Collective Attitudes Research Articles

Factors of COVID-19 Vaccine Perception among Transport Drivers in Singapore: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study.

Transport drivers have high risk of exposure to SARS-CoV-2 during COVID-19 pandemic. Vaccines can reduce disease severity. However, COVID-19 vaccine perception among transport drivers is unknown. To identify the key factors influencing vaccine perception of transport drivers in Singapore, a cross-sectional pilot study was conducted. One hundred four completed survey responses were collected between September 2021 and February 2022. Using multivariable logistic regression, education, general vaccine knowledge and attitude, practice of social distancing, misinformation of rare vaccine side effects, and perceiving the pandemic situation to be severe were independently associated with vaccine perception. Despite high vaccination coverage, there were substantial poor vaccine perception, vaccine hesitancy, and unwillingness to take third dose. Vaccination rate may thus not be an accurate reflection of true vaccine acceptance. Communication strategies need to focus on correcting knowledge gaps, instilling collectivist attitudes, and highlighting the importance of vaccination over social distancing to enhance booster uptake rate.

HUMAN, SOCIETY AND ENVIRONMENT: A COLLABORATIVE STUDY

Individual opinions about social objects are known as social attitudes. Individual attitudes that are so substantially inter-conditioned by group interactions are referred to be collective attitudes. These attitudes are extremely standardised and homogeneous within the group. The ability to adjust to changes in one physical, vocational, and social environment is known as adjustment. Adjustment, then, is the behavioural process of balancing opposing demands or needs that are hampered by environmental challenges. Animals and people make routine adjustments to their surroundings on a. Through this essay, researcher wants to highlight the various facets of a social being and how a social being adapts to different spheres of life while displaying his social views. KEYWORDS: Intelligence, Adjustment, E-learning, Attitude, Education,

SOCIO-EDUCATIONAL PERSPECTIVES: A STUDY ON HUMAN ADJUSTMENT

Individual attitudes regarding social objects are referred to as social attitudes. Individual attitudes that are so closely influenced by group interactions as to become extremely standardised and consistent within the group are referred to be collective attitudes. Adjustment is that state of an individual who is capable of adapting to changes in their physical and social environment. In other words, adjustment is the behavioural process of resolving incompatible demands or needs that are impeded by environmental challenges. Both people and pets adapt to their surroundings. In this essay, researcher would like to concentrate on the numerous aspects of social beings and how they adapt to different spheres of life while displaying their social views. KEYWORDS: Adjustment, Attitude, Education, E-learning, Intelligence

The Significance of the Mystery Play of Elche for the Local Community

This study explores the distinctive collective attitudes among the local community associated with the Mystery Play of Elche, which was designated a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO on 18 May 2001. A qualitative, exploratory and descriptive methodology was adopted via in-depth interviews to identify how the local community perceives and experiences this medieval liturgical drama. The results confirm that the fundamental aspects maintaining the relationship between the Mystery Play and the local population involve several factors, such as the type of transmission and how the performance is experienced by different audiences within the community, bearing in mind that it is a dynamic social phenomenon.

Group Cohesion in Psychoeducational Groups with Latinos: Examining Cultural Correlates

ABSTRACT Group psychotherapy is an effective therapeutic modality for the treatment of many mental health and related issues. Group therapy is cost-effective and could decrease barriers to mental health services for ethnic minority populations, including Latinx people. Group cohesion is a therapeutic factor associated with positive outcomes in group psychotherapy according to meta-analyses. While information exists regarding the associations of group cohesion to other variables that may affect the effectiveness of group psychotherapy, there is no published research exploring the relationships between group cohesion and the Latinx cultural correlates of acculturation, machismo, caballerismo, marianismo, personalismo, individualism, and collectivism. We analyzed pre- and post-data from 235 Latinx college students who participated in eight sessions of one of two types of psychoeducational groups (one for dating violence prevention and one for stress management), using a multivariate general linear model (GLM) examining the relationships between our gender and cultural variables on two total group cohesion measures (GCS and GSRS). This finding partially supports our hypotheses regarding the association between cultural correlates and group cohesion: collectivistic attitudes among Latinx group members were associated with improved group cohesion. These findings have relevance for the implementation of group psychotherapy with Latinx people.

