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Homesickness in university students: The role of multiple place attachment
No full textThe transition to college or university can lead to the challenge of adapting to a new setting. Homesickness has been frequently investigated as a potential negative consequence of relocation. This study analyzed the role of multiple place attachment in the development of homesickness among university students. The study used a multicausal framework. Situational, personality, and environmental psychological variables were considered. Different factors of a person's personality were associated with vulnerability to homesickness. In addition, multiple place attachment and vulnerability to homesickness impacted the homesickness felt by students. © 2010 SAGE Publications
The mediating role of Environmental Identity in the relationship between Biospheric Values, Connectedness to Nature, and Environmental Activism
No full textEnvironmental Identity and Biospheric values are both considered to be antecedents of Environmental Activism. Although various authors have suggested a relationship between Biospheric Values and Environmental Identity, this relationship has rarely been empirically studied. Moreover, the role of affect domain in influencing Environmental Activism has received less attention. This paper is aimed at shedding light on the relationship between Biospheric Values, Connectedness to Nature, and Environmental Identity, as well as studying how both are related to Environmental Activism. It was hypothesized that Environmental Identity mediates the relationship between both Biospheric Values and Connectedness to Nature, and Environmental Activism. A sample of 168 Italian young adults completed an online survey designed to gather information about the variables under study. The results provided support to the hypothesis that Biospheric Values and Connectedness to Nature are related to Environmental Identity, and that their relationship with Environmental Activism is fully mediated by Environmental Identity. In light of the existing literature, the results of this study will be discussed
Psychophysiological methods to evaluate user's response in human robot interaction: A review and feasibility study
No full textImplementing psychophysiological measures is a worthwhile approach for understanding human reaction to robot presence in terms of individual emotional state. This paper reviews the suitability of using psychophysiological assessment in human-robot interaction (HRI) research. A review of most common psychophysiological parameters used in a controlled laboratory setting is provided and advantages and challenges of their utilization in HRI experiments are described. Exemplar studies focused on the implementation of psychophysiological measures for the evaluation of the emotional responses of the participants to the robots' presence are described. Based on the reviewed literature, the paper also describes the results of our own research experience to make the most of the emerged recommendations. We planned and performed a study aimed at implementing psychophysiological measurements for assessing the human response of two groups of older adults (Healthy vs. Mild Cognitive Impairment subjects) towards a telepresence robot. Finally, the paper provides a summary of lessons learned across the field in using psychophysiological measures in HRI studies
Transitions to sustainability, lifestyles changes and human well-being: cultural, environmental and political challenges (Transiciones hacia la sostenibilidad, cambios de estilos de vida y bienestar humano: desafíos culturales, medioambientales y políticos)
No full textIn this paper, we present a special issue of PsyEcology that contains a selection of papers submitted by registered participants to the 25th IAPS Conference, held in Rome, Italy, from 8–13 July 2018, under the theme ‘Transitions to sustainability, lifestyles changes and human well-being: cultural, environmental and political challenges.
Attitudes toward intelligent technologies: Elderly people and caregivers in nursing homes
No full textNursing homes provide long-term care services and can help preserve the quality of life of elderly people subject to physical and cognitive impairments. In this chapter, we explore the role of intelligent technologies as a supplement to human care-giving and the potential to improve quality of life for both older adults and their caregivers in nursing homes. A study was conducted on elderly people's and caregivers' attitudes toward the use of intelligent technologies in nursing homes, with the aim of understanding in which domains of everyday activities the application of intelligent technologies can be more suitable. Results showed that attitude toward the application of intelligent technologies in nursing homes is positive, although multifaceted. Elderly people and caregivers considered intelligent technologies as relevant devices for the improvement of quality of life in different domains. Nonetheless, differences related to the role that technologies played in nursing homes clearly emerged. © 2011, IGI Global
Presence-Centered Flourishing: A Proposal of Alternative Strategies to Promote Sustainable Living|FLOURISHING CENTRATO SUL PRESENTE: UNA PROPOSTA DI STRATEGIE ALTERNATIVE PER LA PROMOZIONE DI UNA VITA SOSTENIBILE
No full textFlourishing has been identified as a central concept in the new approaches based on the idea of positive psychology emerging at the end of the 20th and beginning of the 21st cen-turies. A culture based on the idea of harmony may never have existed among the large public in the history of human thought. An educational system of this type could be based on what we propose here as a & DLANGBRAC;presence-centered & drangbrac; pedagogy (in contrast to the contempo-rary & DLANGBRAC;information-centered & drangbrac; and & DLANGBRAC;skill-centered & drangbrac; pedagogies). The alternative education process that we propose is also particularly fitted to be conducted amongst nature and outdoor spaces rather than within a classroom, based on the extensive literature on the positive effects of contact with nature for human health and wellbeing. From a philo-sophical perspective, a presence-centered pedagogy would result in the promotion of a new sense of agency: an identity developed by exercising our co-dependence with the rest of the ecosystemic processes and life-support systems, as opposed to an identity conceived as being separated from the external environment. We argue here that such a revolution-ary change of humans' self-definition could result in higher likelihood of changing our lifestyles in the direction of sustainability and collective wellbeing
Media representations of crimes in close relationships: Qualitative analysis of narratives in a television broadcast
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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
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