Use Of Spare Time Research Articles

Spare time use: profiles of Italian Millennials (beyond the media hype)

This paper focuses on a particular population segment, that of Millennials, which has attracted much attention over recent years. Beyond the media hype, little is known about the habits of this generation towards spare time use. The present study builds on a previous work devoted to detect the different ways Italian Millennials interact with spare time, and aims at identifying profiles of Millennials branded with profile-specific time use habits and styles. In so doing, we (i) account for the multidimensional nature of time use attitude and express it into a reduced number of distinct dimensions and (ii) identify and qualify profiles of Millennials as regards the ascertained time use dimensions. By relying on an extended Item Response Theory model applied to the Italian “Multipurpose survey on households”, our main findings reveal that the way Millennials use spare time and interact with technology is much more complex, varied and multifaceted than what claimed by the media.

COMMERCIALIZATION COVERT APPROACH AND TOURISM

Media has developed a capability to influence the modern world to think/behave in a certain direction, casting a huge impact among new generation as recent studies have shown that the new generation has started neglecting critical and social aspects of life. Children have started to engage themselves in smartphones and games, and have lost their interest in physical activities and communicating skills. In the past, families used to plan their visits to the touristic attractions and museums/monuments along with children being more excited than anyone else, but with the invention of online gaming and other attractions at the ease of accessibility at home, this trend is changing, impacting the collective decisions for use of spare time preferring in-house activities rather plan visits to outdoor attractions. The new generation started throwing tantrums and anger issues which were not evident prior to this technological revolution. Children are bombarded with modern technology which cast negative impact in the minds of the children as the kids of this generation are more regularly in contact with technology and gadgets. The technological advancement in media is changing the lifestyles, thought processes, and somehow isolating us to the inner selves, preventing to enjoying the nature oriented outer world and tourism. Technology generation observe human emotions in a mechanical way at a very young age and hence eventually develop these traits. Keywords: Materialistc Approch, Values, Children behavior, Media impact, Culture, Tantrum/ Frustration

The Empowerment of Dasa Wisma as Partners in the Prevention and Control of Drug Abuse in Teenagers in Ratu Agung Sub-District of Bengkulu City

Teenagers are a vulnerable demographic with regards to the risk of becoming drug users. The high levels of drug abuse at a young age in Indonesia are a growing source of concern. Effective drug abuse prevention needs to start with primary prevention by individuals, families, groups and communities. This study evaluates the empowerment of Dasa Wisma and the homestead program, to identify the influence of the empowerment of Dasa Wisma through partnership on the effectiveness of anti-drug cadres and families in the Ratu Agung Sub-district of Bengkulu City. This research type is quantitative with quasi-experimental design. The design used was pre-test and post-test with control group design (quasi-experiment with control). While the treatment group who felt empowered counted 34.78%, the control group only 12.5% felt empowered, with P value = 0.00. The empowerment of Dasa Wisma affects knowledge, attitude, perception, religiosity, use of spare time, peer group, family harmony and family communication with value P = 0.00. It also affects the liveliness of anti-drug cadres with a value of P = 0.008. Dasa Wisma affects the family activeness in the prevention and control of drugs in teenagers with a value of P = 0.00. Conclusion: it can be concluded that the empowerment of Dasa Wisma as a partner in Ratu Agung sub-district of Bengkulu affects the prevention and tackling of drug abuse in teenagers, either by anti-drug cadres or by family.
 
 Keywords: Empowerment, Dasa Wisma, partner, drugs

Pornography Use Prevalence and Associated Factors in Arab Countries: A Multinational Cross-Sectional Study of 15,027 Individuals

