Motivation Of People Research Articles

Use of Social Media Among Youth: The Reflection of Structuration Theory

The research reveals the views of youngsters on the usage of social media. The use of social media by youngsters has grown in popularity in contemporary society. The study performed a targeted questionnaire survey with high school, undergraduate, and graduate students from various public and private educational institutions to better understand the role that social media platforms play in the lives of young people and how they utilize them. Anthony Giddens' structuration theory, which stresses the effect of social systems on individual behavior, served as the study's theoretical foundation. The study's findings revealed that individual agency (young people's interests and motives for using social media) and structures (such as accessible platforms and the laws and norms regulating their usage) shape and impact each other in the use of social media by youth. Young people must be informed of the possible advantages and hazards of social media and utilize it properly. We expect that this research will add to a better understanding of the influence of social media on young people's communication, relationships, and general well-being.

Пространственно-временные паттерны развития территориальных общностей: возможный сценарий изменений

Time and space are the prerequisites for the existence of a territorial community, since all the events that take place in a certain locality, show cause-and-effect relationships that form history, traditions, and patterns of life. Urban and country residents participate in the production, consumption, reproduction and capitalization of a territory's social resources; the latter arise through social interactions, social ties, relations, motives, objectives and means of their achievement that are played out over a long time on a certain territory. Social changes affected by such factors as social resource availability determine the spatial and temporal patterns of development. The development patterns of a region are influenced by "liquid modernity", situational and spontaneous actions of actors, suddenness and eventfulness, uncertainty and variability that are essential characteristics of social resources. Considering a region as a space-time continuum, the authors suggest that the territorial communities of urban and country residents constitute an established and changing system of social ties and interactions, with models of territorial socio-economic behavior, trust in institutional / noninstitutional actors and other social resources. The spatial and temporal patterns of development are also affected by objective factors like economy crises, epidemics, wars, and the domestic and global politics. Given the evening–out of spatial difference in countries and regions, towns and settlements, glocalization is characterized by retaining local specifics related to the history, tradition, image of the territory, which we also classify as social resources. Subjective indicators are associated with understanding a region as a social space for interaction between people, groups, communities where social ties and interdependencies are formed, and ideas and meanings appear. In current conditions of nonlinear change, subjective factors can define the vector of development: people's motivation for present and future self-realization on the given territory, trust, regional identity, solidarity with fellow countrymen. Based on the findings of a complex empirical sociological study the authors worked out the composite index of social resource availability that unites all the factors mentioned. Fluctuations of the index of social resource availability determine the spatial and temporal patterns of development of territorial communities and regions.

Motivated to Work or Working to Stay Motivated: A Diary and Interview Study on Working From Home

Working from home has become common practice for many, especially since the global pandemic has forced many office workers to relocate their work spaces to a home environment. While working from home can have benefits, it requires self-discipline and can be a challenge to stay motivated. Changes in motivation about work may impact people's sense of productivity and well-being. We used a mixed-methods study using diaries and interviews with 25 informants to investigate perceived challenges during remote work from home. A grounded theory analysis revealed that people's work motivation had shifted from being people-centric to being work-centric. In the office, informants were motivated by working and interacting with others and being at their desk signaled work engagement to others. At home, motivation was mainly driven by personal work responsibilities. We identify four clusters of worker strategies to address the shift in work motivation. While some informants' perspectives on motivation made them reflect inward on their work performance and enjoyment, other informants' perspectives were outward-facing and involved performance and enjoyment in relation to others. We conclude that there needs to be better support for sustaining work motivation at home that can be tailored to different individuals, specifically in terms of managing time and detaching from work. We conclude by considering new pathways for supporting remote work.

Acciones colectivas juveniles en Mendoza, Argentina

A lo largo de las últimas décadas, presenciamos fenómenos de protesta social, acciones colectivas y organización con un fuerte componente juvenil en todo el mundo. Esta mayor visibilización de las juventudes como sujeto político diferenciado con demandas y acciones propias ha ido de la mano de la consolidación de estos estudios. En este contexto el artículo tiene como objetivo responder qué moviliza a los y las jóvenes a participar en acciones colectivas juveniles. Metodológicamente, la investigación es cualitativa, con una perspectiva interpretativa. Se trabaja con un estudio de caso múltiple conformado por una biblioteca popular y un centro cultural. Ambos están situados en barrios populares del área metropolitana de Mendoza, Argentina y resultan representativos de otras experiencias juveniles que se alejan de las estructuras formales de la participación política. Se indaga el universo motivacional y el campo afectivo de las prácticas participativas. Concluimos que hay una motivación individual que solo puede ser resuelta colectivamente y que, en ese proceso, el grupo de pares va nutriendo de sentido la experiencia cotidiana, se construye un soporte vincular habilitante de las acciones colectivas y se genera una comunidad emocional que opera como medio y como fin de las mismas.

