Social Life Research Articles

Dharmagita Dalam Pelaksanaan Upacara Yajña Di Kecamatan Tegallalang Kabupaten Gianyar

Dharmagita in the religious and social life of Hindus is a form of offering sound art as a form of offering. Dharmagita is always present in Hindu religious ceremonies in Tegallalang District, giving the impression that the dharmagita accompanies the yajña. This research aims to examine the use of dharmagita in the yajña ceremony in Tegallalang sub-district, Gianyar district, and to discover the elements of Hindu philosophy contained in dharmagita. In general, this research aims to explore and provide a clear understanding of dharmagita and its use in yajña ceremony in Tegallalang District, Gianyar Regency, Hindu philosophy studies. This research uses three theories, functional structural theory, religious theory, and symbol theory to examine the dharmagita problem in Tegallalang district. This research is qualitative research with a phenomenological approach, which took the research location in the tegallalang sub-district, because it is seen from the phenomenon of socio-religious life in communities located in the transition area between sub-district and rural areas. The data sources in this research use primary data sources and secondary data sources. The results of this research confirm that dharmagita is a form of sound art offered to God in the yajña ceremony, including the god yajña, butha yajña, manusa yajña, pitra yajña, and rsi yajña ceremonies. Hindu philosophy in the dharmagita includes tattwa teachings which emphasize the divine aspect and have implications for increasing the sraddha and bhakti of the people in the yajña ritual.

Job satisfaction and happiness keys in the prosocial behavior of citizens in Europe

BackgroundSatisfaction and happiness are two widely studied topics in current literature. Human beings need to find happiness. However, for many authors, satisfaction is a prerequisite for happiness. Satisfaction, in turn, can be approached from different perspectives, such as job satisfaction, health satisfaction, and social life satisfaction. This research analyses the relationship between these variables and their influence on proactive social behaviour.MethodsThe present study utilised the European Social Survey, an academic survey conducted across Europe in its round 10, carried out between 2022 and 2023, with a database of 25,311 valid responses. Structural equation modelling analysis conduct using PLS-SEM with the Smart PLS software.ResultsThe results demonstrate a direct and significant relationship between overall satisfaction and happiness and between happiness and prosocial behaviour. Similarly, a solid indirect relationship exists between satisfaction and prosocial behaviour in society. Furthermore, job satisfaction is among the variables influencing overall satisfaction and happiness. However, it is not the most important, with satisfaction with social life being the most influential on satisfaction.Conclusions and implicationsHappiness is one of the main variables that influence people’s lives. As we have observed, this happiness has a direct and solid relationship with the individual’s level of satisfaction, with job satisfaction and satisfaction with social life being the most influential in this relationship between satisfaction and happiness. Therefore, these conclusions must be understood by both workers and employers and public administrations. Additionally, the relationship between happiness and prosocial behaviour is an interesting topic that the governments of countries and regions in Europe should consider.

Capturing the context of drug use for college students: A Contextual Behavioural Science informed qualitative Analysis of Harm reduction practices using network feedback loops simulation modelling

