Framework Of Systems Theory Research Articles

Ekolojik Sistem Kuramı Çerçevesinden Ebeveyn Yabancılaşmasına Genel Bir Bakış

Boşanma, kısaca, eşler arasında evliliğin hukuki açıdan sona erdirilmesi olarak tanımlanabilir. Çatışmalı ayrılık veya boşanma davalarında, ebeveynlerden birinin öfke/kızgınlık hissiyle birlikte sözleri, davranışları ve tutumlarıyla diğer ebeveyni kötülemesi, çocuklarının bu ebeveyniyle olan kişisel görüşme haklarını engellemesi sonucunda çocuklar, hedefteki ebeveyne karşı yabancılaşma geliştirebilmektedir. Alanyazında ebeveyn yabancılaşması (ebeveyne yabancılaşma sendromu), özellikle yüksek çatışmalı boşanma davalarında çocukların ebeveynlerinden biriyle (yabancılaştıran ebeveyn) güçlü bir şekilde ittifak kurması ve herhangi bir meşru gerekçe olmaksızın diğer ebeveyniyle (hedefteki veya yabancılaşılan ebeveyn) ilişki kurmayı reddetmesiyle sonuçlanan dinamik bir süreç olarak kavramsallaştırılmakta ve çocuklar açısından bu sürecin duygusal istismarın bir türü olduğu belirtilmektedir. Bu derlemede ebeveyn yabancılaşması sürecinde etkili olabileceği düşünülen faktörlerin dinamik etkileşimlerinin ekolojik sistem kuramı perspektifiyle gözden geçirilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Bu kapsamda çalışmada, ebeveyn yabancılaşması kavramının genel özellikleri üzerinde durulmuş ve her bir sistem düzeyinde (mikrosistem, mezosistem, ekzosistem, makrosistem, kronosistem) ebeveyne yabancılaşma sürecini etkileyebilecek risk faktörleri ile yabancılaşmanın çocuk üzerindeki genel etkileri gözden geçirilmiştir.

A Qualitative Investigation Into Chinese International Doctoral Students' Navigation of a Disrupted Study Trajectory During COVID-19.

This study delves into emic perceptions of Chinese international doctoral students' navigation of a disrupted study trajectory during the 2019 coronavirus pandemic. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with students and the conceptual framework of bioecological systems theory and needs-response agency, the article reveals a nuanced picture of how activities, relations and roles nested in a PhD study trajectory are impacted by and respond to the crisis. Specifically, the pandemic has instigated a ripple effect upon PhD study that is embedded within a complex system of person-environment factors in the microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem and macrosystem. Confronting these changes and challenges, the students enact needs-response agency to cope with these impacts so as to restore stability. The study concludes with some practical implications for related stakeholders in the bioecological system to generate conditions and support for students to harness possibilities for growth amidst and beyond the health crisis.

Resilience and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Promoting child and youth resilience and related mental health outcomes

The core intent of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is to provide a framework to promote a more sustainable future for all, accounting for challenges faced globally. Consequently, these goals echo resilience and other research focused on child and youth outcomes. Using a systems theory framework, we review how the SDGs can be considered as a facilitator of positive mental health outcomes. We begin by reviewing current understandings of child and youth resilience and how these underscore the importance of community resources in supporting improved mental health outcomes. Accordingly, we consider community resilience: the capacity of communities to engage with resources in order to thrive in complex and adverse environments, and develop the personal and collective capacity of those living and working there to respond to these challenges effectively. Building on this discussion, we present an integrative review of the literature to propose a theory of community resilience development. We situate this review against contemporary understandings of how to promote child and youth resilience and related mental health outcomes. We conclude the article by considering the role of community resilience as a means of achieving the SDGs as they pertain to child and youth resilience and mental health outcomes.

