Personal Concept Research Articles

From the Good Life to Good Living: A Longitudinal Study Investigating the Relationship Between Good-Life Coherence and Motivation, Goal Progress and Subjective Well-Being.

Although considerable research has examined the traits and features involved in living a good life (Baumeister et al. in J Posit Psychol 8(6):505–516, 2013; Ryan et al. in Self-determination theory: Basic psychological needs in motivation, development, and wellness, Guilford Press, 2006; Wong in Can Psychol/Psychol Can 52(2):69–81, 2011), little research has examined personal philosophies of the good life and the motivational outcomes associated with these views. Through a prospective longitudinal study across one academic year, we examined whether perceiving oneself to be living coherently with personal conceptions of the good life was associated with greater autonomous goal motivation and, subsequently, goal progress and greater subjective well-being (SWB) over time. We hypothesize that perceiving oneself as living coherently in terms of one’s own philosophy of flourishing relates to greater volition, goal progress and happiness. Our results suggest that when individuals assess themselves as following their own philosophy of the good life, they tend to experience greater autonomous motivation, goal progress and SWB. Implications for personality coherence and Self-Determination Theory are discussed.

Health education for disease prevention: a review of the literature

Currently public policies, government actions and different programs involving Health Education (HE) are carried out in favor of population health. With regard to the theme of HE, this is a multifaceted theme, convergent to various personal conceptions, whether in the area of education or health, which may result in divergent understandings. Due to the complexity of the theme, the problem occurs due to the lack of understanding of what is really population-facing HE, dissolving the importance of HE for preventive measures against different diseases, which generates a high budgetary cost in public health. In view of this context, this article has as its main question: How can health education contribute to the prevention of diseases in the population? The study aimed to present the HE for Disease Prevention (DP), branching out in addressing its concepts, as well as highlighting the legal bases that ensure the HE to the population. To this end, the study was conducted through a literature review by the search sites "Google Scholar", "Scielo" and "PubMed". Through the descriptors: Health Education; Health education as disease prevention; Health Education for the population, where studies were chosen that presented the HE focused on DP. It is concluded that The HE is the education for self-knowledge and reflection on their own health, as well as the full awareness that something goes wrong, attributing the critical reflection of the subject regarding their habits and preventive measures. It is applied through the school curriculum from primary school as well as by government programs in health centers, in order to educate society to raise awareness about preventive measures and promote a better quality of life, thus preventing the spread of diseases.

The Sociality of Despair: William James on the Making of Ethical Selves

Abstract Scholars have debated the nature and merit of William James’s “Individualism.” Influential readings maintain that James errantly privileges categories like “interiority” and personal “experience.” Rather than downplaying James’s preferred categories—categories like experience, interiority, and the individual—simply because such categories are shibboleths of the contemporary academy, this article takes up two of James’s most “private” categories (“self,” “despair”) in order to better understand the complexity of Jamesian individualism. Acknowledging James’s unflagging individualism and individualism’s place in his philosophical and ethical system, this article maintains that James’s personal and private concepts not only promote—but are prerequisite to—public-facing ethics and socially-contingent philosophical inquiry.

Social Contract, Extended Goodness, and Moral Disagreement

This article discusses the role played by interpersonal comparisons (of utility or goodness) in matters of justice and equity. The role of such interpersonal comparisons has initially been made explicit in the context of social choice theory through the concept of extended preferences. Social choice theorists have generally claimed that extended preferences should be taken as being uniform across a population. Three related claims are made within this perspective. First, though it is sometimes opposed to social choice theory, the social contract approach may also consider the possibility of interpersonal comparisons. This is due to the fact that justice principles may be partially justified on a teleological basis. Second, searching for the uniformity of interpersonal comparisons is both hopeless and useless. In particular, moral disagreement does not originate in the absence of such uniformity. Third, interpersonal comparisons should be accounted for both in social choice and social contract theories in terms of sympathetic identification based on reciprocal respect and tolerance, where each person’s conception of the good partially takes care of others’ good. From the moral point of view, any person’s conception of the good should thus be ‘extended’ to others’ personal conceptions. This extension is, however, limited due to the inherent limitations in sympathetic identification and is a long way from guaranteeing the uniformity assumed by social choice theorists.

