Is participation in music festivals a self-expansion opportunity? Identity, self-perception, and the importance of music’s functions

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 206-226
Author(s):  
Rafał Lawendowski ◽  
Tomasz Besta
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Social Functions ◽  
Music Festivals ◽  
Music Festival ◽  
Emotional Function ◽  
The Social ◽  
Self Construal ◽  
Self Development

A correlational study was conducted among attendees of three music festivals in Poland ( N = 828). The main goal was to examine how functions ascribed to music are related to (a) a feeling of being united with other attendees, (b) the perception of being independent from or (c) interdependent with other attendees, and (d) a feeling of self-growth resulting in self-expansion. Using structural equation modelling, we showed the following. First, people who feel stronger connections and experience more personal relationships with other attendees report a stronger feeling of self-growth during music festivals and ascribe more importance to the social functions of music. Second, a strong, direct relationship exists between independent self-construal (i.e., an individualistic view of the self as autonomous from other people) and the self-awareness function of music as well as between interdependent self-construal (i.e., a more collectivistic view of the self as embedded in the group and community) and the social function of music. Finally, the results of the mediation analysis of self-expansion for the relationships between different aspects of self and the functions of music indicated that self-expansion is a statistically significant partial mediator of these relationships for the social and self-awareness function of music but not for the emotional function. That is, participants, who experienced changes in self-construct related to self-growth and self-development from their participation in a music festival used music to facilitate self-awareness and social relatedness.

scholarly journals Relationships between vertical and horizontal individualism/collectivism self construal’s and autonomous, relatedness, autonomous-related self at university studentÜniversite öğrencilerinde benlik kurguları, yatay ve dikey bireycilik/toplulukçuluk ile ilişkisel, özerk, özerk-ilişkisel benlik arasındaki ilişkiler

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 1865
Author(s):  
Mehmet Ertuğrul Uçar
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
University Student ◽  
The Self ◽  
Full Model ◽  
Relevant Research ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
Self Construal ◽  
Male University Students

Most of the relevant research and conceptualization has occurred within individualism-collectivism. Kagitcibasi suggests that self can be defined as autonomous, relatedness, and autonomous-related self in Turkish cultural contexts. Triandis make the distinction between vertical and horizontal individualism/collectivism.  Vertical collectivism includes perceiving the self as a part of a collective and accepting inequality. Horizontal collectivism includes perceiving the self as a part of the collective, but seeing all members of the collective as the same; thus equality is stressed. Vertical individualism includes the conception of an autonomous individual and acceptance of inequality. Horizontal individualism includes the conception of an autonomous individual and emphasis on equality. In light of the literature the aim of this study is to examine whether vertical and horizontal individualism/collectivism and self construal’s predict autonomous, relatedness, and autonomous-related self at university student. The research group consisted of 236 (66.7% female, 33.3% male) university students. To collect data the autonomous, relatedness, and autonomous-related, self construal and vertical and horizontal individualism/collectivism scales were used. To analyze the data Pearson Correlation and a structural equation model were used. Overall, we found that vertical and horizontal individualism/collectivism a significantly predict autonomous, relatedness, and autonomous-related self. Specifically, vertical individualism significantly predicted autonomous-related self.  Individuals, who have autonomous-related self, feel equal in status with others in groups. ÖzetLiteratürde Bireycilik ve toplulukçuluk üzerine çok sayıda araştırma ve kavramsallaştırma oluşmuştur. Kağıtçıbaşı Türk toplumuna ve sanayileşen toplumlara özgü yeni bir model öne sürmüştür. Türk kültüründe benliği özerk, ilişkisel ve özerk ilişkisel olarak tanımlamayı önermektedir. Tridianis Yatay ve dikey bireycilik /toplulukçuluk ayrımı yapmıştır. Dikey toplulukçulukta benlik, bir topluluğun parçası olarak algılanır bu toplulukta eşitsizlik kabul edilir. Yatay toplulukçulukta benlik, bir topluluğun parçası olarak algılanır ancak topluluğun tüm üyeleri aynı ve eşit olarak görülür. Dikey bireycilik özerk birey ve eşitsizliğin kabul edilmesi anlayışından oluşur. Yatay bireycilik özerk birey ve eşitliğe vurgu anlayışından oluşur. Literatürden hareketle bu araştırmanın amacı Üniversite öğrencilerinde Yatay ve dikey bireycilik/toplulukçuğun ve benlik kurgularının, özerk, ilişkisel, özerk-ilişkisel benliği yordayıp yordamadığını araştırmaktır. Araştırma grubu 236 üniversite öğrencisinden oluşmaktadır(%66.7 kadın, %33.3erkek). Verileri toplamak için özerklik, ilişkisellik, özerk-ilişkisellik, benlik kurgusu ve Yatay ve dikey bireycilik/toplulukçuluk ölçekleri kullanılmıştır. Verilerin analizinde Pearson Korelasyon katsayısı ve Yapısal eşitlik modeli kullanılmıştır. Analiz sonuçları, özerklik, ilişkisellik, özerk-ilişkisellik, benlik kurgusu ve Yatay ve dikey bireycilik/toplulukçuluk, full model oluşturmak için veriler ile uyumlu olduğunu göstermiştir. Genel olarak Yatay ve dikey bireycilik/toplulukçuluk benlik kurgusu,  özerklik, ilişkisellik, özerk ilişkiselliği yordamıştır. Özellikle yatay bireycilik özerk ilişkisel benliği anlamlı olarak yordamıştır. Bu bulgu özerk-ilişkisel benlik kurgusuna sahip olanların kendilerini ait hissettikleri gruptaki tüm bireyleri ile aynı ve eşit olarak gördüklerine işaret etmektedir.

