Social Interaction Environment Research Articles

The Lived Experiences of Female Students with Blindness for Higher Education at Bahir Dar University

The objective of this study was to explore the lived experiences of blind female students for higher education using a phenomenological understanding of disability. I conducted semi-structured interviews with eight participants. I analysed interviews following principles of interpretative phenomenological approach. Four themes with sub-themes emerged: attitudes of the general environment, institutional environment (campus accessibility and disability support service), learning environment (accessing course materials, reading and assessment experiences), and social environment (interaction with sighted people and sense of accomplishment and pride). The experience of blind female students is primarily that they are treated as a female and blind person by the social environment. Stressing their competence for university studentship plays a major role in their lives, and a majority of people question their suitability for tertiary education. Few people provided support more than expected. From perspectives of the right to equitable services, these students need to be provided appropriate support services.

Formação de Futuros Especialistas para a Atividade Profissional no Campo do Turismo Social na Ucrânia

The purpose of the study is to improve the training of future professionals for activities in the field of social tourism in Ukraine, which involves the development and experimental verification of its content and the necessary conditions for implementation. Formation of readiness of future specialists for professional activity in the field of social tourism was carried out on the basis of the developed model which is presented by social-determined, theoretical-methodological, project-organizational and diagnostic-effective components and connections among them defining semantic structure of this pedagogical process. The effectiveness of the model implementation was ensured by a set of such organizational and pedagogical conditions as: updating the content of professional training on the basis of integrative and meta-subject approaches; the focus of practical training on the gaining by future professionals of primary professional experience in the field of social tourism; creation of an environment of active social interaction in higher education institutions.

Teori Belajar Behavioristik dalam Kitab Bughyatul Ikhwan Karya Imam Ramli

Behavioristic learning theory is a learning theory that prioritizes the visible process of changing human behavior. This study aims to construct behavioristic learning theory in the book Bughyatul Ikhwan by Imam Ramli. This study is library research whit a qualitative descriptive approach. The researcher uses bughyatul Ikhwan’s book by Imam Ramli as the main source, while related journals a secondary sources. Then analyzed by content analysis. This study constructs behavioristic learning theory in the book of Bughyatul Ikhwan by Imam Ramli, which includes: First, learning is a process of forming the behavior expected from learning outcomes. According to Imam Ramli, the formation of a child’s behavior can be formed through teaching by being given information regarding how to distinguish and understand what is true. Second, environmental interaction is one of the causes of the formation of children’s behavior attitudes. Imam Ramli chose social interaction with pious people as the right place to hang out for a child. Third, the behavioristic learning theory in Imam Ramli Bughyatul Ikhwan’s book generally has similarities with general psychological theory, only the terms used are different, such as ta’lim (Verbal Information), Ta’dib ( Formation of behavior), Targhib (Reward), Tahdid (threat) dan Tahdzir (warning), social environment interaction and habituation education. Fourth, preventive measures are applied to the explanation in the book Bughyatul Ikhwan by Imam Ramli with Tahdid (threat) dan Tahdzir (warning).

Students’ Career Decision-Making During Online Learning: The Mediating Roles of Self-Efficacy in Vocational Education

<p style="text-align:justify">In the last decade, vocational education in Indonesia has experienced problems in making career decisions for students, which was exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, this research aims to examine the role of self-efficacy and mediate digital literacy, social environment, and counselling guidance in influencing career decision-making. This is an ex-post-facto research design with data collected from a sample of 566 vocational education students in Indonesia through a questionnaire method distributed online using Google Form. The collected data was then analyzed using structural equation modelling (SEM) with path analysis and bootstrap methods. The results revealed that self-efficacy plays a vital role in mediating digital literacy and guiding students in career decision-making. On the other hand, digital literacy, guidance, and counselling have a significant direct effect on self-efficacy and career decision-making. Meanwhile, the social environment only has a significant direct effect on students’ career decision-making. The real role of all elements of vocational education in strengthening self-efficacy, growing digital literacy, monitoring social environment interactions, and providing counselling guidance to students is needed to increase optimism and the quality of career decision-making in vocational education.</p>

Molecular landscape in food addiction to mental health

Food addiction is widely debated to resolve various disease connectivity in the scientific community. There are significant similarities between food addiction and other addictive disorders including decreased sensitivity of the dopamine-reward system, genetic polymorphisms (DRD2 and OPRM1), and behavioral indicators of addiction. An individual’s response to environmental factors can play a role in their vulnerability to food addiction. The social environment and gene-environment interactions are important considerations as to why certain individuals are more susceptible to food addiction. These interactions along with biomarkers can provide a clear picture of why a person may fall prey to addiction. Several biomarkers have been associated with food addiction. These biomarkers include bacterial genera (Bacteroides, Megamonas, Eubacterium, and Akkermansia), fumarate hydratase (FH), ATP synthase subunit alpha (ATP5a1), and transketolase (TKT) in the nucleus accumbens, and striatal D2 receptor availability. Omics technologies have been beneficial in identifying many of these biomarkers and will be necessary for future findings related to food addiction. This review discusses common environmental factors and biomarkers impacting food addiction with an emphasis on the importance of omics technologies in this field.

