Real Friends Research Articles

GENERATION Z AND THEIR PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS

In the ever-changing 21st century, a new generation has emerged that is ready to change the way we see and interact with others. The aim of this article is to observe the intricacies and complexities of Generation Z's personal relationships. To study this particular generation in more detail, we conducted a quantitative study, a survey to be precise, and the results were interesting. We were able to observe how much value these people place on their personal relationships, how they maintain them, how they engage with each other and how important these relationships are to them personally. Personal connections were highly valued by the majority of participants and had a major impact on their lives. Most of them enjoy meaningful relationships and are satisfied with their circumstances. Despite the fact that this generation is chronically online, it seems to be much easier for most of them to build relationships offline, face-to-face. The ability to express ourselves better in person, the fact that we are social creatures, and the fact that real friendships can form and last much longer are just some of the reasons why some people find it easier to build relationships offline.

Exploring Norwegian teachers’ perceptions of shy students at recess and their strategic responses

ABSTRACT Recess (break times) during the school day offers children opportunities for peer interactions which enrich social development. For shy children, however, these periods can produce anxiety, leading to withdrawal and onlooker behaviour. The analysis reported here is from a national study of how Norwegian elementary school teachers support the engagement of shy children in school life. Nineteen teachers with recognised success with shy students were interviewed to elicit their interpretations of shy children’s behaviour and their strategies with them. Qualitative analyses found that these teachers recognised that recess was integral to creating inclusive schools, took the perspectives of shy children, and ascribed anxiety-related emotions to them. Teachers also mentioned that asking other children to include them in activities left shy children feeling pitied. However, giving designated roles to the child; allowing them to stay inside with friends to build real friendships; and starting playful activities with the child that attracted other children were all described as successful strategies.

Standards of selecting Friends in light of Sharia

This study investigates the impact of being with friends and companions regarding the Holly Quran. Human is naturally social and always need to live among human being. It is quite difficult to find one who may live away from the society and far from humans. If one lives away from the society will always live and will face with complexities and difficulties because being social and human needs to have friends as well as companions. Being with companions may have a positive impact. In addition, the purpose of this research is to determine the method of choosing a real friend and how to distance yourself from an evil and unwise companion, which in the research method of this article is an analytical topic based on Sharia texts, the result shows that the religion of Islam emphasizes on choosing a friend. On the basis of religiosity, the important feature should be prioritized, which includes having divine piety, intelligence, courage and honesty, which is the result of such a standard of parents, and which reflects the educational and academic efforts of education and educational institutions, and the rule of order. It has become humane in the society and prevents abusers and anarchism.

The Israel-Iran conflict: between Washington and Beijing

ABSTRACT Since its establishment in 1979, the Islamic Republic of Iran has been openly and vociferously committed to the destruction of the State of Israel. To thwart this genocidal goal – especially the lethal threat of Tehran’s dogged quest for nuclear weapons – Israel has heavily relied on the United States, its longstanding, foremost international ally. Over the past two decades, as its relations with China have greatly expanded, Israel has also sought to harness Beijing’s close and multifaceted ties with Tehran to the fight against a nuclear Iran – to no avail. With the burgeoning Israeli-Chinese relationship stirring recurrent frictions with Washington, especially due to the latter’s alarm over Beijing’s involvement in key infrastructure and hi-tech projects in Israel, Jerusalem has been forced to walk a tight rope between the two rival superpowers so as to maintain their maximum support without alienating either of them. This dilemma was resolved overnight after the invasion of southern Israel by the Iranian-backed Hamas terrorist organization (on 7 October 2023) and its massacre of some 1500 Israelis (fifteen times the 9/11 death toll in relative terms). With Beijing quickly siding with the Palestinians (and Iran), and President Biden throwing the US’ full support behind Israel, warning Tehran and its proxies off intervention and sending a large naval force to the eastern Mediterranean, it has transpired beyond shadow of a doubt who Israel’s real friend is and where its interests lie.

