OBJECTIVES The clinical significance of self-criticism and self-compassion has prompted the development of questionnaires assessing these constructs. However, there is a lack of measures assessing their interaction within specific contexts and potential involvement in mood repair processes. DESIGN To rectify this, we developed the Self-Compassion and Self-Criticism Scales (SCCS), based on res...

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Five separate studies examined the associations of self-criticism and self-oriented perfectionism with goal pursuit across a variety of domains. Although self-criticism has previously been shown to be related to diminished goal progress, a controversy remains regarding the potential association between aspects of "positive perfectionism," such as self-oriented perfectionism, and enhanced goal p...

In the Federal Republic of Germany, the accident involvement of elderly drivers to date is low, corresponding to their low traffic participation. With a definite increase in the number of elderly drivers in the near future frequent adverse effects on traffic safety are expected. Particularly age changes in vision and reaction ability are considered to be important. Compared to a representative ...

The author responds to Professor Kottow's criticisms, explaining numerous errors and misconceptions.

Studies on user experience in the digital medium are often related to Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and the construction of user models or the performance of usability tests in order to support design and evaluation of digital artefacts. User modelling research has mainly focused on the construction of “usable” and “useful” tools providing the users with “experiences fitting their specific b...