Aistė Diržytė
Biographic Data
| ID | 6544936 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aistė Diržytė |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aistė |
| FAMILY NAME | Diržytė |
| SIGNATURE | DIRŽYTĖ A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Mykolas Romeris University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2057-3108 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Can Artificial Intelligence be Socratic?
This essay introduces the concept of Socratic Intelligence (SI) and proposes five premises: (1) artificial and human agents learn through observation, interaction, and reflective examination of those interactions; (2) what is learned depends on metacognition and reinforcement; (3) SI comprises five interlocking dimensions: epistemic curiosity, critical self-awareness, assumption analysis, dialogical competence, and intellectual humility; (4) Gene…
Coping strategies and psychological well-being among teachers experiencing victimization
Introduction Teacher victimization is an important occupational stressor that can undermine educators' psychological functioning and professional sustainability. Guided by stress–coping theory, this study examined the relationships among multiple forms of victimization, coping strategies, and psychological well-being. Methods A nationwide sample of Lithuanian teachers ( N = 1,044) completed validated measures assessing exposure to victimization, …
Personality traits, anxiety, depression, and peer-to-peer confirmation as correlates of e-learning motivation
Introduction E-learning is a central component of higher education, yet maintaining student motivation remains difficult. Although personality traits, mental health, and peer support have each been linked to learning motivation, they are seldom examined simultaneously within an integrative framework. Drawing on Self-Determination Theory, this study examined the associations among personality traits, anxiety and depression, peer-to-peer confirmati…
Profiles of need frustration in online learning
Previous studies indicated that online learning environments present motivational challenges that may frustrate students’ basic psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness. Grounded in Self-Determination Theory (SDT) and Expectancy-Value Theory (EVT), this study aimed to identify distinct need frustration profiles among e-learners and to examine how motivation-related factors (task value, self-efficacy, goal orientation, self-di…
Manifestations of Victimisation Among Lithuanian Teachers and Their Experiences in Educational Institutions
Aim. The aim of this study is to reveal the victimisation of Lithuanian teachers in educational institutions. In order to achieve the aim of the study, the following hypotheses were put forward: traumatic experiences as a student are related to experiences of bullying and violence as a teacher; different forms of violence are interrelated; and teachers who have experienced one form of violence are more likely to experience others. Methods. A quan…
Latent profile analysis of motivated self-directed e-learning and collaborative e-learning
Malicious creativity in Telegram’s (software) anti-vaccination ecosystem
This study examines methodological challenges in collecting and analysing misinformation on Telegram (software) and develops a platform-sensitive conceptual framework for identifying malicious actors. Addressing gaps in existing research, the framework accounts for Telegram’s distinctive features, including limited moderation, privacy affordances, and channel-based dissemination. The study combines a structured literature review with the developm…
Profiles of e-learners based on learning motivation
Introduction Previous research employing latent profile analysis has considerably advanced our understanding of student motivation in online learning environments. However, a gap remains in exploring how mental health and social dimensions—specifically anxiety, depression, and peer-to-peer confirmation—influence these motivational profiles. Although prior studies indicate associations between student learning motivation, mental health, and peer-t…
Teachers’ perception of the relationship as a moderator between victimization and life satisfaction
Introduction Although teacher victimization has been associated with reduced well-being, little is known about how teachers’ perceptions of their relationships within the school environment is linked to this association. This study examined whether perceived relationship quality moderates the link between different forms of victimization and teachers’ life satisfaction. Methods A structural equation model was tested using data from a Lithuanian t…
Science communication audiences in Lithuania
Based on prior engagement-based segmentation of science communication audiences, to fill the gap on knowledge about audience segments in a Lithuanian context, this study aimed to explore the groups within society having different levels of trust and interest in science, and to compare them on science motivation, attitudes toward media and nature-friendly behaviors. A representative sample of 1,005 adults, aged 18 and above, with a mean age of 45.…
Profiling antivaccination channels in Telegram
Introduction Telegram’s privacy-focused architecture has made it a fertile ground for the spread of misinformation, yet its closed nature poses challenges for researchers. This study addresses the methodological gap in capturing and analysing misinformation on Telegram, with a particular focus on the anti-vaccination community. Methods The research was conducted in three phases: (1) a structured review of literature on misinformation disseminatio…
Large Language Models and the Enhancement of Human Cognition
This essay explores the possible contribution of Large Language Models (LLMs) to human cognition. It investigates whether human cognition can be enhanced by advanced AI systems such as LLMs. Can LLMs make people as learners smarter, or, on the contrary, make them reason/think less? The author discusses the concepts of human and artificial intelligence and examines LLMs as advanced AI systems, which use deep learning techniques and can be consider…
