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This study aimed to explore psychometric properties of satisfaction with life scale (SWLS) and psychological capital questionnaire (PCQ-24) in the Lithuanian representative sample (n = 2003, M = 50.67, SD = 17.46). It was significant to validate instruments concerning the fact that Lithuanians’ life satisfaction surveys demonstrated divergent results depending on the assessment tools they used. This study applied the SWLS, created by Diener et al. (1985), and the PCQ-24, created by Luthans et al. (2007). The findings demonstrated the internal consistency of the SWLS instrument, evidencing it as an adequate measure to evaluate satisfaction with life (α = 0.893; TLI = 0.988; NFI = 0.997; RMSEA = 0.059 [0.033–0.088]; CFI = 0.998; SRMR = 0.0077; AVE = 0.764; CR = 0.886). The Lith-PCQ-21 analysis demonstrated the internal consistency of the instrument (α = 0.957) and good fit of the factorial structure (χ2 = 2305.383; DF = 185; TLI = 0.915; NFI = 0.920; RMSEA = 0.077 [0.075–0.080]; CFI = 0.925; SRMR = 0.0450; AVE = 0.814; CR = 0.946), evidencing the instrument as an adequate measure to evaluate psychological capital. This research confirmed that both instruments (SWLS and Lith-PCQ-21) not only have an acceptable validity, including construct validity, but they are also interrelated (χ2 = 3088.762; DF = 294; TLI = 0.913; NFI = 0.914; RMSEA = 0.070 [0.068–0.073]; CFI = 0.922; SRMR = 0.0469), and can be considered appropriate for monitoring life satisfaction and psychological capital of the Lithuanian population.
Aiste Dirzyte; Aidas Perminas; Egle Biliuniene. Psychometric Properties of Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) and Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ-24) in the Lithuanian Population. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18, 2608 .
AMA StyleAiste Dirzyte, Aidas Perminas, Egle Biliuniene. Psychometric Properties of Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) and Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ-24) in the Lithuanian Population. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18 (5):2608.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAiste Dirzyte; Aidas Perminas; Egle Biliuniene. 2021. "Psychometric Properties of Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) and Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ-24) in the Lithuanian Population." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 5: 2608.
The purpose of this research was to examine psychological wellbeing and psychological capital in groups of subjectively healthy and unhealthy individuals and identify significant associations. We have analyzed the results of a Lithuanian representative sample of adults ( n = 1001). Results showed that adult respondents who reported the absence of cardiovascular diseases, nervous system diseases, autoimmune diseases, diabetes, vision disorders, physical or mental disability, and substance abuse demonstrated significantly higher scores for flourishing, life satisfaction, psychological capital, self-efficacy, hope, and resilience. The model on associations between the number of reported diseases, psychological capital, and wellbeing in the representative sample of adults (χ2 = 110.786, df = 16; CFI = .981; RMSEA = .077; NFI = 0.978; TLI = 0.968) indicated that a higher number of diseases (per person) predicts a weakening effect on psychological capital, while psychological capital predicts psychological wellbeing.
Aistė Diržytė; Aidas Perminas. Self-reported health-related experiences, psychological capital, and psychological wellbeing in Lithuanian adults sample. Health Psychology Open 2021, 8, 1 .
AMA StyleAistė Diržytė, Aidas Perminas. Self-reported health-related experiences, psychological capital, and psychological wellbeing in Lithuanian adults sample. Health Psychology Open. 2021; 8 (1):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAistė Diržytė; Aidas Perminas. 2021. "Self-reported health-related experiences, psychological capital, and psychological wellbeing in Lithuanian adults sample." Health Psychology Open 8, no. 1: 1.
Access to Preventive Health Services of People with Intellectual Disability in Italy
Aistė Diržytė; Aleksandras Patapas. Cognitive and Affective Well-Being Differences in Subjective and Objective Socioeconomic Status Groups. Journal of Intellectual Disability - Diagnosis and Treatment 2020, 8, 188 -195.
