@article{WollnyFayUrbach2016,
  author    = {Wollny, Anna and Fay, Doris and Urbach, Tina},
  title     = {Personal initiative in middle childhood: Conceptualization and measurement development},
  series = {Learning and individual differences},
  volume    = {49},
  journal   = {Learning and individual differences},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {Amsterdam},
  issn      = {1041-6080},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.lindif.2016.05.004},
  pages     = {59 -- 73},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {Drawing on research on personal initiative in adults, this paper present the conceptualization of personal initiative in the middle childhood, and the development and validation of an eight-item teacher and parent rating scale of children's and adolescents' personal initiative. The psychometric properties and construct validity of the measure were tested in two samples of children in middle childhood (N = 1069-1657) and middle childhood to adolescence (N = 1533). Both the teacher and parent rating scale showed good item characteristics. Results of confirmatory factor analyses supported their hypothesized factorial structure. The agreement of teacher and parent ratings was satisfactory. Evidence on the construct validity of the scale was further derived from a nomological network comprising control cognitions, motivational orientations, and cognitive ability. The measures proved to be invariant across school years and raters. We discuss several avenues for future research on personal initiative in the fields of development and education.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{JacobsWollnySimetal.2016,
  author    = {Jacobs, Ingo and Wollny, Anna and Sim, Chu-Won and Horsch, Antje},
  title     = {Mindfulness facets, trait emotional intelligence, emotional distress, and multiple health behaviors: A serial two-mediator model},
  series = {Scandinavian Journal of Psychology},
  volume    = {57},
  journal   = {Scandinavian Journal of Psychology},
  publisher = {Wiley-Blackwell},
  address   = {Hoboken},
  issn      = {0036-5564},
  doi       = {10.1111/sjop.12285},
  pages     = {207 -- 214},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {In the present study, we tested a serial mindfulness facets-trait emotional intelligence (TEI)-emotional distress-multiple health behaviors mediation model in a sample of N = 427 German-speaking occupational therapists. The mindfulness facets-TEI-emotional distress section of the mediation model revealed partial mediation for the mindfulness facets Act with awareness (Act/Aware) and Accept without judgment (Accept); inconsistent mediation was found for the Describe facet. The serial two-mediator model included three mediational pathways that may link each of the four mindfulness facets with multiple health behaviors. Eight out of 12 indirect effects reached significance and fully mediated the links between Act/Aware and Describe to multiple health behaviors; partial mediation was found for Accept. The mindfulness facet Observe was most relevant for multiple health behaviors, but its relation was not amenable to mediation. Implications of the findings will be discussed.},
  language  = {en}
}