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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
Positive automatic thoughts and romantic love
Full text linkPositive automatic thoughts, thoughts that are both positively valenced and unintentional, are a popular concept related to romantic love, but there is virtually no previous empirical research on this topic. Drawing on Fredrickson’s (2013) notion of micro-moments of positivity resonance, in which two people engage with one another in interactions marked by mutual care and concern, I theorize that positive automatic thoughts – especially in the absence of the other - may serve to draw people to their significant others to have more of these micro-moments, and therefore to be happier and healthier. In the present study, I examined the relationship between positive automatic thoughts and romantic love through three online questionnaires. Being in love predicted increased automatic thought frequency. Automatic thought frequency was also associated with greater feelings of interpersonal connectedness and greater relationship satisfaction. Automatic thought frequency predicted explicit wanting to spend time with the partner above and beyond prior explicit wanting and was marginally significant in predicting hours spent with the other above and beyond hours spent with the other reported in the previous questionnaire. These results support some of the predicted connections between automatic thought frequency and romantic love and coincide with the notion that these thoughts may serve as nudges toward micro-moments of positivity resonance.Bachelor of Art
The process of other-focus: a synthetic social psychophysiological model
Full text linkHuman beings do not exist in isolation from one another. People thrive on social interactions and relationships, and suffer when these things are lacking. In relationships, people both give and receive valuable resources: time, money, attention, assistance. Such resources are vital for psychological health and well-being, but are largely unavailable to individuals unable to look outside of the self. The ability to look beyond the self, therefore, is a vital element of well-being. A psychophysiological model of other-focus is proposed to describe the initiating factors, components and consequences of moments in which one looks beyond the self. The vagus nerve, in concert with oxytocin, is hypothesized to initiate the other-focused state by directing attention to others and generating positive emotions in the moment, leading to other-focused behaviors. Over time, frequent experiences of other-focus result in enhanced relationship quality, psychological well-being and physical health
PROMOTING WELL-BEING THROUGH PRIORITIZING POSITIVITY
Full text linkA decade of research reveals the benefits of positive emotions for both mental and physical health, and yet recent empirical work suggests the explicit pursuit of happiness may backfire. The present research suggests that the pursuit of happiness is not inherently self-defeating and at least one effective way may exist. In particular, I propose that individuals who arrange their lives to include frequent experiences of positivity may be happier. I label this individual difference, prioritizing positivity. Study 1 featured the development and the psychometric properties of the prioritizing positivity scale. Study 2 revealed that prioritizing positivity predicted a host of beneficial mental health outcomes (e.g. positive emotions, life satisfaction, depression). Study 3 examined whether prioritizing positivity predicted heightened attention to positive stimuli, relative to neutral stimuli, and revealed it does not. Study 4 examined whether prioritizing positivity predicted whether people exert greater effort to obtain pleasant experiences, and suggest some evidence in support of this hypothesis. In addition, Study 4 examined if prioritizing positivity predicted people's resources, over time, as mediated by positive emotionality, and found no support. In summary, I provide some evidence to suggest that prioritizing positivity is an individual difference that may promote well-being.Doctor of Philosoph
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
Various Religious Constructs and Their Effects on Feelings of Connection with "The Other"
Full text linkThe relationship between religion and sense of interconnectedness has been reported in psychology
and anthropology, but remains understudied in empirical research. Looking at related aspects, some
studies show that religion increases prosocial attitudes and behaviors, while others show that it
increases antisociality (for a review see, Preston, Ritter, & Hernandez, 2010). However, these
studies are limited in that they have mostly considered religion as a single construct. In the
current study, we utilize distinct categories within religion and treat them as separate constructs.
Participants were primed with these various categories then completed different scales that measure
feelings of connection. In order to access the construct of global worldview interconnectedness, we
also present a newly developed measure and a pilot study testing the measure (The Perception of
Global Unity Scale). Results show no effect of religious priming on the measures of connection and
no difference between the different distinct categories within religion. Looking at individual
differences on measures of religiosity and their relation to the measures of connection, we found
that that sense of connection with one’s community and one’s nation were correlated with higher
religiosity, while sense of connection with the global population was more related to higher
spirituality. Discussion focuses on directions for future research and implications for the
relationship between religion and feelings of connectedness with others and the world.Bachelor of Scienc
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