Emotional Overtones Research Articles

Patriotism among Slovenian Youth: Empirical Research

Abstract Research in Slovenia shows a low level of expression of patriotism among young people, which points to the fact that we are unable to express this value because we are not convinced of its quality and necessity. The belief that we will love and respect our homeland, which has also been a state since 1991, is based on completely false assumptions. Those who were emotionally present at the founding of our country naturally have a keener sense of patriotism, but the younger generations see the emergence of an independent and sovereign Slovenia as a historical fact, and therefore without any emotional overtones. Therefore, the results on the poor knowledge of the facts related to the establishment of an independent and sovereign Slovenian state, analysed in this article, are not really surprising.

The multimodal psychotherapy of the anxiety disorders patients

IntroductionAnxiety disorders are a common type of mental pathology with severe social and medical consequences in the lives of people suffering from them. General population studies indicate their prevalence ranges from 1.7% to 4.7% of the population. According to data from a US national study among the population aged 15 to 54 years, only 2.7% and 4.7%, respectively, suffered from panic disorder, one of the common types of anxiety disorders, during their lifetime. At the same time, the features of the emotional structure of anxiety disorders and the effectiveness of their psychotherapy among the population of low-income countries, especially in countries in a situation of prolonged bloody war and environmental disaster, remain poorly studied.ObjectivesThe purpose of the study was to identify the features of the emotional symptomatic structure of anxiety disorder and evaluate the effectiveness of their psychotherapeutic correction. For this purpose, 180 patients with anxiety disorders who were hospitalized in Ukraine (during the period 2022 - 2023) were examined.Methods The basic method was group psychotherapy with elements of rational, positive, suggestive and family psychotherapy. Regarding emotional disorders, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) was used for phobic-depressive and anxiety-depressive syndromes.ResultsMost patients experienced a decrease in the level of general anxiety and internal anxiety. Almost no spontaneous occurrence of fear was observed. During active interviewing, patients stated that their previous anxieties and fears had lost their relevance and acquired clear emotional overtones. There was also a significant decrease in the symptoms of the depressive cycle, and patients began to feel joy and optimism.Conclusions To correct emotional dysfunction in patients with episodic paroxysmal disorders, generalized anxiety disorders and mixed anxiety-depressive disorders, it is optimal to use a system of psychotherapeutic correction built on stepwise and multimodal principles.Disclosure of InterestNone Declared

Research on online public opinion in the investigation of the “7–20” extraordinary rainstorm and flooding disaster in Zhengzhou, China

Sorting out the changing characteristics of online public opinion triggered by a series of events in the investigation and assessment of major natural disasters is of great practical significance for optimizing the work of disaster investigation and assessment, governing the ecology of online public opinion, and enhancing the effect of comprehensive disaster reduction. In this paper, we collected relevant comments from several official media accounts, such as People's Daily, and evaluated their emotional color using a sentiment analysis method based on the BERT fine-tuning model. Furthermore, keyword co-occurrence semantic network theme analysis is conducted for texts presenting negative emotional overtones to assess the changes in public opinion hotspots. The impact of the relevant online public opinion characteristics and the release of the disaster investigation report on them was assessed in the context of the investigation report itself. Based on sorting out the characteristics of online public opinion on several related topics, targeted public opinion governance initiatives and relevant suggestions for improving the disaster investigation system are proposed. This paper is of positive significance for studying disaster public opinion and improving the effectiveness of emergency management of rainstorms and flooding disasters.

