Types Of Social Interactions Research Articles

КОНЦЕПЦІЯ, ТРЕНДИ І РИЗИКИ ЦИФРОВІЗАЦІЇ ПРИ ФОРМУВАННІ ЦИФРОВОГО СУСПІЛЬСТВА

The article reveals the trends and risks of digitalization, which today is the main factor in the formation of a new society. Digitalization is seen as the high point of the globalization process. Digital technologies have increased the effects of globalization, weakening the factors that hinder interstate economic interaction, which has become a determinant of the growth in the share of international trade in national economies, thereby increasing the degree of interdependence of states, international integration and the role of large private companies in international trade. Digitization as a complex and multifaceted phenomenon is of particular importance, since the developed global level of the technological process and the prevalence of digital technologies led to the active involvement of people in the online environment. And although the states are at different stages, we can affirmatively talk about the last stage at which the population of the planet is, having reached the global scale of digital technologies. The acquired level of distribution and use of digital technologies indicates the formation of a digital space, the structure of which consists of computer technologies, mobile devices and other means of virtual and augmented reality, in which communication between users is deployed, the movement of information flows takes place, as well as production, distribution, exchange and consumption of digital goods and other types of social interaction. The digital space is the main source of formation of the digital economy and contains all its processes and elements. Modern society is in the thick of digitalization. In almost all areas of social life, we find a wide array of different practices that are subject to digital change. The Internet and social media platforms have changed how we receive information and experience entertainment, socialize, shop, and present ourselves. We develop and are confronted with new digital business models that are based on the “new gold” of user and process data. Apps and “smart” machines are designed to make sense of these data in order to automatically understand patterns or to control industrial processes in the context of Industry 4.0 (the Fourth Industrial Revolution). Algorithms, autonomous vacuum cleaners, cars or weapons and humanoid robots are in different stages of development and implementation. All of these manifestations and practices are obviously connected to questions of digital security, democracy, and how politics and legislation deal with these new phenomena of digitalization.

Exploring the Change of Literary Narrative and Reader Interaction Mode in the New Media Environment

Abstract Literature in the new media environment breaks the boundaries of the industry and reflects the Internet thinking of openness, sharing, and interaction. Starting from the study of interactive narrative phenomena in digital media art, this paper systematically explores the narrative style and characteristics of digital media art. X literary reading platform is selected as a representative, and through correlation analysis and regression analysis, the relationship between the reader interaction of the platform users, the readers’ perceived platform availability, and the readers’ perceived social interaction is explored. The study found that 0.2215 of the reader interactions in the reader interaction patterns of Platform X were social interactions, which are a type of social interaction mediated by the network, and that reader interaction had a significant positive effect on readers’ perceived platform availability and social interactions. The contribution of the study lies in the measurement of readers’ perceived social interaction through the definition of social interaction, while the mediating mechanism of platform availability reveals how readers perceive social interaction in their interactions with online literature. To enhance user services and narrative art changes in the online publishing of literary works, it is crucial to enhance the social interactions that readers of online literature perceive during the reading process.

FORMAL AND LEGAL BASIS FOR THE INSTITUTIONALISATION OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION: 100 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

The article reveals the formal-legal basis for the institutionalisation of international commercial arbitration. It is found that states are still far from a unified understanding of the basic scope of human rights, but they have a clear common vision of the mechanism for protecting the interests of international commerce. Against the background of the economic and innovative successes of the EU and other countries in the world that have made human rights a priority, it would appear that the source of modern transnational trade problems lies precisely in another group of states in which commercial interests dominate human rights. This second type of state nourishes its development at the expense of the innovations of the first type of state, its constructive and passionate representatives. Innovative solutions are formulated by the freest people, whose freedom is legally and organisationally guaranteed, which becomes a source of release for their creative, productive existential energy. Therefore, the contradictions between these two types of entrepreneurs of nations give rise to commercial disputes regarding the path of development, as well as legal conflicts within each of these types of nations regarding the vector of development or decline. Strategically, it is an ontology of modern problems of international commercial disputes. It is emphasised that the institutionalisation of international commercial arbitration is conceived as the creation of legal models for interpretation, determination of cause-effect relations, assessment of all essential circumstances of commercial relations, about which the parties of this type of social interaction have not reached an agreement and are forced to turn to mediators, to whom they entrust jurisdiction over the dispute between them. It was noted that the legal reality of the institutionalisation of international commercial arbitration reflects the path of human development, which at the present stage is marked by crisis. Logical, rational, clear law is in a permanent process of critical evaluation of the synergy of creative, risky, adventurous, pragmatic entrepreneurship. Ideal legal models absorb the constructive activity of entrepreneurship, foreseeing its long-term prospects as positive. At the same time, it is the task of lawyers to reject those types of economic relationships that threaten common humanity. In conclusion, the UN Commission on International Trade Law is the only global body designed to ensure the optimal course of correlation processes between private international law and transnational commercial activity. At the same time, however, this Commission suffers from all the consequences of the UN's dysfunction. This is particularly evident in the UN's inability to prevent wars, famines, environmental disasters, military crimes and other global crises. It is advisable for the states to create a separate organisation in which they can coordinate their legal standards of joint entrepreneurship in the extractive industries, production, trade, finance, as well as the global environmental, national economic and other consequences of commercial projects. This organisation would become a convenient platform for honest parity in the unification of the legal practice of transnational entrepreneurship and the settlement of its disputes, based on the legal customs and traditions of different nations. This would provide a significant impetus for the healthy creation and application of international private law, capable of determining the vector both of global progress and of appropriate transformations in domestic national economic policies.