The Legal Implications of Public Support Policies Targeting Research, Development and Innovation in the European Union

Abstract The research problem of this article focuses on how the public support system in Estonia can help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to acquire and commercialise their intellectual property rights (IPR) in a sustainable and legally permissible manner. The study aims to analyse and determine which specific public support measures are needed by SMEs for acquiring and commercialising IPR and how to design such public support within the legal boundaries set under European Union (EU) laws. The theoretical framework used in this study is built around the social system as defined by Parsons. The 4S Model (based on scope, scale, skill and social networking) derived by researchers from the said social system is considered. Further, 19 key attributes were devised by the authors in conjunction with the role of motivation to form a revised framework. The analysis employs qualitative research methods. To apply the framework of social systems theory, the authors used semi-structured interviews as a method to study the public support measures required by Estonian stakeholders. This was also analysed in the framework of EU State aid law, which poses both restrictions and exemptions. This research presents several desired support measures. Although the public support systems for acquiring and commercialising IPR by SMEs are restrained by legal frameworks within the EU, the analysis of the relevant laws and cases shows that State aid for RDI purposes is legally permissible within the EU, depending on the state’s willingness and availability of funds.

Working in the Eye of the Pandemic: Local COVID-19 Infections and Daily Employee Engagement

The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed many aspects of our society and work life. In this study, we assess how daily variations in employees’ work engagement are affected by daily variations in infection rates in employees’ communities. Applying the conceptual framework of event system theory, we argue that surging COVID-19 cases have an impact on employee engagement, depending on the individual sensemaking processes of the pandemic. We assume that employee age and received leader support are key context factors for these sensemaking processes and that particularly older employees and employees who receive little leader consideration react with lower work engagement levels toward rising local COVID-19 infections in their proximity. We find support for most of our proposed relationships in an eight-day diary study with largely a representative data set of the German workforce, which we integrate with official COVID-19 case statistics on the county level. We discuss the implications of these results for the literature on extreme events and individual workplace behavior. Furthermore, these findings also have important implications for companies and executives who are confronted with local COVID-19 outbreaks or further pandemic waves.

The Mediating Role of Gaming Disorder in the Effect of Narcissism on Happiness in Children.

We aimed to determine the relationship between gaming disorder, narcissism, and happiness levels of children between the ages of 9 and 15. This study was based on the compensation theory. The sample consists of 461 boys who continue their education in public schools in Istanbul. In the study, a mixed research design, which nests qualitative data into quantitative, was used. In addition to the scales and sociodemographic form, the Draw-a-Person test was also used to better understand children’s inner world. According to the findings, there is a significant relationship between gaming disorder and narcissism and happiness levels in children. Accordingly, as narcissism increases in children, the gaming disorder level increases, and happiness decreases. We also found a mediation effect in the impact of narcissism on happiness through gaming disorder. According to the results, we think that the problem is not caused by the individual but by society. For a solution, we recommend making more macro-level social work interventions within the framework of system theory instead of the current medical model in combating gaming disorder.

Working in the Eye of the Pandemic: Local COVID-19 Infections and Daily Employee Engagement.

The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed many aspects of our society and work life. This study assesses how daily variations in employees' work engagement are affected by daily variations in infection rates in employees' communities. Applying the conceptual framework of event system theory, we argue that surging COVID-19 cases have an impact on employee engagement, depending on the individual sensemaking processes of the pandemic. We assume that employee age and received leader support are key context factors for these sensemaking processes and that particularly older employees and employees who receive little leader consideration react with lower work engagement levels toward rising local COVID-19 infections in their proximity. We find support for most of our proposed relationships in an 8-day diary study of German employees, which we integrate with official COVID-19 case statistics on the county level. We discuss the implications of these results for the literature on extreme events and individual workplace behavior. Furthermore, these findings have important implications for companies and executives who are confronted with local COVID-19 outbreaks or other extreme societal events.

Career concerns and needs of mainland Chinese Master’s students in Hong Kong

ABSTRACT This study explores the career concerns that confront mainland Chinese Master’s students in Hong Kong, and identifies their needs for career support. Forty mainland Chinese students from a wide range of Master’s programmes participated in semi-structured interviews, after which the qualitative data were subjected to phenomenological analysis. The results showed that most interviewees were uncertain about their career paths. The study contributes to the literature by applying the systems theory framework of career development to organize the various factors that give rise to career concerns into three systems: a) individual, b) social and c) environmental-societal. Four key aspects of the students’ career support needs at the institutional level were also identified: information channels, relational networks, technical skills and practical experience. Based on the findings, we discuss the theoretical and practical implications for understanding the career concerns and meeting the needs of Master’s students.

