Social Impression Research Articles

Blockchain for sustainable consumption: an affordance and consumer value-based view

PurposeThere is little empirical evidence on how blockchain affordances may encourage consumers to make sustainable choices. Thus, this paper examines how blockchain affordances affect consumers’ sustainable consumption.Design/methodology/approachWe focus on three blockchain affordances: transparency, traceability, and immutability in this paper. By integrating the affordance lens and theory of consumption values (TCV), we develop a research model wherein we posit that blockchain affordances influence several consumption values, which then affect consumers’ intention to purchase sustainable products. In the study, we designed a scenario and user interface for a novel blockchain-based app for sustainable consumption in the context of the fashion industry and surveyed 295 European consumers to examine the study’s research model. We then analyzed the collected data using the partial least squares technique.FindingsThe results show that blockchain affordances positively affect consumption values, including efficiency, social impression, trust, and sustainability information clarity. In turn, these values influence the consumers’ purchase intention of sustainable products. Additionally, our post hoc analysis shows that these consumption values fully mediate the effect of blockchain affordances on consumers’ purchase intention, where trust and sustainability information clarity is found to have a higher impact.Originality/valueEmpirical research studies focusing on understanding blockchain’s effect on sustainable consumption values have been limited in prior literature. This study, drawing on the affordance lens, proposes distinct blockchain affordances and empirically validates their impact on consumers’ sustainable purchase intention. By integrating TCV, it highlights the mediating mechanism that drives blockchain’s impact on consumers’ purchase intention. We empirically identify the values that mediate the effects of blockchain affordances on consumers’ purchase intention; further, we discuss implications for research and practice based on the study findings.

The Impression Management Consequences of Hiding Effort Among Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Authenticity.

Hiding effort has become prevalent among adolescents; however, whether this behavior benefits or harms their social impression remains unclear. The study explored whether hiding effort is an effective impression management strategy to obtain high popularity, likeability, interpersonal trust, and cooperation intention from peers. Using hypothetical scenarios, Study 1 (N = 243) found that hiding effort led to lower popularity, likeability, interpersonal trust, and cooperation intention among adolescents. Study 2 (N = 176) replicated the findings of Study 1 and found that the hiding-effort adolescents did not realize these negative consequences. Furthermore, Study 2 revealed that authenticity mediated the effect of hiding effort on popularity, likeability, interpersonal trust, and cooperation intention. The findings provided theoretical and practical implications for educators and adolescents. Educators should foster environments where effort and authenticity are rewarded. Adolescents should understand the cost of hiding efforts from peers.

MULTI-LEVEL CITY PORTRAIT RESEARCH BASED ON MULTI-SOURCE DATA

Abstract. City portrait is a social impression generated by the interaction between the public and the city, which can help us better understand and perceive the nature and characteristics of the city, and thus provide strong support for the development and governance of the city. However, most existing studies extract thematic semantic labels globally, but ignore the order of the tags and the degree of their contribution in the topic, which affects the city portrait extraction results. In addition, existing studies also lack the analysis of the impact of grid areas as the study scale on city portraits. In this paper, we propose a new approach to accurately identify city labels based on multi-source data grid fusion using a topic feature word extraction model (Weight-LdaVecNet) with fused topic word embedding and network structure analysis with feature word weight constraints. On this basis, we construct a multi-level city portrait description framework using hierarchical cluster analysis, extract tag clusters, and obtain a similarity matrix by combining topic feature tags and region feature tags using similarity analysis to construct a multi-level city region portrait, with a view to achieving a fine-grained construction of a multi-level city portrait. The experimental results show that, compared with the traditional LDA model, our method indicates that the identified city labels with similar thematic semantics have strong aggregation, thus proving the effectiveness of our proposed method. In addition, in the overall multi-level city portrait, we find that Beijing has a strong attractiveness in terms of cultural features. However, the regional distribution of cultural characteristics dimensions is not uniform in the multilevel city-region portrait, and better rational allocation and planning of cultural resources are needed to better meet people's needs.

Two modes of social impressions and their effects on choice.

