People's Personal Lives Research Articles

Deconstructing Islamic Cyberculture: Mitigating Inferiority and Cancel Culture in Virtual Space

This article aims to explore the values of Islamic Cyberculture in mitigating inferiority and cancel culture in virtual spaces. The phenomenon of cancel culture and inferiority is an interesting issue. In Indonesia, this issue has affected people's personal lives, from rejection to petitions. This is certainly legitimate because there are no regulations governing the criminal offence of cancel culture. However, psychologically, it is found that this culture arises because of the inferiority of individuals so that they make destructive movements. The urgency of this research is to rebuild Islamic Cyberculture in overcoming problems in social media. This article uses a qualitative method with a case study approach. Primary data in this research are case examples and articles that are reviewed using literature review techniques. After the data is collected, the author will analyse the data using content analysis techniques. The results show that there are at least four components of Islamic Cyberculture in the Qur'an, namely: Principles of Justice and Equality, Ethics of Speaking and Interacting, Importance of Knowledge and Reflection and Avoiding Fitnah and Ghibah. Field facts show that there are at least five urgent challenges regarding inferiority and cancel culture in Indonesia, namely: 1) Social Pressure and Unrealistic Expectations, 2) Cancel Culture and Quick Judgement, 3) Self-Censorship and Restrictions on Freedom of Expression, 4) Polarisation and Lack of Constructive Dialogue and 5) Use of Technology for Character Destruction. All of these problems can be minimised by Islamic Cyberculture that continues to voice positive messages, build awareness of digital ethics, and educate the public. Islamic Cyberculture brings a grand narrative in restoring a more inclusive and wise virtual environment.

Neurolinguistic Features of Digital Autism

The way of thinking and consciousness of a person is not only a problem of an individual, but also a general socio-social problem. In the modern era of “digitalization”, the phenomenon of “digital autism” is rapidly gaining momentum among the younger generation, especially among children and adolescents. Screeners, buzzers or Generation “Z” are modern children who cannot imagine their lives without electronic devices. This makes it difficult not only for the child to develop language abilities and speech activity, but also to adapt to the social environment, get an education, and the path to professional success. The article examines the impact of digital autism, which is the impact of autism on people's daily and personal lives. Currently, social networking or excessive spending time in a virtual environment can give people an advantage over direct communication and give them emotional freedom and confidence that are not always present in ordinary communication. However, excessive isolation from society, the distinction between virtual and real life situations, their correct assessment and the development of specific solutions create certain difficulties. The complexity of the issue of digital autism lies in the fact that digital autism occurs not only in children, but also in adults. Unfortunately, there are few neurolinguistic studies on the prevention of digital autism, treatment of autism, rehabilitation, and restoration of brain function. Digital autism is one of the most difficult problems that requires studying at the junction of several sciences, such as neurolinguistics, sociology, medicine, defectology, from the point of view of the anthropolinguistic paradigm.

Characteristics and burden of acute COVID-19 and long-COVID: Demographic, physical, mental health, and economic perspectives.

COVID-19 infection and its associated consequence, known as long-COVID, lead to a significant burden on the global healthcare system and limitations in people's personal and work lives. This study aims to provide further insight into the impact of acute and ongoing COVID-19 symptoms and investigates the role of patients' gender and vaccination status. 416 individuals (73.9% female) between the ages of 16 and 80 years (M = 44.18, SD = 12.90) with self-reported symptoms of long-COVID participated in an online survey conducted between March and May 2022. 6.0%, 74.3%, and 19.7% of all respondents reported having had an asymptomatic, mild, or severe acute illness, respectively. Out of all participants, 7.8% required hospitalization. The most prevalent symptoms during the acute infection (Mdn = 23.50 symptoms, IQR = 13-39) included fatigue, exhaustion, cough, brain fog, and memory problems. The median long-COVID disease duration was 12.10 months (IQR = 2.8-17.4). Among 64 inquired long-COVID symptoms (Mdn = 17.00 symptoms, IQR = 9-27), participants reported fatigue, exhaustion, memory problems, brain fog, and dyspnea as the most common ongoing symptoms, which were generally experienced as fluctuating and deteriorating after physical or cognitive activity. Common consequences of long-COVID included financial losses (40.5%), changes in the participants' profession (41.0%), stress resistance (87.5%), sexual life (38.1%), and mood (72.1%), as well as breathing difficulties (41.3%), or an increased drug intake (e.g., medicine, alcohol; 44.6%). In addition, vaccinated individuals exhibited a shorter acute illness duration and an earlier onset of long-COVID symptoms. In general, women reported more long-COVID symptoms than men. Long-COVID represents a heterogeneous disease and impacts multiple life aspects of those affected. Tailored rehabilitation programs targeting the plurality of physical and mental symptoms are needed.