Translation practice of Master of Translation and Interpreting (MTI) teachers in China: an interview-based study

ABSTRACT Research shows that translation teachers with insufficient translation experience will become the bottleneck hindering the development of translation education. However, few studies have examined teachers’ translation experience or factors motivating or demotivating them to practice translation. This study attempts to fill the gap by interviewing 11 experienced teachers in 9 Master of Translation and Interpreting (MTI) programmes in China following a semi-structured outline informed by a Systems Theory Framework (STF). It is found that despite the subjects’ positive perceptions on the role of translation practice in translation teaching, their translation practice is passive, random, and somewhat utilitarian. Shaped by the combined influences of the individual, social, and environmental-societal systems, they take on translation tasks at the request of personal connections or to meet their research quota. They make hardly any formal contact with the translation market; neither are they familiar with modern technologies used in translation and language service companies. The study concludes by drawing implications for training, recruiting, and appraising translation teachers in China and beyond.

A systemic and qualitative exploration of career adaptability among young people with refugee backgrounds

This article reports on a secondary analysis of qualitative research about five African young adults with refugee backgrounds who storied through semi-structured interviews their career transition in the complex, everchanging systems of their migration journeys. Qualitative descriptors of career adaptability and the systems of the Systems Theory Framework informed data analysis. Findings revealed that the recursive interaction between the five career adaptability dimensions occurred within complex personal, social, geographic and socio-political systems of the migration journey. Findings extend theoretical understandings of career adaptability as a process deeply embedded in complex contextual systems. Suggestions inform career practitioners and future career research.

A Review of Forward-Dynamics Simulation Models for Predicting Optimal Technique in Maximal Effort Sporting Movements

The identification of optimum technique for maximal effort sporting tasks is one of the greatest challenges within sports biomechanics. A theoretical approach using forward-dynamics simulation allows individual parameters to be systematically perturbed independently of potentially confounding variables. Each study typically follows a four-stage process of model construction, parameter determination, model evaluation, and model optimization. This review critically evaluates forward-dynamics simulation models of maximal effort sporting movements using a dynamical systems theory framework. Organismic, environmental, and task constraints applied within such models are critically evaluated, and recommendations are made regarding future directions and best practices. The incorporation of self-organizational processes representing movement variability and “intrinsic dynamics” remains limited. In the future, forward-dynamics simulation models predicting individual-specific optimal techniques of sporting movements may be used as indicative rather than prescriptive tools within a coaching framework to aid applied practice and understanding, although researchers and practitioners should continue to consider concerns resulting from dynamical systems theory regarding the complexity of models and particularly regarding self-organization processes.

A CDST Perspective on Variability in Foreign Language Learners' Listening Development.

Within a Complex Dynamic Systems Theory (CDST) framework, this longitudinal qualitative study explored the complex patterns and identified the degree of variability in three learners’ developmental process. Learners’ listening performance was tracked and examined every 6 weeks, followed by retrospective interviews and self-reflections every 7 weeks over the 43-month span. A series of CDST techniques were adopted for data analysis, including using min–max graphs to trace the minimum and maximum scores on the EFL learners’ listening developmental indices over time. Monte-Carlo and Loess smoothing analyses were applied to gauge for degrees of variability. The results suggest that: (1) Min–max graphs and smoothed Loess curves depict flux developmental processes of learners’ L2 listening; (2) learners differed from each other in the degree of inter-individual variability in their listening developmental trajectory; and (3) occurrence of unanticipated patterns confirm that learners demonstrated personalized intra-individual variability within their unique listening developmental process. Results indicate that variability is a pattern characteristic of CDST both between and within individuals, and inform us about how Chinese EFL listeners’ language develops. We conclude by discussing the implications for researchers and practitioners who are concerned with learners’ developmental trajectories and unexpected changing patterns in the process of foreign language learning.