scholarly journals Cannabis festivals and their attendees in four European cities with different national cannabis policies

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-154
Author(s):  
Kostas Skliamis ◽  
Dirk J. Korf
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Cannabis Use ◽  
Social Constructions ◽  
Music Festivals ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Capital Cities ◽  
Music Festival ◽  
The Social

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to: describe and contextualize the aims and distinctive and common characteristics of cannabis festivals in countries with different cannabis policies; assess characteristics of participants; identify reasons to attend cannabis festivals; explore to which extent cannabis festivals contribute to the social and cultural acceptance of cannabis, as perceived by attendees. Design/methodology/approach The approach incorporates three methods of data collection in the research design; quantitative research among 1,355 participants, participant observation and interviews with the organizers. Findings Cannabis festivals in Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome and Athens have common features but also maintain and reproduce local, social and cultural characteristics. Cannabis festivals, as well as their attendees, represent heterogeneous categories. The style of the festival – music festival or march combined with music – affects the main reason for attendance by the participants. In cannabis festivals more similar to music festivals the majority of the respondents attended for entertainment while at the cannabis festivals in the form of a march combined with music the majority attended for protest. Furthermore, increasing age, residency and the high frequency of cannabis use are factors that led the participants to attend for protest. Originality/value The research on cannabis festivals is limited. This paper not only explores the aims of cannabis festivals in four capital cities of Europe and the characteristics of their attendees including motivations, but also offers interesting insights for understanding the ways in which political and social constructions like cannabis festivals shape attitudes, perception and behaviors around cannabis use.

Self-development of youth in the social and cultural conditions of functioning student scientific society

2020 ◽  
pp. 80-85
Author(s):  
Elena I. Grigorieva ◽  
Elena I. Pankova ◽  
Mukhaddas Gabdiyev
Keyword(s):  
Educational Process ◽  
Motivational Orientation ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Scientific Society ◽  
Cultural Activities ◽  
Cultural Conditions ◽  
System Integrity ◽  
The Social ◽  
Self Development

