Socio-psychological Perspectives Research Articles

Crisis in EU-US relations under Trump: an emotional contemptuous double game of misrecognition

ABSTRACT With the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States in 2016, the transatlantic relations entered a renewed period of crisis. The former US administration challenged key international norms at the core of the EU’s identity – thereby testing the EU’s ability to rethink its position in the world. Against this background, studies have attempted to analyse the EU’s response vis-à-vis the US mainly from a realist and socio-psychological perspectives. Yet little attention has been given to the crucial emotional component underlying the EU’s response – related to EU’s recognition needs. Therefore, this article proposes to analyse the transatlantic crisis under the Trump administration through the lens of recognition theories and emotions in IR. Based on the emotion discourse analysis of public statements, it shows that dynamics of misrecognition and re-affirmation of identity have been at play in this recent crisis fuelled by the powerful emotion of contempt.

School Heads’ Socio-Psychological Perspectives, Organizational Culture, and the Disaster Risk Reduction Management: Input to Community Resiliency Program

School Heads’ Socio-Psychological Perspectives, Organizational Culture, and the Disaster Risk Reduction Management: Input to Community Resiliency Program

Exploring users' adoption intentions of intelligent virtual assistants in financial services: An anthropomorphic perspectives and socio-psychological perspectives

With artificial intelligence entering all spheres of technology, it has also prompted financial businesses to enter into Intelligent Financial Technologies (FinTech). Chatbots and virtual assistants all are examples of how AI is used in the financial services industry. Whereas many companies are humanizing their customer service chatbots and Intelligent Virtual Assistants by giving them names and avatars, no research has been conducted on how IVAs (Intelligent Virtual Assistants) influence customer responses in the financial service setting. The present study aims to examine the role of artificial intelligence-related factors (Perceived Anthropomorphism, Perceived Intelligence and Perceived Animacy) and Socio-Psychological factors (Technological self-efficacy and Social Presence) and how these factors affect the attitude (Hedonic & Utilitarian) towards the acceptance of Intelligent Virtual Assistants in the context of financial services. The moderating role of the need for human intelligence has also been examined between the AI factors and attitude. A total of 435 fintech users responded to an online questionnaire after interacting with a chatbot. Smart PLS SEM 4 was used to analyze the data and to test the hypothesis. The results showed that all the AI factors (Perceived Intelligence, perceived anthropomorphism, Perceived animacy) of the Intelligent Virtual Assistants (IVAs) have a significant impact on the attitude of the user except the influence of perceived anthropomorphism on the hedonic attitude which was insignificant. The results also showed that the need for human interaction positively moderates the relationships between AI constructs and attitudes. This study provides empirical insight into the opportunities, prospects and challenges pertaining to the use of AI in the area of financial services and provides practical implications in the design of IVAs in financial technologies. Additionally, the results demonstrated that Intelligent Virtual Assistants have enormous potential in the area of financial services. Finally, we look into the implications of these findings for IVA design principles and prospective research directions.

Understanding Suicide in Nepal from Socio-psychological Perspectives

The article explores on the theoretical and empirical evidences of growing suicide trend in Nepal from psychological perspective. Nepal has been witnessing the increasing suicidal attempts since the last two decades. The paper is developed based on the secondary sources of data. The published research papers, government information, suicide recorded information of police headquarter, governmental and non-governmental reports are the major sources of information. The study found that various socioeconomic, demographic, cultural, biological factors to mental illness such as anxiety, disorder and hopelessness are critical issues for suicide attempts in Nepal. It is argued that socio-environmental, cross-cultural, demographic factors have contributed to develop mental illness. If mental illness is not addressed timely then suicidal attempt is likely to happen. Government response to prevent suicidal attempt is not sufficient. Based on the second generation, theoretical understanding and prevention measures are crucial for the prevention.

