Relationship Of Style Research Articles

Generational styles in oral storytelling

Abstract When it comes to autobiographical narratives, the most spontaneous and natural manner is preferable. But neither individually told narratives nor those grounded in the communicative repertoire of a social group are easily comparable. A clearly identifiable tertium comparationis is mandatory. We present the results of an experimental ‘Narrative Priming’ setting with French students. A potentially underlying model of narrating from personal experience was activated via a narrative prime, and in a second step, the participants were asked to tell a narrative of their own. The analysis focuses on similarities and differences between the primes and the students’ narratives. The results give evidence for the possibility to elicit a set of comparable narratives via a prime, and to activate an underlying narrative template. Meaningful differences are discussed as generational and age related styles. The transcriptions from the participants that authorized the publication are available online.

Teenagers and Alcohol in the Arctic Region: Factors, Features, Prospects for Prevention on the Example of the Kola Peninsula Region

The paper is devoted to the development of addictive behavior in adolescents and the possibilities of its prevention. The authors presented a theoretical analysis of alcoholism in general and identified the main issues on the example of adolescents of the Kola Peninsula. This paper focuses on the environmental peculiarities of the problem, since living conditions in the polar region contribute to the development of addictive behavior. The study involved 539 respondents of both sexes, with an average age of 15 years, who formed two groups: deviant and standardized adolescents. Considering that subjects with addictions could modify their answers to be more socially desirable, the deviant group was formed based on the data provided by organizations working with them. The empirical research identified the psychological factors of alcohol addiction of adolescents, determined and analyzed their manifestations specific for this age group. It presented detailed prescription of mental states, alcohol consumption motives, communication and organizational skills, specificity of responsible behavior, locus control, style of family education and relations. The research also revealed the relationship between these indicators. It was found that adolescents with alcohol addiction had problems with somatic and mental health; the motives for alcohol consumption included social, pseudo-cultural and hedonistic motives. The mental state of adolescents affected the alcohol addiction and depended on their communication skills. The study of the locus control in both groups revealed no significant differences. Both groups had the prevalence of the external locus control and the low level of responsible behavior. The research showed that the preferences of a specific paternalism leaded to the formation of a propensity for alcohol consumption. The paper identified the key aspects of adolescent alcoholism in Kola Peninsula region, which could be used as basis for prevention activities.

How to improve parenting in Hong Kong by training: the 6As Positive Parenting Program

Purpose Research suggests that children in Hong Kong are at an elevated risk of emotional problems. Authoritarian parenting, a common parenting style in Hong Kong, is a critical factor associated with childhood mental health problems. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of the 6As Positive Parenting Program (6As) in modifying parenting attitudes, reduction of parenting stress and increasing self-efficacy in positive parenting, among a sample of 82 Hong Kong parents. 6As focuses on prevention by instilling positive parenting beliefs and principles, thereby reducing reliance on authoritarian and related parenting styles. Design/methodology/approach The program was evaluated using a controlled pre-post-treatment design. Outcome measures were the Chinese Child-rearing Beliefs Questionnaire, Parental Stress Scale, Parenting Self-efficacy Scale and participant feedback. ANOVA and correlation were utilized to detect treatment effects and relationships between the degree of change among measures and subscales. Findings Relative to the control group, the 6As Positive Parenting Program significantly changed parents’ parenting attitudes, reduced parenting stress and increased self-efficacy in positive parenting. In sum, 97.6 percent of the participants agreed that the program is a good fit for the Hong Kong culture. Research limitations/implications A larger sample would have been desirable for this study. One factor that limited analyzable data was that some of the participating organizations enrolled participants into the program who did not meet research inclusion criteria. Furthermore, the size of groups varied from 5 to 16 participants, which may have produced different group dynamics that added variability to outcomes. Future 6As parenting program research should attempt to standardize group size or to directly compare the effectiveness of smaller vs larger groups. Furthermore, as noted earlier, the research was conducted during the primary school application period, which may have heightened the parenting stress for parents of younger children. Practical implications The results suggest that an enhanced belief in authoritative, autonomy and training strategies could reduce parental stress and shift parents’ attitude toward a more positive approach in child-rearing. Social implications There is considerable need for a holistically designed parenting training that is culturally credible and sensitive. Originality/value Findings suggest that positive parenting can enhance the parent–child relationship and reduce parental stress. The results support governmental, non-governmental organizational and community focus on positive practices for parenting training in Hong Kong.