Экзистенциальная неопределенность: проблема совладания

The article is devoted to the ways available in culture to cope with the radical uncertainty of people's social and personal lives, which receives a particularly vivid expression when looking into the future. The author develops the idea that uncertainty cannot be overcome by purely rational, in particular mathematical probabilistic methods, besides, none of the people living everyday life will resort to complex calculations based on huge information in a situation of an uncertain future. Practice has developed other ways to overcome fear and anxiety about the uncertainty of the future. The article shows that uncertainty is reduced by referring to various kinds of stable and recurring moments: stereotypes, norms, traditions, «reference narratives». But these external forms are complemented by a purely subjective, personal form – the construction of a project that forms a certain future, dismissing everything that does not correspond to the achievement of the goal.

Gender Labour Discrimination in the Higher Education System: A Case of Georgia

Introduction. Discrimination, especially gender discrimination, is one of the main challenges of the modern labour market. Even though different countries have appropriate policies as well as the desire and readiness of society, gender discrimination remains an unsolved problem in all spheres of activity. Although women's participation and educational opportunities have increased, and they are actively involved in academic activities, according to research, the level of discrimination in this field remains high. The management apparatus of organizations should take into account the fact that discrimination is not only a violation of the country's legislation but also has a negative impact on both the image of the organization and its final results.
 Aim and tasks. This research aims to identify gender discrimination in the higher education system and provide solutions using Georgia.
 Results. The study aims to outline gender discrimination issues in Georgia and its impact on people's personal lives and health. A total of 759 respondents employed at a higher educational institution were interviewed. Despite the fact that the government of Georgia has developed legislative reforms to eliminate discrimination, the results of the study revealed significant problems in the higher education system of Georgia in terms of gender discrimination. Part of them state that they were victims of discrimination most often at the workplace. The results revealed that gender discrimination affected people's health and personal lives.
 Conclusions. Managers must consider many factors to achieve the intended results for an organisation. However, one of the most essential challenges for enhancing employee labour productivity is the creation of a place to work, where the issue of discrimination plays a significant role. Attention was also focused on the factors causing discrimination, to which managers should pay attention to take appropriate measures. The study analysed how men and women perceive the conflicts caused by discrimination in the labour market. Also, it revealed the perception and vision of the ways of solving these conflicts among women and men.

Discriminant analysis of cluster B personality disorders based on interpersonal problem

Introduction: Personality disorders have a wide impact on people's personal and social life. Aim: The present study aimed to determine the degree of differentiation of cluster B personality disorders based on interpersonal problems. Method: The design of the current research was descriptive and of a comparative causal type. The statistical population included all people with cluster B personality disorder in the 5 districts of Arak city in 2022. Based on the number of research groups and variables, 120 people were selected from among those who referred to the psychology and addiction treatment centers of Arak city using the available method and responded to the Clinical Multiaxial Scales of Milon version 4 (2015) and Interpersonal Problems (1996), people were also evaluated by Structured Clinical Interview for Personality Disorders (2016). To analyze the data, the discriminant analysis method was used in SPSS software version 26. Results: The results indicate a significant difference between the components of sociable (P=0.001), assertive (P=0.001), aggressive (P=0.001), caring (P=0.001), dependent (P=0.008), supportive (P=0.001), and involved (P=0.001) in the studied groups, but did not show a significant difference between the studied groups (P=0.14). In total, based on the evaluated components, 68.3% of the participants were correctly placed in their groups. Conclusion: Considering that in the present study, most of the dimensions of interpersonal problems were significant in people with cluster B personality disorders, as a result, this variable can be used to differentiate the personality disorders of this cluster and also the intervention plan.

Embracing Complexity: A Review of Negotiation Research.

In this review, we identify emerging trends in negotiation scholarship that embrace complexity, finding moderators of effects that were initially described as monolithic, examining the nuances of social interaction, and studying negotiation as it occurs in the real world. We also identify areas in which research is lacking and call for scholarship that offers practical advice. All told, the existing research highlights negotiation as an exciting context for examining human behavior, characterized by features such as strong emotions, an intriguing blend of cooperation and competition, the presence of fundamental issues such as power and group identity, and outcomes that deeply affect the trajectory of people's personal and professional lives.