Our memories of other people shape how we interact with them. Yet, even when we forget exactly what others said or did, we often remember impressions that capture a general gist of their behavior-whether they were forthright, friendly, or funny. Drawing on fuzzy trace theory, we propose two modes of social impression formation: impressions formed based on ordinal gist ("more competent," "less competent") or categorical gist ("competent," "incompetent"). In turn, we propose that people gravitate toward the simplest representation available and that different modes of memory have distinct consequences for social decisions. Specifically, ordinal impressions lead people to make decisions based on an individual's standing relative to others, whereas categorical impressions lead people to make decisions based on discrete classifications that interpret behavior. In four experiments, participants learned about two groups of individuals who differed in their competence (Studies 1a, 2, and 3) or generosity (Study 1b). When participants encoded impressions as ordinal rankings, they preferred to hire or help a relatively good target from a low-performing group over a relatively bad target from a high-performing group, even though both targets behaved identically and accuracy was incentivized. However, when participants could use categorical boundaries to interpret behavior, this preference was eliminated. In a final experiment, changing the category participants used to encode others' generosity changed their impressions, even when accounting for memory for verbatim details. This work links social impressions to theories of mental representation in memory and judgment, highlighting how distinct representations support divergent patterns of social decision-making. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

Saying thanks and meaning it: Expressing gratitude for social gain.

People sometimes give thanks as a true expression of their feeling but also sometimes because they know gratitude expression helps to make a certain social impression. That is, some gratitude is expressed because of intrinsic motivations or extrinsic motivations. Such motivations affect the outcomes of behaviour. The present work assessed gratitude, trait tendency to manage socially desirable expressions and well-being across two studies (combined n = 398). Motivations to express gratitude were also measured and impression management goals were manipulated in Study 2. Results show that gratitude expression is highest when people want to make a good impression and extrinsic motives to express gratitude can moderate the relationship between gratitude and well-being. Implications for the measurement of gratitude and theoretical understanding of gratitude's social function are discussed.

Analysis of short video and city image communication in the new media environment

City image is the social impression of the city, which affects the public's evaluation of the city. With the development of new media technology, city image communication has separated from the previous way of official media and entered the stage of mobile terminal short video, and improved the sense of acceptance of publicity with the help of network video. With the help of short videos, cities can shape their urban image, build urban recognition, and attract public attention. This paper focuses on the analysis of the fragmentation of the city image in the short video communication, matching the characteristics of the city and creating the network meme characteristics. And when facing the dilemma of homogenization and mimicry in communication, cities adopt conventional methods in four aspects: communication subject, communication content, communication perspective, and distribution.

Voxel-wise Mapping of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Impression Formation

Social interactions often involve encountering inconsistent information about social others. We conducted a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study to comprehensively investigate voxel-wise temporal dynamics showing how impressions are anchored and/or adjusted in response to inconsistent social information. The participants performed a social impression task inside an fMRI scanner in which they were shown a male face, together with a series of four adjectives that described the depicted person''s personality traits, successively presented beneath the image of the face. Participants were asked to rate their impressions of the person at the end of each trial on a scale of 1 to 8 (where 1 is most negative and 8 is most positive). We established two hypothetical models that represented two temporal patterns of voxel activity: Model 1 featured decreasing patterns of activity towards the end of each trial, anchoring impressions to initially presented information, and Model 2 showed increasing patterns of activity toward the end of each trial, where impressions were being adjusted using new and inconsistent information. Our data-driven model fitting analyses showed that the temporal activity patterns of voxels within the ventral anterior cingulate cortex, medial orbitofrontal cortex, posterior cingulate cortex, amygdala, and fusiform gyrus fit Model 1 (i.e., they were more involved in anchoring first impressions) better than they did Model 2 (i.e., showing impression adjustment). Conversely, voxel-wise neural activity within dorsal ACC and lateral OFC fit Model 2 better than it did Model 1, as it was more likely to be involved in processing new, inconsistent information and adjusting impressions in response. Our novel approach to model fitting analysis replicated previous impression-related neuroscientific findings, furthering the understanding of neural and temporal dynamics of impression processing, particularly with reference to functionally segmenting each region of interest based on relative involvement in impression anchoring as opposed to adjustment.