POPULATION'S RADIATION ANXIETY STRUCTURE ANALYSIS FOR THE PRE-COVID-19 PERIOD

Introduction. A considerable amount of conflicting reports creates conditions for concern about the effects of radiation on health. The adequacy of the assessment of problems and responses to these challenges depends on the sources used by a person, his culture and education level, as well as the emotional overtone of this assessment.
 The aim of the study is to determine dynamic changes in the prevalence and structure of population’s radiation anxiety states under stable social conditions based on a psychological and hygienic assessment.
 Materials and methods: In order to research and assess the perception of Kropyvnytskyi residents about the degree and prevalence of radiation anxiety states, a survey was conducted on Facebook and Instagram social networks from February to December 2019 using Google Form. For assessment of dynamic changes in radiation anxiety, data from our own studies in 2014 were used [9]. The questionnaire methodology was based on the principles of the previously tested and patented "Methodology for determining radiation anxiety among the population" and the monograph "Radiation anxiety among the population". Three hundred and twenty four residents of Kropyvnytskyi aged 18 to 73 were included in the study, 155 (47.8%) men and 169 (52.2%) women. The average age of the interviewees (Me (LQ; HQ)) was 27 (20; 33) years old.
 Results. A specific psycho-emotional state is developed and maintained at some level in the residents of cities with nuclear power plants – radiation anxiety, which is manifested by a complex of neuropsychological and somato-physiological disorders against the fear of ionizing radiation sources background. At the same time, such a psychogenic effect may not be related to the degree of actual effects of ionizing radiation on human health. It was determined that in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia's full armed aggression against Ukraine, more than 90% of the surveyed residents of Kropyvnytskyi, regardless of gender and age, were concerned about potential radiation pollution of the environment and foodstuffs, medium level of radiation anxiety was in 34,9%, and high level in 14.8% . Low radiation anxiety was detected in 41.4% of respondents, and in 8.9% it was absent.
 Conclusions. Over 5 years (from 2014 to 2019), there were noticeable negative changes in the structure of the radiation anxiety states among the surveyed urban residents, namely: the amount of people without signs of radiation anxiety halved (8.9% vs. 16.0%) and respondents with the high level of this psycho-emotional state increased almost four times (14.8% versus 3.9%). The obtained results encourage the authors to future studies of specific radiation anxiety states among the population to clarify their dynamics.

Analysis of the transmutation of the emotional overtones of the actor's appellation and the causes

Analysis of the transmutation of the emotional overtones of the actor's appellation and the causes

Dementia, Sex, and Consent: Beyond the Uncomplicated Cases.

This commentary responds to Samuel Director's article "Dementia and Concurrent Consent to Sexual Relations," in the May-June 2023 issue of the Hastings Center Report. In the article, Director sets out a set of conditions for sexual consent after one partner in a committed, long-term relationship develops dementia. While we share Director's view that dementia patients should not be categorically cut off from sexual intimacy, we caution against the use of his approach as a rigid test for allowing sexual activity. Director's analysis does not address the full range of plausibly permissible sexual relationships, which is unfortunate, as intimacy has consistently been linked to physical and psychological well-being. Moreover, because decisions about sex often carry moral and emotional overtones, we propose that a dementia patient's prior values should sometimes be considered by caregivers in a measured way.

HEROISM IN ERNEST HEMINGWAY’S SHORT STORIES

Ernest Hemingway, a distinguished writer, is well-known for his writing theory called the “Iceberg Principle.” This theory is used to introduce the concept of Heroism, which depicts the images of heroes differently from the traditional stereotype. His novels and collections of short stories were written permeating the Iceberg Principle. Among them, In Another Country, Old Man at the Bridge, and The Old Man and the Sea characterized the heroes with their unique characteristics which readers needed to dig out to get a deeper insight into man’s fate with emotional overtones. The current study, with a qualitative and descriptive approach, illuminates Heroism in these short stories. The results show that there are five aspects that Hemingway applied to reflect his Heroism including age, life tragedies, isolation, persistence, and stoicism. Besides, throughout the three stories, one can see the development of Hemingway's heroes as they strive to reach perfection during his literary career.<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/soc/0025/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

Wassily Kandinsky at the Exhibition "Meisterwerke muhammedanischer Kunst" in Munich, 1910

In 1910, Wassily Kandinsky attended the Munich exhibition Meisterwerke muhammedanischer Kunst and subsequently wrote a review of it for the Russian literary journal Apollon. His review, which almost exclusively discussed the Persian paintings on display, provides insights into Kandinsky’s way of seeing and understanding these objects at a significant moment in his artistic development. The most compelling aspect of his review is his repeated articulation of the sense of revelation that he experienced in front of these works. Conveying a sense of revelation through his own paintings was Kandinsky’s primary goal in this period, and was a concept he struggled to formulate in his art. I argue that Kandinsky developed one of his primary artistic strategies in response to a specific practice that he had first encountered at the Meisterwerke exhibition: the Persian artist’s practice of painting hidden forms within a composition. This article looks closely at a work from the exhibition, Sleeping Rustam (attributed to Sultan Muhammad, 1515-1522), which incorporates hidden figures in its rock formations, a practice described as demanding careful and sustained scrutiny by the viewer before the faces and forms reveal themselves. Kandinsky himself wrote later that his works from 1910, “dissolved objects to a greater or lesser extent within the same picture, so that they might not all be recognized at once and so that these emotional overtones might thus be experienced gradually by the spectator, one after another”; a process that the author believes he may have adapted from Persian paintings.