Technostress Creators in the Workplace: A Literature Review and Future Research Needs in Accounting Education

In these modern times, technology has changed almost all aspect of our lives, regardless of personal life, business or education. Technology has transformed the way people work since it is a tool for making people's working and personal lives more efficient. However, there are some people who are unable to adjust to new computer technologies and are referred to as having technostress, a modern sickness of adaptability that can present itself as an inability to accept computer technology. Regrettably, little attention has been paid to the issue of technostress and professional experience. Techno-overload, techno-invasion, techno-complexity, techno-insecurity, and techno-uncertainty were the causes. Workplace technology is frequently intended to increase productivity and improve organizational performance; yet, little consideration has been made to the impact on employees. As a result of the extensive use of ICT in the workplace and everyday life, technostress is becoming a significant issue. Subsequently, as a result of global preventive efforts used to stop the virus's spread, technostress became more severe during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, this paper intends to review the impact of technostress creators on employees (techno-overload, techno-complexity, techno-insecurity, techno-insecurity, and techno-uncertainty) and provide future insights for the future research in this area, specifically from the accounting profession and education perspectives. This review paper discovered mixed evidences regarding the consequences of technostress creators (techno-overload, techno-invasion, techno-insecurity, techno-complexity, and techno-uncertainty) in the workplace based on the chosen papers.

Design for balance: wellness and health

Health and well-being are areas that undoubtedly have a significant relevance in people's lives. Design from research and practice has the challenge of responding to the needs and challenges that emerge on a daily basis and those that generate crises worldwide, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, health has the ability to destabilize people's personal lives and currently the entire world. This article explores the connections between design, health and well-being, emphasizing reflections that specifically involve people's quality of life. This article proposes placing design in an active role in the creation of solutions and opportunities that benefit people in those aspects that largely determine the perception of well-being. As a consequence, the design could be considered the balance between both concepts, aiming to benefit human life.

Mapping the literature on Digital and Technological Solutions in nursing: a scoping review protocol.

Digital and technological solutions (DTS) might have an impact on people's personal and professional lives. These types of solutions, according to studies, have the potential to revolutionize and improve the quality and long-term sustainability of healthcare activities, with nurses playing a significant role. Although DTS appears to be intimately linked to the future of nursing, technology must be utilized as an active rather than passive tool. Nonetheless, understanding DTS appears to be difficult, and a scoping study can provide a thorough overview of such a complicated topic. As a result, the scoping study on this topic will map all of the important aspects of DTS and synthesize studies on the nursing workforce, as well as analyze and clarify knowledge gaps and aid future research and development. This article presents the study protocol. The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) scoping review methodology will be used for the proposed scoping review. It will include both quantitative and qualitative scientific research as well as grey literature on DTS in nursing. Only English-language works will be considered for inclusion. Two independent reviewers will take part in an iterative process of evaluating literature, choosing papers, and extracting data. Disagreements among reviewers will be resolved through debate until a consensus is reached or through consultation with the study team if necessary. Results will be presented using descriptive statistics, diagrammatic or tabular displayed information, and narrative summaries, as specified in the JBI guidelines. This scoping review protocol explained why it is important to describe the literature on embracing DTS in the nursing field, how to approach the research process, and what the study's key implications will be. The protocol itself may be helpful to increase transparency in the research process, attract interested researchers to work with the group that developed the protocol and offer a practical methodological benchmark for researchers interested in performing scoping reviews by serving as an example of a scoping review protocol.

REPRESENTATION OF IDENTITY CRISIS IN THE SELECTED WORKS OF JUMPA LAHIRI: A CRITICAL STUDY

Society plays a vital role in literature and in the personal lives of people. As literature is a mirror of society, we can mostly find historical, cultural, religious, social, political, and geographical representation of Human society of Different Communities and countries in literature. The way globalization can play a very important role in the life of the people, due to globalization most of the people wish to start their journey in the rural to urban Areas from broad to abroad countries, metro, and mega cities of the world. As human beings, we have always been in Adventure of a better life. The people are attracted towards Education, fashion, money, civilization, discipline and Well-mannered lifestyles. People move from one place to another for the betterment of Life while they leave their homeland and Shift into another Country for a Better future, but this Detachment from homeland creates identity Crisis, alienation, rootlessness, inner conflict due to Different cultures and dual identity in the life of migrants. These impacts of migration and modernization are also represented in the work of various contemporary Diaspora writers. Like Jumpa lahiri is one of admired Indian- American authors, Her work portrays migrant Experience and life This research is focused on the Diaspora writing and identity crisis in the select works of Jumpa Lahiri.