Features of quality management of electronic services in Ukraine in the conditions of digitalization

Purpose – to investigate the features of quality management of electronic services in Ukraine in the context of digitalization intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic. Research methodology – analysis of statistical data published in traditional media, analysis of annual monitoring studies of private commercial companies, the study of the regulatory framework, published in free access to the Internet research on the problem of managing the quality of electronic services, as well as the author's sociological research, which allows assessing the level of e-services in Ukraine. Findings – there were highlighted the main criteria for business development in a fundamentally new digital environment of communication and social interaction, due to the intensive development of IT technologies, which implies the introduction of innovative methods of working with consumers in virtual environments based on messenger platforms. The conducted sociological research made it possible to highlight the reasons for the decline in the quality of service provision due to weak cyber protection, imperfection of the regulatory framework in the context of determining quality criteria, the legal unresolved issue of responsibility for disclosing personal data of consumers, a low level of digital culture of citizens, a fairly large volume of false content, dissatisfaction with the speed of the mobile Internet. Research limitations – the lack of systematization of the types of electronic services, the imperfection of the methodology for organizing the system for managing the procedure for the provision of services, the lack of regulatory certainty, which makes it possible to establish responsibility for quality and confidentiality. An interdisciplinary approach has led to the development of key determinants for evaluating e-service delivery. Highlighted business problems when working on Internet platforms, the elimination of which will improve the quality of electronic services. The economic, social, legal, and technical prerequisites for reducing the quality of e-services have been established, as well as a comparative analysis of the technical capabilities of mobile providers providing coverage and penetration of the Internet in the country.

Group Behavior in Social Environment Interaction includes Classification and Factors

How is a person's attachment to a group influences and shapes one's self-concept? Discussion material for us to discuss, especially by us as a paper coach and who will discuss it more in-depth about this group. Group is a broad concept related to humans, but also to living things other than humans. The formation of a social group is due to the human instinct who always wants to live together. There are two main human desires so that he is driven to live in groups. The model of group formation was first proposed by Bruce Tackman in 1965 and has resulted in many other ideas.

Social anxiety in E-Learning: Scale validation and socio-demographic correlation study.

During the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, over 1.5 billion students worldwide have been deprived of access to traditional learning. This situation has necessitated the use of social distancing-based educational methods; consequently, a tremendous shift towards e-learning has been observed. This study assesses medical students’ social anxiety levels in e-learning environments. The study was conducted in two phases. In the first phase, the original Turkish Social Anxiety Scale for E-Learning Environments (SASE) was adapted in English and tested for validity and reliability. This instrument has two subscales: social anxiety in learner-learner interaction and in learner-instructor interaction. In the second stage, we explored the associations of gender, age, and perceived academic performance with medical students’ social anxiety levels in e-learning environments. A total of 325 responses were analysed. Consistent with the original version, the adapted scale is a reliable and valid measure of social anxiety in e-learning. Social anxiety in e-learning was related to gender (p = 0.008) and age (p = 0.013). Social anxiety levels were higher in students with lower perceived performance during e-learning compared to students with enhanced performance, but the difference was not significant. The SASE is a useful instrument for evaluating social anxiety in e-learning environments across English educational frameworks. Considering the shift in social interaction environments, efforts are required to reduce medical students’ social anxiety levels and enhance learning.

Agonism and grooming behaviour explain social status effects on physiology and gene regulation in rhesus macaques.

Variation in social status predicts molecular, physiological and life-history outcomes across a broad range of species, including our own. Experimental studies indicate that some of these relationships persist even when the physical environment is held constant. Here, we draw on datasets from one such study-experimental manipulation of dominance rank in captive female rhesus macaques-to investigate how social status shapes the lived experience of these animals to alter gene regulation, glucocorticoid physiology and mitochondrial DNA phenotypes. We focus specifically on dominance rank-associated dimensions of the social environment, including both competitive and affiliative interactions. Our results show that simple summaries of rank-associated behavioural interactions are often better predictors of molecular and physiological outcomes than dominance rank itself. However, while measures of immune function are best explained by agonism rates, glucocorticoid-related phenotypes tend to be more closely linked to affiliative behaviour. We conclude that dominance rank serves as a useful summary for investigating social environmental effects on downstream outcomes. Nevertheless, the behavioural interactions that define an individual's daily experiences reveal the proximate drivers of social status-related differences and are especially relevant for understanding why individuals who share the same social status sometimes appear physiologically distinct. This article is part of the theme issue 'The centennial of the pecking order: current state and future prospects for the study of dominance hierarchies'.