Multidimensional Analysis of Predictors of Behavioral Intentions in Music Festivals Using Environmental Psychology

Although scholars agree that the festival experience is multidimensional, there is still no consensus in terms of the dimensions of quality and perceived value, being the analysis of the utilitarian and sociopsychological perspectives of value in the musical context insufficient. This study uses a multidimensional analysis to investigate the predictors of attendees' behavioral intentions at an International Festival which is held annually since the year 2008. To this end, the article begins with festival quality, using perceived value and satisfaction as intermediate constructs, which are antecedents of behavioral intentions. The results show a positive impact of festival quality on the perceived value and a direct relationship between satisfaction and loyalty. The relationship between value and satisfaction was significant for only two of the dimensions (functional and emotional value). This knowledge is necessary to implement effective strategies to improve festival experiences and satisfy attendees' musical, artistic, psychological, and social needs.

Fighting Pandemics with Physical Distancing Management Technologies

As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc in everyday lives, the need to limit the spread of the virus remains a challenge, even with advances in medical knowledge, patient care, and vaccine development and distribution. Furthermore, COVID-19 is one in a recent series of airborne diseases, and probably not the last, given the ongoing encroachment of humans into animal habitat. This paper addresses the challenge of managing physical distancing, a highly effective, yet unnatural and contentious, mitigation strategy against infectious diseases. It presents a Pandemic Tech Stack and proposes that physical distancing management technologies are underutilized to fight pandemics. The latter can help ensure that people remain apart when they need to, support the transfer of activities to an online format, and, ultimately, facilitate the gradual reopening of our economies. The challenges associated with the development and use of these technologies are identified and discussed from both the technical and socio-psychological perspectives.

Thunberg’s Way in the Climate Debate: Making Sense of Climate Action and Actors, Constructing Environmental Citizenship

ABSTRACT Considering the impact of Greta Thunberg on the contemporary climate debate and activism, this article seeks to understand the meaning-making patterns that structure her message. An interdisciplinary approach is used, integrating socio-psychological perspectives with the environmental citizenship literature, to develop a systematic analysis of 25 of Thunberg’s public speeches, exploring: (1) the oppositional meaning-categories (themata) she chooses as relevant for making sense of climate change and her positions regarding them; (2) how she values or devalues different climate actors; (3) the type of environmental citizenship she constructs. Findings show that the themata structuring Thunberg’s message – notably action/inaction – are accompanied by a counter-stereotypical devaluation of “leaders” as cold and incompetent and valuation of “youth” and “public” as competent. Her emphasis on collective responsibilities over individual rights and call on citizens to publicly demand transformative climate action also signal how Thunberg constructs an environmental citizenship aligned with “strong sustainability”.

“Why universities need to actively combat Sinophobia”: racially-traumatic experiences of Chinese international students in the United States during COVID-19

ABSTRACT This phenomenological study explores the experiences of Chinese international undergraduate students in the United States as they work through the complications of COVID-19 that are potentially intertwined with Sinophobia. By drawing on insights from critical race theory, especially the lens of racial trauma and trauma-informed care, the current study interprets four primary themes: (a) Paradox: Confusions about Racism in Academic Life; (b) Racially-Traumatic Incidences and Risk Factors in Social and Cultural Life; (c) Exodus: Burnout, Homesick, and the Dilemma; and (d) Determined Traumatic Symptoms: Insomnia, Nightmare, and Negative Memories. Noticeably, social justice issues such as isolation, exclusion, threats, and discrimination were present during the 2020 academic year. Therefore, the implications are explored through sociopsychological perspectives.