Who Cites Whom
While journalists work tirelessly to identify relevant, credible, and diverse sources to support the news stories they cover, not everyone is equally heard. This study examines gender gaps in sourcing on the Lithuanian national broadcaster LRT. lt in the most popular news stories that cover climate change. It analyzes national or international coverage, institutional backing, and type of testimony (prestige, expert, lay) by cross-tabulating these…
Teacher Victimization by Students, Their Parents, and School Staff
The links between different forms of teacher victimization and teachers’ life satisfaction are still under-researched. To highlight teacher victimization by various parties within the school environment and its associations with teachers’ life satisfaction, the Satisfaction with Life Scale, the Multidimensional Teacher Victimization Scale, and some additional measures were applied. The findings based on a Lithuanian sample (n = 1146) revealed tha…
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This study aimed at identifying significant associations between stress, personality traits, and basic psychological needs' satisfaction and frustration. In the study, a simple random sample consisted of 245 employees (mean age = 39.6; SD = 10.82). 138 (57.5%) employees worked in the public sector, and 102 (42.5%) employees worked in the private sector. This study found no statistically significant differences between the private and public secto…
Associations between Leisure Preferences, Mindfulness, Psychological Capital, and Life Satisfaction
This study intended to explore which leisure preferences contribute to mindfulness, psychological capital, and life satisfaction and assess whether mindfulness, psychological capital, and life satisfaction are associated with different leisure preferences. This study applied the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), the Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ-12), the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS), and the instrument to evaluate the pr…
Associations between Depression, Anxiety, Fatigue, and Learning Motivating Factors in e-Learning-Based Computer Programming Education
Quarantines imposed due to COVID-19 have forced the rapid implementation of e-learning, but also increased the rates of anxiety, depression, and fatigue, which relate to dramatically diminished e-learning motivation. Thus, it was deemed significant to identify e-learning motivating factors related to mental health. Furthermore, because computer programming skills are among the core competencies that professionals are expected to possess in the er…
Psychometric Properties of Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) and Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ-24) in the Lithuanian Population
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 a…
Thinking, Deciding, Acting
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 irra…
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Thinking, Deciding, Acting
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 irra…
Associations between Depression, Anxiety, Fatigue, and Learning Motivating Factors in e-Learning-Based Computer Programming Education
Quarantines imposed due to COVID-19 have forced the rapid implementation of e-learning, but also increased the rates of anxiety, depression, and fatigue, which relate to dramatically diminished e-learning motivation. Thus, it was deemed significant to identify e-learning motivating factors related to mental health. Furthermore, because computer programming skills are among the core competencies that professionals are expected to possess in the er…
Psychometric Properties of Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) and Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ-24) in the Lithuanian Population
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 a…
Retracted Article
Retracted
This study aimed at identifying significant associations between stress, personality traits, and basic psychological needs' satisfaction and frustration. In the study, a simple random sample consisted of 245 employees (mean age = 39.6; SD = 10.82). 138 (57.5%) employees worked in the public sector, and 102 (42.5%) employees worked in the private sector. This study found no statistically significant differences between the private and public secto…
Associations between Leisure Preferences, Mindfulness, Psychological Capital, and Life Satisfaction
This study intended to explore which leisure preferences contribute to mindfulness, psychological capital, and life satisfaction and assess whether mindfulness, psychological capital, and life satisfaction are associated with different leisure preferences. This study applied the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), the Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ-12), the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS), and the instrument to evaluate the pr…
Retracted Article
Teacher Victimization by Students, Their Parents, and School Staff
The links between different forms of teacher victimization and teachers’ life satisfaction are still under-researched. To highlight teacher victimization by various parties within the school environment and its associations with teachers’ life satisfaction, the Satisfaction with Life Scale, the Multidimensional Teacher Victimization Scale, and some additional measures were applied. The findings based on a Lithuanian sample (n = 1146) revealed tha…
Profiles of e-learners based on learning motivation
Introduction Previous research employing latent profile analysis has considerably advanced our understanding of student motivation in online learning environments. However, a gap remains in exploring how mental health and social dimensions—specifically anxiety, depression, and peer-to-peer confirmation—influence these motivational profiles. Although prior studies indicate associations between student learning motivation, mental health, and peer-t…