BackgroundThere has been a tangible increase in pornography consumption during the past decade, with the absence of a large-scale study of Arab countries. AimThe present study aimed to assess the prevalence of pornography viewing and its associated risk factors in Arab countries. MethodsA large cross-sectional online survey was carried out recruiting participants without restrictions on the age, socioeconomic level, job, or educational level. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was performed to identify possible risk factors for viewing porn and results were expressed as odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence interval (95% CI). OutcomesMain outcomes were pornography viewing (first exposure and frequency), the perceptions of this act, use of spare time, physical activity (exercising), and frequency of psychiatrist visits. ResultsThe final number of participants included in the study was 15027 participants with a mean age ± standard deviation of 23.82 years ± 24.99. Most of the participants were men (84.56%), living with parents (81.71%), and 60.51% university graduates. There were statistically significant differences (P < .001) in the attitude and practice of men compared with women throughout all tested variables. Frequent pornography viewing was associated with male gender (OR [95% CI] = 7.08 [6.43 to 7.81]; P < .001) and age group ≤15 years (OR [95% CI] = 1.33 [1.01 to 1.75]; P = .044). By contrast, higher education was inversely associated with viewing rates reaching the lowest level in PhD awardees (OR [95% CI] = 0.36 [0.26 to 0.51]; P = .003). It was also noted that regular exercising (OR [95% CI] = 0.66 [0.58 to 0.74]; P < .001) was associated with a reduction in pornography viewing rates. Clinical implicationsYoung age, male gender, and lower educational level are all predictors for higher pornography viewing and should be considered when designing public health intervention in a related context. Strengths and limitationsThis is the first large-scale multi-national survey to be conducted in Arab countries to investigate pornography viewing. The main limitations were the cross-sectional design (cannot indicate causality) and the self-report nature (liable to social desirability and recall bias). ConclusionPornography viewing is common in Arab countries and associated with some personal and behavioral factors.MA Eljawad, H Se'eda, S Ghozy, et al. Pornography Use Prevalence and Associated Factors in Arab Countries: A Multinational Cross-Sectional Study of 15,027 Individuals. J Sex Med 2020;XX:XXX–XXX.

Gençlerin Sosyal Medya Kullanım Amaçları İle Sosyal Medya Bağımlılığı İlişkisinin İncelenmesi

This study aims to reveal the relationship between social media usage motives and social media addiction, youths’ major social media usage motives and their social media usage frequency. According to the results of the survey carried out with the participation of 763 university students, the participants mostly use social media for entertainment, communication and keeping up to date. They use social media least to reach people, for self-presentation and information sharing and to get to know people better. When the relationship between social media usage motives and social media addiction analyzed, it is seen that there is a significant relationship between social media addiction and the following social media usage motives: Making use of spare time, getting to know people better, exchange of views, entertainment, reaching people, self-presentation and information sharing and texting. On the other hand, it is determined that there isn’t any significant relationship between social media addiction and the following social media usage motives: Communication, listening to music, keeping up to date and accessing information.

Pemikiran Pendidikan al-Mawardi dan Relevansinya dengan Nilai-Nilai Pendidikan Islam antara Batasan Guru dengan Murid

Al-Mawardi require that a teacher is sincere carrying out its duties. Educating and teaching should be oriented to higher purpose, to teach and educate, a scientific activity that has value and a high position, which is not aligned with the material. Sincerity and awareness of a teacher is the awareness of importance of tasks, so it will be driven to achieve maximum results. A teacher will perform his duties in a professional manner, with characterized by some attitudes. First, always prepare everything that was needed to support the teaching and learning process. Second, a teacher who will act exactly the sincere promise and the completion of his duties. Third, the use of spare time will be directed to his professional interests. Fourth, perseverance and tenacity in work. Teachers who are sincere will realize the importance of perseverance and tenacity to work in achieving its tasks. Fifth, creativity and innovation have a high, arising from awareness of the increasing demands and challenges of education prospects. Then in the process of learning certainly can not be separated with Islamic values that must be planted in a se guru as well as must have attitudes, tawadhu, or humble aqid, exemplary, piety of god is omnipotent.

MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS THAT PLAY A ROLE IN THE ENGAGEMENT OF ATHLETES IN THE FIELD OF ATHLETICS

This aim of study is to identify the motivational factors that play a role in the athletic engagement of athletes who are based in the region of Southeastern Anatolia. The population consisted of individuals engaged in athletics in Turkey’s Southeastern Anatolia Region. The study’s sample consisted of 234 participants who were chosen randomly. The Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was used to check compliance with the normal distribution. The T-Test was conducted to compare the two independent groups of variables with the normal distribution, and the ANOVA and Tukey multiple comparison tests were conducted for the comparison of more than two independent groups of variables with the normal distribution. The frequency, percentage, average, and standard deviation values are provided as descriptive statistics. SPSS 22.0 software package was used for statistical analyses. As a result of the study, it was determined that the most influential factors encouraging individuals to pursue a career in the field of athletics were trainers, physical education teachers, friends and sports programs on TV. Their expectations from athletics were that it would allow them to be healthy, become a national athlete, and make money out of sports through their physical appearance. Their reasons for choosing the field of athletics were to gain success, become successful and healthy, make use of spare time, and a belief in the positive impact of athletics. It was also determined that there was a significant difference between the genders and the total scale and all sub-dimensions of those who participated in the study, a significant difference between their ages and their total scales and sub-dimension of expectations, while there was no significant difference between their ages and their total scales and other sub-dimensions. Article visualizations:

Grassroots entrepreneurs and social change at the bottom of the pyramid: the role of bricolage

This study explores how entrepreneurs living and working at the ‘bottom of the pyramid’ overcome acute resource constraints to create something from nothing. In a departure from most previous studies that consider those at the bottom either as potential consumers or as recipients of aid, we look at grassroots entrepreneurs. Despite extremely challenging conditions, they are able to assemble resources and to combine and align principles of business strategy and social value creation to effect important economic and social change. Using a resource based view lens, we redirect the spotlight onto the individual entrepreneur in social entrepreneurship and extend the study of bricolage to that field. We rely on inductive methodology applied to eight cases to unpack the resource assembly process of such entrepreneurs, revealing distinctive features of bricolage such as the setting aside of cultural norms, the rejigging of domain-specific skills, and the use of spare time.

LBS Mobile Learning System Based on Android Platform

In the era of mobile internet, PC-end internet services can no long satisfy people’s demands, needs for App and services on mobile phones are more urgent than ever. With increasing social competition, the concept of lifelong learning becomes more and more popular and accepted, making full use of spare time to learn at any time and any place meets updating knowledge desires of modern people, Location Based System (LBS) mobile learning system based on Android platform was created under such background. In this Paper, characteristics of mobile location technology and intelligent terminal were introduced and analyzed, mobile learning system which will fulfill personalized needs of mobile learners was designed and developed on basis of location information, mobile learning can be greatly promoted and new research ideas can be expanded for mobile learning.

국민연금 수급액 차이에 따른 삶의 만족도와 성공적 노후의 차이 분석

본 연구는 60세 이상을 대상으로 하여 국민연금 수급액 차이에 따라 삶의 만족도와 성공적 노후가 어느 정도 차이가 있는지 분석하고, 그 후 삶의 만족도와 성공적 노후에 영향을 미치는 요인을 분석하였다. 그 결과 수급액의 차이에 따라 삶의 만족도와 성공적 노후에 차이가 나는 것으로 나타나 수급액이 많을수록 삶의 만족도가 향상되고, 성공적 노후를 보내고 있다는 인식이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 영향을 미치는지 알아보기 위해 회귀분석을 한 결과, 수급액의 차이는 삶의 만족도에선 유의미하였으나, 성공적 노후에는 유의미하지 않은 것으로 나타났다. 이로 볼 때, 국민연금 수급이 경제적 안정감을 주어 삶의 만족도를 증가시키는 기반이 될 수는 있으나 성공적 노후로 이어지려면 여가선용과 같은 사회적 지지도 필요하다는 것을 파악할 수 있었다. 또한 현재 국민연금의 수급액의 만족도는 낮은 편이며, 수급액만으론 생활이 불안정하고 느끼고 있기 때문에 차후에 수급액의 만족도를 높이며, 여가선용 확대를 통해 안정적인 생활을 영위할 수 있는 정책적 방안이 필요하다. This study analyzed difference in national pension receipt on life satisfaction and successful aging in people aged 60 or over, and then analyzed influence factors on them. As a result, The difference of receipt affected life satisfaction and successful aging. This means a large receipt is related to high life satisfaction and successful aging. The regression analysis result also showed the difference of receipt was significant in life satisfaction, but wasn't significant in successful aging. National pension receipt can increase life satisfaction by providing financial security, but for successful aging, social supports like good use of spare time are needed. Also, currently satisfaction with national pension receipt was low and receipt wasn't enough to stabilize their lives. Therefore, a political plan for improving receipt satisfaction and living a stable life through good use of spare time will be required in future.

Application about Proteus Simulation on SCM Teaching

Principles and applications of electricity are involved in an important professional foundation courses. MCU development capabilities, including hardware design and software programming skills are basic capacity. This paper introduces an application of Proteus simulation on SCM teaching. Proteus breaks the space limitations of traditional training room with time and space constraints. The use of spare time, as long as there is a computer in a place, it can be single-chip hardware design and software programming exercises for students to improve SCM integrated development capability, practical spirit, the spirit of innovation culture to build a convenient and flexible platform.