ПСИХОЛОГІЯ ВИКОРИСТАННЯ СОЦІАЛЬНИХ ІНТЕРНЕТ МЕРЕЖ СУЧАСНИМИ УКРАЇНСЬКИМИ КОРИСТУВАЧАМИ

The article describes the peculiarities of using modern Internet networks and their psychological impact on the psychological well-being of Ukrainian users. On average, a modern person who owns a computer or smartphone spends on social networks from several minutes to several hours. The scale of humanity's involvement in social networks does not allow us to consider this activity as something insignificant. It is quite obvious that social networks are becoming the most important social phenomenon and influence society and an individual. The most frequently expressed concerns concern the impact of modern networks on users' psychological well-being (self-esteem, emotions, social interactions) and their mental health (anxiety, depression, loneliness, addiction). In this small review, we set out to consider the existing research evidence, dedicated to this problem and expand their research on this topic. As for attempts to independently escape from the embrace of the social network, users themselves sometimes evaluate these actions as "self-sacrifice" or "detoxification", i.e. quite clearly draw parallels between chemical addictions and Internet content addiction. On the other hand, it is assumed that social interaction in the network can improve psychological well-being, for example, through self-presentation or through establishing contacts with like-minded people, etc. It was established that the interviewees cannot monitor their own well-being and experience difficulties in describing their well-being after being in a social network. Subjects are internalized into virtual life, more than they realize. They prefer to write a message than to call in person. They communicate less with real friends, they prefer virtual communication. Text messages (emoticons, memes) are used more for communication. They choose entertainment content and consume news from social networks. A high level of trust in the information that users consume from social networks is revealed, it is worth noting that the respondents do not check this information for reliability. Therefore, there is a problem of propaganda and manipulation on the mass consciousness of people, this problem requires a more detailed study in further research. Respondents spend more free time on social networks than they wanted. Women are more dependent on social networks. Young women are guided by fashion, values and standards that they consume from social networks and prefer online dating. They do not prefer new virtual acquaintances, more older men and women are wary of virtual strangers. The questions that arise are reduced to the following: can it be argued that excessive activity in the social network reflects depressive tendencies of users; how social networks affect self-esteem and psychological well-being; to what extent social networks can become an object of addiction, by analogy with the well-known Internet addiction. All these features in one way or another affect the feeling of psychological well-being of an individual, so further research requires a detailed study of the influence of social Internet networks on the psychological well-being of an individual.

Attachments or Affiliations? The Impact of Social Media on the Quality of Peer Relationships—A Qualitative Study Among Norwegian High School Students

Social media (SoMe) is an important part of how young people socialize and communicate with each other and there are concerns that this may negatively impact peer relationships. The aim of this article was to explore how high school students experience the impact of SoMe on their peer relationships and the quality of these relationships. We performed qualitative semi-structured interviews with 12 Norwegian high-school students. Results showed that SoMe changed the quality of peer relationships as well as online and offline communication. The impact of SoMe on peer relationships depended on whether the students had both online and offline peer relations. Unlike offline relationships, where the youth experienced real friendships, online relationships were primarily described as contacts. The results suggest that online peer relationships often resemble affiliations rather than attachments. This may negatively impact social competence, especially among students whose peer relationships are mainly online-based.

Brain Activities Show There Is Nothing Like a Real Friend in Contrast to Influencers and Other Celebrities.

Especially for young people, influencers and other celebrities followed on social media evoke affective closeness that in their young minds seems real even though it is fake. Such fake friendships are potentially problematic because of their felt reality on the consumer side while lacking any inversely felt true closeness. The question arises if the unilateral friendship of a social media user is equal or at least similar to real reciprocal friendship. Instead of asking social media users for explicit responses (conscious deliberation), the present exploratory study aimed to answer this question with the help of brain imaging technology. Thirty young participants were first invited to provide individual lists including (i) twenty names of their most followed and loved influencers or other celebrities (fake friend names), (ii) twenty names of loved real friends and relatives (real friend names) as well as (iii) twenty names they do not feel any closeness to (no friend names). They then came to the Freud CanBeLab (Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience and Behavior Lab) where they were shown their selected names in a random sequence (two rounds), while their brain activities were recorded via electroencephalography (EEG) and later calculated into event-related potentials (ERPs). We found short (ca. 100 ms) left frontal brain activity starting at around 250 ms post-stimulus to process real friend and no friend names similarly, while both ERPs differed from those elicited by fake friend names. This is followed by a longer effect (ca. 400 ms), where left and right frontal and temporoparietal ERPs also differed between fake and real friend names, but at this later processing stage, no friend names elicited similar brain activities to fake friend names in those regions. In general, real friend names elicited the most negative going brain potentials (interpreted as highest brain activation levels). These exploratory findings represent objective empirical evidence that the human brain clearly distinguishes between influencers or other celebrities and close people out of real life even though subjective feelings of closeness and trust can be similar. In summary, brain imaging shows there is nothing like a real friend. The findings of this study might be seen as a starting point for future studies using ERPs to investigate social media impact and topics such as fake friendship.