SOCIAL MEDIA – INSTRUMENT OF THE INFORMATION WARFARE. FROM INFORMATION TO INFLUENCING –

Information is a very valuable weapon, in can help in manipulation and it can result in changing behaviours and actions. Information warfare in the cyber environment can be considered the most developed form of warfare, through which the goal is achieved without human loss and without bloodshed. While many studies and researches have been conducted on the “weapons of attack” of this unconventional war, fake news and propaganda, since ancient times, less has been written about “weapons of defence” counteracting and combating their effects, and scientific studies and research are still far from finding the answer. In this article, we aim to analyse both the main weapon of attack: communication, as a method (technique, tactics) of transmitting fake news and propaganda and the main means of conducting information warfare, social media, by the force (speed) of the dissemination of communication. We will make this analysis starting from the origin and characteristics of interpersonal communication and social networks, which we will identify in disciplines such as psychology, sociology, social psychology and anthropology and show how each of these areas contributes to shaping the lives of users of virtual social networks. They can thus be used in information warfare. In our approach, we start from the hypothesis that communication aims to influence, the social network broadens the communication environment and promotes influence, and the Internet makes the communication process take place at the mass level, amplifies the speed of dissemination, which further accentuates influencing and recommending social media as a tool in the information war. We also aim to analyse this process of modelling (influencing) from socio-psychological perspectives to highlight how propaganda and fake news in social media work and how they could be countered using simple principles of communication and psycho-sociology.

SOCIAL MEDIA – INSTRUMENT AL RÃZBOIULUI INFORMAÞIONAL. DE LA INFORMARE LA INFLUENÞARE –

Information is a very valuable weapon, in can help in manipulation and it can result in changing behaviours and actions. Information warfare in the cyber environment can be considered the most developed form of warfare, through which the goal is achieved without human loss and without bloodshed. While many studies and researches have been conducted on the “weapons of attack” of this unconventional war, fake news and propaganda, since ancient times, less has been written about “weapons of defence” counteracting and combating their effects, and scientific studies and research are still far from finding the answer. In this article, we aim to analyse both the main weapon of attack: communication, as a method (technique, tactics) of transmitting fake news and propaganda and the main means of conducting information warfare, social media, by the force (speed) of the dissemination of communication. We will make this analysis starting from the origin and characteristics of interpersonal communication and social networks, which we will identify in disciplines such as psychology, sociology, social psychology and anthropology and show how each of these areas contributes to shaping the lives of users of virtual social networks. They can thus be used in information warfare. In our approach, we start from the hypothesis that communication aims to influence, the social network broadens the communication environment and promotes influence, and the Internet makes the communication process take place at the mass level, amplifies the speed of dissemination, which further accentuates influencing and recommending social media as a tool in the information war. We also aim to analyse this process of modelling (influencing) from socio-psychological perspectives to highlight how propaganda and fake news in social media work and how they could be countered using simple principles of communication and psycho-sociology.

Extending the Current Theorization on Cyberbullying: Importance of Including Socio-Psychological Perspectives

Extending the Current Theorization on Cyberbullying: Importance of Including Socio-Psychological Perspectives

Workplace Bullying in Extreme Conditions: A Labour Control Process

Previous studies on workplace bullying (WB) has been studied intensively focused on psychological and socio-psychological perspectives leading to the individual acts and actors in bullying. Consequently, WB received myopic attention and failed to provide wider explanations of its endemic existence in the workplace. Nevertheless, recent studies called for wider explanations of WB drawing on labour process perspectives (Beale and Hoel, 2011; Akella, 2016). Responding to this call, we provide empirical accounts and theoretical explanations of WB where workers are least protected by the internal state (trade union) and the state – an extreme condition. Drawing on Burawoy’s work on consent and coercion, we argue coercive control strategies could take a form such as extreme bullying in the absence of state and internal state. The article aims to make a contribution to literature illustrating the workplace bullying in extreme conditions such as in a clothing factory in Bangladesh and conceptualise WB as a coercive control tool where management find it useful and normal to intensify exploitation with impunity.

Do Old People's sure Activities Increase Their on life Satisfaction?