AMA StyleAistė Diržytė, Aleksandras Patapas. Cognitive and Affective Well-Being Differences in Subjective and Objective Socioeconomic Status Groups. Journal of Intellectual Disability - Diagnosis and Treatment. 2020; 8 (2):188-195.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAistė Diržytė; Aleksandras Patapas. 2020. "Cognitive and Affective Well-Being Differences in Subjective and Objective Socioeconomic Status Groups." Journal of Intellectual Disability - Diagnosis and Treatment 8, no. 2: 188-195.
Some sustainability-related belief systems (or schemas in Cognitive Behavior Therapy) might result in shame, guilt, or denial if a person fails to meet the standards. The psychology of Harmonization relates sustainability to flourishing but not to human misery and delineates flourishing one’s own life. What nature-related cognitive schemas coexist with psychological flourishing? The purpose of this study was to identify the nature-related cognitive schemas that correlate to self-reported psychological flourishing. This paper provides some data on an overall survey (n = 722) that aimed at evaluating the cognitive schemas, strengths, and cognitive abilities of Lithuanian gymnasium students. We applied the Flourishing Scale (FS) of E. Diener alongside several measures to investigate nature-related cognitive/emotional/behavioral variables. The results revealed associations between different nature-related cognitive schemas (experiential, consumeristic, eco-protectionist, and valorist) and psychological flourishing, positive emotional reactions to nature, and spending time in nature. As this study demonstrates only positive or negative relationships among the examined variables, one of the implications for future research is identifying schemas as predictors of behavioral sustainability and creating an experimental or longitudinal design.
Aistė Diržytė; Aidas Perminas. Nature-Related Cognitive Schemas and Self-Reported Psychological Flourishing. Sustainability 2020, 12, 4215 .
AMA StyleAistė Diržytė, Aidas Perminas. Nature-Related Cognitive Schemas and Self-Reported Psychological Flourishing. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (10):4215.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAistė Diržytė; Aidas Perminas. 2020. "Nature-Related Cognitive Schemas and Self-Reported Psychological Flourishing." Sustainability 12, no. 10: 4215.
The relevance of research is that psychological research carried out after re-establishment of Lithuanian independence revealed that the consequences of the Soviet totalitarian regime are still being felt in this country to this day. The aim of the paper is to analyse happiness of Lithuanian residents. Influence of the traumas Lithuanians suffered for five decades is even passed on to the second generation. The happiness index of the Lithuanian residents has not changed for almost twenty years, though the economy of the country has considerably improved. Moroever, high suicide rates in Lithuania are also slow to change. This study aimed to analyze life satisfaction variations in a representative sample of Lithuanians (n = 1002). The results suggest that Lithuanians with high level of satisfaction with life get into a higher number and intensity of positive states; they pointed out much greater satisfaction with cultural life, satisfaction with family life, professional and occupational life, satisfaction with spiritual life, psychological state and material condition; they indicated that there are people they can talk to any time, they take pleasure in spending time with the closest ones, they think that their earnings guarantee their security. Persons of high level of satisfaction with life statistically significantly more perceive life as pleasant, valuable, and meaningful.
Aleksandras Patapas; Aistė Diržytė. Happiness and satisfaction with life of Lithuanian residents after transition. Current Psychology 2020, 1 -12.
AMA StyleAleksandras Patapas, Aistė Diržytė. Happiness and satisfaction with life of Lithuanian residents after transition. Current Psychology. 2020; ():1-12.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAleksandras Patapas; Aistė Diržytė. 2020. "Happiness and satisfaction with life of Lithuanian residents after transition." Current Psychology , no. : 1-12.