Counterfactual curiosity: motivated thinking about what might have been.

Counterfactual information, information about what might have been, forms the content of counterfactual thoughts and emotions like regret and relief. Recent research suggests that human adults and children, as well as rhesus monkeys, demonstrate 'counterfactual curiosity': they are motivated to seek out counterfactual information after making decisions. Based on contemporary theories of curiosity and information seeking and a broad range of empirical literature, we suggest multiple heterogeneous psychological processes that contribute to people's motivation for counterfactual information. This includes processes that are identified in the curiosity literature more generally-the potential use of counterfactual information for adaptive decision making (its long-term instrumental value) and the drive to reduce uncertainty. Additionally, we suggest that counterfactual information may be particularly alluring because of its role in causal reasoning; its relationship with prediction and decision making; and its potential to fulfil emotion regulation and self-serving goals. Some future directions have been suggested, including investigating the role of individual differences in counterfactual curiosity on learning and wellbeing. This article is part of the theme issue 'Thinking about possibilities: mechanisms, ontogeny, functions and phylogeny'.

Motivasi Masyarakat Bali Untuk Bekerja di Jepang

When working or doing something to be more enthusiastic, you must have a motivation, but increasing that motivation is a little difficult for some people. This research was conducted with the aim of knowing the motivation of the Balinese people to work in Japan. The object of this research is students who conduct job training at the Job Training Institute (LPK) in Ubud and Tabanan areas. The method of using the data in this study used the interview method, the observation method and the questionnaire method. The data analysis technique used is qualitative analysis technique. It can be concluded from the results of the analysis related to "Motivation of the Balinese People to Work in Japan" is to increase the motivation in each of them even before knowing or deciding to take part in training to work in Japan, but with patience to follow the training provided at LPK ( Job Training Institutes) in Bangli, Ubud and Tabanan areas, the community becomes more enthusiastic to work in Japan without coercion from outsiders, both family and friends. The Balinese people's motivation to work in Japan was seen to have greatly increased from the gradual changes when filling out the questionnaire and when being interviewed more deeply about matters related to the completed questionnaire

Does Social Media Content Affect Purchase Intention in Indonesia's Apparel Industry?

Changes in people's behavior are impacting the increase of social media users, especially Instagram. As a visual-based social media, Instagram provides several opportunities for business owners to reach and build relationships with their target consumers through social media content. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of content shown on social media Instagram to customer engagement and purchase intention in the apparel industry in Indonesia's Jabodetabek area. This study uses a Uses and Gratification Theory (UGT) approach to explain people's motivation in using social media. The data collection method in this study uses an online questionnaire distributed to 127 active Instagram users aged 18-34 years who have seen the content of apparel products. The data analysis method in this study uses the PLS-SEM method through Smart PLS 3 software. This study result shows that the remunerative content and relational content of apparel products affect customer engagement. Moreover, customer engagement also affects the purchase intentions of apparel products. However, the vividness of content, informational content, and entertaining content of apparel products do not affect customer engagement.

Family still matters: Human social motivation across 42 countries during a global pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic caused drastic social changes for many people, including separation from friends and coworkers, enforced close contact with family, and reductions in mobility. Here we assess the extent to which people's evolutionarily-relevant basic motivations and goals—fundamental social motives such as Affiliation and Kin Care—might have been affected. To address this question, we gathered data on fundamental social motives in 42 countries (N = 15,915) across two waves, including 19 countries (N = 10,907) for which data were gathered both before and during the pandemic (pre-pandemic wave: 32 countries, N = 8998; 3302 male, 5585 female; Mage = 24.43, SD = 7.91; mid-pandemic wave: 29 countries, N = 6917; 2249 male, 4218 female; Mage = 28.59, SD = 11.31). Samples include data collected online (e.g., Prolific, MTurk), at universities, and via community sampling. We found that Disease Avoidance motivation was substantially higher during the pandemic, and that most of the other fundamental social motives showed small, yet significant, differences across waves. Most sensibly, concern with caring for one's children was higher during the pandemic, and concerns with Mate Seeking and Status were lower. Earlier findings showing the prioritization of family motives over mating motives (and even over Disease Avoidance motives) were replicated during the pandemic. Finally, well-being remained positively associated with family-related motives and negatively associated with mating motives during the pandemic, as in the pre-pandemic samples. Our results provide further evidence for the robust primacy of family-related motivations even during this unique disruption of social life.