Predicting personality traits with semantic structures and LSTM-based neural networks

There is a need to obtain more information about target audiences in many areas such as law enforcement agencies, institutions, human resources, and advertising agencies. In this context, in addition to the information provided by individuals, their personal characteristics are also important. In particular, the predictability of personality traits of individuals is seen as a major parameter in making decisions about individuals. Textual and media data in social media, where people produce the most data, can provide clues about people's personal lives, characteristics, and personalities. Each social media environment may contain different assets and structures. Therefore, it is important to make a structural analysis according to the social media platform. There is also a need for a labelled dataset to develop a model that can predict personality traits from social media data. In this study, first, a personality dataset was created which was retrieved from Twitter and labelled with IBM Personality Insight. Then the unstructured data were transformed into meaningful and processable data, LSTM-based prediction models were created with the structural analysis, and evaluations were made on both our dataset and PAN-2015-EN.

Young adults' romantic investment behaviors on social media

AbstractAccording to Rusbult's (1980) investment model, relationships are built and maintained through continual investment in one partner over potential alternative partners. Social media have continued to become more integrated into people's personal lives, with romantic relationship processes often unfolding in this new landscape. A large body of extant literature has explored how social media influence ongoing romantic relationships, but less is known about how social media facilitate relationship transitions (i.e., initiation, dissolution) and associated investment behaviors. In a large and diverse sample (N = 1521), we examine young adults' (18–29 years) social media investment behaviors around the beginnings and ends of their relationships, with a particular focus on how gender, age, and sexual orientation influence behaviors such as posting and removing of images with partners, following and un‐following partners and members of partners' social networks, direct messaging, and commenting on partners' posts. Our results suggest that men and sexual minorities more often engage in investment behaviors earlier in the relationship and after relationship dissolution. However, women and sexual minorities more often engage in disinvestment behaviors after dissolution, including removing traces of an ex‐partner from one's page and blocking them on social media entirely. Our results provide further understanding of how young American adults are enacting each relationship stage on social media and how the intersection of social media and romantic relationships differs by demographic factors.

Children and young people's experience of parental dementia: A systematic review.

ObjectivesMost studies have been concerned with the experiences and needs of spouses/partners and adult children of people with dementia. In this review, children and young people's lived experience of parental dementia was investigated. Findings will inform both researchers and professionals in the area of dementia care.DesignA systematic literature search was performed in CINAHL, PsychINFO, PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science. A rigorous screening process was followed, and a checklist for qualitative and observational studies was used to evaluate the methodological quality of the studies. Narrative synthesis of the selected articles was carried out.ResultsTwenty‐one studies were included and a synthesis of the literature revealed six themes. The first theme concerned the difficulties in dealing with the diagnosis which was often preceded by a long period characterized by uncertainty, confusion, family distress, and conflicts. The second theme discussed changes in family relationships in terms of the role of children and young people in supporting both parents and keeping family together. The third theme described the impact of caring on children and young people who struggled to balance caring tasks and developmental needs. The fourth theme showed consequences on children and young people's personal lives in terms of education/career and life planning. The fifth theme illustrated main adaptation models and coping strategies. The last theme discussed the need for appropriate support and services based on a “whole family” approach.ConclusionsThe included studies provide the basis for knowledge and awareness about the experience of children and young people with a parent with dementia and the specific needs of support for this population.

Современное российское кино: экспертная характеристика

the rapid development of the film industry and its ever-increasing integration into the public and personal lives of people can expand the perspective of the living space of a modern person. In this article, the author considers modern Russian cinema as one of the most popular types of contemporary art and analyzes the products of its activities. The article is written on the basis of qualitative research – focus group discussions with experts in the field of cinematographic art and who have at least 3 years of experience in it. Based on the obtained data analysis, the author describe the products of Russian cinematographic art as a whole and consider its features, trends and development vectors. The author of the work classified the images of modern film characters based on the most discussed trends of modern Russian films and identified the properties characteristic of each type of hero.

Issues Associated With Prescribing HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Anxiety: A Qualitative Analysis of Australian Providers' Views.

HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) can alleviate anxiety about acquiring HIV, particularly for gay men and other men who have sex with men. However, research with PrEP providers has rarely examined HIV anxiety. We conducted 25 semistructured interviews in 2019-2020 with PrEP providers in New South Wales and Western Australia, and analyzed data thematically. Participants included general practitioners and sexual health nurses and doctors. Our analysis explores providers' views on providing PrEP to reduce HIV anxiety for gay men, serodiscordant couples where the partner with HIV has an undetectable viral load, and for "worried well" individuals who the providers speculated might have undisclosed risk. Although providers viewed PrEP as beneficial for many people's personal lives and relationships, they felt cautious about prescribing PrEP solely for HIV anxiety, while at the same time reporting that they prescribed PrEP if individuals insisted on it and had no medical contraindications.