In the first part of this essay the author points to possible gaps and relations between cognitive (thinking, reasoning, decision making) and behavioural (acting) processes. Mainstream cognitive sciences assume that thinking might result in decision making which might result in acting: i.e. cognitive processes are related to behavioural processes. Perceptual distortion, inaccurate judgment, illogical interpretation, or what is broadly called irrationality might lead to destructive behaviours on personal or societal levels. It is noted that some researchers focus on mediating/moderating factors and correlations between thinking, decision making and acting, while others focus on gaps. In the second part the author reviews the articles presented in this issue and questions as they have been discussed by others: heuristics as a method that uses principles of effort-reduction and simplification, hermeneutics of values based on Max Weber concepts, Bakhtin’s ideas on philosophy of the act and diachronic, dialogistic linguistic activities, phenomenology of solidarity implying that the acts determine experience of the world in modi ‘we’, Heidegger’s thinking, assuming the vital link between practical and ontological aspects of Heideggerian phenomenology, the evidence on theory and practice of new media and the development of concepts of creativity.
Aistė Diržytė. Thinking, Deciding, Acting: Gaps and Relations. Filosofija. Sociologija 2018, 29, 1 .
AMA StyleAistė Diržytė. Thinking, Deciding, Acting: Gaps and Relations. Filosofija. Sociologija. 2018; 29 (3):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAistė Diržytė. 2018. "Thinking, Deciding, Acting: Gaps and Relations." Filosofija. Sociologija 29, no. 3: 1.
Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues is a peer-reviewed journal which publishes original research papers and case studies
Aistė Dirzytė; Ona Gražina Rakauskienė; Vaida Servetkienė. Evaluation of resilience impact on socio-economic inequality. Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 2017, 4, 489 -501.
AMA StyleAistė Dirzytė, Ona Gražina Rakauskienė, Vaida Servetkienė. Evaluation of resilience impact on socio-economic inequality. Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues. 2017; 4 (4):489-501.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAistė Dirzytė; Ona Gražina Rakauskienė; Vaida Servetkienė. 2017. "Evaluation of resilience impact on socio-economic inequality." Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 4, no. 4: 489-501.
Aistė Dirzytė; Ona Gražina Rakauskienė; Vaida Servetkienė. Household income and satisfaction with life: cognitive – emotional impact paradox. Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 2016, 4, 198 -210.
AMA StyleAistė Dirzytė, Ona Gražina Rakauskienė, Vaida Servetkienė. Household income and satisfaction with life: cognitive – emotional impact paradox. Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues. 2016; 4 (2):198-210.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAistė Dirzytė; Ona Gražina Rakauskienė; Vaida Servetkienė. 2016. "Household income and satisfaction with life: cognitive – emotional impact paradox." Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 4, no. 2: 198-210.
Background. Youth unemployment is currently one of the biggest problems in European society. It can reduce the economic prosperity and psychological well- being of unemployed youth. Positive psychological capital (PsyCap) and self-compassion are linked with a number of positive constructs. Those include satisfaction with life, positive affect and personal initiative to make needed changes in one’s life. Thus, PsyCap and self-compassion could be promising resources enhancing the psychological well-being of unemployed youth. The aims of the study are: 1) to reveal relation between PsyCap and self-compassion with life satisfaction of unemployed youth; 2) to investigate the difference between PsyCap and self-compassion for higher and lower levels of life satisfaction among unemployed youth. Methods. The sample consisted of 80 unemployed Lithuanians aged 19-29 (38% male, 62% female). The Psychological capital questionnaire (Luthans et al., 2007), Satisfaction With Life scale (Diener et al., 1985), and Self-Compassion scale (Neff, 2003a) were used in the study. Results. Positive and significant correlations were found between PsyCap and life satisfaction. Moreover, we found positive and significant correlations between PsyCap components and all positive self-compassion components. Although life satisfaction positively correlates with total self-compassion, however, not all positive components of self-compassion correlate with the life satisfaction of unemployed youth. Furthermore, unemployed youth highly satisfied with life had higher levels of PsyCap and self-compassion compared to unemployed youth who were less satisfied with life. Conclusions. Our findings revealed positive correlations between PsyCap and self-compassion with life satisfaction of unemployed youth. Future research is needed in order to explore the causality between variables.