The role of the behavioural immune system on covid-19 lockdown attitudes: The relationship with authoritarianism and collectivism.

The behavioural immune system (BIS) is a motivational system that facilitates the avoidance of pathogens and is thought to have evolved as a less costly mechanism to combat infectious diseases compared to the physiological immune system. The Parasite Stress Theory of Social Values predicts that authoritarianism and collectivist attitudes may impact the BIS by predisposing people to support disease control measures, including severe restrictions like lockdowns or stay-at-home orders. This study investigates the relationship between authoritarianism, collectivism and Covid-19 worry on support for lockdown measures during the Covid-19 pandemic. A total of 187 UK participants were recruited to complete an online survey, which was administered between 22 June and 7 July 2020. The survey included measures of authoritarianism, collectivism, Covid-19 worry and support for lockdown measures. The data were analysed using moderated parallel mediation analysis. Covid-19 worry had a direct effect on support for and enforcement of lockdown measures, but not on the idea that adherence to lockdown rules should be an individual choice. The relationship between Covid Worry and Support for and Enforcement of lockdown measures was not mediated by authoritarianism, nor was it moderated by Collectivism. Collectivism and Authoritarianism were related to increased levels of support for lockdown independently from Covid Worry but were not related to enforcement. Support for lockdown restrictions and enforcement was mainly associated with covid worry. Our findings do not support the parasite stress theory of social values and indicate that the BIS manifested in a more direct way, and not through social values.

Collective attitude toward ambiguity

Collective attitude toward ambiguity

Профессиональная идентичность и проблемы начинающих журналистов

Two approaches to the study of journalist’s professional identity are compared: institutional and ontological. The theoretical foundations and heuristic possibilities of the ontological approach are demonstrated on the example of empirical research into the psychological problems of novice journalists. Professional identity is considered not as an externally set standard, but as a psychological attitude spontaneously formed in real life, which is found in the deep structure of respondents’ anxiety. In order to identify the most common psychological problems faced by novice journalists, a survey of journalism students is conducted. Based on the subjective assessments of the respondents, a ranking of the most frequently occurring anxiety is compiled. The limited resolving power of self-reports frequency processing is shown in comparison with multivariate analysis, which allows us to move from the realized anxiety’ level to the anxiety underlying determinants level. In the course of factor analysis, the main components of professional identity as an individual-personal and collective attitude are identified. The interrelation between the identity components and ontological properties of a journalist is shown. Using non-parametric criteria for comparing samples, the influence of the place of training on the intensity of anxiety anxiety is demonstrated. The conclusions about the necessity to take into account the psychological structure of professional identity during the training of future specialists are drawn.

Reflexos da saúde planetária no processo transdisciplinar entre profissionais de saúde

Abstract Planetary Health has been consolidated as a transdisciplinary area of knowledge grounded in characterizing and mitigating anthropogenic impacts on the health of human beings and earth systems. The capitalist lifestyle drives environmental degradation and its consequences (such as climate emergency and biodiversity loss), and is related to the high prevalence of chronic non- communicable diseases. This information, however, usually lacks the necessary emphasis in health teaching and learning process. Thus, this essay aims to systematize information that correlates environmental factors and human health from a systemic thinking perspective, highlighting the importance of reflecting on systemic health within health professions. As the bridge between scientific knowledge and society, health professionals can play the role of integral care agent and knowledge curator. Moreover, we must encourage systemic thinking in health education to achieve these roles, both in individual and collective attitudes.

The Democratic Sublime: On Aesthetics and Popular Assembly

The Democratic Sublime: On Aesthetics and Popular Assembly

Safety climate in the Ghanaian printing industry.