Research into online marketing activities and tools for measuring their efficiency by entrepreneurs in the czech republic

The 21st century has brought dramatic changes to the work and personal lives of people regarding the existing traditional forms of how to manufacture, how to provide services to customers, how to communicate with customers, business partners, and with each other. The Central Bohemian Association of Managers and Entrepreneurs (STAMP), established in 2002 as an organization for women entrepreneurs from Prague and the Central Bohemian Region, as well as other regions, has identified differences in the use of online marketing of its members operating in small and medium-sized enterprises, especially among self-employed entrepreneurs. In this way, STAMP tries to map out the reality and determine the level of readiness in the segment of small and medium-sized enterprises and self-employed persons (freelancers) for the emerging sector of Industry 4.0 in the area of awareness of its existence, real knowledge, and the use of online marketing activities to communicate with customers and business partners. The study also suggests that being aware of the possibilities of measuring effectiveness and the real use of the information obtained will lead to an increase in the effectiveness of marketing itself and to a greater competitiveness in the market. STAMP implemented a pilot project with the support of the authors of this article between August and October 2019, and from January to March 2020 using AMBIS, Ltd. and Skoda Auto University’s own marketing research. This paper proves that a relationship exists between the use of marketing online tools and the size of companies. The study provides evidence that ICT tools are an essential part of online marketing activities as an important part of the entrepreneurs’ e-commerce endeavors.

AN ANALYSIS OF YOUTH BEHAVIOR ON SOCIAL NETWORKS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. EVIDENCE FROM ROMANIA

The year 2020 represents a year of balance for both the economic and the social environment. Since March 2020, when the World Health Organization declared a state of pandemic for COVID-19, everything has changed for people's personal or professional lives. Information about the new virus is spread globally, through the authorities, television, specialized websites, or even social networks. Given that social networks were heavily used even before the COVID-19 pandemic, it is interesting to investigate how they were used during the pandemic by users. The goal of this paper is to determine how young people used social networks during this period. In this sense, quantitative research has been developed based on a questionnaire that was addressed to the 4th year students specializing in Engineering and Business Management at the Polytechnic University of Bucharest. The pilot study presented in this paper investigates a sample of young people from Bucharest, Romania, analyzing the reasons why young people use social networks when it comes to the situation of the new virus, but also the reasons why they now use social networks, following their new behavior on these platforms during this period. Also, the paper analyses the time spent by respondents on social networks before the pandemic and after it started. According to this study, Twitter, Skype, and Facebook are the most used social networks during the quarantine days. Young people use the most of social networks for relaxation, while when they use Instagram, they often end up buying things that they see posted there.

Interacting With Multiple Partners Improves Communication Skills.

Successful communication is important for both society and people's personal life. Here we show that people can improve their communication skills by interacting with multiple others, and that this improvement seems to come about by a greater tendency to take the addressee's perspective when there are multiple partners. In Experiment 1, during a training phase, participants described figures to a new partner in each round or to the same partner in all rounds. Then all participants interacted with a new partner and their recordings from that round were presented to naïve listeners. Participants who had interacted with multiple partners during training were better understood. This occurred despite the fact that the partners had not provided the participants with any input other than feedback on comprehension during the interaction. In Experiment 2, participants were asked to provide descriptions to a different future participant in each round or to the same future participant in all rounds. Next they performed a surprise memory test designed to tap memory for global details, in line with the addressee's perspective. Those who had provided descriptions for multiple future participants performed better. These results indicate that people can improve their communication skills by interacting with multiple people, and that this advantage might be due to a greater tendency to take the addressee's perspective in such cases. Our findings thus show how the social environment can influence our communication skills by shaping our own behavior during interaction in a manner that promotes the development of our communication skills.

How Might the Genetics Profession Better Utilize Social Media.

Social media is a common method of communication in people's personal lives and professional settings. Gallagher et al. (2016) recommended, "it is time for genetic counselors to embrace social media as a means of communicating with patients or other healthcare professionals." Full members of the National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) in the USA and Canada and genetics patients in Cleveland, OH, were surveyed to determine interest in using social media for patient-provider interactions. Both cohorts indicated that patient privacy and confidentiality would be a concern; however, survey results indicated patients would be interested in using social media to receive general information about genetic counseling and to learn about genetics services. Genetic counselors indicated privacy issues were not concerning if social media were to be used in this capacity. The majority of genetic counselor participants (88.7%) indicated they would welcome national guidelines for patient-provider social media use. Data from this study demonstrated that sharing what to expect at a genetic counseling appointment, defining genetic counseling, and announcing community outreach events are possible ways genetic counselors could utilize social media to communicate with and educate patients.