Individualization or Privatization of the North Korean Leader? Different Types of Media Personalization About Kim Jong-Un

ABSTRACT North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Un, until recently an important yet relatively unknown figure in international politics, has begun to receive increased attention in the international media. Based on the concept of media personalization, this study examined whether the news media focused on Kim Jong-Un’s political traits and activities – i.e., media individualization - or on his apolitical characteristics – i.e., media privatization. By content analyzing 2,045 news articles about Kim Jong-Un published in South Korean and U.S. newspapers between 2012 and 2018, this study found that media individualization was more prevalent than media privatization. The number of news articles focusing on Kim’s political traits and activities was about three times greater than articles that emphasized Kim’s apolitical characteristics. Compared to news coverage about his public role, articles about his apolitical aspects were more negative. The results also showed a positive correlation between the political stance of South Korean news organizations toward North Korea and the degree of media privatization of Kim Jong-Un: that is, in South Korea, conservative newspapers were more likely than liberal newspapers to focus on Kim’s personal characteristics and life, and the tone of that coverage was more negative.

Youth as Agents of Change in India's Development

Although "youth" can refer to any time in a person's life when they are young, it is most usually used to refer to the time between childhood and maturity. There are many diverse interpretations of what ages are considered to be among the young. Newness, wrath, vitality, sport, and energy are all usually associated with the concept of youth. We are still building our sense of self while we are young. A young person's concept of self is frequently moulded by a variety of influences, including their peers, way of life, gender, political system, and culture. It is the period of a person's life when they make decisions that will affect not just their personal future but also the future of their country, either directly or indirectly. If a country's young people are self-aware and capable of taking responsibility for their actions, they have the power to affect major change in their country. The youth of a country are its most significant asset and source of strength. Young people who are given more power frequently prove to be the single most crucial component in their countries' prosperity and development. Young people have the ability to make important contributions in any field; as long as they are focused on doing their very best, nothing will be able to stop them from succeeding. Any nation's or cultures potential vitality can be discovered in its youth. They are a nation's pride as well as its powerhouse, capable of storing a limitless amount of energy and generating an infinite amount of energy. The study's goal is to draw attention to the critical role that young people in India can play in bringing about positive change across the country.

The Space-Based Car-Following Model: Development and Application for Managed Motorway System Safety Evaluation

Traffic safety studies need more than what the current micro-simulation models can provide, as they presume that all drivers exhibit safe behaviors. Therefore, existing micro-simulation models are inadequate to evaluate the safety impacts of managed motorway systems such as Variable Speed Limits. All microscopic traffic simulation packages include a core car-following model. This paper highlights the limitations of the existing car-following models to emulate driver behaviour for safety study purposes. It also compares the capabilities of the mainstream car-following models, modelling driver behaviour with precise parameters such as headways and time-to-collisions. The comparison evaluates the robustness of each car-following model for safety metric reproductions. A new car-following model, based on the personal space concept and fish school model is proposed to simulate more accurate traffic metrics. This new model is capable of reflecting changes in the headway distribution after imposing the speed limit from variable speed limit (VSL) systems. This model can also emulate different traffic states and can be easily calibrated. These research findings facilitate assessing and predicting intelligent transportation systems effects on motorways, using microscopic simulation.

Jenda Munthe's Personal Branding Power on Instagram Content #Tanyajawabjenda for Content Creator Career Development

This study describes how the concept of personal branding content creator Jenda Munthe is constructed through the #tanyajawabJenda content on his Instagram account. The results of this study will provide an understanding of the construction of personal branding in Instagram social media content, through case studies conducted on efforts to establish personal branding content creator Jenda Munthe. From the results of the analysis conducted using eight personal branding concepts from Montoya & Vendehey (2002) in this study, proves that Jenda Munthe has succeeded in building his personal branding well, fulfilling the eight concepts. Of the eight concepts, Jenda Munthe's personal branding is most strongly supported by the concept of The law of specialization, The law of unity, The law of persistence and The law of goodwill. These four concepts make Jenda Munthe's personal branding through the content of #tanyajawabJenda, known as an angry content creator with a regional Batak accent, easily accepted by Instagram social media users. Jenda Munthe's personal branding through his Instagram content has finally opened up new career opportunities for Jenda Munthe as a content creator who previously worked as a Criminology Journalist. The phenomenon that occurred in Jenda Munthe provides a reality finding that to become a content creator, a personal branding concept is needed through content on a media, such as Instagram social media. This research uses qualitative research methods, with the type of case study research and qualitative descriptive research type.