The Lithuanian mirative present and its history

The article deals with a Lithuanian mirative construction based on the present active participle with the continuative and progressive prefix be-. In Lithuanian grammar it has been described as a tense form or (more recently) as a member of the evidential system, but it is here dealt with as a construction in its own right. On the basis of a corpus search the authors attempt to define the place of the mirative present among constructions containing the present active participle with the prefix be-, as well as its formal and functional properties and lexical input. In the diachronic section of the article it is suggested that the rise of the construction under discussion could have been, at least partly, the outcome of a distinct path of grammaticalisation (involving a post-nominal participial modifier in a presentative construction), different from that of both the progressiveproximative tense forms containing the participle with be- and the evidential forms based on participles. This, however, was not necessarily the only source of the construction: the pragmatic and emotive overtones developed by present progressives have probably also contributed to it. Mirativity has hitherto been known as one of the cluster of meanings characteristic of the Lithuanian evidential, but the analysis carried out in the article suggests that Lithuanian also has mirativity as a category in its own right, distinct from evidentiality.

MATHEMATICS INSTRUCTION: PRACTICAL ADVOCACY FOR REGRESSION ANALYSIS AT A HIGH SCHOOL IN SOUTH AFRICA

This study sought the possibility of a practical approach to the teaching of Regression analysis at a high school in South Africa. This contributes to improvement of teachers’ mathematics instructional methods and enhances learners’ understanding and application of regression models. The study was prompted by the observation that, generally students are underperforming in mathematics. One of the reports for Curriculum 2005, pointed out that students showed lack of understanding of regression analysis concepts. The study was guided by pragmatism research philosophy which seeks truth from intervention actions that work by solving the problem. Data collection was initiated by desk research for conceptual understanding. This was followed by surveys of a purposive sample of 33 teachers’ views and lesson observations of how regression analysis concepts were taught. Document analysis and interviews helped to identify factors influencing the application of lecture methods. Error analysis was done to identify key points for corrective teaching. A group project practical approach was designed by the researcher, pilot tested at one school and evaluated by teachers who observed the video during an online lesson evaluation focus group discussion on ZOOM and BIGBLUEBUTTON platforms. The study established that, students’ low levels of conceptual understanding of linear regression can be taught from a practical approach using this model: Establish students’ errors through a pre-test. Introduce concepts by posing practical problems. The relevance of the task must provoke learners’ emotional overtones. Use the problem to introduce concepts such as, nature of relationship, strength of relationship, coefficient of determination, regression linear model or equation and its use as a systematic mathematical method to solve the problem. Allow students to form groups of five to nine learners per group. Task them to measure and record group members’ height, weight, arms’ length and shoe size. Groups established mathematical models linking Weight and shoe size, weight and height, height and stretched arms’ lengths. Learners’ present their findings from the project to the whole school. Study encourages teachers to carry out error analysis for progression, real-life problems and develop procedural knowledge from practical activities. Satisfy students’ curiosity by practical investigations of relationships for common variables like weight and shoesize.

Kandydaci w wyborach na prezydenta Rzeszowa w czerwcu 2021 r. na łamach dzienników regionalnych na Podkarpaciu

The article presents the results of research devoted to the presentation of candidates for the presidential election in Rzeszów in June 2021 by two of the largest regional dailies published in the Subcarpathian region – “Gazeta Codzienna Nowiny”, and “Super Nowości”. The concept of mediatization of politics provided an adequate theoretical framework to describe the involvement of the media in the political process. The research was quantitative and qualitative. In the first case, issues such as the number of texts devoted to candidates, their area and mutual proportions were examined. The qualitative approach was aimed at analyzing the emotional overtones of the examined units – paragraphs – and determining the candidate’s image of a positive, negative or neutral character presented in them. The results of the research made it possible to indicate certain likes and dislikes of both analyzed titles.