RESEARCH OF THE PECULIARITIES OF SOCIOPSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS IN PEOPLE OF YOUNG AGE WITH DIFFERENT LEVEL OF TRUST IN INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP

The actual problem of studying trust and socio-psychological characteristics in people of young (student) age has been reflected. First-year students of the Penza universities participated in the research process. Based on the results of diagnostics, two groups of subjects were identified: with high and low levels of trust in interpersonal relationship. Then, in these groups, such socio-psychological characteristics as types of attitude towards others and the level of empathic abilities were investigated. Statistical analysis of the obtained results allowed to reveal significant differences in the styles (types) of interpersonal relationships, the level of development of empathic abilities among students with high and low levels of trust.

MARITAL AND FAMILY SATISFACTION ACCORDING TO THE COUPLE`S TYPE OF INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS

The presented research was intended to explore the connection between the levels of marriage and family satisfaction with different interpersonal communication styles. The objective here was to find out whether the experienced level of marriage and family satisfaction will differentiate according to partner`s interpersonal relationship style (authoritarian, egoistic, aggressive, suspicious, submissive, dependent, friendly and altruistic styles). A pilot study was conducted with one hundred participants comprised of males (N = 23; 23%) and females (N = 77; 77%) that completed three questionnaires made up of Leary`s (1957) scale that measured Interpersonal Relationships, Family Satisfaction by Adjectives Scale and Marital Satisfaction Questionnaire. Participants were within the age of 26 to 64 years (M = 43.6; SD = 9). The obtained results pointed out that there were significant differences between examined persons with different interpersonal relationships upon their levels of family and marital satisfaction. Keywords: intrapersonal relationships, family satisfaction, marital satisfaction.

«Well, were going to church...»: religious socialization in family following the interviews with believers and their children

Religiosity reproduction in religious families is a new and understudied area in modern Russian sociology. Due to the growth of the number of Russian believers in second and third generation, it has become possible to study the religiosity phenomenon not merely as a result of personal religious conversion, but as a consequence of cross-generational translation within families as well. The article presents the results of the empirical study of religiosity reproduction on religious families. Following the materials of the interviews (n=25) of religious persons (Orthodox and Protestant), the article describes various factors that to one degree or another, impact the religiosity transmission from parents to their children. One may state that in process of religious socialization family plays a more significant role than peers, Sunday school attendance, etc. It has been found that the level of enchurchment of adults is also connected to how they inherited their parents' models and styles of intrafamilial relations during their childhood.

Development and validation of the Family Resilience (FaRE) Questionnaire: an observational study in Italy

ObjectiveDevelop and validate an instrument to assess family resilience and, more specifically, the family dynamics and resources, estimating the adaptation flexibility to cancer disease. Cohesion, communication, coping style and relational...

LISTENING TEXTS USED TEACHING TURKISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF TEXT CLASSIFICATION

<p class="ql-align-justify">The texts used in teaching Turkish as a foreign language are being formed in accordance with the definitions of the target language competencies intended to be fulfilled at the end of the process due to the fact that they are among the most fundamental means of language teaching. Words, word types and word groups belonging to the target language are made use of through texts in particular contexts; in this way, both the whole properties of that language are explicitly handled and the literaryelaborateness, figures of speech and language-culture relationships of the related language are revealed. The application of progressive level system in the teaching of Turkish as a foreign language and the reality that the European Languages Teaching Common Framework of Reference (CEFR) requires the achievement of different qualifications in each level and four basic language competencies lead to the necessity that the texts ought to bear characteristics that differ from one another too. A variety of descriptions and classifications are available with regard to texts as a teaching aid. While texts are classified in many aspects within the studies conducted especially in reference to teaching Turkish as the native language, such classification is out of question in teaching Turkish as a foreign language. The aim of this study is to make a general classification of the listening texts used in teaching Turkish as a foreign language according to their formation style in relation to the textuality criteria, their functions and types, and to analyze the listening texts available in Yedi İklim Turkish Teaching Set (YİTÖS) and İstanbul Turkish Teaching Set for Foreigners (İYTÖS), the most commonly used language teaching sets in the field, in quantitative and proportional sense based on the related titles.&nbsp;

Relational styles for solving difficult situations in an employee team

The article proposes the inclusion of relational styles of managers in difficult situations occurring in an employee team. Four types of relational styles have been distinguished: partner, handler, buddy and coach. The research covered 261 middle and senior managers of one of large corporations in Poland. The research was carried out for two years during the training contract. The article presents the results of relational style research at the training stage, which allowed to diagnose the relational style of the surveyed managers.

