Dimensions Of Social Interaction Research Articles

Development of a Measure of Informal Workplace Social Interactions.

A measure of informal, non-task-related workplace social interactions that captures both the frequency of interactions and the positive affect that can accompany such interactions was developed and validated. In two samples of employees (N = 188 and N = 315, respectively), the factor structure, reliability, and incremental predictive validity of the newly developed measure were evaluated. Results support the anticipated two-factor structure, demonstrate strong psychometric properties, and reveal that the new measure explains additional variance in employee outcomes (job satisfaction and job-related positive affect). This newly developed, 16-item scale provides a psychometrically sound measure for researchers and organizations to use in assessing, and potentially improving, two dimensions of workplace social interactions.

Current social support and social adaptation of HIV/AIDS patients in Henan province

Objective: To understand the status quo of social support for and social adaptation of HIV/AIDS patients in Henan province, analyze the relationship between social support and social adaptation, and provide reference for improving the quality of life of HIV/AIDS patients. Methods: A multi-stage stratified random sampling method was adopted to select HIV/AIDS patients in high HIV prevalence areas (Shangcai, Shenqiu), middle epidemic areas (Queshan, Yongcheng), low prevalence areas (Jiyuan, Sanmenxia) in Henan province. A social support scale was used to investigate the three dimensions of objective support, subjective support and support utilization. A social adaptation scale was used to investigate the three dimensions of patient cognitive willingness, social interaction and role adaptation. Finally, the characteristics of the social support, social adaptation and their relationships were analyzed. Results: The overall score of 506 HIV/AIDS patients' social support was 36.30±9.34, the score of objective support was 7.48±3.01, the score of subjective support was 22.35±5.79, and the score of support utilization was 6.28±2.38, the overall score and the scores of three dimensions of social support of HIV/AIDS patients were lower than the national levels, and the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05). The overall score of patients' social adaptation was39.10±7.10, the score of cognitive willingness was 9.96±3.23, the score of social interaction was 18.57±3.25, and the score of role adaptation was 10.57±2.52. The average score of social adaptation of patients was less than 2/3 of the overall score, and the average cognitive willingness score was less than 1/2 of the overall score. The differences in social support score and social adaptation score among patients with different gender, age, marital status, occupation, transmission route, number of symptoms were statistically significant (P<0.05). For the HIV/AIDS patients, there was a correlation between the social support and the social adaptation (r=0.14, P<0.05). Conclusion: HIV/AIDS patients had a low level of social support and social adaptation, and social support might be a contributing factor to the social adaptation of HIV/AIDS patients.

TOWARDS A MULTIDIMENSIONAL ASSESSMENT OF APATHY IN NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDERS

Background Apathy is a syndrome that affects several dimensions of goal-directed behaviour, cognition, emotions and social interaction. There is a growing interest in understanding apathy and its association to the early stages of neurocognitive disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and frontotemporal dementia. This syndrome is essentially assessed through clinical scales reported by the patient himself or through external observation. To improve apathy assessment, we need multidimensional, objective indicators reliably associated to the classical apathy clinical scales. For this reason, we aimed to combine several tasks and sensors to obtain objective heterogenous apathy measures. Methods 172 subjects with Mild and Major NCD participated in this study. We employed a combination of behavioural tasks and open questions (“tell me a positive/negative event of your life in one minute”) with the simultaneous recording of the participants’ voices, faces and motor activity (through accelerometers). Apathy scales (Apathy Inventory, Diagnostic Criteria of Apathy) and classical cognitive tests (Mini Mental State, Clinical Dementia Rate Scale) are also administered. Patients were divided into two groups apathetic and non-apathetic using the new Apathy Diagnostic Criteria (Robert et al., 2018). Results Audio features (e.g. number of words, prosody) varied significantly between apathetic and non-apathetic subjects. Automated video analysis showed that video features (motion and emotion) present in the videos allowed to correctly classify most participants in respect to apathy. One behavioural task assessing interests showed significant differences between groups. Accelerometer’s data are currently under analysis. Conclusions Sensors and ICTs are promising tools for the multidimensional assessment of apathy. The next step would be to use multichannel data analysis to improve apathy assessment. Reference: P. Robert, K. L. Lanctot, L. Aguera-Ortiz, P. Aalten, F. Bremond,M. Defrancesco, C. Hanon, R. David, B. Dubois, K. Dujardin, M. Husain, A. Konig, R. Levy, V. Mantua, D. Meulien, D. Miller, H.J. Moebius, J. Rasmussen, G. Robert, M. Ruthirakuhan, F. Stella, J. Yesavage, R. Zeghari, V. Manera (2018). Is it time to revise the diagnostic criteria for apathy in brain disorders? The 2018 international consensus group. Reference: European Psychiatry Journal, 54, 71–76.