ЗА МАСКОЙ ИРОНИИ И БРАВАДЫ ОН СКРЫВАЛ СВОЕ ТРАГИЧЕСКОЕ ЛИЦО

The article is devoted to the work of the outstanding Russian composer Nikolay Nikolayevich Sidelnikov (1930–1992), who made a great contribution to modern Russian music. The composer worked in various genres, each time choosing an extraordinary interpretation for them. The musician's erudition, which was especially noted by his friends, colleagues and students, allowed him to address the topics from various literary sources, whether from the ancient Russian chronicles of the XIIth – XVIth centuries (the oratorio "The Sword Raised"), F. Engels' philosophical work "Dialectics of Nature" (the symphony "Hymn to Nature") or poetic texts (a vocal cycle of lyrical poems to the verses by Spanish poet F. G. Lorca, the "Sichuan Elegies" dilogy to the poems by Chinese Medieval poet Du Fu, the vocal symphony "The Rebellious World of the Poet" to verses by M. Yu. Lermontov). A special place in Sidelnikov's oeuvre belongs to vocal and choral works, including spiritual compositions, among which "The Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom", dedicated to the 1000th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus, and the Spiritual Concerto for a cappella choir stand out. The genres of church music concentrated all the main constants of his style, nurtured on the fusion of Znamenny chant and folklore origins, expressed in the trichordism of the thematicism. Such a synthesis, carried out within the framework of polystylistics and harmony, appeals to secular musical culture up to the elements of jazz, which demonstrates the composer's freedom in mastering the styles of different eras. At the same time, all of Sidelnikov's works, including spiritual pieces, are permeated with personal emotional overtones.

The Influence of the Debunker's Identity and Emotional Expression on the Sharing Behavior of Debunking Information.

Owing to the proliferation of rumors on social media, it is necessary to disseminate debunking information to minimize the harm caused by them. Using content analysis, sentiment analysis, and regression analysis, this study examined the mediating role of follower count in the relationship between the debunker’s identity and sharing behavior, and it explored the relationship between the text sentiment of debunking information and sharing behavior based on data on the spread of three rumors that circulated extensively on social media. Using an ordinary account as a reference, we found that the mediating or suppression effect (i.e., when direct and indirect effects are significant and opposite) of follower count in the relationship between debunker’s identity (celebrity, media, or government) and sharing behavior was significant. The three test identities (celebrity, media, and government) had more followers than the ordinary account, which resulted in a significant positive effect on the number of reposts. The debunker’s identity did not have a positive effect on the sharing of debunking information when controlling for mediating variables. Debunking information with emotional overtones (positive or negative) was shared more widely compared with information with neutral emotions, and the dominant emotional polarity was different in the three different rumors. These findings can contribute to the generation of debunking information content, which can aid in the development of effective communication strategies and improvement in the efficiency of crisis management.

Mapping Landscape Values and Conflicts through the Optics of Different User Groups

The paper presents the results of the study on participative mapping of landscape values and conflicts and a subsequent interpretation of the indicated localities from respondents’ point of view. The study focused on younger groups of landscape users—lower-secondary-school students (aged 11–15) and university students (aged 20–25)—in comparison with experts’ points of view. The research presumed that the perception of landscape values and issues are determined by age, level of education and by experience in the field. The study was conducted in the southeastern area of the Czech Republic (49° N, 16° E) via online data collection. Based on the obtained records, we conclude that, in terms of the typology of the valuable and problematic locations, the individual groups of respondents did not differ significantly and the selection of location types was similar across all groups. Lower-secondary-school students rather identified cultural values associated with everyday activities, and the descriptions contained emotional overtones. University students preferred natural values associated with formal values based on general consensus or conflicts associated with society-wide impacts. The experts base served as the benchmark for other groups.

Performing family in Fernando Lugo’s and Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment processes, Paraguay 2012 and Brazil 2016

ABSTRACT This article is a contribution to current efforts to meet the political and theoretical challenges that contemporary moral conservatism poses to feminisms. In Paraguay and Brazil, observers are often perplexed by the all-too-common invocations, by Christian politicians, of sacred entities as indisputable grounds for acts of government. Such invocations are often regarded as deviations from laïcité as a founding principle of the national liberal democratic tradition and a symbol of modernity. We revisit recent critical events in order to take issue with the theoretical and political assessment of “conservative” moral values and representations as predominantly “religious.” As turning points in national politics, saturated with symbolism and emotional overtones, the congressional deliberations leading to the impeachments of Fernando Lugo and Dilma Rousseff were easily read in a characteristically secularist key. In our analysis of the discourse of legislators, we address the role of family tropes and the production of moral panics as expressive of a specific moral grammar. We discuss the discursive construction of the family as a sacred entity and focus on the gendered national order performed in these events.