Wind farm site selection using BWM-AHP-MARCOS method: A case study of Libya

Exploiting renewable energies has become an urgent environmental requirement, especially in light of the high levels of pollution and increased global warming caused by the use of millions of tons of fossil fuels for energy production. Research has also helped reduce the cost of obtaining renewable energy, making it a strong competitor to traditional energy sources. Despite the fact that many developed countries have made great strides in using renewable energy sources as an important part of their energy mix, developing countries continue to suffer in this area, despite the availability of these energy sources. In this study, a hybrid multi-criteria approach based on a combination of three methods, namely the Best-Worst method, the Analytical Hierarchical Process method and the Measurement of Alternatives and Ranking According to Compromise Solution method, was applied in order to select the best site for the installation of a wind farm. The novelty of this study has been manifested through the fact that we developed and used this integrated model for the first time in literature. Thanks to applying two methods for determining criteria weights and one for ranking can be obtained more precise results and can be selected optimal location. Six criteria were used to compare the proposed sites. The combined Best-Worst method and the Analytical Hierarchical Process method were used to extract criteria weights. Based on the six criteria, a comparison was made between five proposed sites in the state of Libya, which is still almost entirely dependent on fossil fuels to obtain electricity. The result showed that the safety and quality criterion is the most important with a weight of 0.573, followed by the social impression criterion with a weight of 0.203. According to the model, the city of Derna, in the far northeast of the country, came out on top with a weight of 0.703, followed by the city of Tarhuna, in the west of the country, with a value of 0.35. In addition, a sensitivity analysis was performed to test the stability of the results by changing the weights of the criteria. The results obtained indicate the strength of the proposed model when the experts' opinions on the criteria change. The evaluation criteria and this methodology can be applied to other cities to continue the orientation towards sustainability.

Interpretation inflexibility and negative social impression in paranoia

Interpretation inflexibility and negative social impression in paranoia

Consumer participation in reusable resource allocation schemes: A theoretical conceptualization and empirical examination of Korean consumers

In recent years, reusable delivery bags (RDB) have attracted considerable attention as a practice of reusable resource allocation schemes. However, little is known regarding the determinants of consumers’ behavioral intention to use RDB. This study develops a model for the impact of usefulness- and identity-mediated hierarchical needs on behavioral intentions using Maslow's hierarchy of needs, the technology acceptance model, and identity-based motivation theory. A questionnaire survey was undertaken in Korea, and 468 samples were collected for analysis using structural equation modeling. The results show that reliability, perceived safety, social influence, and social impression positively impact consumers’ behavioral intention through the conduction of perceived usefulness. Simultaneously, through the positive mediating effect of self-identity, social influence and social impression affect the propensity to utilize reusable express bags. These findings offer compelling evidence and make significant contributions to the design of corporate resource allocation methods.

How Social Impressions Affect Public Acceptance of Nuclear Energy: A Case Study in China

Expanding the proportion of nuclear energy to shift the current energy structure and reduce carbon emission has been acknowledged by the China National Energy Administration. As a typical NIMBY facility, nuclear power plants are faced with a dilemma. Increasing the public acceptance of nuclear power is important for its development. Although multiple studies have shown the factors affecting the public acceptance, few of them focused on the effects of social impression brought about by nuclear power on public attitudes. In this study, a theoretical model was established to examine the impact of social impression (including impression management and stigmatization), knowledge, social trust, perceived risk, and perceived benefit on the public acceptance of nuclear energy. The data in this study were obtained through a questionnaire survey (N = 577) of residents near the Fangchenggang Nuclear Power Plant in China. The results showed that impression management did not directly affect the acceptance but had a positive effect on knowledge. Knowledge and perceived risk or perceived benefit play roles as chain intermediaries between impression management and public acceptance. Stigmatization negatively affects the social trust and public acceptance of nuclear energy. Social trust and perceived risk or perceived benefit act as chain intermediaries between stigmatization and public acceptance. The path “impression management affects knowledge, and knowledge affects perceived risk, then perceived risk finally affects public acceptance” is optimal among all the paths. Moreover, knowledge has no significant effect on public acceptance but negatively affects perceived risk. Social trust positively affects perceived benefit and public acceptance. It is also indicated that perceived benefit has a stronger effect on public acceptance than perceived risk. The findings in this study could inform the government regarding potential social management and recommendations on policy making.

