Self-acceptance is associated with psychological well-being and at the same time influences decision-making capacity. The main objective of paper was to research relationship between level self-acceptance adolescents decisional two hypotheses tested during study were: self-esteem which are positively correlated an efficient process; there a statistically significant difference in unconditional ...

this article examines capacity of rational dialogues to achieve ethical universalism. in positive attitude, rational ability considered as most important reason for possibility of achievement to common social-political norms and rights. rational dialogue, by creating a suitable space for dialogue beyond the private interests and involvement of state power; searches consensus on foundation of so...

Modeling dialog as a collaborative activity consists notably in specifying the content of the Conversational Common Ground and the kind of social mental state involved. In previous work (Saget, 2006), we claim that Collective Acceptance is the proper social attitude for modeling Conversational Common Ground in the particular case of goal-oriented dialog. We provide a formalization of Collective...

Biochemical reaction networks are in realistic cases best modeled as rational positive systems. Rational positive systems for biochemical cell reaction networks are defined as dynamic systems which are rational in the state but linear in the inputs. An academic example is provided. The positive orthant is positively or forward invariant for the differential equation of the system. Results are p...

While the technology acceptance model (TAM) is generally robust, TAM’s antecedent constructs, ease of use and usefulness of a system, do not always adequately explain acceptance behavior. Recent studies argue that including individual characteristics in TAM is a way to determine those conditions under which ease of use and usefulness are not adequate for explaining acceptance behavior. Using th...

We restate the problem of judgment aggregation and approach it using the decisiontheoretic framework applied by I. Levi to modeling acts of rational acceptance in science. We propose a method of aggregation built on the concepts of epistemic and social utility of accepting a collective judgment, which accounts for such parameters as the factual truth of the propositions, reliability of agents, ...

This study examines the relations between aggressive children’s perceived levels of peer acceptance at Time 1 and actual levels of social preference and aggression 30 months later. Participants were 49 children nominated for one of two interventions by teachers for their aggressive behaviors in second or third grade at Time 1. This study used longitudinal data to determine whether a positive vi...

While the technology acceptance model (TAM) is generally robust, TAM’s antecedent constructs, ease of use and usefulness of a system, do not always adequately explain acceptance behavior. Recent studies argue that including individual characteristics in TAM is a way to determine those conditions under which ease of use and usefulness are not adequate for explaining acceptance behavior. Using th...

We investigate finite-state systems with costs. Departing from classical theory, in this paper the cost of an action does not only depend on the state of the system, but also on the time when it is executed. We first characterize the terminating behaviors of such systems in terms of rational formal power series. This generalizes a classical result of Schützenberger. Using the previous results, ...

The study investigated the moderating role of emotion regulation (ER) in relationships between body image concerns and psychological symptomatology. A community sample of 533 boys and girls (11-20 years) completed measures assessing body image thoughts and feelings, domain-specific and general ER strategies, drive for thinness, and bulimic, depressive and anxiety symptoms. Results indicated tha...