WordNet
- showing courage; "the champion is faced with a feisty challenger" (同)plucky, spunky
- a nervous belligerent little mongrel dog (同)fice
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- 短気な,おこりっぽい
English Journal
- Competitiveness across the life span: The feisty fifties.
- Mayr U, Wozniak D, Davidson C, Kuhns D, Harbaugh WT.AbstractExisting theories on life span changes in confidence or motivation suggest that individuals' preferences to enter competitive situations should gradually decline with age. We examined competitive preferences in a field experiment using real financial stakes in 25- to 75-year-olds (N = 543). The critical dependent variable was whether participants chose to perform a simple mental arithmetic task either under a piece-rate payment schedule (i.e., $.25 per solved item) or a competitive payment schedule ($.50 per solved item if the overall score is better than that of a randomly selected opponent, $0 otherwise). Results revealed that competitive preferences increased across the life span until they peaked around age 50, and dropped thereafter. We also found that throughout, men had a substantially larger preference for competing than women-extending previous findings on college-aged participants. The age/gender differences in preferences were neither accounted for by actual differences in performance nor individuals' subjective confidence. This first systematic attempt to characterize age differences in competitive behavior suggests that a simple decline conception of competitiveness needs to be reconsidered. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved).
- Psychology and aging.Psychol Aging.2011 Nov 7. [Epub ahead of print]
- Existing theories on life span changes in confidence or motivation suggest that individuals' preferences to enter competitive situations should gradually decline with age. We examined competitive preferences in a field experiment using real financial stakes in 25- to 75-year-olds (N = 543). The crit
- PMID 22059714
- The development of social relationships, social support, and posttraumatic growth in a dragon boating team for breast cancer survivors.
- McDonough MH, Sabiston CM, Ullrich-French S.SourceHealth and Kinesiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
- Journal of sport & exercise psychology.J Sport Exerc Psychol.2011 Oct;33(5):627-48.
- Physical activity experiences may contribute to psychological and social wellbeing among breast cancer survivors. The main purpose of the current study was to qualitatively explore the development of social relationships, social support, and posttraumatic growth among breast cancer survivors partici
- PMID 21984639
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