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Obsidian site (4.53) revisit June 1988: Lucia Nixon, Meryn Scott, Jennifer Moody.
No full textObsidian site (4.53) revisit June 1988: Lucia Nixon, Meryn Scott, Jennifer Moody
Cardiac Rehabilitation: Perceived Social Support of Phase 3 Women Participating in Rural and Urban Centers in the State of Oregon
No full textPurpose of the study:\ud
Cardiac Rehab programs help people recover from the physiological and psychological damage of a recent cardiovascular event through the education of patients about heart healthy lifestyle changes, lowering modifiable risk factors and implementing safe exercise programs. Few studies have examined the role that a Cardiac Rehab environment may have in providing social support to its participants. No previous study has examined the perception of social support within the Cardiac Rehab environment of women exclusively. The purpose of this study was to assess the perceived levels of social support of Phase 3 women participating in Cardiac Rehab programs in the state of Oregon.\ud
Procedure:\ud
Cutrona and Rusell's (1984) Social Provisions Scale (SPS) was used to\ud
measure the perceived levels of social support within the Cardiac Rehab\ud
environment. Participants were asked to apply each answer as it pertains\ud
to the cardiac rehab environment, keeping their current relationships with\ud
staff and peers in mind. The returned surveys were divided into rural or\ud
urban Cardiac Rehab centers and results were analyzed and compared.\ud
Findings:\ud
Phase 3 women in cardiac Rehab perceive an overall high level of Social\ud
Support on the SPS and on the subscales of reliable alliance, guidance,\ud
social integration and attachment. There were no statistically significant\ud
differences among those participants with or without a spouse or\ud
significant other. Rural cardiac Rehabs had a significantly higher overall\ud
perception of social support and statistically higher level of support on the\ud
subscales of social integration, attachment and reassurance of worth.\ud
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Conclusions:\ud
This study found the SPS to be a useful tool in generating dialogue with\ud
women about their health and their perceptions of the Cardiac rehab\ud
environment. In addition to the returned surveys, unsolicited letters and\ud
notes were received, echoing the thoughts and experiences of rehab\ud
patients. Women in Cardiac Rehab programs in the state of Oregon feel\ud
that they that can rely on staff to help them when, and if, they need it\ud
(reliable alliance), and that they feel they are offered guidance in the form\ud
of instruction and tangible aid. They also appear to have developed\ud
relationships with staff and peers (attachment), and feel that they belong\ud
to a group, identifying themselves with one another (social integration).\ud
This study found significant differences in the perceptions of women in\ud
rural Cardiac Rehabs than those in urban ones. Women in Rural programs\ud
reported statistically higher perceptions of total social support and in the\ud
subscales of social integration, reassurance of worth and attachment. It\ud
may be that smaller rural cardiac rehab centers in rural communities test\ud
high in these areas because, by virtue of living where most everyone knows\ud
everyone else, the rehab center serves as more of a social nexus than it\ud
does in urban centers. Results highlight the importance of the social\ud
support within the Cardiac Rehab facility and warrant further\ud
investigation
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
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