A cross-sectional study to explore the association of peer pressure with Internet gaming

Abstract Background: Gaming is a new phenomenon and there are increasing concerns over its negative impact. After the official recognition by diagnostic and statistical manual-5 and International Classification of Disorder-11, much of the research is directed toward understanding the different constructs of the gambling disorder. Peer influence is an established factor in substance use but less researched in gaming. Aims of the Study: The aim of this study is to explore and understand the influence of peer pressure on Internet gaming. Materials and Methods: Individuals between 15 and 35 years were asked to participate after explaining the study objectives and assessed on the Peer Pressure Scale and Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) Scale. Responses were analyzed using the R language with R studio as the integrated development environment. Generalized additive model was used to identify the best-fit model. The Akaike information criterion was used to select the best model. Results: Battle Ground Mobile India is the most played game. Peer pressure alone accounts for 46.2% of the variability in Internet gaming and along with factors such as student; real friends; strategy games; online mode of playing, night time playing; and hours spent playing, increasing it to 56%. Peer pressure is positively correlated with IGD (P < 0.001, R = 0.65). Conclusions: Peer pressure is directly associated and plays a role in developing Internet gaming along with factors such as being a student; playing with real friends; strategy game genre; online mode of playing games; and nightly playing. Substance use such as tobacco may influence peer pressure and Internet gaming, acting as a co-factor for both.

Interpersonal conflict, values, strategies for overcoming stress situations of students before and after the start of a special military operation

The article provides an overview the study of the problem of intrapersonal conflict, values and strategies for overcoming stressful situations in the modern literature. The results of the author’s research identifying the psychological characteristics of students of a transport university before and after the start of a special military operation are presented. Using methods to identify the level of internal conflict A.I. Shipilov, “Strategies for overcoming stress situations SACS” S. Hobfall in the adaptation of N.E. Vodopyanova, E.S. Starchenkova; «The level of the ratio of “value” and “accessibility” in various life spheres» by E.B. Fantalova, «Freiburg multifactorial personal questionnaire FPI» by I. Farenberg, H. Zarg and R. Gampel in the adaptation of A.A. Krylov and T.I. Ronginskaya described and analyzed psychological portraits of students before the start of a special military operation and after its beginning. Before the start of a special military operation, students’ psychological characteristics are: confrontation of claims with their real potential, anxiety, entering into social contact to solve problematic situations, the value of real friends, focus on current events and male-type behavior, the desire to achieve the goals set, self-confidence, seeking social support, love, courage, and the pursuit of public recognition. The psychological portrait of students after the start of a special military operation includes a reduced critical attitude towards themselves, reduced anxiety, a decrease in the value of friends, greater aggressiveness in defending their interests, a decrease in social contacts, moral and adaptation conflict, conflict of motivation, obligation, lack of assertive actions, internal tension.

Borderline personality disorder in adolescents: Descriptive study about a series of cases

IntroductionVideo gaming is an extremely popular leisure activity, with over two billion users worldwide (Newzoo, 2017).Nevertheless, excessive video game playing exposes to potential dangers. The WHO reminds us that “every gamer should be aware of the time spent on games, especially if their daily activities are affected, as well as any physical or psychological, social and health changes that could be attributed to gaming behaviour.”ObjectivesThe aim of our study is to analyse the frequency of video game use, and to determine its relationship with psychological and social functioning and academic performance.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted in the child psychiatry department at Arrazi Hospital in Salé among adolescents aged between 10 and 17 years. For this, we used :A hetero-questionnaire on socio-demographic characteristics, reasons for gambling, type of gambling, satisfaction, self-esteem, ability to make friends and degree of social support, and school results , The DSM 5 criteria proposed in the appendix for the research and The K-SADSResultsSocio-demographic data-Our study was carried out on a sample of 57 adolescents aged between 10 and 17 years, with an average age of 13.47.-There was a predominance of males: Boys: 87. ; Girls: 17.5All the adolescents are in school: Primary 26.3 , Middle school 59.6 , High school 14 % Social functioning and academic performance-54.4% reported having both real and virtual friends, 29.8% specified that all their friends are virtual, And 15.8% noted that they have no friends-Academic decline was noted by the parents of 61.1% of adolescents Psychological functioning 68.4% reported low self-esteem, 31.6% reported being dissatisfied with their lives and 0.5% met the diagnostic criteria for video game addictionConclusionsOur study finds that problematic video game use is related to male gender, low academic performance, difficulties with social interactions and also low self-esteem and satisfaction. Screening for psychiatric co-morbidities and vulnerability factors is essential for the management of this type of pathology.Disclosure of InterestNone Declared