The concept of safety climate has gained attention from safety experts as one of the most efficient and effective ways to deal with occupational accidents and injuries across industries. This paper explores the safety climate and the effect of employees' demographic variables on the safety climate perception in the printing industry. We adopted the Safety Climate Scale (SCS) developed by Ghahramani and Khalkhali to measure the safety climate in the print manufacturing industry of Ghana. Our findings, based on all the dimensions in the scale, revealed an unsafe safety climate. Also, there was a correlation between demographic factors (age, gender, experience, and education) and perception of workplace safety climate. The major contribution of this paper is to extend empirical research that provides a greater understanding of the health and safety environment within the printing industry of Ghana and the personal and collective attitudes and patterns of behaviour that determine the commitment to organisations' health and safety practices. These findings are important for managers in the printing industry because they provide evidence about the current safety climate so that management can take the action to reduce risks and improve performance. To improve the safety climate, we recommend that management and other stakeholders within the printing industry must commit and communicate effectively, embrace safety practices and procedures, and be more accountable and responsible to minimise the effects of a poor safety climate.

Do you consider buying a counterfeit? New evidence from the theory of planned behaviour and cognitive dissonance theory

PurposeThis paper aims to investigate the impact of perceived risk, ethical judgement, value consciousness, susceptibility to social influence and neutralisation on counterfeit clothes and accessories purchase intention in Egypt.Design/methodology/approachA single cross-sectional survey was conducted. Questionnaires were used to collect data from 361 counterfeit buyers in Egypt. To test the hypotheses, partial least squares-structural equation model was applied.FindingsThe results indicate that neutralisation, perceived risk and susceptibility to social influence significantly impact attitudes towards counterfeiting and purchase intentions, whereas value consciousness impacts counterfeit purchase intention. In addition, attitudes mediate the effects of perceived risk, susceptibility to social influence and neutralisation on purchase intention.Practical implicationsBrand producers/retailers and the government need to adhere to a number of practices to curb counterfeit demand, mainly by tackling the neutralisation’s impacts, demonstrating various risks of counterfeiting and developing a collective attitude against counterfeiting.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the ethical decision-making literature by empirically testing and quantifying the impact of neutralisation on shaping counterfeit buyers’ attitudes and purchase intention.

The “Citizen Sensing Paradigm” to Foster Urban Transitions: Lessons from Civic Environmental Monitoring in Rome

AbstractRome is a complex metropolis. The city faces the challenge of imagining and shaping an inclusive and sustainable future for its inhabitants. On several occasions, city policies and interventions have not met the goal of preserving environmental resources. For their part, the inhabitants of Rome tend to doubt the ability of institutions to take care of the city’s resources. We focus on civic environmental monitoring led by the local independent association A Sud, aimed at assessing the environmental status of two of the city’s rivers. From a review of applicable literature on governance, environmental and social justice and climate urbanism, we build a theoretical frame to guide our analysis. We inquire how civic monitoring in a complex city can benefit urban resource governance and foster urban transitions. We also explore the extent to which these initiatives have the potential to inform or have actually informed the scientists and policymakers responsible for designing city adaptations. Our analysis demonstrates that citizen-gathered data can enrich the scientific knowledge base and trigger claims for interventions, bringing in information on local issues often overlooked by competent institutions. The initiatives also improved individual and collective attitudes towards the city and its resources, stimulating a sense of care and a watchful citizenship.

Public Gender Egalitarianism: A Dataset of Dynamic Comparative Public Opinion toward Egalitarian Gender Roles in the Public Sphere

AbstractSocietal attitudes toward gender roles in the workplace and politics play a central part in theorizing on the difficulty women face in achieving political equality, but shortcomings in the available data have prevented direct examination of many implications of these theories. Drawing on recent advances in latent-variable modeling of public opinion and a comprehensive collection of survey data, we present the Public Gender Egalitarianism dataset to address this need: comparable estimates of the public's attitudes on gender equality in the public sphere across more than one hundred countries over time. These Public Gender Egalitarianism scores are strongly correlated with responses to individual survey items and with women's rates of participation in the labor force and corporate boards. We expect that the Public Gender Egalitarianism data will become an invaluable source for broadly cross-national and longitudinal research on the causes and consequences of collective attitudes toward gender equality in politics and the economy.

