2023 | Koło Badań Psychologicznych Experior

Neurofeedback in the prevention of study addiction and reduction of its negative consequences

Na: 28^th International Student Scienitific Conference

Data: 13-15 kwietnia 2023

Wygłosił: Aleksandra Wybrańska

Streszczenie:

The study aimed to review the literature on the specificity of study addiction and interventions aimed at reducing its risk and negative consequences using Neurofeedback technology. Study addiction is the most common addictive behavior in student populations – previous studies indicate a high risk among about 15% of students (Atroszko et al. 2021). Discussion: Despite the dynamic development of research on study addiction and numerous debates about the balance between studying and leisure, stress and burnout are increasing, not decreasing. Study addiction is significantly associated with chronic stress, anxiety, depres‑ sion, physical health problems, loneliness, and reduced school and academic achievements. Study addiction is also closely related to the inability to relax. Therefore, there is a great need to reduce stress and burnout – phenomena strongly associated with addiction to studying. Neurofeedback technology is effective in developing relaxation skills and reducing stress (Tabachnik, 2015). Conclusions: As research shows, especially focusing on the alpha rhythm, best observed in the occipital lobe with eyes closed, brings benefits in deepening the state of relaxation. Similar stud‑ ies were conducted among people addicted to alcohol and brought effects in the reduction in anxiety. However, the literature review did not indicate any studies on using this method in study addiction. We designed a pilot study for which we obtained funding from the Ministry of Education. Its aim is to examine the effectiveness of relaxation training

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Obsessive‑compulsive personality disorder vs. study addiction: an empirical study on association and relationships with well‑being

Na: 28^th International Student Scienitific Conference

Data: 13-15 kwietnia 2023

Wygłosił: Aleksandra Buźniak

Streszczenie:

Young musicians are a particular group with a higher risk of psychological vulnerabilities that affect their development and career. Aim: The study aimed to examine the relationship between obsessive‑compulsive personality disorder, study addiction, and well‑being among students of music academies. Method and Materials: A total of 255 students from music academies took part in the study. The Bergen Study Addiction Scale, the Five‑Factor Obsessive Compulsive Inventory, Perceived Stress Scale, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Three‑Item Loneliness Scale, and single‑item measure of learning engagement were used. Multiple hierarchical regression analyses showed that study addiction was related to well‑being above and beyond OCPD and showed a stronger relationship with deteriorated functioning. The results of the mediation also showed that study addiction fully mediated between OCPD and stress and loneliness and partially between OCPD and anxiety and depression. The moderation analyses revealed that there was no association between OCPD and depression among students with high study addiction. Conclusions: To sum up, study addiction seems to be an independent disorder from OCPD and is associated with considerable harm. Further systematic studies are highly warranted to provide better help.

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PERSONALITY, GROUP NORMS AND RADICAL ACTIONS Individual differences and anti-vaccine radical collective action intention: The moderating role of group norms

Opublikowane w Personality and Individual Differences (100 pkt. wg. MEiN)

Autorzy: Anna Natalia Gajda, Michał Jaśkiewicz, Aleksandra Cupta, Martyna Nitek, Agata Nobis, Tomasz Besta

Streszczenie:

This research comprises three studies conducted in the United States and Poland, investigating predictors of radical action intentions within anti-vaccine movements. The American sample included 252 participants (N1), while the Polish samples had 316 (N2) and 538 (N3) participants. The studies focused on the association between personality traits (meanness, disinhibition, subclinical sadism) and willingness to engage in radical collective action. Building on previous work connecting antisocial tendencies to social behaviors, our research delves into the specific link between non-clinical traits and violent collective actions. Across all studies, positive and significant associations were found between these traits and radical collective action intentions. Notably, our findings highlight that the perception of social norms moderates these relationships. When radical actions are perceived as normative, the link between disinhibition and willingness to choose radical means is stronger and significant. Conversely, when actions are seen as non-normative and unacceptable, the relationship weakens. This moderation effect is consistent in both Poland and the United States, with some observed differences in the strength of indirect effects. The synthesis of insights from personality and social psychology proves vital for a nuanced understanding of collective behavior.