Analysing Self-Regulation in Academic Writing: A Study of Select Essay Writers

A sociocultural approach to understanding how social environment and social interaction are connected to writing regulation has been more important in writing research over the past several decades. Self-regulation in three successful Bachelor essay writers in literature is examined via a participatory appropriation theory lens, and how contact with supervisors helped them acquire writing regulation in ways appropriate to their academic backgrounds. With the help of Pintrich's self-regulation framework, we conducted three in-depth qualitative interviews with participants at three different stages throughout the research. Using data from this study on students' self-regulation of writing and social interactions, such as their conversations with their supervisors, researchers were able to see whether there was any overlap between the two. In light of our results, we may infer that supervisors acted as socializers, helping students adopt disciplinary-relevant ways of thinking and behaving while also encouraging students' motivation and re-conceptualizing the writing process. This study, seen as a whole, answers to requests for research into the social framework in which self-regulation is rooted.

The association of perceived sociability and social intelligence with loneliness in online learning among nursing students

BackgroundAs a result of the decrease in socialization levels in computer-supported collaborative learning settings and/or interactions in social environments during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the adverse influence on the social intelligence development of nursing students could trigger loneliness. ObjectivesThe aim of this study was to evaluate the association of perceived sociability and social intelligence on loneliness in online learning among nursing students in Turkey. DesignDescriptive, correlational and predictive study. Setting and participantsA total of 246 nursing students in the Nursing Department of a state university in the Istanbul province of Turkey were included. MethodsData were collected using the Participant Information Form, Sociability Scale, UCLA Loneliness Scale-8 (ULS-8) for the Adolescents, and Tromso Social Intelligence Scale (TSIS) between November 2020 and December 2020. A multiple linear regression analysis was performed to identify predictors of loneliness. A p value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant. ResultsThe total mean Sociability Scale score was 23.54 ± 7.51 (range: 10–46). The total mean TSIS score was 74.15 ± 9.98 (range: 46–105) and the total mean ULS-8 was 13.91 ± 4.98 (range: 7–27). Perceived sociability in online learning (β = −0.321, p < .001), and social intelligence (β = −0.347, p < .001) were significant negative predictors (R2 = 0.269, p < .001) of loneliness. ConclusionPerceived sociability in online learning and social intelligence was associated with the level of loneliness of this population during online learning.

An Approach for Chart Description Generation in Cyber–Physical–Social System

There is an increasing use of charts generated by the social interaction environment in manufacturing enterprise applications. To transform these massive amounts of unstructured chart data into decision support knowledge for demand-capability matching in manufacturing enterprises, we propose a manufacturing enterprise chart description generation (MECDG) method, which is a two-phase automated solution: (1) extracting chart data based on optical character recognition and deep learning method; (2) generating chart description according to user input based on natural language generation method and matching the description with extracted chart data. We verified and compared the processing at each phase of the method, and at the same time applied the method to the interactive platform of the manufacturing enterprise. The ultimate goal of this paper is to promote the knowledge extraction and scientific analysis of chart data in the context of manufacturing enterprises, so as to improve the analysis and decision-making capabilities of enterprises.

Rethinking Culture and Cognition

Paul DiMaggio's (1997) Annual Review of Sociology article urged integration of the cognitive and the cultural, triggering a cognitive turn in cultural sociology. Since then, a burgeoning literature in cultural sociology has incorporated ideas from the cognitive sciences—cognitive anthropology, cognitive psychology, linguistics, neuroscience and philosophy—significantly reshaping sociologists’ approach to culture, both theoretically and methodologically. This article reviews work published since DiMaggio's agenda-setting piece—research that builds on cross-disciplinary links between cultural sociology and the cognitive sciences. These works present new ideas on the acquisition, storage, and retrieval of culture, on how forms of personal culture interact, on how culture becomes shared, and on how social interaction and cultural environments inform cognitive processes. Within our discussion, we point to research questions that remain unsettled. We then conclude with issues for future research in culture and cognition that can enrich sociological analysis about action more generally.