Cancel Culture” in Political Discourse: Multiple Forms and Research Opportunities

The article discusses the so-called “cancel culture” as a factor in the new social reality, influencing the configuration of constantly changing social relations. At the same time, it is shown that the interpretations of “cancel culture” in sociopolitical and sociocultural discourse are very extensive. An attempt has been made to analyse “cancel culture” in the context of the variety of forms of its manifestation, and the main features and characteristics of this phenomenon are described. As a result of the analysis, it was concluded that “cancel culture” is one of the forms of interaction between subjects of social relations. It is shown that “cancel culture” can be considered both as a form of political relations and as a technology currently used in various spheres of public life to achieve certain political or business goals. At the same time, attention should be paid to the fact that “cancel culture” is becoming widespread in connection with the transition to the widespread use of information and communication technologies and the emergence of a network society. And the process of digitalisation, including social relations, largely contributes to its expansion in modern society.
 The transition to a new type of society - information, network society - entailed a transition to new forms and mechanisms of social interactions. The work notes that the acceleration of social development has a significant impact on all aspects of social life, including the system of social interactions and relationships. It is suggested that technologies and mechanisms for the implementation of social interactions, alternative to existing ones, are emerging in the 21st century. From these positions, it is argued that “cancel culture” is one of the types of social interactions, primarily in network projection. It is concluded that the range of interpretation of the concept of “cancel culture” is quite wide, research approaches are diverse and make it possible to study it from the point of view of forms and technologies of social interaction, as well as one of the varieties of communication models.
 The phenomenon of “cancel culture” is considered in the context of the digital transformation of modern society. Based on the analysis of digitalisation processes (from the perspective of the considered issue of the relationship between digitalisation and “cancel culture”), the special significance of the political, legal and ethical aspects of the implementation of “cancel culture” in social practices is noted.

Functional convergence of genomic and transcriptomic architecture underlies schooling behaviour in a live-bearing fish.

The organization and coordination of fish schools provide a valuable model to investigate the genetic architecture of affiliative behaviours and dissect the mechanisms underlying social behaviours and personalities. Here we used replicate guppy selection lines that vary in schooling propensity and combine quantitative genetics with genomic and transcriptomic analyses to investigate the genetic basis of sociability phenotypes. We show that consistent with findings in collective motion patterns, experimental evolution of schooling propensity increased the sociability of female, but not male, guppies when swimming with unfamiliar conspecifics. This finding highlights a relevant link between coordinated motion and sociability for species forming fission-fusion societies in which both group size and the type of social interactions are dynamic across space and time. We further show that alignment and attraction, the two major traits forming the sociability personality axis in this species, showed heritability estimates at the upper end of the range previously described for social behaviours, with important variation across sexes. The results from both Pool-seq and RNA-seq data indicated that genes involved in neuron migration and synaptic function were instrumental in the evolution of sociability, highlighting a crucial role of glutamatergic synaptic function and calcium-dependent signalling processes in the evolution of schooling.

