out spatial optimization to prevent the further spread of the epidemic. This becomes the urgent problem at the moment. Jinan is the capital city of Shandong Province, and the mega-city of China. The study is focused on the main urban area within the bypass. This study used spatial data methods such as spatial grammar and GIS technology. First, we analyzed the spatial topological properties of urban road network during the epidemic. Then, we carried out spatial autocorrelation analysis on the topological attributes to get the shape of urban spatial clustering layout during the epidemic. Finally, the thesis crawled through various types of infrastructure points-of-interest and conducted nuclear density analysis to get the dynamic trend of urban space in Jinan. The research results showed that there is significant space for agglomeration in the main urban area of Jinan. The areas with strong agglomeration are basically located in tourism areas, school areas, business areas, living circle areas of residential communities in Licheng and Lixia districts, transportation hub areas in Tianqiao District, and high-tech industrial areas in Lixia District. Topography, water body, greening, and parks could effectively reduce the concentration of human flow, and are important areas to relieve the potential abnormal epidemic. This study provided a new method for detecting epidemic prevention and control areas, optimizing urban space layout and formulating prevention and control strategies in the early stage of human-to-human epidemic transmission and lack of case surveillance data and control measures.

Every advantage has its disadvantage and vice versa: Working from home and the well-being of home workers during the first COVID-19 lock down

(Dutch) De COVID-19 pandemie veranderde onze manier van werken en organiseren drastisch. Zo verrichtten veel werkenden hun taken gedwongen vanuit huis, terwijl ook huisgenoten thuis moesten blijven. Vanuit de Appraisal Theory onderzochten we hoe de evaluatie/waardering van thuiswerk samenhangt met het welzijn (emotionele uitputting en vitaliteit) van thuiswerkers tijdens de eerste COVID-19 lock down, en welke processen daarbij een rol spelen. Er is gekeken naar de voor- en nadelen van het thuiswerken, het coping potentieel en emoties als voorspellers van welzijn. Veronderstellingen zijn getoetst in een cross-sectioneel onderzoek bij 173 thuiswerkers. Zoals voorspeld door de Appraisal Theory liet coping potentieel sterke relaties met positieve en negatieve emoties zien. De ervaren voordelen van thuiswerk hingen samen met minder emotionele uitputting en de ervaren nadelen van thuiswerk met meer emotionele uitputting. Analyse liet verder twee paden zien: de voordelen van thuiswerk hingen via meer positieve emoties samen met meer vitaliteit, de nadelen van thuiswerk hingen via meer negatieve emoties samen met meer emotionele uitputting. Toepassing van Appraisal Theory biedt meer inzicht in de gunstige en ongunstige mechanismen achter de vastgestelde welzijnsgevolgen voor het COVID-19 thuiswerken. De resultaten hebben implicaties voor toekomstig onderzoek en de praktijk. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

Effects of yoga practice on physiological distress, fatigue and QOL in patients affected by breast cancer undergoing adjuvant radiotherapy.

Background and purpose: In this study we want to evaluate the efficacy of yoga practice on dysfunctional stress, inflammation and QOL in breast cancer patients undergoing adjuvant radiotherapy. Patients and methods: Patients with stage 0 to III breast cancer were recruited before starting radiotherapy (XRT) and were randomly assigned to yoga group (YG) two times a week during XRT or control group (CG). Self-report measures of QOL, fatigue and sleep quality, and blood samples were collected at day 1 of treatment, day 15, end of treatment and 1, 3 and 6 months later. Cortisol blood level, IL6, IL10, IL1RA, TNFα and lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio were analyzed as measures of dysfunctional stress and inflammation. Results: Patients started XRT and yoga classes in October 2019. Due to COVID-19 pandemic we closed the enrollment in March 2020. We analysed 24 patients, 12 YG and 12 CG. The analysis of blood cortisol levels revealed an interaction (p = 0.04) between yoga practice and time, in particular YG had lower cortisol levels at the end of XRT respect to CG (p-adj = 0.02). The analysis of IL-1RA revealed an interaction effect (p = 0.04) suggesting differences between groups at some time points that post-hoc tests were not able to detect. Conclusions: To our knowledge, this is the first study to evaluate the effects of yoga in a cancer population studying inflammation markers, cortisol trend and QOL during and until 6 months after XRT. This study suggests that yoga practice is able to reduce stress and inflammation levels over time. Besides including a larger number of patients to increase the power, future studies should consider other inflammatory or pro inflammatory factors and long-term yoga program to gain more evidence on yoga practice benefits.

The Impacts of Environmental Dynamism on Chinese Tour Guides' Sustainable Performance: Factors Related to Vitality, Positive Stress Mindset and Supportive Policy.