We consider the process of self-development of student youth in the context of the functioning of student scientific society, which is a space for self-identification, self-determination and self-development of youth in the structure of civil society. The basic mechanisms of self-development are revealed: self-understanding, self-awareness, self-determination, self-government, self-improvement and self-realization. It is noted that they are all interconnected and interact with each other, their consistent implementation forms a kind of algorithm for moving to higher forms of self-improvement. The characteristic is given to the principles under which the social and cultural conditions for students’ self-development will be most vividly realized (subjectivity, motivational orientation of self-development, effectiveness of cultural activity, facilitation, focus, coherence, consistency and continuity in the content of the educational process, the connection of upbringing with life, the democracy of the upbringing system, interactivity, individualization, differentiation and tolerance of the education system, integrity and structure, variability and competitiveness of the activity of self-developing personality). Particular attention is paid to social and cultural activities, which are aimed at self-realization of the personality, self-development of personal spiritual and physical potential of students. Personal self-development connected with integration into the internal and external activities of the individual for self-designing and self-creation at the level of self-awareness, motivational, value and emotional spheres, behavior in accordance with the requirements of the social and normative space and the tasks of research, social organizational and social and cultural activities of student scientific society.

scholarly journals Research Tools for Evaluating the Effects of a Vocational Horticulture Program on the Self-development of Female Inmates

1997 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 305-308
Author(s):  
Melanie M. Migura ◽  
J.M. Zajicek
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Quantitative Evaluation ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Self ◽  
Female Inmates ◽  
Plant Interactions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Self Development

Quantitative evaluation of horticulture vocational-therapy programs is becoming more and more critical as professionals in the area of people-plant interactions try to document the value of their programs. Evaluation tools to assess self-development of individuals studying such factors as self-esteem, life satisfaction, and locus of control have long been used in the social science disciplines. Many of these tools, either in their original forms or with some adaptations, can be successfully used to measure changes in self-development of individuals participating in horticulture programs.

scholarly journals IDEOLOGICALLY-EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL ASPECTS OF TOURISM SPECIALISTS’ TRAINING IN THE PROCESS OF TEACHING THE COURSE OF «PHILOSOPHY»

2019 ◽  
pp. 109-114
Author(s):  
Anatolii YAROVYI
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Social Functions ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Cultural Approach ◽  
The Social ◽  
Tourism Education ◽  
Human Spirituality ◽  
Educational Professional

The article deals with the social functions of philosophical factors in the formation of a modern model of tourism specialist. This model is formed and considered in accordance with the basic normative educational document - the Standard of higher education in the specialty 242 "Tourism" of the field of knowledge 24 "Sphere of service" by educational and professional program (OPP). The author makes a sample of some of the general competences provided by the educational-professional program of preparation of bachelors in the specialty "Tourism" and monitors the provision of appropriate substantiation of the nature of their provision in teaching the course "Philosophy". It is also substantiated that the philosophical and cultural approach in the system of tourism education allows the whole tourism industry to reach a higher level of self-awareness and adequately reflect a deeper understanding of tourism not just as a combination of travel and entertainment, but as a powerful factor in integrating and generating human spirituality. The author monitors these positions on the example of philosophical and cultural provision of relevant competencies of tourism specialists.

ALBION W. SMALL’S NEGLECTED PROGRESSIVE VIEWS: REDUCING INEQUALITIES FOR A REASONABLE CAPITALISM

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-98
Author(s):  
Virgile Chassagnon ◽  
Guillaume Vallet
Keyword(s):  
Progressive Era ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Self ◽  
Class Conflict ◽  
Social Injustice ◽  
Social Policies ◽  
The Social ◽  
Self Development ◽  
Equality Of Opportunities

This paper sheds light on Albion Small’s views on the inequalities resulting from capital concentration. As a leading intellectual of the Progressive Era, Small sought ways to reduce social injustice, which in his view was key to avoiding class conflict and preserving democracy. He emphasized the need to devise social policies with a view to ensuring the equality of opportunities for all to realize what Small termed their “interests”—through the combination of their labor with “tool-capital.” Small entrusted the State with the central role of fighting capital inequalities through social policies, the treatment of inequalities dealing with morals. He embraced the then-fashionable idea of reasonable capitalism, as expounded by fellow progressive scholars, the likes of Richard T. Ely, John Dewey, or John R. Commons, who all sensed that such an economic system would survive only if it improves the social well-being as well as the self-development of all individuals.

scholarly journals Determinants of the Turnover Intention of Construction Professionals: A Mediation Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 954 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehmet Nurettin Uğural ◽  
Heyecan Giritli ◽  
Mariusz Urbański
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Identification ◽  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Turnover Intentions ◽  
Voluntary Turnover ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
The Self ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Self Construal ◽  
The Impact

