Browsing by Author "Lopes, Paulo N."
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- An international survey of perceptions of the 2014 FIFA World Cup: national levels of corruption as a context for perceptions of institutional corruptionPublication . Nezlek, John B.; Newman, David B.; Schütz, Astrid; Baumeister, Roy F.; Schug, Joanna; Joshanloo, Mohsen; Lopes, Paulo N.; Alt, Nicholas P.; Cypryańska, Marzena; Depietri, Marco; Gorbaniuk, Oleg; Huguet, Pascal; Kafetsios, Konstantinos; Koydemir, Selda; Kuppens, Peter; Park, Sanghee; Martin, Alvaro San; Schaafsma, Juliette; Simunovic, Dora; Yokota, KunihiroWe conducted a survey about the 2014 FIFA World Cup that measured attitudes about FIFA, players, and officials in 18 languages with 4600 respondents from 29 countries. Sixty percent of respondents perceived FIFA officials as being dishonest, and people from countries with less institutional corruption and stronger rule of law perceived FIFA officials as being more corrupt and less competent running the tournament than people from countries with more corruption and weaker rule of law. In contrast, respondents evaluated players as skilled and honest and match officials as competent and honest. We discuss the implications of our findings for perceptions of corruption in general.
- Decision making in voluntary career change: an other-than-rational perspectivePublication . Murtagh, Niamh; Lopes, Paulo N.; Lyons, EvanthiaThe authors present a qualitative study of voluntary career change, which highlighted the importance of positive emotions, unplanned action, and building certainty and perceiving continuity in the realization of change. Interpretative phenomenological analysis was used to broaden theoretical understanding of real-life career decision making. The accounts of 8 women who had changed careers were explored, and the analysis supported other-than-rational perspectives of career decision making. An action-affect-cognition framework of decision making is proposed. The framework adds the role of emotion and the importance of self-regulation to existing theory of career decision making. Implications for career counseling are discussed.
- The role of mindfulness in coping with recollections of acute stressors: a laboratory studyPublication . Díaz, Natalia Sylvia Ramos; Jiménez, Óliver Jiménez; Lopes, Paulo N.Background: There is mounting evidence regarding the psychological benefits of mindfulness. Yet, does mindfulness really help people to cope with the recollection of acute stressors?. Method: To address this question, we examined the effects of trait mindfulness and experimentally induced mindfulness in cognitive and emotional responses to the recollection of an acute stressor among 76 female college students. Results: Trait mindfulness was associated with fewer intrusive thoughts 24 hours after the stress induction, but not with affect balance immediately after the induction. Experimentally induced mindfulness showed the opposite pattern: it was associated with better affect balance immediately after the stress induction, but not with intrusive thoughts 24 hours later. Conclusions: These results suggest that even individuals predisposed to mindfulness may find it difficult to use mindfulness to cope effectively with memories of highly stressful events. Furthermore, our results suggest that the effects of brief mindfulness interventions may be too short-lived to really help people cope with such memories. Considered together, these findings highlight the importance of designing mindfulness-based interventions involving not only intensive practice but also specific training to help individuals use mindfulness to cope with acute stressors.