Eglė Sabaitytė; Aistė Diržytė. Psychological capital, self-compassion, and life satisfaction of unemployed youth. International Journal of Psychology : a Biopsychosocial Approach 2016, 19, 49 -69.
AMA StyleEglė Sabaitytė, Aistė Diržytė. Psychological capital, self-compassion, and life satisfaction of unemployed youth. International Journal of Psychology : a Biopsychosocial Approach. 2016; 19 (19):49-69.
Chicago/Turabian StyleEglė Sabaitytė; Aistė Diržytė. 2016. "Psychological capital, self-compassion, and life satisfaction of unemployed youth." International Journal of Psychology : a Biopsychosocial Approach 19, no. 19: 49-69.
Much of the debate over corruption has focused on the role of various psychological, economic, political factors. As it is shown in the overview of the current tendencies in research, there is a variety of models explaining the phenomenon of corruption. The presented study aimed at evaluating psychological profiles (emotions, satisfaction with various life domains) of people, stating that they have often experienced corruption. This paper presents some results of the survey, which was conducted in 2014 in Lithuania (n=1002). The analysis of Lithuanian data has demonstrated that the higher are rates of corruption experience, the higher is satisfaction with life in Lithuania as well as satisfaction with the financial situation, consuming possibilities, etc. The authors come to the conclusion that these results could be named “paradox of Lithuanian residents’ corruption experience and satisfaction with life”. The authors indicate that additional research is needed.
Aleksandras Patapas; Aistė Diržytė. Lietuvos gyventoj? susid?rimo su korupcija ir pasitenkinimo gyvenimu paradoksas. Public Policy And Administration 2015, 14, 163 .
AMA StyleAleksandras Patapas, Aistė Diržytė. Lietuvos gyventoj? susid?rimo su korupcija ir pasitenkinimo gyvenimu paradoksas. Public Policy And Administration. 2015; 14 (2):163.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAleksandras Patapas; Aistė Diržytė. 2015. "Lietuvos gyventoj? susid?rimo su korupcija ir pasitenkinimo gyvenimu paradoksas." Public Policy And Administration 14, no. 2: 163.
Aistė Diržytė; Aleksandras Patapas; Ustina Fedkovič. Statutinių organizacijų darbuotojų subjektyvios gerovės ypatumai. Public Policy And Administration 2014, 13, 307 -317.
AMA StyleAistė Diržytė, Aleksandras Patapas, Ustina Fedkovič. Statutinių organizacijų darbuotojų subjektyvios gerovės ypatumai. Public Policy And Administration. 2014; 13 (2):307-317.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAistė Diržytė; Aleksandras Patapas; Ustina Fedkovič. 2014. "Statutinių organizacijų darbuotojų subjektyvios gerovės ypatumai." Public Policy And Administration 13, no. 2: 307-317.
Aistis Rusteika; Aistė Diržytė. Valstybės tarnautojų darbo apmokėjimo sistema motyvacijos procesų analizės požiūriu. Public Policy And Administration 2014, 13, 573 -589.
AMA StyleAistis Rusteika, Aistė Diržytė. Valstybės tarnautojų darbo apmokėjimo sistema motyvacijos procesų analizės požiūriu. Public Policy And Administration. 2014; 13 (4):573-589.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAistis Rusteika; Aistė Diržytė. 2014. "Valstybės tarnautojų darbo apmokėjimo sistema motyvacijos procesų analizės požiūriu." Public Policy And Administration 13, no. 4: 573-589.
Aiste Dirzyte. Lithuanian residents' well-being, mindfulness, and psychological capital. PsycEXTRA Dataset 2013, 1 .
AMA StyleAiste Dirzyte. Lithuanian residents' well-being, mindfulness, and psychological capital. PsycEXTRA Dataset. 2013; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAiste Dirzyte. 2013. "Lithuanian residents' well-being, mindfulness, and psychological capital." PsycEXTRA Dataset , no. : 1.
Aistė Diržytė. Research on Positivity and Psychological Capital at Science and Study Institutions in the USA. Intellectual Economics 2013, 7, 389 -395.