Drug use during college can have substantial harm on students’ lives and impacts the institutions’ functioning and local communities. Yet existing interventions for drug use at college poorly address the concurrent dynamic influences of the experiences in earlier developmental periods of young adults and the proximal contextual triggers of college life; both risk factors that contribute to drug use. In answer to this, system dynamic methods and contextual-behavioural science (CBS) approaches can support the development of interventions to address these risk factors. Using Causal Loop Diagram methods (Vensim PLE), we collected qualitative data from college students (n=24, aged 22 years old), during the development phase of MyUse: a contextual behavioural change intervention for harm reduction practices at college students, to generate Network Feedback Loops (NFLs). The findings underscore central nodes (determinants within an intervention) that can support our previous identified three CBS-harm-reduction practices for college students (targeted edges: mindful drug-use decision making, value-based activities, context-sensitive personalized plan of harm reduction). Analyses revealed 4 NFLs for students with previous drug use, consisting of 13 edges (4 positive, 2 negative, and 4 balancing reinforcing relationships) and 3 NFLs for students with no previous drug use, consisting of 4 positives, one negative, and one balancing relationship. All these determinants (manipulable variables) are nested with the three CBS-related targeted outcomes. College students who use drugs need drug-related knowledge about the unpredictable and adverse effects of drugs, presented in a compassionate way and distributed from credible resources (e.g., students’ unions/ club). Students with no previous drug use need education about the effects of drugs and awareness of how drugs can devaluate value-based activities (e.g. sports, friendships, social life). These should be delivered via proxy cue reminders and mobile-text-messages conveying drug use susceptibility, distributed in real-time. Idiosyncratic, dynamic, and contextual-bound factors of lapse risks or preventive practices should account for each person-specific vulnerabilities via personalized harm reduction plans.

Redesigning an AI Bill of Rights with/for Young People: Principles for Exploring AI Ethics with Middle and High School Students

“AI ethics” has become a popular term for signaling concerns with the development and application of artificial intelligence, and a hot-button issue in both academic and public discourse. The current work tends to center adult-oriented, adult-generated, issues-based conceptions of ethics. This paper reports on an alternative model for “doing ethics” via co-design with young people, highlighting the need for students to engage in AI ethics work, especially as AI is increasingly used in their education and social lives. In particular, we focus on developing a rights-based approach, using the White House Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights as a starting point for redesigning core AI ethics principles and their conveyance to be accessible and relevant to young people, in collaboration with young people. In this manuscript, we describe our empirical work in a series of three studies on AI ethics teaching and learning with middle and high school students, which culminated in redesigning pieces of the AI Bill of Rights. We present lessons learned, implications for responsible AI in education from student perspectives, and conclude with our suggested principles for integrating student insight and perspectives into the ethics frameworks that guide AI applications.

Therapeutic Approach of Phytomedicine for Dementia: A Review

Abstract: Dementia is a brain disorder with progressive neurological disease. It destroys essential brain cells, impairing memory, thinking, and behavior in a severe way to impact health, enduring interests, and social life. Memory, cognition, orientation, learning capacity, language, and judgments gradually get impaired. Dementia results from anatomical and functional abnormalities, cerebral ischemia, energy deficits, calcium excess, glutamate-mediated excitotoxicity, and oxidative stress. Vascular dementia (VaD), which accounts for 10-15% of dementia cases, is the second most frequent form of dementia after Alzheimer's disease (AD). There are currently no approved pharmaceutical treatments for VaD, and traditional anti-AD therapies only offer modest, temporary relief from the symptoms of VaD. Since herbal remedies have a multicomponent and multitarget approach, they may provide effective treatments for VaD. Herbal remedies have been used for centuries to address dementia-like symptoms. This author describes some preliminary research that supports using herbal drugs in managing vascular dementia and dementia.

The contribution of social networks using the example of type 1 diabetes

Type 1 diabetes has an impact not only on physical health, but also on social life, family life and psychological balance. Social networks play a decisive role, alongside associations, in helping patients to adopt the "other pace of life" implied by the disease. Beyond health, the skills needed to enable patients to achieve personal fulfillment are beyond the scope of healthcare professionals. Peer communities are an invaluable contribution to building this life with diabetes.

Changes in roosting decisions and group structure following parturition in little brown myotis (Myotis lucifugus)

In many temperate animals, reproductive cycles coincide with seasonal weather changes resulting in behaviour changes such as movement and habitat selection. In social species, these physiological and environmental changes can alter the costs and benefits of social interactions, impacting the structure of animal groups. In little brown myotis (Myotis lucifugus), a gregarious bat occupying much of North America, the pregnancy and lactation phases present different challenges to energy balance and maternal movement, and reduced forage distance has been observed during the lactation period. As such, we hypothesized that differences between reproductive phases alter the roost switching decisions of individual bats and therefore the overall group structure of little brown myotis maternity colonies. We observed that adult females were less likely to switch roosts during the lactation period even when accounting for changing weather conditions. This shift in roost switching behaviour may be the source of observed differences in group structure between reproductive periods. We reported a decline in network cohesiveness, but no meaningful variation in individual roost fidelity and association strengths of dyads between reproductive phases. These results support the contention that reproductive processes in female little brown myotis influence sociality and overall roosting patterns within maternity groups.