The Motive of Discrepancy in Hryhorii Skovoroda’s Works

The article explores the discrepancy of the form and the content as a philosophical, moral and axiological problem in the works of Hryhorii Skovoroda. Using the phenomenological reading and structural analysis, the author investigates the interaction between the form and the content in treatises, soliloquies, poems, and letters of Skovoroda. The intellectual and aesthetic background of the Baroque epoch to a large extent explains why this motive of discrepancy occupies a prominent place among the writings of the Ukrainian philosopher. The article analyzes the main plots, in which the discrepancy is revealed: vocation against non-congenial work; a real friend and a flunkey; the truth and a false thing; and the heavenly and an earthly city. After considering all these aspects and other crucial issues, it is concluded what makes the problem of discrepancy an invariant motive in the works of Hryhorii Skovoroda.

Social closeness modulates brain dynamics during trust anticipation

Anticipation of trust from someone with high social closeness is expected. However, if there is uncertainty in the interaction because a person is a stranger or because he has distrusted us on another occasion, we need to keep track of his behavior and intentions. Using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) we wanted to find the brain regions related to trust anticipation from partners who differ in their level of social closeness. We designed an experiment in which 30 participants played an adapted trust game with three trustors: A computer, a stranger, and a real friend. We covertly manipulated their decisions in the game, so they trusted 75% of the trials and distrusted in remaining trials. Using a psychophysiological interaction analysis, we found increases in functional coupling between the anterior insula (AIns) and intra parietal sulcus (IPS) during trust anticipation between a high versus low social closeness partner. Also, the right parietal cortex was coupled with the fusiform gyrus (FG) and the inferior/middle temporal gyrus during trust anticipation of a friend versus a stranger. These results suggest that brain regions involved in encoding the intentions of others are recruited during trust anticipation from a friend compared to a stranger.

A Widespread Phenomenon in Social Networks of Using Pseudonyms. The Motives and Effects of the Phenomenon on University and Institute Students in Kurdistan Region of Iraq

This descriptive study is about the use of pseudonyms, which is a widespread phenomenon in social networks. The aim of this study is to reveal the motives and effects of the phenomenon on university and institute students in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. The researcher relied on Google forms to collect data, the form was available for 48 hours to be filled out by a random sample of students, from public to private universities and institutes in the region. During this period, 699 respondents answered the questions. After collecting and analyzing the data, the researcher reached several results, which are: Facebook; an effective platform which students express themselves as they wish. The result also confirms that the respondents’ resort to using pseudonyms is an embodiment of Hoffman’s hypothesis that individuals want to express their activities and present themselves behind the scenes According to the results, )13.30%( of the total sample uses a pseudonym on Facebook, while most of them only have a pseudonym, but their profile pictures and information are real. As for the purpose of their use of this type of names, the results show that the respondents’ names do not reflect their political inclinations, while )5.37%( of the names carry religious connotations. With regard to the motives for using the pseudonym, the results show that the motives are diverse, as )35,48%( of them believe that there is no need to reveal their real names. In addition, despite the widespread misuse of social networks, a very small percentage of them rely on pseudonyms for negative purposes such as ridiculing or discrediting celebrities by putting their names on their Facebook accounts. The results also show the most prominent positive effects of the phenomenon on the respondents, where the nickname replaced their real name by )37.63%( of the total sample, while )34.40%( of them lost their real friends because of their use of these names.

My Mind Was a Military Sky

My Mind Was a Military Sky

Kreativitas Dalam Perspektif Teori Humanistik Rogers

Rogers is one of humanism figure who views human as a tough and creative individual to develop him self. His educational background really influence the way he thought and his theory. His most famous theory was client centered. In the theory, a client is considered as a honored and possessed super power within his body. Therapist in this theory is seen like a real friend who is trying to position him and his client without distance nor boundaries. This is intended so that the client is willing to communicate his main problems freely. The goal is to discover his client potential talent owned. This theory will be effectively applied in educational field recently. Within this, students are expected to grow and develop according to their interest and talents, without any outside force. The expected outcome is that the students will become golden individual who have more humanity and creative as well.