Teachers’ perception of the relationship as a moderator between victimization and life satisfaction
Introduction Although teacher victimization has been associated with reduced well-being, little is known about how teachers’ perceptions of their relationships within the school environment is linked to this association. This study examined whether perceived relationship quality moderates the link between different forms of victimization and teachers’ life satisfaction. Methods A structural equation model was tested using data from a Lithuanian t…
Science communication audiences in Lithuania
Based on prior engagement-based segmentation of science communication audiences, to fill the gap on knowledge about audience segments in a Lithuanian context, this study aimed to explore the groups within society having different levels of trust and interest in science, and to compare them on science motivation, attitudes toward media and nature-friendly behaviors. A representative sample of 1,005 adults, aged 18 and above, with a mean age of 45.…
Profiling antivaccination channels in Telegram
Introduction Telegram’s privacy-focused architecture has made it a fertile ground for the spread of misinformation, yet its closed nature poses challenges for researchers. This study addresses the methodological gap in capturing and analysing misinformation on Telegram, with a particular focus on the anti-vaccination community. Methods The research was conducted in three phases: (1) a structured review of literature on misinformation disseminatio…
Large Language Models and the Enhancement of Human Cognition
This essay explores the possible contribution of Large Language Models (LLMs) to human cognition. It investigates whether human cognition can be enhanced by advanced AI systems such as LLMs. Can LLMs make people as learners smarter, or, on the contrary, make them reason/think less? The author discusses the concepts of human and artificial intelligence and examines LLMs as advanced AI systems, which use deep learning techniques and can be consider…
Who Cites Whom
While journalists work tirelessly to identify relevant, credible, and diverse sources to support the news stories they cover, not everyone is equally heard. This study examines gender gaps in sourcing on the Lithuanian national broadcaster LRT. lt in the most popular news stories that cover climate change. It analyzes national or international coverage, institutional backing, and type of testimony (prestige, expert, lay) by cross-tabulating these…
Can Artificial Intelligence be Socratic?
This essay introduces the concept of Socratic Intelligence (SI) and proposes five premises: (1) artificial and human agents learn through observation, interaction, and reflective examination of those interactions; (2) what is learned depends on metacognition and reinforcement; (3) SI comprises five interlocking dimensions: epistemic curiosity, critical self-awareness, assumption analysis, dialogical competence, and intellectual humility; (4) Gene…
Coping strategies and psychological well-being among teachers experiencing victimization
Introduction Teacher victimization is an important occupational stressor that can undermine educators' psychological functioning and professional sustainability. Guided by stress–coping theory, this study examined the relationships among multiple forms of victimization, coping strategies, and psychological well-being. Methods A nationwide sample of Lithuanian teachers ( N = 1,044) completed validated measures assessing exposure to victimization, …
Personality traits, anxiety, depression, and peer-to-peer confirmation as correlates of e-learning motivation
Introduction E-learning is a central component of higher education, yet maintaining student motivation remains difficult. Although personality traits, mental health, and peer support have each been linked to learning motivation, they are seldom examined simultaneously within an integrative framework. Drawing on Self-Determination Theory, this study examined the associations among personality traits, anxiety and depression, peer-to-peer confirmati…
Profiles of need frustration in online learning
Previous studies indicated that online learning environments present motivational challenges that may frustrate students’ basic psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness. Grounded in Self-Determination Theory (SDT) and Expectancy-Value Theory (EVT), this study aimed to identify distinct need frustration profiles among e-learners and to examine how motivation-related factors (task value, self-efficacy, goal orientation, self-di…
Manifestations of Victimisation Among Lithuanian Teachers and Their Experiences in Educational Institutions
Aim. The aim of this study is to reveal the victimisation of Lithuanian teachers in educational institutions. In order to achieve the aim of the study, the following hypotheses were put forward: traumatic experiences as a student are related to experiences of bullying and violence as a teacher; different forms of violence are interrelated; and teachers who have experienced one form of violence are more likely to experience others. Methods. A quan…
Latent profile analysis of motivated self-directed e-learning and collaborative e-learning
Malicious creativity in Telegram’s (software) anti-vaccination ecosystem
This study examines methodological challenges in collecting and analysing misinformation on Telegram (software) and develops a platform-sensitive conceptual framework for identifying malicious actors. Addressing gaps in existing research, the framework accounts for Telegram’s distinctive features, including limited moderation, privacy affordances, and channel-based dissemination. The study combines a structured literature review with the developm…
Psychology (11 works) · Lithuanian (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (5 works) · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Life satisfaction (4 works) · Structural equation modeling (4 works) · Workplace Violence and Bullying (4 works)