The Interdependence of Motor and Social Skill Development: Influence on Participation.

Participation is a major outcome area for physical therapists serving young children with disabilities. Contemporary models of disability such as the International Classification of Function, developmental theories such as the system perspective, and evidence-based early childhood practices recognize the interdependence of developmental domains, and suggest that change in 1 area of development influences change in another. Physical therapy provided in naturally occurring activities and routines, considered the preferred service delivery method, promotes participation of young children with disabilities. Research indicates that: (1) children develop skills, become independent, and form relationships through participation; and (2) with developing skills, children can increasingly participate. The purpose of this Perspective article is to synthesize the literature examining the relationship between motor skill development and the social interaction dimension of participation in young children. Current research examining the influence of motor skill development on social interactions in children with autism spectrum disorder will be discussed, exemplifying the interdependence of developmental domains. Implications for physical therapist practice and recommendations for future research are provided.

Analysis of Psychometric Properties and Validation of the Personal Learning Environments Questionnaire (PLE) and Social Integration of Unaccompanied Foreign Minors (MENA)

Background: The aim of the present study was to validate and develop the dimensions of the Personal Learning Environments (PLE) questionnaire with regards to the social integration of unaccompanied foreign minors (MENA), in addition to analyzing its psychometric properties. Methods: This study was conducted using an expert panel and exploratory techniques in a population of unaccompanied foreign minors (referred to hereon as MENA). The sample used for the validation was formed of 250 MENA aged between 13 and 17 years, with 206 (83.6%) being male and 41 (16.4%) being female. An expert panel was formed including 10 scholars of Education Sciences. The panel identified four dimensions, which were confirmed through exploratory factorial analysis conducted using the program called FACTOR Analysis (Lorenzo-Seva and Ferrando, 2006). Results: The results indicate that the PLE questionnaire provides reliable dimensions at the level α = 0.902. Examination of Pearson correlations identified significant values (p &lt; 0.01) for almost all dimensions, with the highest value being produced for the association between the dimensions of communication and social interaction (CIS) and planning and management of learning (r = 0.641). Conclusions: From this study, it is concluded that the results of the study and the validation of the PLE in MENA populations through the four identified dimensions are valid and reliable for enabling multi-dimensional analyses to be carried out.

A survey on the prevalence of apathy in elderly people referred to specialized memory centers.

Apathy is a pervasive neuropsychiatric syndrome in people with neurocognitive and psychiatric disorders. The diagnostic criteria for apathy (DCA) have been revised in 2018. Employing the 2018 DCA, in the present study, we investigated in groups of elderly subjects suffering from different neuropsychiatric disorders (a) the apathy prevalence; (b) the most commonly affected apathy dimensions (behavior/cognition, emotion, and social interaction); (c) the sensitivity and specificity of those dimensions for apathy diagnosis; and (d) the concurrent validity of 2018 DCA compared with the 2009 DCA. This multicenter survey included 166 subjects. Each center checked the presence of apathy in subjects belonging to the following DSM-5 diagnoses: mild neurocognitive disorders (mild NCDs); major NCDs; affective disorders (Aff D); and subjective cognitive decline (SCD). The frequency of apathy varied significantly based on the diagnostic groups (0% of subjects with apathy in the SCD group; 25% in the mild NCD group; 77% in the major NCD group; and 57% in the Aff. D group). All subjects with apathy fulfilled the criteria for the behavior/cognition dimension, 73.1% fulfilled the criteria for the emotion dimension, and 97.4% fulfilled the criteria for the social interaction dimension. Behavior/cognition showed the highest sensitivity, the copresence of emotion and social interaction the highest specificity. The concordance between the 2009 and the 2018 DCA indicated an almost perfect agreement. These results are consistent with previous reports and confirm that the social interaction dimension added to the 2018 DCA is present in most of subjects with apathy referred to specialized memory centers.