『일명 그레이스』에 나타난 역사와 기억의 태피스트리

The purpose of this paper is to examine the weaving of history and memory in Alias Grace in terms of Bakhtin’s polyphonic perspectives. In this paper, I call tapestry interwoven history(warp) and memory(weft) of Grace and polyphony means multi-layered voices and views instead of a mono or single voice. I discuss the polyphonic views which is catagorized into three parts, characters, memory and images. In the polyphony of characters, Grace is objectified as a murderess and narrator of the story at the same time, Dr. Simon is represented differently as a psychiatrist and man. Also, Jeremiah makes over Dr. Jerome DuPontdp. The Polyphony for the memory of Grace is represented as memory, or catathymic amnesia which reaches a climax by Dupontdp’s hypnosis. In trance, Mary Whitney, an alter ego of Grace is revealed. Mary is a real friend and stands for the healer of Grace. At this point, Grace is released from the feeling of quilt for her mother and the murder of Nancy. Red peony and quilts are crucial for polyphonic images. The metaphor for red peony implies the traumatic memories of Grace. Quilts link thematic and aesthetic concerns and structure of the narrator/heroine’s life respectively. (Namseoul University)

A Comprehensive Study of Manain Shavasana

Increase incidence of Manasika Vikaraor mental illness is the main concern in today’s world. Manasikadoshagenerally vitiates the mind and causes different psychological conditions. In Bhagvat Gita lord Krishna says that, our Aatma is our real friend but positive thinking and control over mind is very important otherwise it becomes our enemy and at that time mental disorders occur. There are so many treatments described in ayurvedic and modern practises. As prevention is better than cure its better to practise yoga to reduce stress. several studies on result of standard observe of yogasana have discovered physical and mental welfare. In today’s world, everybody feels stressed from time to time, Stress may be a feeling of being beneath abnormal pressure. This pressure will come back from totally different aspects of your daily life. In currently stress is taken into account a significant causative issue for several diseases. In several analysis it's been found that Stress caused thanks to varied factors that have an effect on vascular system. Several studies have shown that active of Shavasanadecreases the guts rate, improves the compliance of the blood vessels, regulates regular recurrence, and will increase the stroke volume. This article is tried to focus on,how Shavasanaaffect our mind form classical and modern point of view

The problem with empathy: Justification and appeasement in Hey, Kiddo and Real Friends

In this article, Danielle Sutton examines the way in which the propensity towards narrative empathy in texts for children ultimately serves to rationalize abuse in two autobiographical comics for young people: Jarrett Krosoczka’s Hey, Kiddo and Shannon Hale’s Real Friends.

“It’s really unexplainable, but everyone here got it:” Analysis of an ASD sibling support group for emerging adults

BackgroundWhile the basic and applied literature on people with autism continues to expand in helpful ways, including substantial research on their families, less research exists focused specifically on siblings, and little on older siblings during emerging adulthood. This study's intervention goal was to create a support group for emerging adults with siblings with autism and share their experiences, and then to determine whether they found the group meaningful and useful. The study's research goal was to gain a better understanding of the TDS’s perspectives on their own identity and development and their perceptions of their family’s functioning during this period. MethodSix university students gave informed consent for audio-taping group discussions by the first author, a participant researcher. The support group, titled-Sibling Allies, met 5 times in Fall 2017; qualitative data from the meetings were analyzed using multi-grounded (MGT) theory analysis (Goldkuhl & Cronholm, 2010). ResultsResults show that sharing experiences was highly meaningful; participants' openness and comfort led to deep revelations and real friendships. Major themes were able to be identified using Multi Grounded Theory (MGT): lifelong responsibility, strong dedication to their families even as they become independent, and resilience to chronic challenges. Three theory categories emerged: Individual Experience, Family Life in Private, and Family Functioning in Public. Using MGT, thematic action paradigm models were constructed to illustrate researchable relationships among identified conditions, actions, and consequences in these domains. ConclusionsIn conclusion, this project shows the feasibility and value of developing intervention and research goals simultaneously. The participants reported the peer-led structured support group was meaningful and useful. MGT analysis of the recorded discussions substantiated previous findings and elaborated on themes such as the pervasive role that stigma plays in family decisions and how inseparable the sibling relationship is from the typically developing sibling’s (TDS’s) personal identity and development.

The making of a professional digital caregiver: personalisation and friendliness as practices of humanisation

The aim of this paper is to explore how a digital caregiver, developed within a Swedish interdisciplinary research project, is humanised through health-enhancing practices of personalisation and friendliness. The digital...