Słowa kluczowe: personality, disinhibition, group violence, anti-vaccine movements

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Problematic overstudying, Big Five personality, and music performance anxiety: associations with well-being and GPA

Opublikowane w Health Psychology Report (140 pkt. wg. MEiN)

Autorzy: Piotr M. Luszuk, Patryk Stelnicki, Rafał Lawendowski, Stanisław K. Czerwiński, Paweł A. Atroszko

Streszczenie:

Background:
Problematic overstudying is a compulsive and pathological overinvolvement in studying leading to harm and considerable functional impairments. It is conceptualized as “study addiction,” a precursor to work addiction. It has been investigated within the addictive behaviours framework in general populations of students for over a decade. A previous study analysed the problem among young musicians as a particularly vulnerable group. It found some important differences in potential personality risk factors among music academy students compared to general populations of students and showed an im-portant role of social anxiety. The current study aimed to validate these findings in a separate larger sample and extend them by investigating the role of music performance anxiety (MPA).

Participants and procedure:
The study was conducted among 213 students of music academies. Valid and reliable measures of study addiction, MPA, Big Five personality and well-being were used.

Results:
The results showed that MPA played a similar role as social anxiety in terms of being a predictor, mediator, and moderator of the main replicated effects supporting the hypothesised mechanisms regulating study addiction. However, extraversion was not associated with study addiction in multiple hierarchical regression analysis, but conscientiousness and neuroticism were. Study addiction was associated with indicators of decreased well-being, above and beyond MPA, and personality.

Conclusions:
These results show that MPA plays an analogous role to social anxiety and that the role of Big Five personality in study addiction among young musicians requires further investigation due to inconsistent findings.

Słowa kluczowe: academic performance, learning engagement, personality, musical performance anxiety, study addiction

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Identifying individual vulnerabilities and problematic behaviours hindering musicians’ development: Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder vs. study addiction

Opublikowane w Musicae Scientiae (140 pkt. wg. MEiN)

Autorzy: Paweł Atroszko, Aleksandra Buźniak, Natalia Woropay-Hordziejewicz, Michał Kierzkowski, Rafał Lawendowski

Streszczenie:

Individual vulnerabilities, such as particular personality characteristics, may be important risk factors that can hinder the development of young musicians and affect their professional careers. This study aimed to examine the relationship between obsessive–compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) and rigid perfectionism, study addiction, and well-being among music students. It was hypothesized that OCPD is a strong risk factor for addictive studying; compulsive learning, however, is an addictive disorder with its own etiology, symptomatology, epidemiology, and course. A total of 255 students from various music academies in Poland participated in the study. It used the Bergen Study Addiction Scale, assessing seven core addiction symptoms related to studying; Five-Factor Obsessive Compulsive Inventory; Perceived Stress Scale; Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; Three-Item Loneliness Scale; and a single-item measure of learning engagement. Both study addiction and OCPD showed positive relationships with stress, anxiety, depression, and loneliness. Multiple hierarchical regression analyses showed that study addiction was related to well-being above and beyond OCPD and was more strongly associated with compromised functioning. Furthermore, mediation analyses indicated that study addiction is a full mediator between OCPD and stress, as well as loneliness, and a partial mediator for anxiety and depression. Moderation analyses revealed that OCPD was related to well-being only for those participants who scored low for study addiction. There was no significant relationship between OCPD and well-being for participants who scored high for study addiction. These results strongly indicate that OCPD is an important risk factor for study addiction although these are different disorders. Like students with high levels of OCPD, students with high levels of study addiction but low levels of OCPD experience reduced well-being. The polythetic cut-off score showed that 24.6% of young musicians could be addicted to studying. Due to the high prevalence of this disorder, further systematic studies among young musicians are highly warranted to prevent and provide better help with the problem.