Evaluating Visitor Engagement through Instagram: A Case Study of One with Eternity: Yayoi Kusama in the Hirshhorn Collection

ABSTRACTMuseums invite visitors to actively engage in exhibitions. However, it is unclear how visitors experience and appreciate exhibitions, because (1) people's motivations and goals to visit museums vary significantly and (2) scholars have yet to standardize a typology of observable visitor experiences. This study explores the potential of social media postings to assess museum visitors' engagement. Images posted on Instagram at an exhibition, One with Eternity: Yayoi Kusama in the Hirshhorn, are examined as a case study to explore visitor engagement using social media. A qualitative analysis of the 964 Instagram images posted for the exhibition suggest that Instagram can surface visitors' experiences with artifacts presented in museums: they enjoy interactive and immersive experiences in the exhibition. This preliminary study implies that there are opportunities to extend this approach to facilitate visitor interactions with exhibitions through social media.

Do motives matter? Short- and long-term motives as predictors of emotion regulation in everyday life.

The ability to consider the future is critical to many human behaviors. Individuals who consider future outcomes of their actions are more likely to report using emotion regulation strategies that have enduring effects on feelings. However, there has been little examination of how variation in short- and long-term motives across events predicts emotion regulation strategy use. We examined the roles of both interindividual and intraindividual variation in short- and long-term motives in emotion regulation in daily life, while controlling for hedonic and instrumental motives. In a daily diary study (Study 1) and a mobile application study (Study 2), participants (N = 107 and N = 98) reported on their short- and long-term motives for regulation and their use of multiple emotion regulation strategies across multiple negative events. Across both studies, momentary long-term motives were predictive of several strategies, including problem-solving and reappraisal, both of which are associated with more positive mental health outcomes in the long-term. The results suggest that people's long-term motives vary across contexts and relate to the implementation of different regulatory strategies, and that these associations are at least partially independent of the role of hedonic and instrumental motives. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

The Old Vs. New Indian Culture in Anita Desai's In Custody

Anita Desai (1937- ) is a contemporary Indian novelist, short story, and children's books writer. She introduces psychological novels to India. Her works are highly symbolic. In her novels, she discusses cultural themes like the clashes of Eastern and Western cultures and the conflicts between Indian cultures and religions. In In Custody (1984), she discusses many cultural themes focusing on the death of the old valuable culture of India after Partition and the birth of a new culture.
 In In Custody (1984), Desai depicts the changes that India has witnessed in post-colonial period. She focuses on the ruined ancient Indian culture which has been replaced by a new materialistic one at the hands of the British colonization. She concentrates on the death of art and poetry specially the death of Urdu poetry and language which are associated with the glorious culture once India had in the past. Deven, the protagonist, whose ambition is to be a great poet in Urdu is forced to teach Hindi instead of Urdu which is rarely used. The novelist narrates the journey of Deven who struggles to revive Urdu poetry by interviewing the famous Urdu poet, Nur. Deven faces many obstacles during his journey. These obstacles are represented in the change India has witnessed and in the change of people's motives and mentality. The paper discusses the influence of the Partition and the British colonialism on the Indian culture and the change India witnessed due to the Partition between Muslims and the Hindus.

A Study of Older People's Motivations for Using WeChat in Tangshan, China

The emergence of social media platforms has overturned traditional modes of interpersonal communication, access to information and personal lifestyles, challenging traditional concepts of interpersonal communication and social communication. It has had a significant impact on the thinking and behaviour of older people, as well as promoting the creation of new modes of social communication and social interaction. Although older people are not the mainstream social media users, with the advent of an ageing society, social media has penetrated the older population, and the rate of social media use among older people has increased significantly especially in China. WeChat, as one of the most commonly used social media, has become the leading choice for people to communicate with each other online. The emergence of WeChat has brought together traditional communication and new Internet technologies. This paper takes WeChat as an object of study and examines the motivation of older people to use WeChat based on the theory of uses and gratification. The study finds that the motivations of older people for using WeChat can be divided into four categories: expressing concern, strengthening contact, obtaining and sharing information, and presenting oneself.