Approaches and strategies for understanding the career development needs of migrants and refugees: the potential of a systems-based narrative approach

Addressing immigrants’ social and work inclusion is a priority at a time of increasing migration to Italy and Europe. Career counsellors can identify the sense of self in transition, consider complex experiences and socio-cultural stories, and tailor actions for inclusion. This project enhances understanding of this process and the elements that impact outcome and meaning of social inclusion and post-migration career development, providing suggestions for career guidance. We also explore the contribution of the Systems Theory Framework as a meta-theoretical and practical map, and present case studies. Results underscore the potential of a narrative approach to support immigrants’ career development.

Determining the barriers contributing to ICT implementation by using technology-organization-environment framework in Ethiopian higher educational institutions

Information and communication technology (ICT) is an important element to improve teaching-learning practices. This paper is aimed to determine the barriers affecting the implementation of ICT in Ethiopian higher learning institutions by adapting the information system theory (i.e. Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) framework). The study employed a case study research method by using a qualitative research approach. Purposively the stakeholders from higher learning institutions, ministry of science and higher education, higher education relevance and quality assurance agency, and non-governmental organizations were participated in the semi-structured interview questions and focus group discussions. For qualitative analysis, QDA Miner Lite free version software was employed to identify the technology-organization-environment related themes. The findings were explained based on the TOE framework and indicated that technological, organizational, and environmental barriers which are determining the ICT implementation in the higher learning institutions of Ethiopia. These determined barriers by adopting the TOE framework were critical for the future strategic plan for the effective implementation of ICT in the higher learning institutions teaching-learning practices in the country.

The Promise of Applying Systems Theory and Integrative Health Approaches to the Current Psychosocial Stress Pandemic

Background: Chronic stress in Western society may currently be characterized as a public health concern at pandemic levels and may be at risk of crossing a tipping point, as evidenced by major societal unrest. While evolutionarily, activation of the body’s sympathetic nervous system (SNS) exists to protect the individual by triggering the ‘fight or flight’ response, this response has been observed to be chronically occurring in a significant number of individuals in Western society. This chronically stressed physiological state has been linked to numerous physical health problems, including cardiovascular disease and diabetes, as well as mental health problems such as depression and anxiety, and behavioral problems such as addictions. When considered in the framework of Systems Theory, the multiple levels of stress – including individual, relationship, and societal levels – may be viewed as interacting and thus compounding features of the system. In this context, this paper also briefly discusses the potential benefits of using Integrative Health treatment approaches as a priority to counter the pandemic’s multiple levels of psychosocial stress. Objective: This paper strives to examine the pandemic of psychosocial stress in Western society in terms of a Systems Theory and Integrative Health framework. Conclusion: The next logical step in attempting to avoid and abate more disastrous results of the stress pandemic would include examining effective and promising treatments for chronic stress. Therefore, the present paper recommends the pursuit of extensive research into effective treatments for stress, especially examining treatments that take a whole-person or integrative approach.

ПОЛІТИЧНА СУБ’ЄКТНІСТЬ В УМОВАХ ФОРМУВАННЯ НОВОГО СВІТОПОРЯДКУ

The research problem of the forms and characteristics of political subjectivity transformation within the framework of the new political world order formation is actualized in this article. The erosion of power, the legitimacy crisis of key political institutions, the rapid development of information technology and the accessibility of big data have resulted in entry threshold into politics and an increase in the influence of macro actors (non-institutionalized and initially non-political, mostly group-based). The concept of political subjectivity and the category of subjectlessness of politics as a phenomenon and a procedural characteristic require rethinking within political science. The aim of the publication was to conceptualize the political subjectivity and pre-title categories in the context of the key theoretical and methodological approaches of the interdisciplinary academic discourse. The understanding of political subjectivity within the framework of institutionalism, systems theory, post-bihevioralism and interest group theory, activist sociology and the actor-network theory is highlighted. It is paid an attention to the concept of the «death of the subject» in poststructuralism (M. Foucault), the categories of agency and habitus in structuralist constructivism (P. Bourdieu), the concept of inter-subjectivity in politics (H. Arendt, J. Habermas) and society as a set of practices (S. Muff, St. Laclau), the idea of rupture and interpassivity (S. Žižek) etc. The theory of capital conversion, which can be used to analyze the «profile of subjectivity» of political actors, is considered. The author’s definition of the categories of «political actor» and «political subject» is given. The authors conclude that the most optimal for the study of the subjectivity of political actors in the new world order is the synergistic paradigm, or complexity theory. According to this paradigm, if there are political actors (institutions, interest groups, individuals) in the political space, their influence on the transformation of the political space is possible at bifurcation points and has a random and unpredictable nature. The formation of a new world order as a nonlinear political process is characterized by the trend of subjectlessness as a general procedural characteristic. As a method for studying this trend, the method assemblage (J. Lo) as a process of «gathering» the objects of reality is suggested.