Although previous research shows great interest in improving the sustainability of organizations' performance, little is known about individual sustainable performance, especially for special groups such as tour guides. Drawing on the Conservation of Resources (COR) theory, this study aimed to investigate the effect of environmental dynamism caused by COVID-19 on tour guides' sustainable performance and mediating role of vitality and intervention mechanism in this relationship. Adopting a quantitative research method, we collected data from 382 professional tour guides in China via three surveys. The Structural Equation Model (SEM) and PROCESS were used to test the hypotheses. The results revealed that: (1) environmental dynamism was negatively related to tour guides' sustainable performance and (2) vitality at work mediated this negative effect; (3) a positive stress mindset moderated the relationship between environmental dynamism and vitality; (4) supportive policy's moderating role in the relationship of vitality and sustainable performance was not significant. The above conclusions contribute to the literature about the external environment, emotional state, performance management and application boundary of COR theory in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

PSYCHOLOGICAL PREDICTORS AND "PROTECTORS" OF STUDENTS' INTERNET ADDICTION

Introduction. Currently, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the educational environment is forced to "migrate" to a virtual environment, which significantly increases the duration of student youth on the Internet space. In this regard, it has become even more relevant to consider psychological characteristics, which allow a person to remain within the framework of a "healthy" use of the Internet, and, which ones predict the emergence of Internet addiction. The aim of the present research was to identify the psychological properties of a person that contribute to and prevent the emergence of Internet addiction among students in the higher education system. Methodology and research methods. The methodological foundations of the study are the following: the theory of G. Allport, who considers the personality as an open self-developing system;the psychological concept of viability of E. A. Rylskaya;the theory of reflection by A. V. Karpov;a set of reasonable ideas about Internet addiction by A. Yu. Egorov, A. E. Voiskunsky, et al. The methodological foundations made it possible to present the predictors of Internet addiction as factors contributing to the "closure" of the system and inhibiting the personality development, and "protectors" as those psychological variables that protect the individual from the occurrence of Internet addiction, ensuring its openness and freedom of humanbecoming. The sample of the study was 201 people: students of South Ural State University aged 18 to 24 years (X = 21.14;SD = 1.52): 94 women (46.8 %) and 107 men (53.2 %). In the course of the empirical research, a complex of psychodiagnostic methods was used: "Chen Internet Addiction Scale" as adapted by K. A. Feklisov and V. L. Malygin;the Cattell's Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (form C);the reflexivity questionnaire by A. V. Karpov and the questionnaire "Human vitality" by E. A. Rylskaya. The following methods of mathematical statistics were used: descriptive statistics, discriminant analysis. Calculations were performed using the IBM SPSS Statistics 17.0. Results. The psychological characteristics of the personality, which act as predictors and "protectors" of Internet addiction, are revealed. The predictors of Internet addiction in students include: emotional instability, low normative behaviour, anxiety, tension, low self-control, indicating the tendency of a person addicted to the Internet to be highly conflicted and irritable, reactive arousal and impulsiveness. Such students are characterised by immaturity of emotions, instability of interests, irresponsibility;dependent on mood, poorly control the manifestation of emotions and their own behaviour;have a weak will. Internet addiction hinders personal development. At the same time, reflexivity and vitality act as "protectors" and perform a protective function in the emergence of Internet addiction, allowing the individual to remain an open self-developing system. Scientific novelty. For the first time, a comprehensive study of predictors and "protectors" of Internet addiction was performed on a sample of students in the context of the idea of a personality as an open self-developing system, which made it possible to present Internet addiction as a phenomenon that negatively affects the personality development. A prognostic model has been empirically verified, which includes a set of psychological variables that "predict" the emergence of Internet addiction in students with a greater or lesser degree of probability. Practical significance. The Internet addiction "prediction" modelling can be applied in counselling practice, when clients are not aware of their addiction or are trying to hide it. The research materials and the conclusions made by the authors can serve as a basis for developing recommendations for the prevention of Internet addiction, and the identified "protectors" (viability and reflexivity) determine the direction of development of correctional and training programmes. © 2022 Russian State Vocational Pedagogical University. All rights reserv d.

Loneliness, college belongingness, subjective vitality, and psychological adjustment during Coronavirus pandemic: Development of the College Belongingness Questionnaire

Loneliness is a serious risk factor for healthy development and flourishing. Although loneliness has been revealed to play an important role in psychological health and well-being, little is known about moderating and mitigating mechanisms underlying this association, especially during adverse experiences (e.g., COVID-19 pandemic). The current study purposed to explore whether subjective vitality mediated the association of loneliness with psychological adjustment and whether college belongingness moderated the mediating effect of subjective vitality on students' adjustment in the context of loneliness. The study sample comprised 333 undergraduate students (69% female) from a public university in Turkey. They ranged in age between 19 and 41 years (M = 21.94, SD = 4.15). Findings from mediation analysis revealed that loneliness had a significant predictive effect on subjective vitality and psychological adjustment challenges. Subjective vitality also mediated the effect of loneliness on the psychological adjustment of college students. Further, college belongingness moderated the mediating effect of subjective vitality on adjustment and had a protective effect on the association between loneliness and subjective vitality in college students. These results indicate that subjective vitality and college belongingness are important mechanisms that may help develop prevention and intervention strategies to foster students' psychological health and well-being in university settings. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)