Examining knowledge construction in three social interactive learning environments: a comparison of knowledge networks, social networks, and social knowledge networks

ABSTRACT Knowledge construction can be facilitated through different types of social interactive environment. A knowledge network environment (KN) develops a knowledge-centered network visualizing the structure of collective knowledge. A social network environment (SN) creates a people-centered network visualizing the social relationships among people. Considering the connectedness of knowledge and people, this study moves the conversation forward by introducing an integrated environment of both knowledge- and people-centered network, a social knowledge network environment (SKN). The study aimed at comparing the three types of environments and investigated their effect on collaborative knowledge construction processes and individual learning outcomes. The quasi-experiment results indicated that these three environments differed in their effects on learners' knowledge construction levels, the sequential patterns, as well as individual learning outcomes. Learners in SN had a highest rate of social interaction than the learners in the other environments. KN learners had a higher rate of allocentric elaboration than SN learners. SKN learners showed a higher level of surface and elaborative application, reflection, and knowledge construction outcomes than KN and SN learners. The different roles of social interactions were further discussed across three environments.

Psychological Restoration and the Effect of People in Nature and Urban Scenes: A Laboratory Experiment

It is well-evidenced that exposure to natural environments increases psychological restoration as compared to non-natural settings, increasing our ability to recover from stress, low mood, and mental fatigue and encouraging positive social interactions that cultivate social cohesion. However, very few studies have explored how the inclusion of people within a given environment—either urban or natural settings—affect restorative health outcomes. We present three laboratory-based studies examining, first, the effect of nature vs. urban scenes, and second, investigating nature ‘with’ vs. ‘without’ people—using static and moving imagery—on psychological restoration and social wellbeing. Our third study explores differences between urban and natural settings both with vs. without people, using video stimuli to understand potential restorative and social wellbeing effects. Outcome measures across all studies included perceived social belonging, loneliness, subjective mood, and perceived restorativeness. Studies 1 and 2 both used a within group, randomized crossover design. Study 1 (n = 45, mean age = 20.7) explored static imagery of environmental conditions without people; findings were consistent with restorative theories showing a positive effect of nature exposure on all outcome measures. Study 2 compared nature scenes with vs. without people (n = 47, mean age = 20.9) and we found no significant differences on our outcome measures between either social scenario, though both scenarios generated positive wellbeing outcomes. Study 3, conducted on Amazon Mechanical Turk, employed an independent group design with subjects randomly assigned to one of four conditions; an urban vs. nature setting, with vs. without people. We explored the effect of moving imagery on psychological restoration (n = 200, mean age = 35.7) and our findings showed no impact on belonging, loneliness, or mood between conditions, but did show that—regardless of the inclusion of people—the nature settings were more restorative than the urban. There were no differences in psychological restoration between nature conditions with vs. without people. We discuss the implications for restorative environment research exploring social-environmental interactions.

Categories for Non-Compliance of Movement Control Order in Malaysia: A Review through Online News Report

The Movement Control Order (MCO) has been enforced on 18th March 2020 following the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia. This MCO is hoped that it is able to lower the number of infection cases in Malaysia. However, some groups of societal members were found as non-compliant with the MCO as reported by the online news. The objective of this research was to identify the display category on the news of non-compliant citizens in MCO period. Data analysis had been performed on online news starting from 18th March 2020 until 28th April 2020 which is based on MCO Phase 1 up to Phase 3. More than 100 online news headlines about MCO violation had been analysed using content analysis method based on Social Interaction Theory. The research outcome has found that social interaction plays a vital role in non-compliance issue within the enforcement period of MCO as reported by online news. The categories for non-compliance of MCO are as follows i) Movement without a valid reason, ii) Sports and recreational activities, iii) Religious activities, iv) Visiting and having feast, v) Chatting at restricted area, vi) Drugs-related violation, vii) Crime involvement and police record, viii) Gambling and Entertainment, ix) Intake of drinks leading to intoxication and imagination and x) Violation by foreigners. The use of social interaction theory in this research has clearly illustrated that non-compliance of MCO shows self-control of the perpetrator as a result of social control is very weak. Generally, the violation of MCO has a relationship with the environment of social interaction. Social interaction has a conflict that leads to deviant act which causes the breach of rules and norms.