Вероятностная модель оценки стрессовых состояний

The article presents a model giving consideration to probability nature of the transition from one stage to another based on the conceptual approach to understanding stress as stages: an alarm reaction, resistivity and exhaustion stages suggested by H. Selye. The author examined some features of its formalization in the framework of open system theory. The arguments for analytical expressions determining probability nature of the transition from one stress condition to another have been presented. The author determined time intervals of the transition to a resistivity stage depending on the stress tolerance index of a subject. The article gives factors establishing stress parameters in terms of its destructive impact upon a subject. The author suggested an analytical framework providing probability assessment indicating the presence of a subject at a certain stage of a stress condition. The article suggests some ways to apply the results obtained.

A Career Development Perspective among Young Adults Cancer Survivors

The purpose of this paper is to study on the understanding of the concept of career development among cancer survivors who were diagnosed with cancer during their childhood. This study was based on review of past researches on individual factors and career development among cancer survivors using the System Theory Framework. To conduct the literature reviews, the researcher utilized keywords such as career, career development and cancer survivors. From the literatures reviewed, the single factor that contributed to career development among young cancer survivors was the individual factor. Hence, addressing career development (the individual factor), might be important to improve employment outcomes for young cancer survivors. The importance and originality of this study were, it explored career development among young cancer survivors. This paper adopted elements from the System Theory Framework (STF) to derive the individual factor that influenced of career development. It is hoped this research findings will contribute to literatures on the significant factor contributing to career development among young cancer survivors in Malaysia.

Shook Ones: Understanding the Intersection of Nonfatal Violent Firearm Injury, Incarceration, and Traumatic Stress Among Young Black Men.

Violent injury is a leading cause of death and disability among young Black men, with the highest rates occurring in low-income urban populations. Hospital-based violence intervention programs (HVIPs) offer a promising opportunity to address the biopsychosocial factors that adversely affect this population. However, there are major gaps between the needs of young Black male survivors of violent injury and the forms of care provided by HVIPs. Patient-centered outcomes research provides a useful mode of inquiry to develop strategies to decrease these differences. Care for survivors, including treatment for traumatic stress disorders, must be reconceptualized to center the lived experiences of young Black men. This paper qualitatively explores how these survivors of gun violence express symptoms of traumatic stress and the ways in which their narratives can inform the implementation of the biopsychosocial model in HVIPs. A phenomenological variant ecological systems theory framework was used to analyze participant narratives to aid in understanding their symptoms of traumatic stress and post-injury affective changes as both psychologically and socially important experiences. Such insight may inform changes to HVIP practice to address persistent health disparities related to violence.

Ecological factors influencing suicidal ideation-to-action among Latinx adolescents: An exploration of sex differences

Abstract Little is known regarding how various system-level factors influence suicidal behaviors between Latinx female and male youth in the US. Using an ideation-to-action and an ecological systems theory framework, this study stratified Latinx adolescent males and females to examine the association between various micro, mezzo, and macro level factors and three suicidality outcome measures. This cross-sectional study used a subsample of self-identified Latinx adolescents (n = 3639) from the 2017-National Youth Risk Behavioral Survey. Multiple micro factors—depressed mood, cannabis use, and sexual assault—were associated with each step of the suicidality continuum. One mezzo factor, physical violence, was unique in the prediction of suicide attempt for Latinx males. At the macro level, no statistically significant relationships were found. Results from the backward elimination logistic regression also revealed that identifying as lesbian, gay, or bisexual showed the strongest association with suicidal ideation and suicide planning for both groups. However, it was the strongest association with suicide attempt among Latinx adolescent males, but not for Latinx adolescent females. Implications for practice, policy, and research are discussed.