AMA StyleAistė Diržytė. Research on Positivity and Psychological Capital at Science and Study Institutions in the USA. Intellectual Economics. 2013; 7 (3):389-395.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAistė Diržytė. 2013. "Research on Positivity and Psychological Capital at Science and Study Institutions in the USA." Intellectual Economics 7, no. 3: 389-395.
This paper aims to reveal the features of consumers’ satisfaction with public services, as consumer satisfaction with services is one of the indicators of quality of services in organizations. It is very important to know the consumers satisfaction level, which may reflect the quality of services, organizational performance, the ability to meet specific customers’ needs, and even it might determine citizens' trust in the public sector. Modern authors indicate that consumer satisfaction with public services can reflect not only the quality of the services, but also some cognitive and personality factors of consumers. In Lithuania this kind of research has not been carried out yet before, and this article presents survey (n = 465), which was conducted in Lithuania in 2013. The aims of this survey was to find out features of customers’ satisfaction with public services as well as identify some psychological characteristics of consumers, and evaluate the attitudes of public sector employees towards the causes of customer satisfaction or dissatisfaction. The survey showed that 10 percent of consumers are not satisfied with the quality of public services, 9 percent of consumers are not satisfied with the terms of rendered public services; consumer satisfaction with the services and consumer satisfaction with the terms of rendered services are statistically significantly related (r = 0.611), consumer awareness characteristics are related to respondents satisfaction with public services. Public sector employees noted some vulnerable factors that might affect consumer dissatisfaction: too small number of staff in public organizations, lack of financial resources, the total workload of specialists; public sector employees have also proposed some intervention strategies: less number of tasks assigned to for each employee, human resources training in communication with consumers, more efficient use of information technologies, education of the public service consumers about their rights and responsibilities.
Aistė Diržytė; Aleksandras Patapas. Vartotojų Pasitenkinimo Viešojo Sektoriaus Paslaugomis Ypatumai. Public Policy And Administration 2013, 12, 557 -566.
AMA StyleAistė Diržytė, Aleksandras Patapas. Vartotojų Pasitenkinimo Viešojo Sektoriaus Paslaugomis Ypatumai. Public Policy And Administration. 2013; 12 (4):557-566.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAistė Diržytė; Aleksandras Patapas. 2013. "Vartotojų Pasitenkinimo Viešojo Sektoriaus Paslaugomis Ypatumai." Public Policy And Administration 12, no. 4: 557-566.
Straipsnyje analizuojamas imuninės sistemos ir kognityvinių schemų ryšys. Teorinėje dalyje aptariama schemų teorija, ypatingas dėmesys skiriamas J. E. Youngo teoriniam modeliui, kuriuo remtasi atliekant psichoneuroimunologinį tyrimą. Straipsnyje supažindinama su kai kuriais šio tyrimo rezultatais. Rezultatų analizė rodo, kad silpnesnė imuninė sistema yra susijusi su ankstyvųjų neadaptyvių schemų aktyvacija. Visgi, norint geriau suprasti šį ryšį, reikia papildomų tyrimų.
Aistė Diržytė; Vida Milašienė. ANKSTYVŲJŲ NEADAPTYVIŲ SCHEMŲ AKTYVACIJA IR SUSILPNĖJUSI IMUNINĖ SISTEMA. Psichologija 2002, 25, 43 -51.
AMA StyleAistė Diržytė, Vida Milašienė. ANKSTYVŲJŲ NEADAPTYVIŲ SCHEMŲ AKTYVACIJA IR SUSILPNĖJUSI IMUNINĖ SISTEMA. Psichologija. 2002; 25 ():43-51.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAistė Diržytė; Vida Milašienė. 2002. "ANKSTYVŲJŲ NEADAPTYVIŲ SCHEMŲ AKTYVACIJA IR SUSILPNĖJUSI IMUNINĖ SISTEMA." Psichologija 25, no. : 43-51.