Pengaruh Dukungan Sosial dan Selfefficacy Terhadap Orientasi Masa Depan Pada Remaja

Teenage years determines success in the future. Good teenagers are who are responsible to their own success in the future, known as future orientation. Given how important future orientation is, researchers examined variables which affect future orientation, thus future orientation can be optimalized. Dimensions of social support and self-efficacy chosen as independent variables. Respondents of this study were 326 students of one of high school in Jakarta. Future orientation, measured using Orientation Test–Revised developed by Scheir, Carver, and Bridges (1994). Social Support, measured using The Social Provisions Scale developed by Cutrona and Russel (1987). Self-efficacy, measured using General Self-efficacy Scale developed by Bosscher and Smit (1998). Instruments' validity were tested using Confirmatory Factor Analysis and data was analysed using Multiple Regression Analysis. α=0.05, result of this study shows future orientation was affected by dimensions of social support, self-efficacy, and interaction between reassurance and self-efficacy with R-square = 30.3%.

Social Capital and Academic Research Performance: A Conceptual Model Proposal

It is increasingly important for the academic community to know how social capital of research group members is building; higher levels of social capital could lead to researchers to have a higher number of publications and to improve the quality of these publications. Having a greater knowledge of the role of the different dimensions of social interactions in building internal and external social capital could help to improve the social capital of research groups. This paper offers a conceptual model in which the relationship between social capital embedded in research networks and the performance of researchers is established. To build the proposed model, this paper reviews of the major literature on social capital, drawing on previous theoretical approaches and the existing empirical evidence on the social capital construct and its effects.

University Second Level Screening Indices For Non-Board Programs

The study dealt with the development of the institutional second level screening indices for non-board programs using the secondary data of the students’ entrance/admission result from university guidance office, analysis was made using descriptive-evaluative quantitative research design with the application of Principal Component Analysis. This admission screening has eight components which were analyzed through Principal Components. Through the Principal Component Analysis and Dimension Reduction Method, the dimensions of the screening test were reduced to six components, which specifically define the variability of the six components and were classified into: Thinking Dimension, Social Interaction Dimension, Socio-Economic-Environment Dimension, Life-Long Skills Dimension, Ecological Skills Dimension, and Global Interaction Dimension. The reduced dimensions in the Second Level Admission Screening determined the fitness of the student to a specific non-board program. The university had admitted students who can survive along with the training and requirements of the program; thus, the screening indices may become strong bases for admission and retention of students to University non-board programs. The fitness of the student to a non-board program is evidently determined by the dimensions embedded in the Second Level Admission Screening instrument. It implies that the screening indices are consistent bases for admission and retention of students for the non-board programs. The university may consider crafting of standard policy utilizing these indices in determining the assignment of the qualified students to a specific program to be enrolled in the college/university and a similar study maybe conducted on admission for board course program offered by the university.