Cultural Potential and Creativity of Modern Communicative and Event Practices

The purpose of the article is to investigate the cultural potential and creativity of modern communicative practices and event practices, which have common manifestations in the field of cultural and project activities in the field of creative industries. The research methodology is based on the application of interdisciplinary and systemic approaches, as well as a set of methods: analytical, synthetic, cultural, which allow a comprehensive consideration of the given problem and formulate reasonable conclusions. The scientific novelty consists in the systematisation of the consideration of cultural creation and creativity as integral qualities and characteristics of communicative practices and event practices, which are a component of modern creative industries and are aimed at producing a high-quality cultural product. Conclusions. As a result of the research, it was established that new cultural phenomena and artefacts appear at the border of the intersection of the technical-informational and social-cultural environments, which are constantly updated by everyday practical human activity. In this context, one of such phenomena is communication mediated by the Internet network, which is a type of visual works and verbal messages that simultaneously act as means of communication and objects of culture with new meanings and connotations. Modern communicative practices, mediated by the Internet network, have most contributed to the formation of a separate Internet culture, and especially to the formation of its new forms, and are the result of both individual and collective creativity, based on creative ideas and their dissemination among the general public. Accordingly, not only new types of social interactions are formed, but also old ones are preserved / updated, which ensures stability and regularity of everyday life, allowing it to remain one of the fundamental components of social life. Modern communicative practices increasingly affect the socio-cultural environment, the sphere of creative industries and event practices, directly determining the formats of interaction with the audience in the process of retransmission of ideas, meanings and values in cultural and project activities, allowing a person to satisfy the needs for information, communication, and creative activity. Communicative practices in the environment of creative industries and event practices are characterised by a characteristic creation, which actually appears as the newest culture creation of the modern socio-cultural space, mediated by informational and technological components. Keywords: cultural creativity, cultural potential, communicative practices, event practices, creative industries, cultural design, cultural product.

Exploring Customer Citizenship Behavior in Social Commerce From the Parasocial Perspective

Attention on customer citizenship behavior (CCB) has increased markedly in recent years for both researchers and practitioners. However, existing research lacks deep understanding of the antecedents of CCB in social commerce, especially from the perspective of seller-consumer interaction relationships. Drawing on complexity theory, this study investigated the impacts of the causal configurations of three types of seller-consumer interaction relationships (experience of parasocial interaction (PSI), social interaction, and parasocial relationship (PSR)) on CCB in social commerce. To test this proposition, this study adopted fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) on a sample of 380 experienced social commerce consumers. Our findings indicate that the combination of social interaction and PSR leads to a high CCB among social commerce consumers. Moreover, borrowing from social exchange theory, we further employed partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) to reanalyze the research data. The PLS-SEM results are consistent with the fsQCA results.

Social interactions in periodic urban markets and their contributions to sustainable livelihoods: Evidence from Ghana

Periodic markets are an important aspect of local economies, providing a platform for farmers (producers), wholesalers, retailers, and consumers to interact face-to-face and exchange goods and services. These markets have been increasing in urban areas in Africa, Asia, and South America because of urbanization. The increase of periodic urban markets (PUMs) in urban areas is observed as an index of modernization, reflecting a response to transition process. However, there are limited studies on how social interactions in PUMs contribute to sustainable livelihoods. This study investigated the types of social interactions occurring in PUMs in Ghana, the benefits of social interactions for participants of PUMs, and how social interactions contribute to sustainable livelihoods. This research interviewed 162 participants, comprising 27 farmers (farmers were regarded as producers in this study), 61 retailers, 47 wholesalers from 9 selected PUMs across Ghana, and 27 officers from government institutions and non-governmental market associations to obtain their opinions. We analyzed the interview data using the NVivo software. The results showed that there are seven kinds of social interactions in PUMs, including (i) producer-wholesaler relationship, (ii) producer-consumer relationship, (iii) wholesaler-retailer relationship, (iv) retailer-consumer relationship, (v) trader-driver relationship, (vi) trader-institution relationship, and (vii) trader-international buyer relationship. We found that these social interactions in PUMs enhance sustainable livelihoods by supporting human, social, financial, natural, and physical assets of traders (traders refer to producers, wholesalers, and retailers in this study). Therefore, we concluded that the development of policies to improve PUMs could strengthen social interactions, enabling the achievement of sustainable livelihoods in developing countries.

RITUALIZATION OF GIFT-GIVING AS A PROCESS OF SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION

The article considers such a type of social interaction as the exchange and giving of gifts. Giving gifts is an important socio-culturally significant aspect of interpersonal relationships. The article uses the method of comparative analysis of sources of sociological information to conceptualize the category of "gift-giving". The attention of researchers is focused on the features of ritualization as a process of social construction. Based on the materials of the empirical study, the existing practices of gift-giving among the youth are considered. The method of questioning through an online survey was used: a questionnaire survey of young people aged 18-29 (n=124). The main motive for giving gifts is any occasion, holiday, or an important event in the life of a young person. According to the data obtained, gift-giving processes show signs of ritual activities.

