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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
Communication within Romantic Relationships
Full text linkPast studies have found support indicating a relation exists between personality characteristics, emotional intelligence and self-disclosure with romantic relationship satisfaction. The present study will explore the relation between personal characteristics and romantic relationship satisfaction as mediated by communication variables. Couples in established heterosexual romantic relationships of at least 3 months (N=200) will be recruited from an undergraduate population at the University of Windsor through the Psychology Department Research Participant Pool System. Both members of each couple will individually complete five questionnaires online designed to measure various personal characteristics, communication with a romantic partner, and relationship satisfaction. I hypothesize that there will be a direct, proportional relationship between three independent variables – five-factor personality characteristics, emotional intelligence and self-disclosure – and relationship satisfaction as mediated by communication behaviours. I expect results will indicate low neuroticism, higher agreeableness, conscientiousness, extroversion, higher emotional intelligence, and higher self-disclosure will be correlated to greater relationship satisfaction as mediated by communication behaviours. This mediation would show that satisfaction in romantic relationships lie in the couples' communication quality. These findings would have important implications for interventions that focus on modifying couples communication patterns
The effects of gender and marital status on simulated hiring decisions.
No full textMasters in Business Administration (MBA) and upper-year business students (N = 89) evaluated applications for an upper-level management position. A 2 x 2 (applicant gender X marital status) between subjects design was used to examine the effects of the independent variables on a variety of work-related dimensions. Rather than having an overall consistent effect on the participants' evaluations of the applicants, gender and marital status affected distinct work-related variables. Gender influenced measures of work habits (favoring females over males) while marital status influenced measures of emotional stability (favoring married applicants over single applicants) and organizational commitment (favoring single applicants over married applicants). These results suggest that, if possible, applicants should not draw attention to, or include information about their gender or marital status.Dept. of Psychology. Paper copy at Leddy Library: Theses & Major Papers - Basement, West Bldg. / Call Number: Thesis2003 .A73. Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 42-03, page: 1067. Adviser: Ken Cramer. Thesis (M.A.)--University of Windsor (Canada), 2003
The Long-Term Effects of Posttraumatic Growth on Coping: The Roles of Self-Efficacy and Ruminative Thought
Full text linkResearch shows that traumatic events occur frequently within the general population. Posttraumatic growth (PTG), defined as personal and interpersonal improvements following the experience of traumatic events, has been the focus of positive psychologists for more than a decade. Few studies have asked how experiencing growth post-trauma relates to coping with later life stressors. The current study tested this relation and aimed to discover whether self-efficacy and rumination acted as mediators within a path model. Undergraduate students completed surveys regarding reactions to past traumatic events and coping strategies used for current stressors. The hypothesized model was found to be an adequate fit for the data. PTG predicted task-focused coping related to current stressors as well as recent rumination about a past traumatic event. Self-efficacy also positively predicted task coping, but was negatively impacted by rumination. The present findings will guide future research on recovery from trauma and practical outcomes of growth
The nature of independent and interdependent self-construals: A focus on psychological relatedness.
No full textThrough the socialization of modes of thinking and behaving, ethnocultural background and gender can shape different orientations in one's sense of self. These self-construals are conceptualized as independence (i.e., priority to the individual, stresses autonomy) and interdependence (i.e., priority to an in-group, stresses conformity; Markus & Kitayama, 1991; Singelis, 1994). Within these self-construals, connectedness with others is also possible. The psychology of relatedness was examined in the present study, operationalized as romanticism (orientation toward the welfare of one's romantic relationship), and familism (orientation toward the welfare of one's immediate and extended family). The study examined the relationships among these factors in a sample of 324 male and female undergraduate psychology students of diverse ethnocultural backgrounds. Participants completed measures of independent and interdependent self-construal (Singelis, 1994), familism (Gaines, Marelich et al., 1997), romantic beliefs (Sprecher & Metts, 1989), and an open-ended measure of self (Kuhn & McPartland, 1954). It was predicted that European Canadian males would have significantly higher independent selves than non-European Canadian males and females and European Canadian females, and that non-European Canadian females will score significantly higher on interdependent self-construal than non-European Canadian males and European Canadian males and females. It was also predicted that independent self-construal would be significantly and positively related to romanticism, and that interdependent self-construal would be significantly and positively related to familism. Results showed that none of the measures reliably differentiated between respondents of European versus non-European ethnocultural background. However, women did respond with more allocentric and small group responses than did men and men did respond with more idiocentric responses than did women when describing their self. Both familism and romanticism were significantly and positively related to an interdependent self-construal. These results call into question ethnocultural differences in self that are so often reported in the literature, and also call for future investigation of gender differences in relationality.Dept. of Psychology. Paper copy at Leddy Library: Theses & Major Papers - Basement, West Bldg. / Call Number: Thesis2001 .G73. Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 63-04, Section: B, page: 2107. Adviser: Ken Cramer. Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Windsor (Canada), 2001
The factor structure of Scale 4 of the MMPI-2: An investigation of the Harris-Lingoes subscales and gender differences.
No full textThe factor structure for Scale 4 of the Minnesota multiphase Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) was evaluated using a sample of 596 female and 208 male undergraduate students (M age = 20.3, SD = 5.8) from a medium-sized Canadian university. Four a priori factor structures were tested by confirmatory factor analysis. All models were misspecified, therefore exploratory factor analyses were conducted. Four- and five-factor models were tested using the overall sample as well as male and female subsamples. Results showed that although males and females had some similar factors (e.g., Alienation/Paranoia, Family Conflict), males had an Authority Problems factor and females had a Shyness factor. Implications of these results are discussed.Dept. of Psychology. Paper copy at Leddy Library: Theses & Major Papers - Basement, West Bldg. / Call Number: Thesis2001 .P53. Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 40-06, page: 1632. Adviser: Ken Cramer. Thesis (M.A.)--University of Windsor (Canada), 2001
Interpreting the MMPI-2 K scale: Self-deception and impression management revisited.
No full textFactor-analytic studies have revealed two underlying content dimensions of socially desirable responding: self-deception and impression management (Nichols & Greene, 1997; Paulhus, 1984, 1986). The K validity scale of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (Butcher et al., 1989) has been associated with the self-deception factor without adequate empirical confirmation. The present study addressed this deficiency by examining the scale within Paulhus's (1984, 1986) two-component model of socially desirable responding. Participants were 712 undergraduate students (174 men, 538 women) from a medium-sized Canadian university who volunteered for partial course credit. As predicted, a two-factor model was found to underlie various measures of socially desirable responding. The MMPI-2 K scale and the Social Desirability Scale (Edwards, 1963) loaded on the self-deception factor, whereas the Impression Management scale (BIDR; Paulhus, 1991), the Eysenck Personality Inventory Lie scale, and the Self-Deceptive Enhancement scale (BIDR; Paulhus, 1991) loaded on the impression management factor. The results and discussion center on the interpretation of the K scale as a measure of self-deception in non-clinical populations. Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 39-02, page: 0606. Adviser: Kenneth Cramer. Thesis (M.A.)--University of Windsor (Canada), 2000
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