Sarcellopolis: virtual cartographies of multicultural living in contemporary i-docs

ABSTRACTThis project explores the graphic interface design of interactive documentaries (i-docs) about housing projects between Canada and France. Against the backdrop of the modernist, utopian fantasies that constructed these large-scale housing developments, contemporary documentarians intervene in the social space of the multicultural city via creative interface design. I-docs like Highrise (Cizek, Katerina. 2010. “Out My Window.” National Film Board of Canada. http://outmywindow.nfb.ca; Cizek, Katerina. 2011. “One Millionth Tower.” NFB Highrise, November 5, 2011. http://highrise.nfb.ca/tag/one-millionth-tower/; Cizek, Katerina. 2015. “The Universe Within: Digital Lives in the Global Highrise.” National Film Board of Canada. http://universewithin.nfb.ca/desktop.html#index), (B4-Windows on the Tower, Jean Christophe Ribot, 2012, http://www.francetv.fr/nouvelles-ecritures/banlieue-b4/), and Sarcellopolis (Sébastien Daycard-Heid and Bertrand Dévé, 2015, http://sarcellopolis.com/en/) employ user interfaces that conjure the vertical and horizontal dimensions of social interaction in the urban built environment. They are most successful when they move beyond narrative to mobilize objects and space, thus enacting the ‘promiscuous relations’ of urban experience and simulating the chance encounters of the urban public sphere.

Investigating the Impact of Team Formation by Introversion/Extraversion in Software Projects

Human factors have an important effect on performance of software teams and resulting software products. One of the seldom-studied aspects of human factors is the effect of personality-based team formation on team cohesion and quality of the software product. In this study, we investigate the above effect by conducting an exploratory case study during a term-long undergraduate software engineering course containing a project component with 50 undergraduate students. We grouped the students based on the social-interaction dimension (introversion/ extraversion) of the well-known Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) personality assessment model. We then collected the relevant metrics to explore/analyze the two parameters of interest in our study: team cohesion, and project grade as an indicator of project output (i.e. resulting product quality). Our results show that there is some (although weak) relationship between the team formation scheme (based on either introversion or extraversion) with group performance and project grade. The results also show that mixed grouping of personality types has no significant effect on team cohesion but is advantageous in achieving higher project grades especially for people with low GPAs.

It is rotating leaders who build the swarm: social network determinants of growth for healthcare virtual communities of practice

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to identify the factors influencing the growth of healthcare virtual communities of practice (VCoPs) through a seven-year longitudinal study conducted using metrics from social-network and semantic analysis. By studying online communication along the three dimensions of social interactions (connectivity, interactivity and language use), the authors aim to provide VCoP managers with valuable insights to improve the success of their communities.Design/methodology/approachCommunications over a period of seven years (April 2008 to April 2015) and between 14,000 members of 16 different healthcare VCoPs coexisting on the same web platform were analysed. Multilevel regression models were used to reveal the main determinants of community growth over time. Independent variables were derived from social network and semantic analysis measures.FindingsResults show that structural and content-based variables predict the growth of the community. Progressively, more people will join a community if its structure is more centralised, leaders are more dynamic (they rotate more) and the language used in the posts is less complex.Research limitations/implicationsThe available data set included one Web platform and a limited number of control variables. To consolidate the findings of the present study, the experiment should be replicated on other healthcare VCoPs.Originality/valueThe study provides useful recommendations for setting up and nurturing the growth of professional communities, considering, at the same time, the interaction patterns among the community members, the dynamic evolution of these interactions and the use of language. New analytical tools are presented, together with the use of innovative interaction metrics, that can significantly influence community growth, such as rotating leadership.

Conversation level syntax similarity metric.

The syntax and semantics of human language can illuminate many individual psychological differences and important dimensions of social interaction. Accordingly, psychological and psycholinguistic research has begun incorporating sophisticated representations of semantic content to better understand the connection between word choice and psychological processes. In this work we introduce ConversAtion level Syntax SImilarity Metric (CASSIM), a novel method for calculating conversation-level syntax similarity. CASSIM estimates the syntax similarity between conversations by automatically generating syntactical representations of the sentences in conversation, estimating the structural differences between them, and calculating an optimized estimate of the conversation-level syntax similarity. After introducing and explaining this method, we report results from two method validation experiments (Study 1) and conduct a series of analyses with CASSIM to investigate syntax accommodation in social media discourse (Study 2). We run the same experiments using two well-known existing syntactic metrics, LSM and Coh-Metrix, and compare their results to CASSIM. Overall, our results indicate that CASSIM is able to reliably measure syntax similarity and to provide robust evidence of syntax accommodation within social media discourse.