The Relationship between Social Competence and Emotional Intelligence among Teachers of Resource Rooms for Learning Disabilities in Amman Governorate

<p style="text-align: justify;">The present study aims at identifying the relationship between social competence and the level of emotional intelligence among teachers of resource rooms for learning disabilities in Amman. The study population consisted of various educational directorates within the capital Amman governorate. They were 212 teachers – 31 males and 181 females. The sample of the study consisted of randomly chosen 60 teachers – 15 males and 45 females. They were tested first with Bar-On Model of Social and Emotional Intelligence, which is a sixty-paragraph self-assessment scale consisting of six aspects: social competence, personal competence, adaptability, stress management, general mood and positive impression. A researcher-designed social competence scale was also employed for teachers of resource rooms with learning disabilities in regular schools, which consisted of six aspects of social skills: expression of emotions, non-verbal communication, conversation, friendship, listening and participation. It has been found that there is a statistically significant positive relationship between the level of emotional intelligence and social competence in the sample of the study. In addition, there is a statistically significant relationship between the level of emotional intelligence and social competence among members of the sample due to the sex variable in favour of females.</p>

Social appropriateness perception of dynamic interactions

The current study explored the judgement of communicative appropriateness while processing a dialogue between two individuals. All stimuli were presented as audio-visual as well as audio-only vignettes and 24 young adults reported their social impression (appropriateness) of literal, blunt, sarcastic, and teasing statements. On average, teasing statements were rated as more appropriate when processing audiovisual statements compared to the audio-only version of a stimuli, while sarcastic statements were judged as less appropriate with additional visual information. These results indicate a rejection of the Tinge Hypothesis for audio-visual vignettes while confirming it for the reduced, audio-only counterparts. We also analyzed time-frequency EEG data of four frequency bands that have been related to language processing: alpha, beta, theta and low gamma. We found desynchronization in the alpha band literal versus nonliteral items, confirming the assumption that the alpha band reflects stimulus complexity. The analysis also revealed a power increase in the theta, beta and low gamma band, especially when comparing blunt and nonliteral statements in the audio-only condition. The time-frequency results corroborate the prominent role of the alpha and theta bands in language processing and offer new insights into the neural correlates of communicative appropriateness and social aspects of speech perception.

The Study of Urban Commercial Streets

Street plays an important role in a city. It has diverse activities and gives a character to the whole city. Even in recent times, streets are an important and major part representing the identity of cities which also shape as public open space in the city. People hang on these streets for functional, social, and leisure activities, for playing, meeting, communication with other people; and sometimes for relaxation making it more attractive space to facilitate these features. So, this study sheds light on major commercial streets in a city, especially the street which acts as a pillar to the city’s economic growth. Currently, livability is a major thought that must be considered in upgrading urban public spaces, especially more sustainable streets which would pave way for easily accessible to all age groups. Ever since prehistoric times, the livable street has been an area for humans not only to cross or walk, however, additionally to interact in commercial, social, and leisure activities as well. The global trend or the pattern is towards making the streets vibrant that meet needs ranging from food and essential security to magnificence, social impression, and feeling of having a place with local area or spot, urging individuals to remain longer and in this way improving personal satisfaction in public spaces. This study focuses on identifying the strength and weakness of the commercial street such that the livability of the street can be enhanced like with a great connectivity, accessibility and a good physical location, the commercial street vitality can be upgraded.