Implicación, consistencia y adaptabilidad en el nuevo estilo de relaciones (ner). La experiencia de ner Group en el País Vasco

This paper analyses the perception the people working at the organizations of ner Group in the Basque Country have of the cultural features of the new style of relationships (ner), created by Koldo Saratxaga during his successful running of Irizar Group. The ner, an innovation in culture and management, an answer to the challenges placed by the Technologies of Information and Communication and the Knowledge Society, is based on persons, basic pillars of the organizations; persons who work in self-managed teams with responsibility, confidence and freedom to reach customers satisfaction. The commitment and integration of persons with the organization they work for are strengthened by implementing internal solidarity based on the reduction of the wage differences, the profit sharing and the employment security in case of crisis, using then the relocations between organizations of ner Group. The developed empirical research, once designed an specific questionnaire, allows us to conclude that the majority of the people declare a high level of Involvement, consider the ner an organizational and management tool which makes directing activity to reach customer satisfaction feasible, they perceive the existing Consistency and voice that this makes possible relationships based on mutual trust and they judge positively the existing Adaptability, portrayed by commitment to the internal solidarity and to society and community.

Relational Style and Couple Sexual Style: Similar or Different

Relational style focuses on how a couple organizes their relationship and deals with differences and conflicts. In contrast, the couple sexual style refers to how each person maintains their sexual...

Children and adolescents in front of screens: a paradigm shift in the relationship and mediation model

This paper reviews the major theories and research that analyze the relationship between children and screens. In addition, the agents which act as mediators that help children in the interpretation of the messages are considered. As a conclusion, it is observed that the new forms of multiscreen access used by children and adolescents have developed new consumption styles and that information and communication technologies (ICT) have resulted in new styles of interpersonal and group relationships. The impact of the multiscreen society should be analyzed in light of the role played by different mediators and by educommunication.

STUDY TO DETERMINE RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH HYPERTENSION IN URBAN POPULATION OF BHOPAL (MP) INDIA

Background: Hypertension is an acute public health problem both in developed and in developing countries, like India. It remains silent, being generally asymptomatic during its clinical course. As it is hidden beneath an outwardly asymptomatic appearance, the disease does immense harm to the body in the form of 'Target Organ' damage; hence, the WHO has named it the 'Silent Killer'1. Job related psychosocial stress and sedentary life styles may directly and indirectly contribute to development of hypertension2. With urbanization, the problem of hypertension is growing rapidly to epidemic levels in the developing countries. This invisible epidemic is an underappreciated cause of poverty and hinders the economic development of many countries3. Assessing the association of risk factors with Hypertension in the community is equivalent to assessing the submerged portion of the iceberg which is so much more obscure.&#x0D; Objective: To carry out an Observational study amongst civil population of Bhopal to successfully determine the risk factors associated with Hypertension.&#x0D; Materials and Methods: 375 randomly selected individuals were subjected to check of blood pressure with two readings being taken by two different examiners at an interval of 15 minutes. Subsequently 157 individuals found Hypertensive were further screened for risk factors for Hypertension by measuring height, weight, BMI, serum total cholesterol, serum triglycerides, serum HDL, random blood sugar levels, physical activity, smoking status &amp; alcohol consumption.&#x0D; Results: Out of 375 individuals screened, 157 individuals were found to be having high blood pressure. About 15.4% were found to be obese with BMI &gt; 23Kg/m2, 22% had hypercholesterolemia, 5.4% had IGT (Impaired Glucose Tolerance), 19.2% were current smokers and 3.4% were alcohol consumers. Higher age, BMI (Body Mass Index), high serum triglycerides, low serum HDL, IGT (Impaired Glucose Tolerance) and lack of exercising were found to be independently associated with Hypertension in multiple logistic regression analysis.&#x0D; Conclusion: Our findings recommend the constant monitoring of risk factors for Hypertension and the formulation of effective preventive strategies for adequate control of its alarming incidence.&#x0D; Keywords: Hypertension, Impaired Glucose Tolerance, Body Mass Index, High Density Lipoprotein, Coronary Heart Disease.