Relational space through historically relational time – in the bodies of São Paulo’s pedestrians

This article methodologically develops one theoretical issue regarding the sociological debate on relational space: How do past, present and future times interfere in the relations between human bodies and in their interconnectedness with material and/or symbolic goods in places, by considering that space is generated through these relations? After demonstrating the absence of this issue in the debate, the article presents a methodology for analytically identifying and conceptually interpreting the relational space produced through historically relational time in relational bodies in places, with the aid of Henri Lefebvre’s dialectical concerns with everyday life and the production of space. In order to show the approach ‘in action’, the study focuses on the rules of pedestrians’ body conduct in the cathedral square of the Brazilian city of São Paulo in 2013–2014. Hence the approach is analytically complemented by Erving Goffman’s phenomenological approach to the bodily dimension of social interaction. In conclusion, three contributions of this methodology for relational-spatial sociology are summarized.

Adolescents’ social reading: motivation, behaviour, and their relationship

PurposeUsing the case of social reading via WeChat in China, this paper aims to explore adolescents’ social reading motivation and behaviour. It also examines how the specific dimensions of reading motivation contribute to the different aspects of social reading behaviour.Design/methodology/approachThis study used survey approach, which gathered 1,039 valid responses from a cluster sampling in 14 middle and high schools in Shanghai, China.FindingsThe results indicated that social reading motivation was a multidimensional construct, which included the dimensions of social interaction, self-development, peer recognition, information acquisition, personal interests and time killing. The research also found that different motivational dimensions exerted different influences on adolescents’ social reading activities. Specifically, the motivations of time killing and self-development are significant predictors of both the reading act and socializing act. However, information acquisition and personal interests were significant predictors only of the reading act, while social interaction and peer recognition significantly predicted the socializing act.Research limitations/implicationsThe findings would be valuable for those who develop reading programs or administer adolescents’ reading practice. This study can help them understand the complexity of adolescents’ social reading motivation and distinguish between its different dimensions.Originality/valueThe study provides important insights into the nature of adolescents’ social reading motivation and how it relates to their social reading behaviour. It not only confirmed the multidimensionality of social reading motivation as a construct but also expanded the exploration of reading motivation and behaviour to the social media arena.

PENGARUH CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE TERHADAP BEHAVIORAL INTENTION WISATAWAN DI SAUNG ANGKLUNG UDJO (Survey Terhadap Wisatawan Nusantara yang Berkunjung ke Saung Angklung Udjo)

Saung Angklung Udjo is one of the tourist destinations in Bandung city, which has a complete cultural workshop contains performances, handicraft centers of bamboo and bamboo musical instrument workshop. Tourist of Saung Angklung Udjo comes from outside West Java even abroad. The researcher did a pre-research to Indonesian tourists on their behavioral intention at Saung Angklung Udjo. The result indicated that there was low intention to visit the destination. Saung Angklung Udjo provides a different experience to tourists, which implementing a customer experience strategy that consists of the physical environment and social interaction. The purpose of this study was to obtain findings on customer experience as the independent variable which consists of the physical environment and the social interaction. Moreover, the behavioral intention as a dependent variable which consists of repurchase intention, premium price and word of mouth were studied. The type of research was a descriptive and verification, using a questionnaire as the instrument that distributed to 100 respondents through systematic random sampling technique. The data were analysed using a multiple regression techniques. The results indicated that there was a partial and simultaneous influence of customer experience for the tourist behavioral intention. The physical environment resembled in the musical instrument was perceived as a high value by the respondents. The hospitality of the employee as the social interaction dimension has also perceived well by the respondents.