RITUALIZATION OF GIFT-GIVING AS A PROCESS OF SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION

The article considers such a type of social interaction as the exchange and giving of gifts. Giving gifts is an important socio-culturally significant aspect of interpersonal relationships. The article uses the method of comparative analysis of sources of sociological information to conceptualize the category of "gift-giving". The attention of researchers is focused on the features of ritualization as a process of social construction. Based on the materials of the empirical study, the existing practices of gift-giving among the youth are considered. The method of questioning through an online survey was used: a questionnaire survey of young people aged 18-29 (n=124). The main motive for giving gifts is any occasion, holiday, or an important event in the life of a young person. According to the data obtained, gift-giving processes show signs of ritual activities.

Social interaction on craft fairs

Although digitalisation has had an impact on the business of fairs, especially during the years of the pandemic, the Covid-19 crisis has clearly shown that social interaction is vital for small businesses, such as craft enterprises. The physical co-presence of craft objects, makers and users as well as the immediateness of personal contact play a major role at craft fairs. Fairs revolve around trade, which is furthered by the many cultural and social aspects that constitute them. We argue that social interaction in marketplaces goes beyond economic transactions and show that face-to-face interactions are essential for building trust and social order. We identify different types of social interaction at craft fairs, all of which are collaborative ‒ fostering a sense of community, developing products and increasing their visibility ‒ in addition to being an economic transaction. This study is based on ethnographic research on craft fairs and craft producers in the field of furniture and garment making. We conclude by arguing that the findings on craft fairs can also be generalised to other cases.

Associations among social participation types, mental and subjective well-being in Chinese older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This study investigated the relationships between specific types of social participation and well-being variables (i.e., life satisfaction, positive affect, negative affect, symptoms of depression and anxiety) in Chinese older adults in Hong Kong. This study was a cross-sectional study. A convenience sample of 341 participants aged 55-95 years (mean, 70.92; SD, 9.03) was recruited to complete a survey questionnaire during the COVID-19 pandemic (between April and June 2022). Five hierarchical multiple regression analyses were conducted to examine the relationships between different types of social participation (physical, cultural, recreational, religious, and voluntary work) and outcome variables. After controlling for covariates, it was revealed that only physical activities were associated with all outcome variables. Religious and cultural activities were positively related to positive affect, while an inverse relationship was found between recreational activities and anxiety. With the restrictions on social participation arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, these findings suggest that promoting different types of social interactions might foster various aspects of well-being in Chinese older adults. To achieve successful aging, the role of physical activities might be of paramount importance even under adverse situations. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2024; 24: 364-369.

Modeling categorical time-to-event data: The example of social interaction dynamics captured with event-contingent experience sampling methods.

The depth of information collected in participants' daily lives with active (e.g., experience sampling surveys) and passive (e.g., smartphone sensors) ambulatory measurement methods is immense. When measuring participants' behaviors in daily life, the timing of particular events-such as social interactions-is often recorded. These data facilitate the investigation of new types of research questions about the timing of those events, including whether individuals' affective state is associated with the rate of social interactions (binary event occurrence) and what types of social interactions are likely to occur (multicategory event occurrences, e.g., interactions with friends or family). Although survival analysis methods have been used to analyze time-to-event data in longitudinal settings for several decades, these methods have not yet been incorporated into ambulatory assessment research. This article illustrates how multilevel and multistate survival analysis methods can be used to model the social interaction dynamics captured in intensive longitudinal data, specifically when individuals exhibit particular categories of behavior. We provide an introduction to these models and a tutorial on how the timing and type of social interactions can be modeled using the R statistical programming language. Using event-contingent reports (N = 150, Nevents = 64,112) obtained in an ambulatory study of interpersonal interactions, we further exemplify an empirical application case. In sum, this article demonstrates how survival models can advance the understanding of (social interaction) dynamics that unfold in daily life. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

A Novel Head-Fixed Assay for Social Touch in Mice Uncovers Aversive Responses in Two Autism Models.