Słowa kluczowe: anxiety, depression, well-being, loneliness, learning engagement, work addiction, workaholism

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Biofeedback EEG in the prevention of compulsive work-related behaviors and reduction of their negative consequences: Preliminary results and barriers to providing support

Opublikowane w Journal of Behavioral Addictions (140 pkt. wg. MEiN)

Autorzy: Paweł Atroszko, Natalia Woropay-Hordziejewicz, Aleksandra Buźniak, Aleksandra Wybrańska, Anna Brykała, Klaudia Bochniarz, Piotr Luszuk, Krzysztof Jankowski, Julia Mackiewicz, Aleksandra Cupta, Gabriela Szczepańska

Streszczenie:

The study aimed to examine the effectiveness of alpha wave relaxation training using Biofeedback EEG for reducing compulsive work-related behaviors, associated with difficulties in relaxing, and their negative consequences and investigate the potential barriers to providing support. Biofeedback EEG is effective in developing the ability to relax and reduce stress. Similar studies among people addicted to substances showed an anxiety reduction and decreased consumption.

Methods: The invitations to the screening surveys were sent to employees via employers and students via universities in Tricity in Poland. Individuals that scored above the established cut-off score on Bergen Work Addiction Scale or Bergen Study Addiction Scale received feedback with information about the possibility of participating in a free EEG-Biofeedback relaxation training.

Results: The preliminary results showed that 189 of 705 (27%) of the administration staff at one of the employers who all received invitation emails completed the survey. Of them, 53 (28%) had results above the cut-off score for work addiction, with 23 (43%) having the highest possible score on burnout and 47 (89%) having a very high score on burnout. However, only one person (> 2%) applied for the free training sessions. Results of the EEG-Biofeedback sessions will be available in the mid-2023.

Conclusions: Individuals at risk or addicted to work rarely seek help even when it is easily available and free. Compulsive overworking and its negative consequences need wider recognition to enable support-seeking among those affected. Early prevention programs constitute feasible cost/effective solutions, overcoming barriers typical for adult working populations.

Słowa kluczowe: biofeedback, workaholism, barriers, stress, relaxation, work addiction

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Validity, Reliability, and Cross-Cultural Comparability of a Problematic Overstudying Scale across European, North American, and Asian countries

Opublikowane w International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction (40 pkt. wg. MEiN)

Autorzy: Paweł Atroszko, Edyta Charzyńska, Aleksandra Buźniak, Stanisław Czerwiński, Mark D. Griffiths, Anna Jankowska, Shanmukh Vasant Kamble, Zuzanna Mizik, Halley M. Pontes, Jacob Shane, Steve Sussman, Natalia Woropay-Hordziejewicz, Ståle Pallesen

Streszczenie:

Problematic overstudying has been conceptualized as a potential addictive disorder and an early form of work addiction. Previous studies have shown that it is a different phenomenon from healthy learning engagement and is associated with considerable functional impairments. A valid, reliable, and convenient screening measure is warranted to provide cross-culturally comparable and generalizable findings, particularly from large epidemiological studies. The seven-item Bergen Study Addiction Scale (BStAS), based on an addiction framework, was administered alongside learning engagement and anxiety measures in a total sample of 5,884 university students from three continents and five countries: India, Norway, Poland, Portugal, and the United States. The modified five-item version of the scale showed measurement invariance across countries and between genders and allowed for meaningful cross-cultural and gender comparisons. Scores on the BStAS were positively associated with learning engagement, anxiety, and female gender across countries. Clinically significant anxiety levels occurred about 1.7 times more often among students who scored above the cutoff for study addiction. It is concluded that the five-item BStAS is a valid, reliable scale that can be used in different cultures and provides comparable and generalizable results. Future studies with the BStAS may provide greater insight into the nature of problematic overstudying.

Słowa kluczowe: Bergen Study Addiction Scale, Cross-cultural, Overstudying, Study addiction, Workaholism, Work addiction

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Nagroda dla Najlepszego Opiekuna Roku 2023 w konkursie StRuNa

Z dumą ogłaszamy, że Opiekun Koła dr Paweł Atroszko został nagrodzony statuetką dla Najlepszego Opiekuna Roku 2023 w konkursie StRuNa! Gala finałowa odbyła się w sobotę 18 listopada 2023 roku w Auli Akademii Sztuk Pięknych w Warszawie. Nagrodę w jego imieniu odebrali prezes Aleksandra Wybrańska oraz członek Koła Piotr Luszuk.

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