CSR or social impression management? Tone management in CSR reports

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate to what extent corporate social responsibility (CSR) is used as a symbolic strategy of greenwashing. Analyses focus on the relationship between CSR and disclosure tone management practice in sustainable reports derived from social impression management incentives.Design/methodology/approachThis study is based on a sample of French listed firms (SBF 120) over a seven-year period (2010–2016), i.e. 539 firm-year observations.FindingsMultivariate analysis indicates a significant relationship between CSR and disclosure tone management. The obtained results show that firms that are less concerned with tone management in sustainable reporting process consider more socially responsible issues. Findings support the socially substantive initiatives and the transparency perspective of CSR.Research limitations/implicationsThe negative association between CSR and tone management highlights the firm’s transparency. However, there could be other discretionary practices which may determine impression management strategies. Thus, future research may consider other discretionary behavior associated with CSR to mislead users.Practical implicationsAll actors (government, green-association, investors, etc.) interested in CSR and greenwashing issues have to bring initiatives to reinforce the monitoring and reporting procedures.Originality/valueThis study investigates the association between CSR and disclosure tone management for the French context since the specificity of its regulatory framework of CSR disclosure. Thus, corporate narrative reporting users may be required to consider impression management practices (i.e. tone management) and read between the lines.

The interplay between gaze cueing and facial trait impressions.

The gaze cueing effect involves the rapid orientation of attention to follow the gaze direction of another person. Previous studies reported reciprocal influences between social variables and the gaze cueing effect, with modulation of gaze cueing by social features of face stimuli and modulation of the observer's social judgements from the validity of the gaze cues themselves. However, it remains unclear which social dimensions can affect-and be affected by-gaze cues. We used computer-averaged prototype face-like images with high and low levels of perceived trustworthiness and dominance to investigate the impact of these two fundamental social impression dimensions on the gaze cueing effect. Moreover, by varying the proportions of valid and invalid gaze cues across three experiments, we assessed whether gaze cueing influences observers' impressions of dominance and trustworthiness through incidental learning. Bayesian statistical analyses provided clear evidence that the gaze cueing effect was not modulated by facial social trait impressions (Experiments 1-3). However, there was uncertain evidence of incidental learning of social evaluations following the gaze cueing task. A decrease in perceived trustworthiness for non-cooperative low dominance faces (Experiment 2) and an increase in dominance ratings for faces whose gaze behaviour contradicted expectations (Experiment 3) appeared, but further research is needed to clarify these effects. Thus, this study confirms that attentional shifts triggered by gaze direction involve a robust and relatively automatic process, which could nonetheless influence social impressions depending on perceived traits and the gaze behaviour of faces providing the cues.

Slogan Back to the al-Quran and Sunnah: Studi atas Gerakan Politik Islam Jamaluddin al-Afghani

This article will discuses the Islamic political movements of one the thinker renewal of Islamic modernism in the 19th century, namely is Jamaluddin al-Afghani (1839-1897). This study used historical approach, to understand and explore one's personality by looking at this socio-culture and intellectual background to social impression. This study found, first the political movement’sal-Afghani is very unique and different than another. Her movement to carried out in the frame of slogan “back to the al-Quran and the Sunnah” as response to the attitude of Muslims that are experiencing deterioration and decline, and a response to western imperialism in the Islamic world. al-Afghanito encourage of Muslims to united in the pan-Islamism. Second, al-Afghani uses the slogan “back to the al-Quran and the Sunnah” in his political movement as well as a spirit for the Muslims to re-ijtihad-sasi against, especially to the concepts of qada’ and qadar which are often misunderstood untill result in Muslims are trapped in an attitude of fatalism and static.

Knowledge and Beliefs of Jordanian Community Toward E-cigarettes: A National Survey.