Об изменениях в лексике русской лирической поэзии

The paper intends to present the general tendency of lexical change in Russian lyrical po- etry during the last two hundred years on some arbitrarily selected examples. The odes of Lomonosov were accomplished in the lofty style based on Slavonic, rhetorical, and other “poetical” devices. In Derzhavin’s ode Felica, enthusiastic and ironical elements, pathos and everyday talk are combined. In Zhukovski’s romantic poetry the objective sense of words is overshadowed by their emotive overtones. In avoiding the grandiloquent romantic lexis, Nekrasov describes the hopeless hard life of Russian peasantry with deep sympathy, and reliably reproduces the popular speech. In the cited poem of Akhmatova, the psychic drama of the heroine is expressed by a peculiar connection of words belonging to different stylistic layers. The entirely prosaic lexis and syntax of Blok’s short poem suggests the poet’s feeling about the hopeless immobility of life in a condensed metaphoric shape. Vino- kurov’s poem relates an imagined accidental meeting of former lovers after thirty years of their separating in an entirely colloquial style. Since a poem of genuine aesthetic value appears as a complex artistic work, its components mutually strengthen, supplement, or compensate each other. Thus, the increase of colloquial elements in the poetic vocabulary does not necessarily indicate a process of “depoetization”.

Comment on: The Gabrin sign

To the Editor: COVID-19 has sparked uncertainties and controversies worldwide as to its origin, epidemiology, and natural course. In this situation, the different medical disciplines strive to contribute to a better understanding of the disease, some with a sound and sober scientific approach, others with a propensity for publicity and sensationalism, further igniting the emotional overtones associated with the pandemic. The study of the cutaneous manifestations of COVID-19 has evolved with the hope that they may be useful as markers for the disease, for prognostication, and for further insights into the pathogenesis of the disease manifestations.

Perceptions of Spatiality: Supramodal Meanings and Metaphors in Therapeutic Environments


 
 
 This paper explores the perceptions of the spatiality of individuals who self-harm, with the aim of understanding the design aspects which foster supportive therapeutic environments. Analysis of responses found that there were key similarities in areas of perception of architectural interior space, refuting the commonly held view that all architectural response is purely subjective, and that subjective experience cannot be shared. Three examples of perceptions of interior therapeutic environments are discussed to highlight how the perceptions of spatiality of individuals who self-harm consists of a particular cluster of spatial understandings, behaviours and focuses, manifesting as a strong emotional overtone overlaid onto built environments. This includes common kinds of triggers and emotional reactions provoked by aspects of the built environment. This paper discusses architectural aspects in relation to subjectivity in perception, constructs of interiority, and the role of supramodal engagement in influencing perceptual responses to interior space. By understanding how individuals who self-harm experience a space, a greater comprehension of the design of these environments delivering mental health services may be enabled. This paper tables a series of research-derived design suggestions to facilitate supportive therapeutic spaces. This paper also proposes a series of further research directions to explore the relationships between constructs of interiority, the physical interior space, and the therapeutic function for which they are designed.
 
 

Emotional Overtones of Behavior Analysis Terms in English and Five Other Languages.

It has been suggested that the language of behavior analysis is not always consumer-friendly, but the very limited empirical support for this claim comes from examining jargon in English. We consulted publicly available data sets to shed light on one specific aspect of the jargon problem: how non-English speakers may react emotionally to the technical vocabulary of behavior analysis. Previous research has suggested that English speakers may experience English technical terms as unpleasant. Here, we show that the same may apply when speakers of other languages (Egyptian Arabic, French, German, Brazilian Portuguese, and Spanish) encounter translated technical terms. Our results, although constrained by the availability of data for only a small sample of relevant terms, suggest that responses of English speakers to English terms may be a good predictor of emotional responding to translated terms. To our knowledge, this is the first empirical study to address international ramifications of a so-called marketing problem in behavior analysis. Our main purpose is to call attention to the need for cross-language and cross-cultural studies on factors that affect public perceptions and acceptance of behavior analysis.

La influencia “artística” de las emociones y la empatía en el contenido, la interpretación y la efectividad del derecho internacional

emotions are part of the multiple dimensions of human experience and activities. International Law, as a social construction, is thus prone to be subject to its influence. Such influence can be channeled by different participants which interact with that law in processes of legal creation, invocation or interpretation, taking advantage of the universal language of international law and enhancing their discourses with emotional overtones. Furthermore, certain emotional strategies, with can either employ legal or extra-legal vessels as movies, art or games can either generate empathy, promoting changes in normative contento or action in order to have solidarity with those who suffer; or to increase or affect the effectiveness of international law.