FRI0486-HPR Personal causation and spare time use in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and relationship with age and functionality

BackgroundPersonal causation is defined as motivation and desire to do daily life activities and it is affected by disease derived functional decline, psychological and social problems. Spare time utilization is...

재미한인 스포츠동호회의 사회적 상호작용성과 기능

The purpose of this study was to investigate the function of social interaction within the korean sports community in the United States. Results of this study are following: First, the social interaction within the Korean sports community was defined by three interactions: cooperational interaction, exchange interaction, and conflictive interaction. Cooperational interaction includes the characteristics specific to a group, such as nationality or ethnicity, and it is reflected in the meaning of help, volunteer service, and active participation. Exchange interaction was reported as tacit and invisible order. Conflictive interaction can be formed during arguments within a group or when a retribution relationship is formed. Second, social interaction was defined by three aspects of the functional approach within the Korean sports community: explicit proper function, latent proper function, and latent adverse function. Explicit proper function included several functions such as expansion of social network. health center, improved athletic performance, and Korean societal norms such as making good use of spare time. Capitalization of community, interchange of information among community members, and arousal of ethnic identity were all aspects of the construct of latent proper function. Latent adverse function was explained by examples such as exercise addiction, intergroup conflict, and so on.

The Recognition Comparison for the Utilization State of Smart Devices and Culinary Education Application Development of High School Students

The purpose of this study is to compare and analyze the utilization state of smart devices and the recognition level of educational application development of the general high school and the specialized high school. Specialized high school students preferred the utilization of smart devices more and daily spent on the devices more time than general high school students. As for the learning field, language for the general high school and the certificate of qualification for the specialized high school were shown high. The merit of smart device utilization is the use of spare time and its infrastructure was most required. The most expected content is a video lecture for the general high school and cooperative learning for the specialized high school and the most satisfied point was mobility. The specialized high school students feel more necessity about the application development for culinary education and had a plan to utilize it more and more preferred practice videos. As for the food development areas, the general high school students hoped simple food and the specialized high school students did cooking technician food and they both hoped the application to be uploaded in portal sites and the department homepage. The application development for culinary education is required to focus simulation learning including practice videos and cooking recipes and add an evaluation function to check the academic achievement levels. It is required to provide the subject goals of each course and concrete information on solving problems. Contents including video, music, texts need to be attached to improve learning immersion. There should be the beginning and development of a lesson and the flow of arrangement and communication between main bodies of learning should be improved by utilization of SNS cooperative learning services.

Lifestyle And Physical Education

Lifestyle And Physical Education In order to improve the influence of Physical Education within schools on the creation of a healthy lifestyle, it is essential to analyze students' opinions in regard to this subject and its teachers. The aim of this research was to establish lifestyle typologies and to find out if these are correlated with the perception of Physical Education and its teachers. The participants in this research consisted of 745 teenagers belonging to three different rural environments. In order to establish typologies related to the use of spare time, a cluster analysis was carried out. Then, the relation between lifestyle and the evaluation of Physical Education was determined by means of the Chi-square test. The results show the existence of two lifestyle typologies. The group with a healthier lifestyle is the one that rates Physical Education and its teachers more positively.

Women Entrepreneurs: Driving Factors and Growth – A Study in Coimbatore District

he present investigation was carried out in Coimbatore District of Tamil Nadu state to know the socio economic background, impact of driving factors, and growth of women entrepreneurs. Total 150 respondents were interviewed with the help of pre-tested interview schedule. Random sampling technique was adopted for the selection of women entrepreneurs. The study was designed to cover the women entrepreneurs running their own enterprise. Tools applied are Percentage Analysis, Friedman Rank Test, Chi square Analysis and correlation. It was found that (60%) of them belong to backward community, (62.7%) have started a new business and (88%) of the women entrepreneurs do their business within the state, 53.3% have started their business out of own investment. Family members to certain extent had an influence in all the business matters. The performance level indicates that there is increase in sales when compared to the year of starting. (40%) of the respondents ranked contribution to family income as the motivational factor for starting their own enterprise followed by use of spare time. The personal factors like community, education qualification, type of family and family size shows a significant difference on the type of enterprise. The personal factors age, community, marital status and family size of the respondents have a significant difference on the type of organization and all the personal factor has a significant difference on the nature of business. Contributing to the family income is the important motive for starting an enterprise of their own.Â

