INTRODUCTION Affective responses during physical activity (PA) are important for engagement in PA programs and for adherence to a physically active lifestyle. Little is known about the affective responses to PA bouts lasting longer than 45 minutes. Therefore, the aims of the present study were to analyse acute effects on affective responses of a three-hour outdoor PA intervention (mountain hiki...

Drawing on the social exchange paradigm, this study evaluated mediating effects of employee commitment (EC) in relationship between high-performance work practices (HPWP) and engagement (EE) Nigeria. The used theory paradigm has been previously works Blau (1964), Gouldner (1960), Settoon et al. (1996). adopts a cross-sectional survey research design via questionnaire administration. Three (vigo...

There is challenge in designing online teaching that motivates students and encourages them to engage fully with learning activities. This conference reflection considers how affective engagement may be supported why addressing it should a priority when delivering effective teaching.

Although available evidence suggests that the emotional valence and recollective properties of autobiographical memories (AMs) may be influenced by personality- and sex-related differences, overall these relationships remain poorly understood. The present study investigated these issues by comparing the effect of general personality traits (extraversion and neuroticism) and specific traits link...

We evaluated an affect sensitive version of AutoTutor, a dialogue based ITS that simulates human tutors. While the original AutoTutor is sensitive to students’ cognitive states, the affect sensitive tutor (Supportive tutor) also responds to students’ affective states (boredom, confusion, and frustration) with empathetic, encouraging, and motivational dialogue moves that are accompanied by appro...