Impact Analysis of Inflation on Social & Psychological Aspects in Nepal

This paper assesses the impact of inflation caused by the earthquake and the pandemic that took place in 2015 and 2019 respectively. Both of the natural disasters affected the economic health of Nepal adversely. The article has uncovered the repercussion of both the hazards in the social and psychological lives of Nepalese people. The major objective of the research has been to explore the implications of inflation in social and psychological aspects of the people in general and children in particular. The behaviors of children primarily in the downtrodden families have been found rude and anti-social because of their exposure to the hardships and challenges faced by their parents in the aftermath of the earthquake and the pandemic. The paper has been drafted based on the secondary resources. The method as used is the mixed research design as the article consists of both qualitative and quantitative data. The main finding of the research is that the government failed to do two things in the aftermath to address the social and psychological implications of the events. The first the government should have reformulated the policies to mitigate the inflation and the secondary it should have allocated a separate budget for the underprivileged communities so that they could come to normalcy in the aftermath.

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Suicidal Ideation and Depression in Community-Dwelling Elderly.

This study examined the effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on depression and suicidal ideation in community-dwelling elderly in Korea. Data were employed from a survey on elderly mental health in Jeollanam-do (southwest province in Korea), conducted by the Jeollanam-do Provincial Mental Health and Welfare Center. A total of 2423 people were recruited from all 22 cities in Jeollanam-do from April to October, 2021. We used self-reported questionnaires including sociodemographic factors, COVID-19-related stress, the Geriatric Depression Scale-Short Form Korean Version, the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, the Satisfaction With Life Scale and the Brief Resilience Scale. Logistic regression was performed to examine the factors of depression and suicidal ideation. Of the 2423 subjects, 622 (25.7%) reported depressive symptoms and 518 (21.4%) reported suicidal ideation. The multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that living alone, poor perceived health status, worry of COVID-19 infection, and restriction of daily activities due to COVID-19 pandemic are significantly associated with depression. Female gender, poor perceived health status, inability to perform household chores, and depressive symptom are risk factors of suicidal ideation. These findings show that old age, negative perception of health, and restriction of daily activities due to COVID-19 are risk factors of depression in community-dwelling elderly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Female gender, poor self-perceived health status, and depression increase the risk of suicidal ideation among the elderly. Social support and life satisfaction are protecting factors of both depression and suicidal ideation. Resilience decreased risk of depression but not in suicidal ideation.

Ant's Nest as a microenvironment: Distinct Mucoromycota (Fungi) community of the red wood ants' (Formica polyctena) mounds.

Many social insect species build nests, which differ from the surrounding environment and are often occupied by specific organismal communities. These organisms may interact mutualistically or parasitically with the nest-builders, or simply co-occur, being able to survive in these microenvironments. In temperate forests, red wood ants (e.g. Formica polyctena) are known to create distinct, highly developed nests, which consist of large, above-ground mounds, built primarily out of plant matter collected from the forest litter. The microorganismal communities of such mounds remain understudied. As representatives of Mucoromycota fungi commonly engage in the decomposition process of the forest litter, they would be expected to occur in the mounds. However, it is still not known whether the Mucoromycota community of these ants' nests differ from the one of the surrounding forest litter. In order to distinguish mound-associated taxa, we characterized Mucoromycota communities of Formica polyctena mounds and the surrounding forest litter. We sampled four sites, twice in a season. Sampled material was plated on agar media and emerging Mucoromycota colonies were identified based on their morphology. Fungal identification was further confirmed using DNA barcoding. In order to compare described communities, PERMANOVA test and non-metric multidimensional scaling ordinations were used. To distinguish taxa associated with the mounds, multilevel pattern analysis was performed. Our results show that the Mucoromycota community of Formica polyctena's mound differs from the community of the surrounding forest litter. While representatives of Entomortierella lignicola and Absidia cylindrospora clade were found to be associated with the mound environment, representatives of Umbelopsis curvata and Podila verticillata-humilis clade were associated with forest litter, and were rarely present in the mounds. Our findings strongly suggest that the red wood ants' nest is a specific microenvironment in the temperate forest floor, which is a preferred microhabitat for the mound-associated Mucoromycota, possibly adapted to live in proximity to ants.