본 연구는 65세 이상 노인을 대상으로 여가활동과 사회자본의 관련성을 밝히고, 여가 활동을 통해 삶의 질과 만족도를 향상시키는 사회자본의 역할을 제시하고자 한다. 주요 연구결과를 살펴보면, 여가활동에 따라 사회자본에 차이가 있으며, 삶의 만족도에 차이가 있었다. 또한 여가활동은 사회자본에 영향을 미치고, 사회자본은 삶의 만족도에 영향을 미치고 있었다. 따라서 여가활동은 사회자본과 관련이 있으며, 이러한 사회자본은 삶의 만족도를 향상시킬 수 있는 것으로 파악되었다. 미래의 고령사회에서는 현재와는 달리 노년기 여가의 중요성이 더욱 강조될 것이다. 특히 본 연구에서 여가활동을 통해 사회자본이 축적되는 경우, 노년기의 삶의 만족도는 사회자본이 낮은 경우보다 더 높다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 따라서 이러한 여가활동과 사회자본을 고려하여 노년기의 여가활동을 장려할 수 있는 사회·심리적 관점에서의 역할상실과 고독감을 극복할 수 있는 프로그램 개발 정책이 필요함을 시사한다.The research says the relevance of between leisure activities and social capital for more than 65 years aged seniors and offers a role of social capital improving satisfaction and quality of life. The result of major studies’ review reveals there is a difference of satisfaction of life as well as social capital by leisure activities. In addition, leisure activities influence on social capital and life satisfaction is to be influenced by social capital. Accordingly it is figured leisure activities has a relevance with social capital and the social capital like this improves life satisfaction out. Not like at present in the future aged society, the importance of the aged leisure will be more and more high-lighted. In particular this research shows that in case of higher social capital through leisure activities, the aged life satisfaction is much higher than comparatively lower social capital . Conclusively the research shows that by taking into consideration for the leisure activities and social capital like this, the policy development for the aged leisure activities based on socio-psychological perspectives is to be activated.

From incremental to transformative adaptation in individual responses to climate-exacerbated hazards

Building societal resilience to climate change depends on increased adaptation. In this Review of scholarship on behavioural adaptation, we find that most empirical studies focus on the affective and cognitive drivers of behaviours with largely private benefits. Few examine behaviours with collective benefits or explore the moderating role of social factors on affective and cognitive cues. We point to cultural evolution and complex adaptive systems as frameworks that can improve our understanding of behaviours that lead to greater societal resilience in the long term. Integrating such research traditions with the socio-psychological perspectives that dominate the literature will ensure that future studies better distinguish the drivers of incremental coping from transformative adaptation. Individual responses to climate hazards can contribute to long-term societal resilience. This Review finds that the literature emphasizes intrapersonal cognitive and affective drivers of adaptation behaviour rather than the interpersonal social factors that promote coordinated cooperative action.

UNDERSTANDING OF THE BATIK LAWEYAN SOLO CREATOR FOR COPYRIGHT (STUDY OF LAW NUMBER 28 OF 2014 CONCERNING COPYRIGHT)

The focus of the discussion in this study is the First Copyright Law as an embodiment of penetration of the legal culture of Western (capitalist) countries with individualistic nuances as positive law. Secondly, the culture of the laws of the local community where the Copyright Law is applied as a living law in society (Living law). The purpose of this paper is to know and explain not the implementation of the law as a positive law (positive law) in this case what is meant is the Copyright Act, in an Indonesian society and the Batik Laweyan craftsmen in particular, so that it is expected to explain why Copyright Law cannot function optimally in Indonesia which is marked by the many violations or piracy of a copyrighted work. The method in this writing is a qualitative method with the Sociological Research approach, while the paradigm used as the basis is the Paradigm of Social Definition with the aim of understanding social behavior through interpretation by explaining the path of development and its consequences according to its causes. Based on the social definition paradigm, the theory used is interactionism theory, which mainly emphasizes sociopsychological perspectives, the main goal of which is the individual in his personal personality and the interaction between internal opinion and one's emotions with social behavior. With the Symbolic Interaction Theory approach, in this study will be able to further reveal the behavior of certain community groups by interacting with existing social behavior. And also with the Phenomenology Theory is that human action becomes a social relationship if humans give a certain meaning or meaning to their actions, and other human beings also understand their actions as appropriate which means that humans are social beings, so that the awareness of daily life is an absolute magnification. As for the study findings it turns out, the Copyright Act in the application in the Laweyan Batik Craftsman community is in conflict with the Javanese legal culture that promotes harmony between neighbors, ewuhpekeweuh, tepasliro, mutual cooperation. If the law of copyright is strictly enforced, it will result in disturbance of neighborly living conditions. Because most Batik Laweyan craftsmen live next to each other even there is still a kinship, so that when it comes to demanding or monopolizing a work, it will lead to neighboring reluctance. They assume that even the art of batik is their property from the property of their ancestors so that anyone can imitate and make it.