Social touch, an important aspect of social interaction and communication, is essential to kinship across animal species. How animals experience and respond to social touch has not been thoroughly investigated, in part because of the lack of appropriate assays. Previous studies that examined social touch in freely moving rodents lacked the necessary temporal and spatial control over individual touch interactions. We designed a novel head-fixed assay for social touch in mice, in which the experimenter has complete control to elicit highly stereotyped bouts of social touch between two animals. The user determines the number, duration, context, and type of social touch interactions, while monitoring an array of complex behavioral responses with high resolution cameras. We focused on social touch to the face because of its high translational relevance to humans. We validated this assay in two different models of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the Fmr1 knock-out (KO) model of Fragile X syndrome (FXS) and maternal immune activation (MIA) mice. We observed higher rates of avoidance running, hyperarousal, and aversive facial expressions (AFEs) to social touch than to object touch, in both ASD models compared with controls. Fmr1 KO mice showed more AFEs to mice of the same sex but whether they were stranger or familiar mice mattered less. Because this new social touch assay for head-fixed mice can be used to record neural activity during repeated bouts of social touch it could be used to uncover underlying circuit differences.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Social touch is important for communication in animals and humans. However, it has not been extensively studied and current assays to measure animals' responses to social touch have limitations. We present a novel head-fixed assay to quantify how mice respond to social facial touch with another mouse. We validated this assay in autism mouse models since autistic individuals exhibit differences in social interaction and touch sensitivity. We find that mouse models of autism exhibit more avoidance, hyperarousal, and aversive facial expressions (AFEs) to social touch compared with controls. Thus, this novel assay can be used to investigate behavioral responses to social touch and the underlying brain mechanisms in rodent models of neurodevelopmental conditions, and to evaluate therapeutic responses in preclinical studies.

Social media interactions after diagnosis: Social experiences of adolescents and young adults (AYA) with cancer

Purpose Cancer disrupts the social lives of adolescents and young adults (AYA). Social media may be a resource to engage with social networks, seek entertainment, and receive social support. However, some aspects of social media engagement may be emotionally burdensome and sensitive for AYA to navigate. The aim of this qualitative study was to contextualize the impact of cancer on AYA social media interaction. Methods Eight AYA ages 15–21 years and recently diagnosed with cancer participated in a semi-structured interview. AYA were asked about their social media interactions, engagement habits, and online cancer-related disclosure. Interviews averaged 36 min in length and were de-identified and transcribed verbatim and analyzed using thematic analysis. Results Four salient themes emerged from the data: (1) AYA engage in active and passive social media use depending on the platform, (2) AYA social media habits change due to treatment experiences, (3) AYA evaluate and protect their self-image, privacy, and time, and (4) AYA access social support online and interpret its meaning in different ways. AYA reported using social media, but many altered their frequency and type of interaction after diagnosis. Some were comfortable sharing about cancer and continued to interact actively online; others felt protective and vulnerable, transitioning to media consumption, or withdrawing from use. While social media provided space to receive direct and indirect social support, AYA interpreted the meaning of support in complex ways. Conclusions Social media may serve a variety of socio-emotional needs, but not all AYA will benefit from the same types of social media interaction. This study highlights the importance of talking to AYA with cancer about their social media interactions during treatment to better support their coping and adjustment.

How can team teaching succeed? Exploring team building and its critical characteristics in preschool bilingual education

The aim of this study was to explore how team is built and how it works as a type of social interaction in preschool bilingual education. More specifically, we asked how teachers of the societally dominant language (Hebrew) and heritage language (Russian) to 3–4-year-olds make decisions about their teamwork and what makes this work successful in the different domains of classroom environment. This study draws on case study and mini ethnography as a methodological approach and applies triangulation of data collection sources. Interviews with both teachers on three separate occasions during the academic year permitted us to receive qualitatively rich and thick data. Critical reflections allowed the teachers to rethink their personal professional experiences, recognize challenges in their practice, and find solutions. In addition, we conducted 6 video recorded observations of co-teaching meetings throughout the year. Our analysis revealed critical characteristics of teaming such as tuneful communication between the two teachers and the children, promoting openness towards a novel language, inter-cultural negotiations stressing the positive co-existence of two different cultures and languages within a minority/majority context, and a dynamic and docile teaching process. In the process of their teaming development, the teachers acted as collective agents of change.

Evolutionary rescue from climate change: male indirect genetic effects on lay-dates and their consequences for population persistence.