BIOPOWER PRACTICES IN THE CINEMA OF YORGOS LANTHIMOS

Yorgos Lanthimos is one of the prominent directors of modern cinema, known for his unique narrative style and visual aesthetics. His films, which are included in the "Greek Weird Wave" movement, are shaped around themes that question social norms, power relations, and the individual's place within these structures. Michel Foucault's concepts of biopolitics and biopower, which explain how the state controls social life, provide a powerful theoretical framework for analyzing Lanthimos' filmography. The absolute control of parents over their children in Dogtooth, the forced societal couplehood in The Lobster, and the dependence of individuals' fates on the decisions of others in The Killing of a Sacred Deer illustrate how Lanthimos addresses power relations. This study aims to show that the director's films offer a deep critique that questions power structures in modern society, especially by analyzing Lanthimos' early films and his latest film Kind of Kindness in the context of Foucault's concept of biopower.

Prior Knowledge, Acceptance, Adaptation, and Challenges Following Stoma Formation among Colorectal Cancer Patients in Northern Peninsular of Malaysia: A Qualitative Study

INTRODUCTION: Stoma formation affects an individual in various ways, including physical, emotional, social, and cognitive functions. Diverse studies report ways of an individual lives with new stoma formation. However, the comprehensive understanding of the entire process by the patient, which includes knowledge before the surgical procedure, as well as the subsequent acceptance, adaptation, and challenges to living with a stoma is lacking. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In-depth interview session were conducted with 12 colorectal cancer patients who have undergone surgical procedures for intestinal stoma formation. The patterns and themes within the data were identified by thematic analysis, involving data familiarisation and coding followed by themes’ generation and refinement of the themes. RESULTS: Four themes and 9 subthemes were identified, which revealed the sufficiency of stoma-related information and understanding prior to surgery as well as positive acceptance of self and family members reflected through their reactions and support. Nonetheless, the challenges were anticipated which highlights the complications of the stoma itself, obstacles surrounding social life, and financial burdens. CONCLUSION: This study provided valuable insights into the experiences of individuals living with a stoma following colorectal cancer surgery. The themes and subthemes highlight the need to address social stigma as well as financial issues to alleviate the burden of stoma-related expenses. Increasing public awareness and improving financial assistance could be a way to enhance the overall quality of life for patients living with stoma

Sociological Analysis of the Social Life of the Marginal Residents of Naysar in the City of Sanandaj: Life on the Path of Suffering

Sociological Analysis of the Social Life of the Marginal Residents of Naysar in the City of Sanandaj: Life on the Path of Suffering

Muyu Raymi, the Seeds Festival: Indigenous Women’s Means to Sustain, Resist, and Rebuild

