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Workers’ Conformism
Full text linkИзследван е конформизмът при 46 работещи с различни професии чрез модифицирани 2 скали, измерващи конформност, на Santor, Messervey и Kusumakar (2000) – скала за измерване на възприет натиск от връстниците и скала за изследване на конформизъм в антисоциални ситуации. Потвърди се частично хипотезата на изследването, че конформизмът сред работещите е изразен в средна степен. Над половината изследвани работещи се конформират в средна степен за поемане на риск, както и за употреба на алкохол и наркотици, и за сексуални отношения. Обаче малко повече от половината изследвани работещи се конформират слабо за антисоциални дейности (като кражба например). Работещите са най-склонни да се конформират за поемане на риск (10,9%), след това – за употреба на алкохол и наркотици, и за сексуални отношения (8,7%), и в най-слаба степен – за антисоциални дейности (6,5%). Работещите, които са склонни да се конформират за употреба на алкохол и наркотици, също така са склонни да се конформират и за поемане на риск, конформират се повече за антисоциални дейности.Conformism was studied among 46 workers with different kinds of occupations by means of two modified scales measuring conformity by Santor, Messervey, and Kusumakar (2000) – scale for perceived peer pressure and scale for conformism in antisocial situations. The hypothesis of the study that workers’ conformism is expressed in a medium degree was confirmed partly. More than a half of the workers conform in a medium degree for taking risk, and for the use of alcohol and drugs, and for sexual relationships. More than a half of the respondents conform in a small degree for anti-social activities (like a theft). The workers were more inclined to conform for risk taking (10.9%), then – for the use of alcohol, drugs and for sexual relationships (8.7%), and in the lowest degree – for anti-social activities (6.5%). The workers who were inclined for the use of alcohol and drugs tended also to conform for anti-social activities.Language: Bulgaria
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
Youth Conformity Regarding Institutions and Media
Full text linkAn experiment on conformity was carried out. The participants were 95 youths. The scale “Conformity – Autonomy” from I. Karagiozov’s questionnaire for locus of control (1998) was also used. The results indicated the prevalence of youth conformity regarding institutions and media. The different types of conformity were related to each other. The subjects’ gender and the experimentators’ gender mediated the connections between the both types of conformity. The female youths conformed more with institutions than the male youths, but there were not any significant gender differences in their conform behavior regarding media (magazines). More male youths conformed for the magazines when the experimentator was a woman. More female youths conformed for the magazines when the experimentator was a man. Language: Bulgaria
ASSOCIATIONS AMONG FUNCTIONAL AND DYSFUNCTIONAL IMPULSIVITY: DIRECT AND INDIRECT EFFECTS ON SENSATION SEEKING IN YOUTH (19-25 YEARS OLD)
Full text linkIt is important to study the relationships between sensation seeking, functional and dysfunctional impulsivity to clarify the appropriateness and effectiveness of ways for seeking optimal stimulation. The aim of this study was to investigate if dysfunctional impulsivity had stronger direct and indirect effects on sensation seeking in youth with functional impulsivity as a mediator. Sensation seeking, functional and dysfunctional types of impulsivity were studied among 764 students from 19 to 25 years old by means of Radoslavova and Velichkov’s (2005) questionnaire. The results indicated that sensation seeking, functional and dysfunctional impulsivity correlated significantly and positively. Dysfunctional impulsivity was directly related to sensation seeking, as well as indirectly related to sensation seeking mediated by functional impulsivity. The findings also revealed that functional impulsivity was directly related to sensation seeking, as well as indirectly related to sensation seeking mediated by dysfunctional impulsivity. Dysfunctional impulsivity had larger direct effects on sensation seeking than functional impulsivity. Dysfunctional impulsivity also had larger effects as a mediator on sensation seeking than the effects of functional impulsivity as a mediator on sensation seeking. These findings suggest some deficiencies in the speed and accuracy of processing information, and the effectiveness of made decisions and implemented actions in search of optimal stimulation among youth.
Self-esteem and feelings of inferiority and superiority among athletes and non-athletes
No full textSelf-esteem is a central part of personality, related to self-perceptions and evaluation of oneself compared to other people. Self-esteem could be global self-esteem, concerning the whole personality, or partial self-esteem, concerning the different aspects of personality and performance. Global self-esteem, as well as feelings of inferiority and supremacy, were compared among 197 athletes and 198 non-athletes in Bulgaria based on three self-reported questionnaires—the inferiority complex shortened scale COMPIN-10, the superiority complex shortened scale SUCOMP-10, and the single-item self-esteem scale. It was found that the athletes had significantly higher self-esteem and more strongly expressed feelings of superiority, as well as fewer experienced feelings of inferiority than the non-athletes. This may be due to athletes’ achievements and their recognition by society, as well as the social image imposed by media as rich, successful, and representatives of their country. High self-esteem is necessary for athletes to be confident in their ability to perform well during sports competitions. More years of sport experience correlated with a decrease in inferiority feelings and an increase in self-esteem. There were not any statistically significant differences between the athletes practicing individual sports and the athletes practicing team sports in their inferiority feelings, superiority feelings, or self-esteem
Teachers’ Pedagogical Power – A Community School Study
Full text linkAim: The aim of our work was to study the types of power preferred by teachers and students of pedagogical specialties. Method: Ivanov’s questionnaire “Teacher’s pedagogical power” was used to study the pedagogical power including Reward, Coercive, Legitimate, Expert and Referent powers. In 2012 and 2013, 46 secondary school teachers and 40 students of pedagogical specialties were part of a study in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. Results: The results indicated that teachers and students of pedagogical specialties preferred making use syncretic power, more than one power. The most frequent types of power were Legitimate and Reward. The rarest was Referent power. The teachers used the different types of power less than students of pedagogical specialties did, confirming Adler’s view that humans striving for power over others was inversely proportional to the degree of education. Female teachers preferred to use Legitimate power more compared to male teachers. Conclusions: The study of teachers’ pedagogical power could contribute to clarify teachers and students’ views of the teacher’s role in schoolar education. The studied teachers and students of pedagogical specialties perceived the teacher mainly as a regulating (rewarding or coercive) legitimate figure of pedagogical power
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
Specifics of the psyhological defense of those learning the combat sports
Full text linkPsychological defense contributes to avoidance of anxiety and any other negative emotions, blocking the real impact of certain threats. Defense mechanisms are our body’s natural way of overcoming of one’s internal conflicts by changing the way we process information about our surroundings thus allowing us to avoid the loss of self-control when placed in a conflict situation. The use of the defense mechanisms negation, reaction formation and pseudo-altruism by these ones learning combat sports was studied. These defense mechanisms form the self-sacrificing defense style. There are some significant gender and age differences, as well as in the type of combat sport regarding the used defense mechanisms. The women practicing combat sports more often used the defense mechanism pseudo-altruism and the self-sacrificing defense style. The latter was preferred by these ones who practiced judo, and these ones who practiced sambo used more often reaction formation. The sportsmen more advanced in age used more often pseudo-altruism.Language: Bulgaria
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