ATTITUDES OF THE ARAB CITIZENS OF ISRAEL TOWARDS THE CELEBRATION OF INDEPENDENCE DAY DURING THE PERIOD OF MILITARY RULE 1948-1966

This research will examine the relationship of the Arab citizens of the State of Israel to the Independence Day celebrations during the period of military rule. Independence Day is considered as the highest degree to show belonging and national identity. The Arabs are the citizens of the state, the Palestinians are the citizens of the state, the Arabs of Israel are all the same names for the citizens who were converted with the declaration of the state of Israel as a minority within their homeland. The research question is why did Arab citizens celebrate Independence Day during the period of military rule, especially in the first decade of the establishment of the State of Israel? In order to get the answer, I used two sources and analyzed their content. The first source is the articles that were written in Al-Ittihad newspaper between the years 1949-1958. The second source is ten interviews I conducted in 2016 with ten women and men. I found that people's motives were different, but they were not naive, and varied between the desire to join the state or the desire to enjoy the only freedom day available during the year. Or perhaps the desire to be part of modernity. And most of them with the end of the military rule ended their desire to celebrate. Whoever remained, despite the outward appearance, was the celebration, but the inner part was still linked to the roots.‎

The Motives of Sumedang Residents in Consuming Sumedang Ekspres as the Primary Mass Media

The purpose of this study was to determine and analyze the motives of Sumedang residents in consuming Sumedang Ekspres as their primary mass media. People in the Sumedang region, West Java, are significant to examine because of their unique characteristics in using mass media. They are among the few who still rely on print newspapers for news, especially Sumedang Ekspres, in the age of online media. That is the main reason for looking at their motivation in consuming this newspaper as their primary source of information. This study used quantitative research methods with explanatory case studies, using questionnaires as instruments for collecting data. Theoretically, the audience's needs would be satisfied if their motives in consuming media were met. As a result, certain media that can fulfill the needs will be considered effective outlets. This is a basic assumption of the Uses and Gratifications Theory, which is employed as a theoretical basis of this study. The sample in this study was 95 respondents, taken from residents of Sumedang who consume Sumedang Ekspres on regular basis. The results show that the informational motive, as well as social motive, were implemented moderately by the respondents in terms of consuming Sumedang Ekspres as the major media. It is recommended to conduct further research by looking at the impact of people's motives toward newspaper reading satisfaction.

Home Gardening Resurgence During COVID: Motivations and Perceived Benefits of Participating in Grow This!

Gardening is associated with a wide array of health benefits. We describe the dissemination of a low-cost social media-based campaign (Grow This!), an intervention intended to reach novice gardeners and which combined elements of old (seeds) and new (Facebook) technology. Grow This! was implemented before (2018, 2019) and during (2020) the COVID pandemic, providing an interesting framework for understanding participants' motivations for gardening. Pre- and post-surveys assessed a variety of topics, including participants' motivations for participating in Grow This!, how they planned to participate, previous gardening experience, the main benefits attributed to participation, and intentions to garden in the future. Descriptive statistics and qualitative analysis were used to analyze the survey data. More than 25,000 people participated in Grow This! over the 3 years, with the majority (77%) participating as a family. Participation in the project spiked during COVID. Primary motivations for participating in Grow This! pre-COVID were education, enjoyment, family engagement, and self-sufficiency; during COVID, motivations remained the same, but shifted in rank. Just over a third of participants were novice gardeners. Participants attributed numerous benefits to their participation, including stress reduction/relaxation, more outdoor time, reduced grocery bills, and eating more fruits and vegetables than normal. A total of 83% of respondents reported being highly likely to have a garden in the future. Home gardening as an intervention is ripe for dissemination, particularly in the aftermath of COVID. Public health professionals can benefit from this understanding of people's motivations to garden and the perceived benefits associated with gardening.

Embracing Otherness: Mega-superordinate Identities, Social Categorization and Intergroup Relations

The social categories that individuals are members of form important parts of their selves. Therefore, being a member of any group affects people's perceptions, motivations and attitudes. In addition, social group membership is closely associated with intergroup behavior and extreme forms of social conflict. Without any other reason, social categorizations are sufficient for important social issues such as prejudice, discrimination and intergroup conflict in modern intergroup relations. Especially in societies that differentiate based on a single primary social category such as ethnic identity or religion, membership in these groups causes negative consequences. However, inclusive identities can reduce negative intergroup relations based on categorization. For this reason, the main purpose of this study is contributed to the literature by bringing together mega-superordinate identities that have the effect of reducing negative intergroup relations based on social categorization. For this purpose, in the present study, the importance of social categorization in intergroup relations was emphasized and mega-superordinate identities such as "inclusive identity", "meta-personal self", "identification with all humanity", "quiet ego" and "ecological identity" were presented. The present study is the first study that these identities are discussed together. For this reason, it fills the relevant gap in the literature and provides resources for future studies. There are very few studies related to these identities in the Turkish sample. Therefore, examining the psychological factors associated with such inclusive identities in the Turkish sample would contribute to the relevant literature.