ABSTRACT Among the Raymis, the Indigenous celebrations of the Andes, the seeds festival Muyu Raymi has a unique path. It is a colorful one-day event that most explicitly exemplifies interculturalidad and the achievements of Indigenous Peasant politics at a local level in Ecuador. Nevertheless, Indigenous women’s active and committed involvement in the event is not sufficiently understood from the intersection of culture and politics. This work aims to identify the ways in which Indigenous women have managed to link themselves to Muyu Raymi and what Muyu Raymi shows about our understanding of interculturalidad. This work argues Muyu Raymi has its origins in the dawn of neoliberalism and remains connected to a long process of resistance led by Indigenous women. The findings are discussed through a lens of interculturalidad that highlights people’s ability to sustain, resist, and rebuild their ways of living. The analysis considers the existence of a relationship between human and non-human actants as explainer of social life; in this case, Indigenous women and the seeds. This work highlights the transformative potential of the women-seeds connections and their mixed strategies to resist and support systems of power, through a history that correctly attributes credit to women as history makers.

Opportunities promoting social inclusion in elementary school learning context: study of Merdeka Curriculum the Indonesian policies on GEDSI (Gender, Disability, and Social Inclusion) framework

Social inclusion is an effort to improve the dignity of disadvantaged individuals so that they can engage in social life. This research explains how the Merdeka Curriculum can direct students as social beings who have character and can accept various roles in the surrounding community. In essence, social inclusion is beginning to take shape and play a crucial role in education. The purpose of this research is to examine the potential of the Merdeka Curriculum policy in promoting social inclusion in the elementary school learning context. Bibliometric analysis is employed to examine publication trends using the Google Scholar database from 2013 to 2023. A total of 760 articles gathered from Publish or Perish are then subjected to data visualization analysis using a VOS viewer to obtain network, overlay, and density visualization. The research findings indicate that studies related to the Merdeka Curriculum significantly increased in 2023 in line with its implementation, but studies addressing social inclusion were relatively scarce. Based on network visualization, 59 terms are grouped into 9 clusters. The term 'Multiculturalism' exhibited a relatively high link strength in connection with terms such as 'new curriculum,' 'modern,' and 'national curriculum' in the current context of the Merdeka Curriculum policy. Other terms found include 'diversity,' 'social inclusion,' and 'social cohesion.' The co-authorship analysis identified 1543 contributing authors. Given Indonesia's multicultural nature, characterized by diversity in various dimensions, Researchers focus the findings of this research as a guide for educators to consistently provide inclusive, comprehensive, and interesting teaching approaches to all students.

Analisis Historis, Metode Dan Karakteristik Pendidikan Tasawuf Di Ma’had Aly IqnᾹ’ Ath-ThᾹlῙbin Pondok Pesantren Al-Anwar, Sarang, Rembang

This research aims to examine: (1) the history of the establishment of Ma'had Aly Iqnā' Ath-Thālibīn Pondok Pesantren Al-Anwar, Sarang, Rembang (2) Taṣawuf education at Ma'had Aly Iqnā' Ath-Thālibīn Pondok Pesantren Al-Anwar, Sarang, Rembang (3) the characteristics of Taṣawuf education at Ma'had Aly Iqnā' Ath-Thālibīn Pondok Pesantren Al-Anwar, Sarang, Rembang. The research approach used in this study is descriptive qualitative. The research setting was conducted at Ma'had Aly Iqnā' Ath-Thālibīn Pondok Pesantren Al-Anwar, Sarang, Rembang. The data collection method uses documentation, interview, and observation methods. For data validity techniques used are source triangulation techniques. While the data analysis technique that researchers obtained, using data collection, data reduction, and data verification. The results of the study conclude The learning method follows the tradition of the salaf pesantren and emphasizes social practice. Its characteristics include the use of the book by Masyayikh PP. Al-Anwar, sanadan kitab, syarh kitab as a final assignment, and the application of Sufism in social life.