PENGETAHUAN, SIKAP, DAN PERILAKU MAHASISWA KEDOKTERAN DAN KESEHATAN TERHADAP SKRINING GENETIK DAN PREMARITAL DI KABUPATEN BANYUMAS

Genetic screening is a complex procedural genetical test to understand the potential genetical risk that someone might have been possessed. Screening procedure which is conducted before a couple got married is called premarital screening. Screening behavior is influenced by many factors, including predisposition, enabling, and reinforcing factors. As a healthcare provider, medical and health students must support the personal medicine concept by increasing their knowledge, attitude, and behavior. The aim of this research is to understand the relationship between knowledge level with attitude, knowledge level with behavior, and attitude with behavior among medical and health students in genetic and premarital screening. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 379 medical and health students at their first, second, and third-year (2020, 2019, and 2018) study in Banyumas Regency, selected with proportional random sampling technique. Datas were collected using Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavior in Genetic and Premarital Screening among Medical and Health Students in Banyumas Regency Questionnaire. The hypothesis was analyzed using Fisher correlation. The p-value of the Fisher correlation analysis between knowledge and attitude (p = 0,060), knowledge and behavior (p = 1,000), and attitude and behavior (p = 1,000). Participants knowledge level are at good category (75,46%) and have positive attitude (99,47%). Most of the participants’ behavior had never done genetic or premarital screening (99,47%). There was no relationship between knowledge level and attitude, knowledge level and behavior, and also attitude and behavior (p<0,05). Keywords: Attitude, Behavior, Genetic Screening, Medical and Health Students Knowledge Level, Premarital Screening

Development and Evaluation of Personal Urban Concept Vehicle Powered by a Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Abstract To reduce the levels of harmful emissions and to minimize the noise pollution, many leading countries have started pilot projects and initiatives for gradual transition to electrical vehicles or vehicles powered by alternative fuel sources, including natural gas, hydrogen, propane, biofuels, and methanol. Parallel to this, many automotive companies are also exploring and using every possibility to introduce newer manufacturing technologies and materials in the vehicle development and construction processes. The results of these efforts are vehicles that are lighter and have lower fuel consumption, but at the same time are capable to provide the industry approved levels of comfort, reliability, and protection to the passengers. One of the many drivers for the abovementioned evolution of the automotive industry are the numerous events and races, where teams from different countries and continents are competing for dominance. The focus of this paper is to present the processes for design, development and evaluation of a hydrogen fuel cell powered racing vehicle, which was developed at the “Angel Kanchev” University of Ruse in Bulgaria. The paper presents results from simulated and real on-track experiments with the vehicle prototype. Emulations and analysis on the possibilities to improve the vehicle performance, as well as to increase the effectiveness of the vehicle power supply system, using a system for regenerative braking, are also provided in the last section of the paper.

Inclusiveness of the Concept of Mental Disorder and Differences in Help-Seeking Between Asian and White Americans.

Ethnic and racial group differences in help-seeking are a barrier to the effective and equitable delivery of mental health services. Asian American populations demonstrate relatively low levels of help-seeking. Explanations for this effect typically point to elevated levels of stigma in these populations. An alternative explanation is that low help-seeking might also reflect holding a relatively circumscribed concept of mental disorder. Individuals and groups with less inclusive concepts of disorder may be less likely to identify problems as appropriate for mental health treatment. This study aimed to test whether group differences in the breadth of the mental disorder concept account for group differences in help-seeking attitudes. A sample of 212 American participants (102 Asian Americans and 110 White Americans) were assessed on personal stigma, help-seeking attitudes, and mental disorder concept breadth. Mediation analyses examined whether stigma and concept breadth mediated group differences in attitudes. Compared to White Americans, Asian Americans reported higher levels of stigma and narrower concepts of mental disorder, both of which were associated with less positive help-seeking attitudes. Stigma and concept breadth both partially mediated the group difference in attitudes. Theoretical and practical implications for mental health promotion and culturally sensitive clinical practices are explored.