Electronic nicotine delivery systems were promoted publically as a healthier replacement for conventional cigarettes. Knowledge and beliefs of the public can drive their behaviours to adapt or reject the new habit. No previous research was conducted in Jordan to assess electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) prevalence, and limited data are available on public opinions and orientation toward this new habit. To assess prevalence of, knowledge, attitude and beliefs about e-cigarettes, and examine factors associated with plans of quitting or initiating e-cigarettes among adults in Jordan. A large cross-sectional face-to-face survey on a random sample of adult population aged ≥ 18years was conducted over two months to include 1820 adults in Jordan. A representative sample was collected using proportionate random sampling technique, which enabled us to geographically categorise the study population. Reliability and validity measures were taken to ensure a comprehensive and appropriate study tool. The Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS®) version 24 was used to conduct descriptive analysis, logistic regression, and Rao-Scott chi-square. Findings were considered statistically significant at p value < 0.05 (with a confidence limit at 95%). Of 2164 adults approached, 1820 completed the questionnaire (84.1% response rate). The prevalence of current e-cigarette smokers and dual smokers were 11.7% and 4.0%, respectively. Quitting conventional smoking (38.8%) and enjoying the flavour (32.5%) were the most common reasons to start vaping. Friends were the major source of information about e-cigarettes. There was evidence that adults aged 45-59years were less likely to be dual smokers (OR 0.51; 95%CI 0.29-0.66; p = 0.03). Poor knowledge about the content (23.7%) and types of e-cigarettes (14.5%) was reported. Plans to reduce or quit e-cigarettes were significantly associated with three factors: smokers' knowledge about its content, social impression, smokers' satisfaction with e-cigarettes. Social impression was also associated with plans of initiating e-cigarettes. Most participants thought vaping cannot be harmful to children and pregnant women (73.1%) and cannot be addictive (58.2%). Electronic cigarettes were considered helpful in smoking cessation by 69.1% of participants. The proportions of adults who were currently electronic cigarette and dual smokers were 11.7% and 4.0%, respectively. Our research may provide insight to product and individual factors that were associated with plans to sustain, quit or initiate electronic smoking.

A preliminary validation of the adolescent e-cigarette consequences questionnaire

IntroductionGiven the recent dramatic increase among adolescents in the use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) or electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), there is a growing need to identify outcome expectancies that influence the initiation or continued use of e-cigarettes. While a self-report measure exists for assessing adolescent outcome expectancies for cigarette use, there is currently not one available for e-cigarette use. Validation and use of such a measure would provide insight into the growing popularity of e-cigarettes. MethodsThe sample consisted of 264 (50.76 % female, 86.36 % White, 84.47 % Hispanic/Latinx) freshmen and sophomores from South Florida high schools who were identified as at-risk for e-cigarette use. The current study adapted the Adolescent Smoking Consequences Questionnaire (ASCQ) to derive the Adolescent E-Cigarette Consequences Questionnaire (AECQ) to characterize e-cigarette outcome expectancies. A confirmatory factor analysis was estimated to test the underlying factor structure. ResultsThe confirmatory factor analysis provided support for a seven-factor structure (negative affect reduction, taste/sensorimotor manipulation, social facilitation, weight control, negative physical feelings, boredom reduction, and negative social impression) after removing two items with low factor loadings from the social facilitation subscale. After removing these items, factor loadings ranged from 0.46 to 0.86. ConclusionThe current study provides preliminary evidence to suggest that the Adolescent E-Cigarette Consequences Questionnaire is a psychometrically sound measure. Future work should continue to test this measure among diverse samples of adolescents (e.g., non-Latinx samples) with varying levels of use.

Relationship Between Family Support And Successful Aging In The Elderly

Success in extending life expectancy should be viewed wisely as a manifestation of the success of human resource development in the present. However, it cannot be denied that with the increasing number of elderly people, this has the potential to cause various problems. One of them is related to the reduced level of population productivity. The elderly group often becomes unproductive because of the decline in their physical and mental conditions. This study aims to analyze the relationship between family support and successful aging in the elderly in Panulisan Dayeuhluhur Village. The research design used is correlational or relationship research with a cross sectional approach. The number of samples in this study were 52 of the 1073 elderly population in Panulisan Barat Village with a randomized proportional sampling technique. From the results of the Colmogorov-Smirnov test, it is known that there is a significant relationship between family support and successful aging in the elderly, with a p value of 0.000 which is smaller than an alpha of 0.05. Suggestions for nursing practitioners from the results of this study can be used as input to bring active efforts to health workers, especially gerontic nurses in the community in giving a social impression to the elderly, so that it is expected to produce better living conditions for the elderly. Further research is expected to dig deeper into the dimensions of family support in an effort to improve Successful Aging in the elderly with a deeper analysis of each dimension