Age differences in implicit and explicit personality traits

Past research suggests that personality differs by age—older adults tend to be more conscientious, agreeable, and less neurotic than younger adults. However, most of these studies have used self-report measures of personality which may be influenced by people's motivations to appear socially desirable that also change over time. If these changing motivations affect the validity of personality measures, our understanding of age differences in personality may need to be revised. In the current study (N = 12,702), we examined age differences in implicit (i.e., IAT-based) and explicit (i.e., traditional self-report) measures of personality. Although we found some heterogeneity in the exact non-linear age patterns of personality across different measures, the age patterns were largely consistent across implicit and explicit measures of personality.

Personality and Motivation to Comply With COVID-19 Protective Measures in Germany.

The COVID-19 pandemic strains the healthcare systems, economy, education, and social life. Governments took several protective measures and formulated behavioral guidelines to prevent individual diseases and the collapse of healthcare systems. However, individual differences in the extent of compliance with the measures are apparent. To shed more light on this issue, the present correlational study examined the joint relation of several personal characteristics to people's motivation to comply with seven protective measures. Personal characteristics included age, gender, risk perception, the Big Five, the Dark Triad, conspiracy mentality, perceived locus of control, and general affect. Protective measures included social distancing, hygiene rules, wearing face masks, using a contact-tracing app, sharing one's infection status via the app, reducing physical contacts, and vaccinations. The study ran from 10 November 2020 to 29 December 2020. Based on a sample of 1,007 German-speaking participants, bivariate correlations and multiple regression analyses showed that personal characteristics are significantly linked to the motivation to comply with these measures. However, general affect, control beliefs, and basic personality traits play only a minor role. Age and gender showed some significant associations with protective measures. In contrast, protection motivation factors, in terms of perceived severity of and vulnerability to infection, and conspiracy mentality appear to be the major correlates of adopting protective behavior. The absolute motivation to comply with the measures also shows that hygiene rules and wearing face masks receive a higher average agreement than more personally intrusive measures such as physical contact restrictions and vaccinations. These results highlight that factors that are relevant to some measures may be irrelevant to other measures. Differences in people's personal characteristics should be considered in the design and communication of measures to support social acceptance and effectiveness. In this context, cognitive variables, which can be addressed by communication and education directly, seem to be more important than general affect and relatively time-invariant personality traits.

Social Loafing in Work Group Settings: The Role of Servant Leadership and Felt Obligation

Throughout human history, the value of groups of individuals working together to achieve, conquer, and discover has been emphasised. Teams and organisations are increasingly relied upon to perform a wide range of duties, from product creation to service production, in today's world. People's motivation and effort may be affected by collaborative efforts, which can result in significant losses for groups as well as lower productivity for businesses. As a phenomenon known as "social loafing," the tendency of other team members not to put in their fair share of effort and do less than they might when working in teams is one of the most important factors affecting group success. An important contribution to our knowledge of servant leadership, social loafing, and the sense of duty in the workplace is provided by this study's examination and analysis of relevant literature as well as theoretical underpinning and empirical investigations. There are several theoretical and empirical possibilities for further study in the areas of servant leadership, social loafing, and felt obligation.

Edukasi Manajemen Pola Hidup Sehat di Desa Pegagan Julu, Kabupaten Dairi

The success of a country can be seen from the results of the Human Achievement Index (IPM) owned by the country. One indicator of HDI is health status. This community service has the aim of increasing people's motivation to maintain education on healthy lifestyles. In carrying out this community service, the method used in this community service activity is to conduct interactive health seminars, so that the expected materials and objectives can reach the community directly. The conclusions obtained from this activity are as follows, overall (100%) the people of Pegagan Julu IV village feel the benefits of the healthy lifestyle education activities that are delivered, but in their commitment to living a healthy lifestyle there are only 90% of the people who are committed to maintaining health, through a healthy lifestyle.