Aspekty medyczno-prawne dotyczące żywienia w kontekście bezpieczeństwa ekologicznego żywności

They know better all the features and risks of their business, and therefore they must be responsible for their safety. Implementation of the main elements of the new food safety control system in Ukraine takes place through the implementation of a permanent procedure based on the HACCP principles [1−3]. Now, entrepreneurs must identify potential hazards and risks of the production process and capacities, as well as take all necessary measures to minimize them. Together with greater responsibility the entrepreneurs receive more freedom. For example, the state cannot require the factory to have light walls above 1.8m. The quality is a subjective and personal concept, and safety requirements must prevent the harmful effects of products on the health of the consumer. At the same time, Ukrainians need to know what they are consuming. Therefore, lawmakers are currently working on a draft law on providing information to consumers about food. The new system to which Ukraine passes allows a clear distinction to be drawn between liabilities for causing harm due to the consumption of a dangerous product. According to the concept of the food chain «from the lawn to the table», the quality of the product must be baked at each stage of the commodity circulation, and each businessman is responsible for the safety of the food within its activities: the manufacturer − within the limits of production, the carrier − within the scope of transportation, the store − within storage and sale. Consequently, at each point of the food chain, the entrepreneur knows where the raw material or product came from and where it comes next. If the customer receives a health hazard product, this system helps to identify: who is responsible for causing harm. In this chain, there should be feed for productive animals. The draft law «On Safety and Hygiene of Forms» has already been developed and registered. If the feed contains harmful substances, they will continue to enter our body through products made from animal meat.

Recognition and Classification Model of Music Genres and Chinese Traditional Musical Instruments Based on Deep Neural Networks

The teaching of ideological and political theory courses and daily ideological and political education are two important parts of education for college students. With the iterative update of information technology, the individualized development of students, and the reform and innovation of ideological and political education, higher goals and requirements have been put forward for ideological and political education. Some universities have developed new paths in the teaching model, but they have not considered the evaluation module and paid little attention to their own development. They only paid attention to the fact that it injected fresh blood into the reform of education model and ideological education but ignored the improvement of their own quality. Therefore, with these limitations, the learning effect is not satisfactory. Keeping in view these issues, this article defines the concept of deep learning and ideological and political education of college students as the starting point and then analyzes the new precise and personalized concepts, new forms of intelligent teaching and evaluation, and new models of intelligent learning that deep learning brings to college students’ ideological and political education. This is a new path of intelligent linkage with the subject, object, and mediator. It can deepen the reform of the education and teaching mode of individualization, accuracy, interactivity, and vividness of college students’ ideological and political education and improve the evaluation and management of college students’ ideological and political education. The experimental results of the study showed the effectiveness of the proposed study.

Personality network neuroscience: Promises and challenges on the way toward a unifying framework of individual variability.

We propose that the application of network theory to established psychological personality conceptions has great potential to advance a biologically plausible model of human personality. Stable behavioral tendencies are conceived as personality “traits.” Such traits demonstrate considerable variability between individuals, and extreme expressions represent risk factors for psychological disorders. Although the psychometric assessment of personality has more than hundred years tradition, it is not yet clear whether traits indeed represent “biophysical entities” with specific and dissociable neural substrates. For instance, it is an open question whether there exists a correspondence between the multilayer structure of psychometrically derived personality factors and the organizational properties of traitlike brain systems. After a short introduction into fundamental personality conceptions, this article will point out how network neuroscience can enhance our understanding about human personality. We will examine the importance of intrinsic (task-independent) brain connectivity networks and show means to link brain features to stable behavioral tendencies. Questions and challenges arising from each discipline itself and their combination are discussed and potential solutions are developed. We close by outlining future trends and by discussing how further developments of network neuroscience can be applied to personality research.

La création du moi chez Gracián : entre être et paraître

Baltasar Gracian is an author eminently baroque. At the centre of his interrogations, we can find the construction of the individual that must become a person (concept that he uses to designate an accomplished man), in a reflection between politics and aesthetics. He studies the fragmentation of the self within a duality between being and appearing, within a differentiation that is not a breaking point, and that is built dialoguing with alterity. Thanks to the notions of adornment, of juicio or ingenio, Gracian reflects on the construction of the self with at its heart a multiplicity, a transformation, between shadow and light, playing with the concept of chiaroscuro.

