Oxytocin, social relationships, and health: An introduction to the special issue

2019 ◽  
Vol 136 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Julianne Holt-Lunstad ◽  
Beate Ditzen ◽  
Kathleen C. Light
Keyword(s):  
Social Relationships ◽  
Special Issue

scholarly journals COMMENTARY: Bioarchaeology of Oaxaca: It’s About the People

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Danny Zborover
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Stress ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Daily Activities ◽  
Mortuary Practices ◽  
Contextual Approach ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Ethnic Affiliation ◽  
The People ◽  
Animal Bones ◽  
Global Connections

<p>Bioarchaeology is clearly all about the people. A human bone, although technically an artifact, is conceptually different than ceramic sherds, lithics, or even animal bones. It is us. The notions of embodiment and culturally-embedded interpretation intersects all the articles in this special issue, where authors take a detailed contextual approach to tackle diverse and complex themes such as mortuary practices, pre- and postmortem treatment, corporeal and skeletal modifications, individual and corporate identities, ethnic affiliation, social memory, violence and interpersonal conflict, trauma, gender and childhood, ancestral veneration, daily activities, nutritional and occupational stress, social organization, social relationships, and local, regional, continental, and global connections.</p>

scholarly journals Mediating Environments: Introduction

2015 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 295-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petra Hroch ◽  
Mark CJ Stoddart
Keyword(s):  
Social Relationships ◽  
Canadian Journal ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Human Actors

The impetus behind this special issue of the Canadian Journal of Sociology on “Mediating Environments” is to bring together current Canadian scholarship interrogating the relationships among the environment, media, and evolving concepts of mediation. Using “mediation” as a way of conceptualizing the interaction of human and non-human actors – whether environmental, technological, social, political – opens up ways of understanding social relationships to include more-than-human agencies and to reconsider the relations that shape subjects, objects, and identities.

Introduction

Periphērica ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-17
Author(s):  
Gina Herrmann ◽  
Isabel Jaén-Portillo
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Visual Narratives ◽  
Affect Studies ◽  
Disciplinary Boundaries ◽  
Cognitive Studies ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Relationship

This special issue of Periphērica, Image and Storytelling: New Approaches to Hispanic Cinema and Literature, features leading research by scholars of Hispanic cultures at the crossroads of literature, film, mind, and society. The collection showcases cutting-edge fields and themes including cognitive studies, affect studies, embodiment, and empathy, as well as new perspectives on adaptation, film typology, film teaching, gender, and genre. The research presented in this special issue underscores the excitement produced by crossing disciplinary boundaries in the study of verbal and visual narratives, moving beyond prevalent transnational approaches that do not sufficiently address key factors in the creation and reception of film narratives such as historical-sociological contexts, affective dynamics, psychological responses, and gender variables. The contributors include scholars whose professional and social relationships to the history, practices, and evolution of the moving image and new media vary widely, broaching a diversity of theories and methodologies and presenting readers with a comprehensive and innovative perspective on film art and the relationship between filmmakers, films, spectators, and contexts.

scholarly journals Social Structures, Social Relationships, and Family Firms

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas M. Zellweger ◽  
James J. Chrisman ◽  
Jess H. Chua ◽  
Lloyd P. Steier
Keyword(s):  
Complex Networks ◽  
Social Organization ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Social Structures ◽  
Common Theme ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Family Enterprise ◽  
And Performance

In this introduction, we observe that the study of social structures and social relationships constitutes a common theme among the articles and commentaries contained within this special issue on Theories of Family Enterprise. Individuals and organizations are embedded in complex networks of social organization and exchange. Within business enterprises, familial relationships engender unique goals, governance structures, resources, and outcomes. We discuss these relationships, potential research directions, and the contributions made by the articles and commentaries. In so doing, we expand the literature on how social structures and social relationships affect the behavior and performance of family firms.

ADHD in Adolescents: Commentary on the Special Issue of Ripple Effects in Self-Perceptions and Social Relationships

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 311-322
Author(s):  
Stephen P. Becker
Keyword(s):  
Social Relationships ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Ripple Effects ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
School Based ◽  
Perception Bias ◽  
Youth With Adhd ◽  
Adolescent Perspective ◽  
Adolescent Period

Adolescence is a developmental period that affords both risk as well as enormous opportunity. Ripple effects can extend far and wide and speak to the nuance and complexity in understanding and treating ADHD during the adolescent period. The studies in this special issue provide novel and important insights into the lives of adolescents with ADHD, and they collectively point to important areas for both research and clinical attention. Further, each of the studies underscore the importance of soliciting the perspective of adolescents with ADHD. In this commentary, I consider the value of self-report when working with adolescents with ADHD, the possibility of a self-perception bias in youth with ADHD, challenges in assessing social functioning in adolescence, and implications for school-based assessments and interventions. For treatment specifically, I raise the possibility of a modular intervention approach for adolescents with ADHD and shared decision making that solicits and incorporates the adolescent perspective. The voices of adolescents with ADHD may be crucial for understanding how to lower risk, promote resilience, reduce stigma, and improve our assessments and interventions.

scholarly journals Introduction

2014 ◽  
pp. 2-3
Author(s):  
Nóra Nyirő ◽  
Mihály Gálik
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Ict Use ◽  
The Social ◽  
Working Groups ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Media And Communication

This special issue of Budapest Management Review is guest-edited in collaboration with the Working Group on “Audience interactivity and participation” of the COST A ction I S0906 “Transforming Audiences, Transforming Societies”. COST is an intergovernmental framework for European Cooperation in Science and Technology, allowing the coordination of nationally-funded research at the European level. The Action “Transforming Audiences, Transforming Societies” (2010–2014) is coordinating research efforts into the key transformations of European audiences within a changing media and communication environment, identifying their complex interrelationships with the social, cultural and political areas of E uropean societies. A range of interconnected but distinct topics concerning audiences are being developed by four Working Groups: (1) New media genres, media literacy and trust in the media; (2) Audience interactivity and participation; (3) The role of media and ICT use for evolving social relationships; and (4) Audience transformations and social integration.

scholarly journals DISCUSSION - Positive Psychology: Small steps towards renewing and expanding the sound tradition of subjectivity

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 207
Author(s):  
Panos Kordoutis
Keyword(s):  
Positive Psychology ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Cohesive Model ◽  
Personal Strengths ◽  
Original Contribution ◽  
Intervention Planning ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Relational Contexts

The basic tenets of Positive Psychology derive from the philosophical traditions of Utilitarianism, Virtues, and Eudaimonia theorizing, and Hedonism. However, its unique and original contribution to Psychology lies in empirically operationalizing the definition of well-being. Moreover, it has proposed a theoretical framework consisting of, also, operationally defined socio-psychological processes associated with well-being: (a) interacting within social relationships and contexts, (b) developing traits (e.g. personal strengths), (c) pursuing states of existence (happiness, pleasure) and (d) experiencing seamless functioning (e.g. meaning). These processes concern and render with theoretical cohesion most of the research and interventions within Positive Psychology. Nevertheless, and even though social and relational contexts have been an integral part of the cohesive model of Positive Psychology from the outset, rarely are they reflected in pertinent research in a way other than that of subjective representations. The six papers presented in this journal fall into the aforementioned fourfold cohesive theoretical approach of Positive Psychology and nearly all, respond to the above criticism by taking into account relational or social contextual factors and by employing different strategies for their representation or actual estimation..  All papers in this special issue are good examples of how evidence-based understanding can support and feed into effective intervention planning and applications, a goal that follows steadily Positive Psychology since its inception.

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