Changes in avian breeding phenology are among the most apparent responses to climate change in free-ranging populations. A key question is whether populations will be able to keep up with the expected rates of environmental change. There is a large body of research on the mechanisms by which avian lay-dates track temperature change and the consequences of (mal)adaptation on population persistence. Often overlooked is the role of males, which can influence the lay-date of their mate through their effect on the prelaying environment. We explore how social plasticity causing male indirect genetic effects can help or hinder population persistence when female genes underpinning lay-date and male genes influencing female's timing of reproduction both respond to climate-mediated selection. We extend quantitative genetic moving optimum models to predict the consequences of social plasticity on the maximum sustainable rate of temperature change, and evaluate our model using a combination of simulated data and empirical estimates from the literature. Our results suggest that predictions for population persistence may be biased if indirect genetic effects and cross-sex genetic correlations are not considered and that the extent of this bias depends on sex differences in how environmental change affects the optimal timing of reproduction. Our model highlights that more empirical work is needed to understand sex-specific effects of environmental change on phenology and the fitness consequences for population dynamics. While we discuss our results exclusively in the context of avian breeding phenology, the approach we take here can be generalized to many different contexts and types of social interaction.

Social Interaction And Behavior In The Silent Patient Novel

This research discusses the types of social interaction and behaviour of the main character in a novel entitled The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides which was published in 2019. This research used descriptive qualitative method and focuses on Sheickman's theory of social interaction: co-operation, accommodation, and assimilation and Skinner's theory of behaviour: neutral operant, reinforces and punishers. Furthermore, the data were analysed using a descriptive qualitative method. Writer use the novel as a valid data instrument. The result of this study in finding out that there are several types of social interaction resulting in the occurrence of both positive and negative interactions that occur in the novel, there are 15 data that divided into two parts namely social interaction and impact of responses and how social interaction can influence the formation or change of a behaviour, the result shows that the change of behaviour only appear in negative responses, and the punishers in the form of punishment for a person behaviour so that the behaviour or action does not happen again, this is how the behaviour can affect social interaction as depicted in the novel.

Армянская диаспора в социальных сетях

Currently, there is a massive involvement of migrants in social networks, in which virtual communication becomes the main form of their social interaction both within their ethnic diaspora and with other diasporic and host online communities. The problematic situation is connected with the fact that social networks have become an almost uncontrolled Internet resource with unlimited possibilities for the dissemination of information and a variety of forms of interaction, including verbal aggression, in- tolerance towards the interlocutor, ignoring ethical norms of communication, etc. The purpose of the scientific article is to identify the predominant type of social interaction of the Armenian diaspora in Russian-speaking social networks with relatively new ethnic diasporas (Tajik and Kyrgyz) and the host community. The analysis is based on the results of a sociological study "Social interaction of Diasporas in social networks" conducted by three methods of collecting empirical information (online questionnaire survey of representatives of the Armenian, Tajik and Kyrgyz diasporas in Russia; in- depth interview with representatives of diasporas; qualitative analysis of information posts of representatives of diasporas in the social network Vkontakte). The study re- vealed that the predominant type of social interaction of representatives of the Arme- nian Diaspora with the diasporas of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, as well as with the host community, is conflict. The main causes of the conflict type of interaction of repre- sentatives of the Armenian Diaspora with representatives of Tajikistan and Kyrgyz- stan, as well as with the host community, were revealed. Acknowledgment: The study was carried out with the financial support of the RFBR for the implementation of the scientific Project №. 20-511-05007 “Socio-economic potential of the Armenian Diaspora in the context of integration processes in the EAEU”. Contract № 20-511-05007/21.

Care provider interaction and psychological well-being of persons living with dementia in long-term care: a longitudinal observational study

BackgroundAlthough social interaction is important for dementia care and well-being of persons living with dementia, a limited number of studies have reported. This study aimed to examine whether the presence, type, and quality of social interaction is associated with psychological well-being among residents with dementia.MethodsThis study analyzed 258 videos of 30 participants living with dementia. Social interaction was assessed by quality, type, and presence of interaction. Psychological well-being was measured by positive and negative emotional expressions. A mixed model was used for data analysis since these repeatedly measured observation data were nested within subjects.ResultsPositive and neutral interactions were significantly associated with positive emotional expressions after controlling covariates, while negative interaction was significantly associated with negative emotional expressions. There was no significant relationship found between interaction presence or type and emotional expressions.ConclusionsThis study showed interaction quality is essential to promote psychological well-being in persons living with dementia regardless of presence or type of interaction. This study highlights the importance of positive care provider interactions in dementia care. Additionally, institutional efforts to create an environment to reduce negative interactions appears essential to improve the psychological well-being of persons living with dementia.Trial registrationThe study was reviewed and approved by the Yonsei University Institutional Review Board on October 16, 2020 (ref no: Y-2020-0158).