The INSPIRE Support sub-scale: A critical view of the psychometric properties focusing on dimensionality

The statistical methods previously used for assessing dimensionality of the INSPIRE Support sub-scale are often not valid, which may lead to inaccurate conclusions. The first aim of this paper was to present and discuss the methods for assessing the dimensionality of the scale. The second aim was to illustrate these methods using data from a Norwegian translation of the INSPIRE Support sub-scale. Exploratory factor analysis with several extraction and rotation methods was used to identify the dimensionality of the scale. Cronbach’s alpha and omega coefficient were employed to assess the internal consistency. Using the recognized statistical approach, there was no clear structure found in the Support sub-scale, indicating that the scale might be one-dimensional. While single items or sum score of the INSPIRE Support sub-scale might cover important aspects of the personal recovery concept, there is no evidence of the five CHIME dimensions of this scale as published earlier. A more thorough assessment is called for, and results from studies using the five dimensions should be interpreted with caution.

Commentary on “Implant-based multiplane breast augmentation—a personal surgical concept for dynamic implant-tissue interaction providing sustainable shape stability” by Vogt PM, Mackowski MS & Dastagir K

Commentary on “Implant-based multiplane breast augmentation—a personal surgical concept for dynamic implant-tissue interaction providing sustainable shape stability” by Vogt PM, Mackowski MS & Dastagir K

The Influence of Start-up Capital on Building a Personal Brand

Purpose: The objective of the article is to discuss the results of the study concerning the impact of start-up capital and the specific profession a person practices upon the intensity of activities undertaken in personal brand building. Design/Methodology/Approach: The review of literature was conducted in order to identify the components of the start-up capital and to establish the relationship between the personal brand building process and the start-up capital. The empirical study employed the survey method with the use of a questionnaire. The study examined a representative sample of Polish Internet users in May 2021. Findings: The authors proposed to view the start-up capital of the personal brand as a sum of the cultural, social and economic capital. The results of the study suggest that the higher the sum, the more personal branding activities are undertaken. People pursuing professions characterized by creativity, a broad scope of decision-making, and dependent on individual performance manifest a higher activity concerning personal brand building. Practical Implications: The article contributes to the discussion regarding the viability of the practical application of the personal brand concept among various social and professional groups. Originality/Value: The results of the analysis and theoretical considerations discussed in this article complement existing research concerning the intensity of activities undertaken in personal brand building.

On Freedom and the Will to Adorn: The Art of the African American EssayEmpire of Ruin: Black Classicism and American Imperial CultureReaping Something New: African American Transformations of Victorian Literature

On Freedom and the Will to Adorn: The Art of the African American EssayEmpire of Ruin: Black Classicism and American Imperial CultureReaping Something New: African American Transformations of Victorian Literature

Building on student mathematical thinking in whole-class discourse: exploring teachers’ in-the-moment decision-making, interpretation, and underlying conceptions

Often, mathematics teachers do not incorporate whole-class discourse of students’ various ideas and solution methods into their teaching practice. Particularly complex is the in-the-moment decision-making that is necessary to build on students’ thinking and develop their collective construction of mathematics. This study explores the decision-making patterns of five experienced Dutch mathematics teachers during their novice attempts at orchestrating whole-class discourse concerning students’ various solution methods. Our goal has been to unpack the complexity of their in-the-moment decision-making during whole-class discourse through lesson observations and stimulated recall interviews. We investigated teacher decision-making adopting a model that combines two perspectives, namely (1) we explored student-teacher interaction with regard to building on student thinking and (2) we explored how the teachers based decisions during such interaction upon their own personal conceptions and interpretation of student thinking. During these novice attempts at orchestrating whole-class discourse, the teachers created many situations for students to articulate their thinking. We found that at certain instances, teachers’ in-the-moment decision-making resulted in opportunities to build on student thinking that were not completely seized. During such instances, the teachers’ decision-making was shaped by the teachers’ own conceptions of the relevant mathematics and by teacher conceptions that centered around student understanding and mathematical goals. Our findings suggest that teachers might be supported in their novice attempts at whole-class discourse by explicit discussion of the mathematics and of their conceptions with regard to student understanding and mathematical goals.