The influence of informal governance mechanisms on knowledge integration within cross-functional project teams: a social capital perspective

This paper aims to explore the influence of informal governance mechanisms (IGMs) on knowledge integration (KI) within cross-functional project teams (CFPTs). In order to achieve this objective, we provide a novel and distinct perspective – social capital (SC). From this perspective, we analyse three dimensions of IGMs, that is, social interaction, social trust and social cognition. Propositions on underlying influencing mechanisms of the three dimensions on KI are then empirically tested using qualitative data from semi-structured interviews and quantitative data from questionnaire surveys. Results indicate that strong social ties, mutual trust and formation of shared vision facilitate KI within CFPTs. In addition, communication platforms are encouraged to provide more opportunities for team members to exchange knowledge. This paper provides suggestions for both knowledge governance theory and project management practice.

“I Do not Let Setbacks Discourage Me Much” The Composition of a Finnish Female Leader

The article illustrates findings from a larger study on the Finnish female leaders’ paths to a leader’s position. This sub-study analyzed the composition of a Finnish female leader as narrated by leaders themselves. It was studied through two specifying questions: what kinds of personal features female leaders considered important in their leadership practices and how do these women describe the emphases of leadership. This was a qualitative study in which 10 Finnish female leaders were interviewed in two phases in 2006 and 2011. According to the narratives, the important personal features were perseverance and rabidity, honesty and humbleness, as well as tolerance of criticism, adversities, and loneliness, which were analyzed in the light of the authentic leadership theory. The emphases of leadership included the dimensions of social interaction and being a bellwether. The study contributed a new narrative viewpoint to the definition of authentic leadership.

Ideation and intention to use contraceptives in Kenya and Nigeria

Contraceptive use remains low to moderate in most African countries. Ideation or the ideas and views that people hold has been advanced as a possible explanation for differences in contraceptive use within and across countries. In this paper, we sought to identify the relevant dimensions of ideation and assessed how these dimensions relate to contraceptive use intentions in two illustrative countries - Kenya and Nigeria. Using factor analysis, we first identified the relevant dimensions of ideation from a set of cognitive, emotional and social interactions items. Subsequently, we examined the relationships of these dimensions with intention to use contraceptives. The data revealed four dimensions of contraceptive ideation in both countries: perceived self-efficacy, myths and rumors related to contraceptives, social interactions and influence, and contraceptive awareness. All four dimensions of ideation are strongly associated with contraceptive use intention in Nigeria. Both perceived self-efficacy and myths and rumors dimensions were significantly associated with contraceptive use intention in Kenya. In contrast, social interaction dimension and contraceptive awareness were not strongly associated with intention in Kenya. The ideation model is relevant for contraceptive use research and programing. Programs seeking to increase contraceptive use and help women to attain their desired family size should promote contraceptive self-efficacy and identify ways to correct prevailing myths and rumors.

Study of Social Anxiety in Nursing Students of Tehran Universities of Medical Sciences

Introduction: Social anxiety is an important factor in peoples’ mental health. Good mental health while studying in university makes students able to deal effectively with numerous stressors that they experience. The purpose of this study was to determine and compare the social anxiety of nursing students in grades one to four of medical universities in Tehran. Methods: In this analytic cross-sectional study, 400 students from universities of medical sciences in Tehran were recruited by stratified sampling with proportional allocation. Data were collected during the first semester in 2010. Students completed a two-part questionnaire including the Liebowitz social anxiety questionnaire and a demographic information form. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics methods and an analytical test by SPSS statistical software. Results: There was no statistically significant difference in the total scores of social anxiety of first- to fourth-year students. The mean score of the avoidance of social interaction dimension in fourth-year students was significantly lower than in first year students (p<0.05). Conclusion: In regard to the relationship between social anxiety and interpersonal communication as an associated part of nursing care, decrease of social anxiety of students could play an important role in their mental health. According to the results of this study, it seems that the placement of students in the nursing education system does not produce any changes in their social anxiety.