UNDERSTANDING OF THE BATIK LAWEYAN SOLO CREATOR FOR COPYRIGHT (STUDY OF LAW NUMBER 28 OF 2014 CONCERNING COPYRIGHT)

The focus of the discussion in this study is the First Copyright Law as an embodiment of penetration of the legal culture of Western (capitalist) countries with individualistic nuances as positive law. Secondly, the culture of the laws of the local community where the Copyright Law is applied as a living law in society (Living law). The purpose of this paper is to know and explain not the implementation of the law as a positive law (positive law) in this case what is meant is the Copyright Act, in an Indonesian society and the Batik Laweyan craftsmen in particular, so that it is expected to explain why Copyright Law cannot function optimally in Indonesia which is marked by the many violations or piracy of a copyrighted work. The method in this writing is a qualitative method with the Sociological Research approach, while the paradigm used as the basis is the Paradigm of Social Definition with the aim of understanding social behavior through interpretation by explaining the path of development and its consequences according to its causes. Based on the social definition paradigm, the theory used is interactionism theory, which mainly emphasizes sociopsychological perspectives, the main goal of which is the individual in his personal personality and the interaction between internal opinion and one's emotions with social behavior. With the Symbolic Interaction Theory approach, in this study will be able to further reveal the behavior of certain community groups by interacting with existing social behavior. And also with the Phenomenology Theory is that human action becomes a social relationship if humans give a certain meaning or meaning to their actions, and other human beings also understand their actions as appropriate which means that humans are social beings, so that the awareness of daily life is an absolute magnification. As for the study findings it turns out, the Copyright Act in the application in the Laweyan Batik Craftsman community is in conflict with the Javanese legal culture that promotes harmony between neighbors, ewuhpekeweuh, tepasliro, mutual cooperation. If the law of copyright is strictly enforced, it will result in disturbance of neighborly living conditions. Because most Batik Laweyan craftsmen live next to each other even there is still a kinship, so that when it comes to demanding or monopolizing a work, it will lead to neighboring reluctance. They assume that even the art of batik is their property from the property of their ancestors so that anyone can imitate and make it.

Sensitivities in history teaching across Europe and Israel

ABSTRACT Teachers of history will sooner or later encounter issues that are met with disbelief, protest, or feelings of discomfort by the pupils. This special issue aims to contribute to the field of research into teaching sensitive and controversial issues in history by integrating historical, educational and socio-psychological perspectives and theories. Using qualitative and quantitative methods, an interdisciplinary group of scholars studied history teachers’ perceptions regarding sensitive issues in their teaching in their respective countries: Austria, Belarus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands and Serbia. Through cross-country analysis and in depth study of specific cases, it provides insights into the particular issues that are considered sensitive and the many factors at play, such as the individual teacher (his/her skills, knowledge, beliefs and identity conception), the local classroom composition, the national curriculum and national policies.