Animal Welfare in China

Animal Welfare in China

“A Revolution in Labor”: African Americans and Hybrid Labor Activism in Illinois during the Early Jim Crow Era

“A Revolution in Labor”: African Americans and Hybrid Labor Activism in Illinois during the Early Jim Crow Era

Measuring practitioner attitudes toward psychosis and recovery: Exploratory factor analysis of the Psychosis Attitudes Scale.

Practitioner attitudes regarding the nature of psychosis and prospects of recovery are important targets in supervision and training of practitioners who work therapeutically with this population. The 19-item Psychosis Attitudes Scale (PAS) was developed as a way to monitor changes in psychosis-related attitudes among practitioners being trained in an Evidence Based Treatment (EBT) for psychosis. This study reports the development and underlying factor structure of the PAS. Three hundred twenty-five community mental health clinicians completed the PAS following a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for psychosis (CBTp) multiday workshop training. We conducted an exploratory factor analysis to investigate the underlying structure of the initial set of items. Our analyses suggest that the PAS taps into four attitude groupings, which can be conceptualized as perceived confidence in working with individuals with psychosis (Factor 1), a recovery orientation (Factor 2), expectations of fulfillment (Factor 3), and a stress-vulnerability orientation (Factor 4). Factors 1 and 3 appear to tap into general themes relevant to training practitioners in an evidence-based psychotherapeutic intervention for psychosis. Factors 2 and 4 are consistent with guiding principles of high-fidelity CBTp. At the individual level, practitioner attitudes have implications for training retention and treatment delivery. At the organizational level, the collective attitudes of staff in a given setting may serve as an indicator of readiness for EBT for psychosis implementation. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

The Role of Creative Placemaking

The Role of Creative Placemaking

Recent Transformation of Marginal Rural Areas in the Sudetes Mountains in Poland—Drivers and Effects of Changes in Perception of their Inhabitants☆

AbstractThe study aims to analyze inhabitants' perceptions vis‐a‐vis the actual demographic, economic, functional, and land use transformation taking place in the peripheral area of Kłodzko County in the Sudetes Mountains in southwestern Poland. Recently, new socio‐economic processes can be observed in the region, suggesting a revival after a period of stagnation. It employs qualitative data from semi‐structured interviews and observation, and quantitative data from an online survey. Findings on inhabitants' perception are discussed against evidence from diverse statistical databases based on the literature. Results show that changes to physical built environment are most perceived, but tourism is seen as the main positive driver. The most acute negative change is depopulation, which is also considered to have a damaging effect on the transformation. The results show some disparities in perceptions across different socio‐demographic and spatially defined categories of inhabitants, as well as ambiguity of assessment of rural transformations that are interpreted in relation to the socio‐economic context of interviewees. The study contributes to discussion on perceived and actual change in rural areas by pointing to patterns of perception. It provides social feedback on changes and depicts collective attitudes towards rural revival—knowledge that is necessary to formulate policies tailored to site‐specific preconditions.

Fragments of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Srebrenica Refugees and Its' Returnees

During ethnographic research into newly established suburbs around Sarajevo, which are mainly inhabited by Srebrenica’s population who survived the persecution and genocide of 1995, I had the task of recording certain lifestyle changes of these refugees. This paper analyses the oral literary lyrical heritage of the Srebrenica region, ie. oral songs which were remembered mostly by women. Since I was myself one of those populations I relied on my personal experience that expanded my insight into more detailed knowledge, as well as the various circumstances that shaped the way of life of my respondents. On the other hand, the research aimed, among other things, to examine the role of Srebrenica women in the memory of the intangible cultural heritage of their region in recent times. First, I considered women’s self-organizing as a response to the genocide and the consequent absence of male family members and community leaders. Then I draw upon my research to consider the impact of these activities on collective attitudes toward the memory of the Srebrenicas' former spiritual life examining the presence of traditional and oral patterns in everyday life. The paper relies on interpretative and analytical methods of the science of literature.