В.С. Соловьев и цивилизационный выбор России

The attention is focused on the idea that the modern phase in the Russian philosophical and social thinking is characterized by the discourse on civilizational choice of Russia. Therewith, addressing the Russian religious and philosophical tradition is deemed to be relevant. The central personality of the Russian religious philosophy is Vladimir S. Solovyov – the ideological founder of the all-unity philosophy. His contemplation on multiple topics became significant for the Russian society of his time as well as of the modern days. It is stipulated, that one of the central topics for the Russian society is the problem of correlation of western and eastern elements of spiritual culture and historical development of Russia. Contemplation on this problem based on the creative heritage of Vladimir Solovyov makes his standpoint relevant in the current stage. The opinion that Solovyov's solution to the “East-West” dichotomy is based on the acknowledgement of universal christian values as the highest factor of historical development is being sustained. This allowed the founder of the all-unity to stipulate the highest ideals of spiritual and moral perfection as a goal of the progress of the society, to highlight the threat of spiritual crisis, to anticipate catastrophic events of the following historical period. The universalistic approach of Vladimir Solovyov presumes the inclusion of Russia into the context of the European Christian culture. The philosopher assumed for Russia a task of “global synthesis” of western and eastern values in global scale. Detailed ways of solving this task were utopian. The conclusion is made that the relevance of the philosopher's standpoint for the present is constituted by the vision of main tendencies in spiritual and social life. The all-unity philosophy is deemed to be productive to justify the general Russian identity of the present.

성인여성들의 자기효능감과 뷰티브랜드추구성 및 뷰티구매지속성 관계 연구

This study attempted to examine the relationship between Self-Efficacy, Beauty Brand Pursuit, and Beauty Purchase Persistence among Adult women. Frequency analysis of the study participants was conducted for the research data, correlation analysis was conducted to analyze the correlation between variables, and simple regression analysis was conducted to examine the influence between variables. The results are as follows. First, it was found that there was a positive correlation relationship between Self-Efficacy, Beauty Brand Pursuit, and Beauty Purchase Persistence. Second, Self-Efficacy (β=.139, p<.05) was found to have a significant effect on Beauty Brand Pursuit, and Self-Efficacy (β =.273, p<.001) also had a significant effect on beauty purchase persistence. Through this, the higher the Self-Efficacy, the higher the pursuit of Beauty Brands and the continuity of Beauty Purchases. Based on the above research results, we would like to provide basic and useful data for K-beauty industry marketing. In addition, companies expect to establish groundbreaking marketing strategies so that consumers can continue to manage their appearance and form a high sense of Self-Efficacy to lead successful interpersonal relationships and social life.

A SOCIO-CULTURAL STUDY OF MEYOR TRIBE IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH: AN OVERVIEW

The Meyors are the indigenous people inhabiting the Walong and Kibithoo circle of Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh. The Meyors are the one who at one point of time was actively engaged in the modern type of agriculture with primitive technique. The meyor are famous for business, traveling and bead work. The social life is governed by the traditional system assisted by the council of elders. The paper is based on both primary and secondary data. Primary data were collected using observation methods, interviews etc. and secondary data were collected from books, articles etc. The main aim of this study is to understand the socio-cultural aspect of the Meyors as they are one lesser known tribe in Arunachal Pradesh.

Academic Ethics of Islamic Higher Education Institutions in the Digital Era

This article is the result of field research conducted at Islamic higher education institutions with the aim of obtaining valid and credible information about academic ethics amid the advancements in technology and information. The digital era has transformed the conditions of the inhabitants of the earth, serving as a blessing from the advancement of information technology. The face of education and scientific activities has also been influenced by this era, with the advent of digitalization as an enhancement to previous technologies. Misuse of digital media can erode ethical values both in social life and academic activities. Cheating and scientific dishonesty have become serious issues in higher education, particularly related to research and other scientific activities. The method used is descriptive qualitative, involving observations, interviews, and document reviews. The findings indicate that Islamic higher education institutions have established academic ethics based on laws, government regulations, and mutual agreements. Furthermore, there is a lack of research conducted by educators or lecturers as well as students, along with other academic activities. In the educational institutions where the observations were made, no serious academic violations such as plagiarism were found. The digital era still leaves a significant challenge, particularly in scientific activities, in reinforcing academic ethics.