PECULIARITIES OF LOVE MANIFESTATION IN PERSONALITIES WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF STRESSES

Стаття присвячена теоретичному аналізу й емпіричному дослідженню проблеми специфічності прояву любові у осіб з різними типами акцентуацій характеру. Аналізуються теоретичні відомості щодо понять «любов», «характер», «акцентуації характеру» та особливості впливу характеру на особистість. Узагальнено, що вказані компоненти впливають один на одного, на міжособистісну взаємодію та стиль поведінки. Розглянуто праці сучасних науковців щодо статевих, вікових та характерологічних відмінностей у переживанні любові. Предметом емпіричного аналізу стали типи акцентуацій характеру, міжособистісні відносини та стилі прояву кохання у сучасної студентської молоді. Розглянувши та проаналізувавши результати кореляційного зв’язку між типами акцентуацій характеру та типами міжособистісного спілкування зі стилями прояву кохання, з’ясовано, що ці феномени тісно пов’язані. Акцентуація є основою розвитку особистості та є рушійним аспектом в її становленні. Вона впливає на формування поведінки людини. Стиль прояву любові безпосередньо пов’язаний з характером особистості. Риси характеру, вибір типу міжособистісного спілкування людини можуть виконувати головну роль не тільки у виборі партнера, а й у міжособистісній взаємодії між закоханими.

P099: Perceptions of assessment and feedback: hawks, doves and impact on learning

Introduction: Residency training takes place in a work-place learning environment. Residents may work with several supervisors over the course of their training and each will provide feedback and assessments to them. Each supervisor may have a different approach to the delivery of their feedback and may deliver different assessments for the same quality of performance. Research question: among residents who receive regular feedback how do different styles of feedback by supervisors impact the residents’ learning? Methods: A qualitative methodology was used. Participants were residents from residency programs that have routine one-on-one feedback and assessment. In depth, semi-structured one-on-one interviews were conducted by the primary investigator (PI). These were then transcribed, reviewed and coded. The participants were University of Toronto and McMaster University residents. Sample size will be determined by thematic saturation and data collection is ongoing. The interview guide was updated in an iterative fashion to further explore themes generated in the initial interviews. Interview transcripts will be reviewed and coded by the PI with assistance from collaborators with qualitative methodological expertise. Results: Analysis of the first six participants revealed five themes. Residents described remembering feedback that generated a strong emotional response, both positive and negative; reflection on feedback as a component of using it for learning was consistent; issues with reconciling feedback received that was in conflict with previously feedback; relationship with the individual providing the feedback impacted feedback interpretation; feedback was parsed by residents to determine the rationale of the assessor and whether to incorporate feedback into learning process. Conclusion: How residents use feedback to further their learning is variable. This study identifies that styles of feedback, emotional response and relationship with the provider are all contributors to the learning that occurs after a feedback encounter. It also identifies that residents reflect on feedback differently and make decisions about how to incorporate feedback into their learning and practice. The individuality of these responses to feedback are important for trainee self-reflection in furthering their learning as well as important in faculty development as they develop skills in assessment and feedback. It is also important for training programs that facilitate the trainee supervisor interactions.

Factors associated with the adults' attachment styles in Lebanon: The role of alexithymia, depression, anxiety, stress, burnout, and emotional intelligence.

To evaluate the association of adults' attachment styles with mental disorders in Lebanon. A cross-sectional observational study enrolled 789 participants between November 2017 and March 2018. People with distress (with dismissing- and fearful-dominant relationship styles) and people with instability (preoccupied-dominant relationship style with equal presence of the secured, fearful, and dismissing styles) had higher alcohol use disorder, alexithymia, depression, anxiety, stress, decreased emotional intelligence (emotional awareness, emotional management, and social-emotional awareness), burnout scores and suicidal ideation compared people with wellbeing, with a secure-dominant relationship style. It is very important to assess bonding traits in disease prevention centers, caregiver institutions, employment assessments, and then coaching might help those individuals under risk to prevent mental health problems.

