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What the hell are you doing? A PRISMA systematic review of psychosocial precursors of slut-shaming in adolescents and young adults
No full textSlut-shaming is a form of discrimination against those who violate gender stereotypes, independent of that person's gender identity or sexual orientation or sexual behaviour and appearance. Slut-shaming is a sexual stigmatisation perpetrated both by women and men through rumours, criticism and ostracism and it has severe negative effects both on self-identity and interpersonal relations. This review focuses on psychosocial factors associated with vulnerability to slut-shaming exposure and was carried out using the new Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) protocol. Articles were retrieved from Scopus and Web of Science databases. After having initially considered 585 articles, 19 studies were selected for this research. A qualitative analysis was conducted on selected studies, focusing on psychosocial variables associated with slut-shaming. Gender norms and sexual double standards were identified as meaningful precursor variables of slut-shaming exposure. Moreover, gender differences were highlighted: female adolescents, young women and LGBTQI+ individuals seem more likely to be at risk of slut-shaming exposure and seem to suffer more severe negative consequences. Certain pivotal recommendations have been made in order to prevent and avoid slut-shaming, and these include developing social interventions , fostering gender awareness as a protective factor and making informed decisions within a clinical context
Pathways of Self-Determination: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study of Slut-shaming Vulnerability in a Group of Young Adults
Full text linkSlut-shaming is a sexual stigmatization that consists in a form of discrimination
against those who do not respect gender stereotypes of external appearance and/
or sexual behaviors and attitudes. Individuals may also be exposed to slut-shaming
merely due to fortuitous elements unrelated to the sexual dimension. Slut-sham ing is perpetrated through ostracism, rejection and sexual stigmatization and may
have negative efects on psychophysical well-being. The primary aim of the pre sent study is to explore the victimization of young adults through slut-shaming. A
sample of thirty-six participants (aged 19–28) was recruited and focus groups and
interviews were conducted to explore participants’ slut-shaming experiences. Con structivist grounded theory was employed to understand how young adults deal with
slut-shaming and analyze sociocultural factors involved in slut-shaming dynamics.
Several individual, social and cultural factors are involved in sexual stigmatization
processes. A core set of 6 categories related to slut-shaming exposure was identifed:
exposure to slut-shaming, antecedents of slut-shaming, socio-cultural context facili tating slut-shaming, LGBTQIA+and slut-shaming, negative efects of slut-sham ing, and reactions to slut-shaming. Results emphasized that, even if young adults
showed a generally high level of awareness of sexual discrimination and stigmati zation processes, slut-shaming victimization is not uniformly experienced by them.
Young adults’ narratives seem to show conficting feelings and thoughts regarding
the possible strategies that could be employed to deal with slut-shaming exposure and pervasive internal and external forms of oppression
Exploring Quality of Life, Body Image and Sexual Satisfaction in Intersex Individuals: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
No full textThis systematic review and meta-analysis aims to evaluate quality of life and body image among adolescents and adults with variations in sexual characteristics (VSC). It will analyse the experiences of intersex people and those with VSC concerning self-perception, psychological well-being, and overall quality of life at different life stages, with a focus on the relationship between body image and quality of life. A systematic search was conducted using the new Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) protocol. Articles were retrieved from Scopus and Web of Science databases from January 2006 to August 2024. After identifying 1084 scientific articles, 26 studies were included. The data on quality of life indicate a trend similar to that of the general population. However, studies examining body image and sexual satisfaction reveal findings specific to the intersex population. This review shows that the variable of body image has a significant impact on intersex youth and adult individuals and those with VSC. Even though their responses vary, many individuals report dissatisfaction with sex-related body parts.
Understanding the impact that self-representation of one's body image has on sexual relationships and overall quality of life can support the development of new interventions aimed at developing a satisfactory body perception for intersex individuals. These interventions could help individuals experience their bodies more comfortably, thereby enhancing the overall well-being of intersex adolescents and adults and those with VSC
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
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
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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