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Aggressive behavior among Italian justice-involved juveniles: the impact of attachment, discipline, and moral disengagement
No full textOur research investigates the influence of family attachment,
perceived parental discipline, time spent with parents, and moral
disengagement on aggressive behaviors among 234 justiceinvolved juveniles from Italian Youth Detention Centers (14–25
years old). Participants fulfilled the Socio-demographic
Questionnaire, Moral Disengagement Scale-short version,
Attachment Style Questionnaire, and the Aggression
Questionnaire. The stepwise multiple linear regression analysis
showed a positive association between moral disengagement and
insecure-avoidant attachment with aggressive behavior. The time
spent with parents and the perceived severe discipline was
negatively associated with aggressive behavior. Results provided
suggestions for future research and directions in preventing
criminality among juveniles
Interaction Between Social Support and Muscle Dysmorphia: The Role of Self-Efficacy and Social Media Use
Full text linkMuscle dysmorphia (MD) consists of a type of body dysmorphic disorder and involves a distorted perception of one’s muscles, strict diets, and workouts. Mostly, studies focus on adult male athletes, especially bodybuilders, while research on adolescents and women is limited. Our study aims to explore potential protective or risk factors influencing MD, using a mediation model calculated through Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and at the same time help to involve female individuals in the exploration of a distress traditionally and predominantly analyzed only in male individuals. The model examines whether problematic social media use (PSMU) and generalized self-efficacy (GSE) are potential first- and second-level mediators, respectively, in the relationship between perceived social support (PSS) and MD. The sample consisted of 2325 individuals of both sexes aged 14–29 years. Structural equation models were used to assess effect sizes, regressions, and direct and indirect effects of perceived social support on muscle dysmorphia and general self-efficacy both on problematic social media use and muscle dysmorphia. Our results suggest that inadequate perceived social support may reduce individuals’ perceived effectiveness in managing daily challenges, potentially leading to problematic use of social media, which may contribute to muscle dysmorphia symptoms. Future interventions could promote a healthier perception of one’s body, improving confidence in individuals’ coping strategies and strengthening the social environment of reference
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
The Relationship between Reflective Functioning and Alexithymia
Full text linkBackground: The aim of this study was to verify the relationship between the construct of reflective functioning and the construct of alexithymia, taking also into account the role of gender differences. Methods: Participants in the study were 216. Every participant had an Italian nationality and ages ranging from 18 to 30 (50% males), and were recruited through social networks. Participants completed a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), and the Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (RFQ-8). Results: The findings of the study showed that alexithymia scores were associated with reflective functioning scores. In particular, results showed that certainty of mental states was negatively correlated with alexithymia, while uncertainty of mental states was positively correlated with alexithymia. Certainty of mental states was also negatively with an externally-oriented thinking, while uncertainty of mental states was not significantly correlated with an externally-oriented thinking. Furthermore, effects on gender were also found. In particular, results showed that the difficulty in describing feelings was higher for males. Conclusions: These results might help to extend the current correlational studies of this field. By a clinical point of view, the findings of this study might encourage the choice of different approaches in the treatments of patients with both alexithymic and reflective functioning issues
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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