Role of Visualization in a Knowledge Transfer Process

Abstract Background: Efficient management of the knowledge requires implementation of new tools and refinement of the old ones - one of them is visualization. As visualization turns out to be an efficient tool for transfer of acquired knowledge, understanding of the influence of visualization techniques on the process of knowledge sharing is a necessity. Objectives: The main objective of the paper is to deepen the understanding of the relation of visualization to other knowledge sharing paths. The supplementary goal is a discussion of constraints on visualization styles in relation to readability and efficiency. Methods/Approach: Due to the ambiguous nature of the problem, case analysis was selected as a research method. Two research papers have been selected for that. The first one focused on agrotourism, introduces a general use theoretical tool suitable for various purposes, such as consumer sentiment analysis. The second one evaluates possibilities of revealing an implicit organizational structure of an organization by means of visual analysis using interaction graphs. Results: Visualization is an important part of data analysis and knowledge transfer process. Hybrid visualization styles enhance information density but may decrease clarity. Conclusions: In order to maximise the role of visualization in a knowledg tranfer process, the special care must be devoted to clarity, the optimal level of details and information density in order to avoid obfuscation.

Medical image super-resolution for remote medical diagnosis in smart city: A case study based on the new healthcare reform of China

China is confronting with difficulty to tackle increased inequality in medical service between urban and rural areas. With the development of Internet of Things, telemedicine could provide remote clinic diagnosis in smart city via embedded systems for rural area. However, it is hard to acquire deserved resolution medical image since the limitation of hardware in rural area. Enhancing the image resolution is necessary for the medical images obtained in rural area. Anchor neighborhood regression based super-resolution is promising in enhancing the resolution of medical images. However, anchor neighborhood projections of ANR method are instability to cover variety styles of mapping relationships. In this respect, this paper propose a guided anchored neighborhood regression (GANR) based super-resolution method. The experiment results validates that our method has better reconstruction results in terms of both objective evaluation and subjective evaluation compare with previous methods.

Development of emotional intelligence among heads of educational organizations: the relationship with socio-demographic and organizational-professional factors

The article analyzes the results of empirical research into the relationship between educational organization heads' emotional intelligence and socio-demographic and organizational-professional factors. The following components of educational organization heads' emotional intelligence have been found to be at low level of development: empathy, recognition of other people's emotions, self-motivation, emotional awareness, emotions management and emotional intelligence index. According to their emotional intelligence type, the educational organization heads have been divided into emotionally-ignorant, emotions-controlling and emotionally-sensitive types, with the emotionally-ignorant type being the leading one (almost every second respondent) followed by the emotionally-sensitive and emotions-controlling types (almost equally developed). The author discusses traditional and innovative educational organization management styles in relation to the educational organization heads' emotional intelligence type and level as well as considers the relationships between educational organization management styles and educational organization heads' socio-demographic (age, gender, marital status, children) and organizational-professional factors (position, level of education, type of education, overall length of work, grade seniority, qualification category, pedagogical title, distinctions).

Performing PowerPoint lectures: examining the extent of slide-text integration into lecturers’ spoken expositions

ABSTRACTThe PowerPoint-assisted lecture (slide-lecture) is a common lecturing approach in higher education, in spite of much criticism of its use. Its popularity is facilitated by its affordances for multimodal instructional design, e.g. text with images and speech. Little is known about the integration of different semiotic modalities within the instructional communication practices of slide-lectures nor the learning conditions that they create. Given that text bulletpoints are ubiquitous in slide-lectures, and may impose linearity into instructional communications, this study explores the extent to which lecturing speech is systematically coordinated with slide-text. Eleven slide-lectures given in psychology departments across the UK were recorded and transcribed. Patterns of semantic matches between speech and slide-text were analysed to produce similarity scores for each lecturer. Lectures were scored using an integration scoring system of 0–1, with 1 indicating a perfect match of speech and slide-text. There was significant departure from a systematic voicing of the slide text (i.e. reading off the slides). Two characteristic speech–slide relationship styles were identified. The ‘referent’ style is one in which the slide is an object of reference for the lecturer to comment on and the ‘scaffolding’ style is one in which the slide-text is blended into the spoken narrative. Consequences of the lecturer’s coordination with presentational slides are discussed in terms of the learning environment it might produce. It is suggested that whichever relationship a lecturer has with their slide-text, students might benefit from the integration being consistent.Abbreviations: DA: Discourse Analysis; SPP: Secondary Pointing Procedures; ANOVA: Analysis of Variance