Leisure activities and adolescent psychological well-being

We examined the validity of the reported link between well-being and leisure participation in adolescents. Nine hundred and forty-seven, Year 10 students from 19 schools in Adelaide, South Australia, were recruited. Participants completed a questionnaire concerning participation in social, non-social and unstructured leisure activities as well as measures of personality. As expected, personality variables were better predictors of adolescent well-being than spare-time use, although engagement in less structured leisure activities was associated with poorer psychological well-being and substance use. These findings support previous personality research which suggests that spare-time use may be related to well-being only insofar as individuals who are psychologically healthy tend to be involved in structured leisure activities. The implications of these findings for school policy and future research concerning the links between leisure involvement and psychological well-being are discussed.

부산 해안지역 친수공간벨트계획에 관한 연구

본 연구는 부산 해안지역에서 친수공간벨트를 계획하기 위해 친수공간벨트 및 이에 관련된 친수공간클러스터의 개념을 제시하고 개별 친수공간들을 워터프런트 그린웨이를 통해 체계적으로 연결시켜 친수공간벨트를 계획하는 방안을 제시하며 부산 해운대구 해안지역을 대상으로 구체적인 적용사례를 제시한다. The purpose of this study is for providing a strategic plan of waterfront belt development at the coastal area of Busan city that might enhance the possibility on healthy use of spare time of the residents and demand of tourism, together with raising the potential and the value added effect of coastal space. This study is one of a series of studies for developing waterfront belt at Busan coastal area. In this study we suggest the new concepts of waterfront belt, waterfront cluster and waterfront greenway. And then we present a model of making waterfront belt through waterfront cluster, which is an aggregate of individual waterfront spaces, using waterfront greenway. After that we apply this model to Haeundae coastal area and test the applicability of the model.

Children’s informal learning in the context of schools of the knowledge society

This paper builds on a key finding of a 5-year Danish research project con-cerning children in the 7 to 15 age group: children's principal use of computers and the internet takes place in their spare time, and it is during their spare time that the majority of children really learn how to use interactive media. The project shows that in children's spare-time use of ICT they employ informal forms of learning based to a large extent on their social interaction both in physical and virtual spaces. These informal learning forms can be identified as learning hierarchies, learning communities and learning networks; they are important contributions to the school of the knowledge society. The ICT in New Learning Environments project based on anthropologically inspired methods and social learning theories shows that students bring their informal forms of learning into the school context. This happens particularly when the school has undergone physical alterations and when its organisation of learning and teaching are also restructured, with project-based learning becoming an important part of the school work and with the media available in the learning environment. Using organisation theory, the school working with ICT and project-based learning is shown to simultaneously constitute a mixed mode between the school of the industrial and the knowledge society. The research shows that it is possible to tip the balance in the direction of the school of the knowledge society, and thus of the future, by comprehensively using ICT and project work in the day-to-day activities of the school, alongside and integrated with the traditional forms of learning, and not least by employing the informal learning processes children develop outside school. For teachers this will mean an extension of their function: no longer merely communicators of knowledge, they will have to become knowledge managers and overall leaders of projects, and this entails much more dialogue with the pupils.

Persistent social dysfunction in anxious and depressed patients with personality disorder.

To determine the long-term social function of psychiatric patients with anxiety and depressive disorders and to relate this to personality status and other factors. A cohort of 210 patients (mean age 35 years) with dysthymic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder or panic disorder diagnosed using a structured interview (SCID) were assessed at baseline for personality status using the Personality Assessment Schedule (PAS) and ratings of anxiety and depression. Exactly 12 years later social function was assessed using the Social Functioning Questionnaire (SFQ) and personality reassessed with the PAS by a rater blind to initial personality status. Individual social function items were examined in those with and without personality disorders. Social function was significantly better in those with little or no baseline personality disturbance (P < 0.001) and the domains of close relationships, stress in completing tasks, use of spare time and family relationships showed the largest personality differences. A multiple linear regression model showed that self-rated depression scores, single marital status and personality status were the main baseline variables predicting social function at 12 years. Although personality characteristics may change over time social dysfunction persists and persistent social dysfunction in mental state disorders may be a strong indicator of personality disturbance rather than an indicator of treatment resistance.