University of Twente Student Theses
Measuring the Window of Tolerance in Student's Daily Life : Integrating Core Affect and Body Awareness
Löffel, Jerôme S.A. (2022) Measuring the Window of Tolerance in Student's Daily Life : Integrating Core Affect and Body Awareness.
|
PDF
1MB |
| Abstract: | The “Window of Tolerance” (WoT) is a concept that refers to a zone of arousal states in which individuals can function. It is used as an essential concept in clinical practice, especially with trauma-patients. This study is first in measuring this concept empirically, in the context of the daily life of students. Core affect, a measure of arousal and valence, was also measured daily. Additionally, each participant's trait body awareness was measured. Linear mixed modelling analyses were conducted to calculate the estimated marginal means of the WoT and core affect. There were significant differences in the width of state WoT between- and within participants. State arousal was positively associated with the state upper and state lower boundary of the WoT. State valence was positively associated with the upper boundary of the state WoT. Body awareness was negatively associated with the width of the state WoT and state valence. This study introduced a measurement tool for empirically measuring the WoT in everyday life and showed within- and between person differences in a student sample. Future research could use the measurement approach of this study for clinical populations and further establish processes of measuring the WoT. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 77 psychology |
| Programme: | Psychology BSc (56604) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/91524 |
| Export this item as: | BibTeX EndNote HTML Citation Reference Manager |
Show download statistics for this publication
Show download statistics for this publicationRepository Staff Only: item control page