Socio-Psychological Perspectives on the Potential for Serious Games to Promote Transcendental Values in IWRM Decision-Making

Modern day challenges of water resource management involve difficult decision-making in the face of increasing complexity and uncertainty. However, even if all decision-makers possessed perfect knowledge, water management decisions ultimately involve competing values, which will only get more prominent with increasing scarcity and competition over resources. Therefore, an important normative goal for water management is long-term cooperation between stakeholders. According to the principles of integrated water resource management (IWRM), this necessitates that managerial decisions support social equity and intergenerational equity (social equity that spans generations). The purpose of this discussion is to formulate preliminary recommendations for the design of serious games (SGs), a potential learning tool that may give rise to shared values and engage stakeholders with conflicting interests to cooperate towards a common goal. Specifically, this discussion explores whether SGs could promote values that transcend self-interest (transcendental values), based on the contributions of social psychology. The discussion is organized in the following way. First, an introduction is provided as to why understanding values from psychological perspectives is both important for water management and a potential avenue for learning in SGs. Second, a review of the description of values and mechanisms of value change from the field of social psychology is presented. This review highlights key psychological constraints to learning or applying values. Based on this review, recommendations are made for SGs designers to consider when developing games for water management, in order to promote transcendental values. Overall, the main conclusions from exploring the potential of value change for IWRM through SGs design are as follows: 1-SGs design needs to consider how all values change systematically; 2-SGs design should incorporate the many value conflicts that are faced in real life water management, 3-SGs could potentially promote learning by having players reflect on the reasoning behind value priorities across water management situations, and 4-value change ought to be tested in an iterative SGs design process using the Schwartz’s Value Survey (SVS) (or something akin to it).

Demystifying deliberate counterfeit purchase behaviour: towards a unified conceptual framework

Purpose This paper introduces a unified conceptual framework for deliberate counterfeit purchase behavior by combining its diverse economic, ethical and socio-psychological perspectives using cognitive dissonance theory. Specific hypotheses are put forth about the interrelationships among counterfeit proneness, ethical judgments, subjective norms, counterfeit product evaluation and purchase intentions. Design/methodology/approach A field-survey with 380 shoppers (who had ever purchased a counterfeit product) in Hong Kong across four frequently counterfeited product categories (backpack, luxury watch, software and movie DVD) with varying levels of involvement, usage context and purchase motivation. Findings As hypothesized, counterfeit proneness positively influences ethical judgments and subjective norms about buying a counterfeit product, which in turn positively affect counterfeit product evaluation and purchase intentions. All these effects are fairly stable across the four product categories, which suggests robustness of the proposed unified model. Research limitations/implications Using Hong Kong as the research setting and a relatively younger sample of ethnic Chinese consumers helps ensure high internal validity but it may also restrict the generalizability of the findings. Future research with a more diverse sample of consumers would help replicate the results reported in this paper. The conceptual framework may also be extended by including variables such as consumer innovativeness, risk-taking and change-seeking as antecedents of counterfeit purchase behaviour and usage. Practical implications Findings show that consumers are influenced by a combination of individual and sociological factors when they decide whether to buy and use counterfeit products. Hence, marketers and authorities need a multi-pronged strategy to curb the growing demand and usage of counterfeit products, especially among ethnic Chinese consumers. These results may also help identify consumer segments more prone to counterfeit purchase behavior and to develop special communication to target them more effectively. Originality/value Past studies mostly explore the ‘direct’ and ‘independent’ effects of consumer attitudes, ethical judgments and subjective norms on their counterfeit purchase behavior, ignoring their impact on each other and the roles of ‘counterfeit proneness’ and ‘product evaluation’. This paper addresses all these gaps with a unified conceptual framework that incorporates all these constructs using cognitive dissonance theory and provides useful insights about their direct and indirect effects on each other.

Vulnerability, Risks, and Complexity: Impacts of Global Change on Human Habitats. By Sigrun Kabisch, Anna Kunath, Petra Schweizer-Ries and Annett Steinfuehrer, Hogrefe & Huber Publishers, 2012; 322 pages. Price €66.95 ISBN 978-0-88937-435-5

This volume offers state-of-the-art research on the interrelations between the social, built, and natural environments. It will be useful to scholars in cross-cutting areas of urban, hazard, planning, governance, and sustainability research in relation to socio-psychological perspectives. Readers will benefit from new theoretical as well as empirically-based research findings in the emerging field of social-science vulnerability studies.