INFLUÊNCIAS DO TRANSTORNO DO ESPECTRO AUTISTA NAS RELAÇÕES FAMILIARES: REVISÃO SISTEMÁTICA

O Transtorno do Espectro Autista (TEA) é entendido como um atraso global do neurodesenvolvimento, o que exige da família o seu ajuste tanto em relação à dinâmica familiar quanto ao meio social, a fim de propiciar um ambiente que contribua para uma melhor qualidade de vida do sujeito. Nesse sentido, objetiva-se identificar as influências do TEA nas relações familiares. Trata-se de uma revisão sistemática de literatura realizada por meio da busca de artigos científicos indexados nas bases de dados Pub- Med, Science Direct e Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde, através da conjugação dos descritores “Autism Spectrum Disorder” e “Family Relations” no período de janeiro de 2000 a abril de 2017. Foram incluídos 17 artigos na revisão. Identificou-se o aumento do estresse, ansiedade, depressão, queixas de sintomas físicos (dor nas articulações, fraqueza, insônia) e sobrecarga, sendo as mães mais acometidas. Além disso, interferências nas relações entre irmãos, bem como na relação conjugal, dificuldade de acesso a serviços de saúde, transporte, lazer, educação e problemas financeiros são influências do TEA nas relações familiares. Conclui-se que o TEA gera impactos nas relações familiares por exigir reestruturação desde o convívio inicial com a criança. Contudo, acredita-se que essas influências possam ser amenizadas pelas estratégias de enfrentamento, como a construção compartilhada de cuidados e estímulo ao fortalecimento da rede social de apoio a família.

PERKEMBANGAN SOSIAL ANAK USIA SEKOLAH DASAR PERSPEKTIF GENDER

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Abstract: &lt;/strong&gt;This study aims to examine how the role of gender in social development of elementary school age children. To get through this period, elementary school-age children need support from various parties in order to develop their abilities. Besides parents, children also need a social environment that can support their development. The existence of people around the child is one of the factors that can influence the development that is in it. Because in a social environment, children interact with all the good people who are the same age as him until adults who have ages far above. In supporting the social development of children, parents need to introduce the gender role that children will assume in the community so that they can be accepted in an environment of social interaction&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The study in this study uses the library research method. The library research method is a study that takes facts from various scientific literature studies, such as books, journals, articles, magazines, internet, etc. Library research is usually philosophical and theoretical research because library research is not field research. The problems that exist in this research are analyzed and solved by referring to articles and articles that are closely related to the problem being studied.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Keywords&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: Social Development, Basic Age, Gender&lt;/p&gt;

Understanding the Effects of China's Agro-Environmental Policies on Rural Households' Labor and Land Allocation with a Spatially Explicit Agent-Based Model.

Understanding household labor and land allocation decisions under agro-environmental policies is challenging due to complex human-environment interactions. Here, we develop a spatially explicit agent-based model based on spatial and socioeconomic data to simulate households' land and labor allocation decisions and investigate the impacts of two forest restoration and conservation programs and one agricultural subsidy program in rural China. Simulation outputs reveal that the forest restoration program accelerates labor out-migration and cropland shrink, while the forest conservation program promotes livelihood diversification via increasing non-farm employment. Meanwhile, the agricultural subsidy program keeps labor for cultivation on land parcels with good quality, but appears less effective for preventing marginal croplands from being abandoned. The policy effects on labor allocation substantially differ between rules based on bounded rational and empirical knowledge of defining household decisions, particularly on sending labor out-migrants and engaging in local off-farm jobs. Land use patterns show that the extent to which households pursue economic benefits through shrinking cultivated land is generally greater under bounded rationality than empirical knowledge. Findings demonstrate nonlinear social-ecological impacts of the agro-environmental policies through time, which can deviate from expectations due to complex interplays between households and land. This study also suggests that the spatial agent-based model can represent adaptive decision-making and interactions of human agents and their interactions in dynamic social and physical environments.

An Interactional Space of Permanent Observability: WeChat and Reinforcing the Power Hierarchy in Chinese Workplaces

Does digital media empower or disempower workers? In existing studies on how information and communication technologies influence work, researchers investigate work–life boundaries and how workers use digital media to obtain more control. This article focuses on how digital media influences daily interpersonal interactions in the workplace: how does social media use influence workplace hierarchies and power dynamics? Based on 56 in‐depth interviews with WeChat users in Chinese workplaces, I find that lower‐ranked individuals were compelled to constantly express loyalty and appreciation, and publicly submit to their superordinates by clicking “like” or commenting on their WeChat posts. They also had to provide immediate and polite responses to their superordinates in WeChat group chats after work hours or to non‐work‐related issues. The distinctive features of online interaction—lack of physical interaction spaces, recordability of past conversations, and n‐adic nature of online disclosures—created an environment where past encounters were omnipresent and accessible, and placed workers under permanent observability. This social interaction environment leaves little room for forms of resistance and, in response, employees retreat into cynical performances of submission. This study finds that, under certain circumstances, WeChat use actually intensifies workplace hierarchies and power dynamics, thereby sharpening social inequality, rather than eliminating it.