The voluntary turnover rate of qualified professionals is both a critical issue and a priority issue that affects organizations in different ways. The construction industry has a set of very specific and unique characteristics that demarcates it from all other sectors. This situation is related with strong precariousness and employee turnover, as well as the extensive practice of subcontracting. Furthermore, the construction sector, with its project-based production, is more vulnerable to voluntary turnover intention. Therefore, we aimed, in this study, to determine the key factors that contribute to the voluntary turnover intentions of qualified construction professionals. In this paper, the impact of individual-level value orientations on turnover intention in the construction settings, focusing on the mediating effect of external prestige and organizational identification, are investigated. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) is employed to estimate the causal relationships between the turnover intention and other research variables. The analyses are based on questionnaire responses from 441 construction professionals living in Istanbul. The findings indicate that an individual difference in the self-construal is related to turnover intention indirectly by virtue of employees’ perceptions of organizational prestige. Organizational identification also partially mediated the relationship between the self-construal and the turnover intention.

Decisions on participation in music festivals: an exploratory research in Portugal

2022 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
João Pedro Portugal ◽  
Antonia Correia ◽  
Paulo Águas
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Music Festivals ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Music Festival ◽  
The Social ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeMusic festivals offer new opportunities for leisure and tourist experiences in Portugal. Some tourists and residents, the so-called festival goers, participate and come back to these events, whereas others, the non-goers, never participate and are not willing to do so. The aim of this research is to understand the decision to participate or not based on facilitators and constraints to participate or not in a music festival, dismantling residents and tourists' attitudes.Design/methodology/approachData were collected from 1,178 music festival goers and non-goers in Portugal. Content analysis was undertaken to depict the most important determinants of their decisions. Those determinants were categorized according to the three dimensions of factors of ecological systems theory, considering festival goers and non-goers as well as tourists and residents.FindingsThe results suggested that although constraints are not as often voiced as facilitators, both influence decisions that are expressed as delaying, postponing, avoiding or complying with others by participating in these events. Furthermore, the results suggested that the decision to participate or not depends on the social contexts of the festival goers or non-goers, and that these social contexts may invert their decision, be it by facilitating or constraining their participation.Research limitations/implicationsThis research is limited to festivals in Portugal and used a qualitative analysis that may be confirmed in other countries with quantitative methods. Nevertheless, this research opens paths to discuss facilitators and constraints through ecological system theory and gives insights into this industry.Practical implicationsThe results provide important insights for festival organizers to retain and build long-term relationships with festival goers. The results also provide insights into how to overcome the resistance which non-goers demonstrated.Social implicationsThis research offers an in-depth and insightful understanding of individuals' attitudes towards music festivals, allowing festival demand to be better understood. Furthermore, this research proves that attendance of music festivals is mostly a socially driven behaviour.Originality/valueBy eliciting facilitators and constraints of the decision to participate in music festivals, considering residents and tourists, festival goers and non-goers, this study provides a deeper understanding of the decision to participate, through a theoretical framework which is rarely applied in this field.

scholarly journals The Importance of Self-Awareness in Building Personal Branding of Brawijaya University Students through Instagram

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 218-227
Author(s):  
Kresna Wiryananta ◽  
Reza Safitri ◽  
Bambang Dwi Prasetyo
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
University Students ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Self Development ◽  
Personal Branding

This study aims to analyze the effects of the Self-Awareness Outcomes Questionnaire (SAOQ) in building the personal branding of Brawijaya University students through social media Instagram. The research sample used a random sampling technique consisting of 283 students from various faculties. The method used in this research is descriptive quantitative. The Self-Awareness Outcomes Questionnaire (SAOQ) is divided into sub-variables reflective of self-development, acceptance, proactive at work and emotional cost. The results showed that reflective self-development, acceptance, proactive at work and emotional cost had a significant influence in building the personal branding of Brawijaya University students through social media Instagram. It can be concluded that the interest of Brawijaya University students in building personal branding through Instagram is importance by reflective self-development, acceptance, proactive at work and emotional costs.

Assessment Methods for Self-Development Goals of Executives

2012 ◽  
pp. 310-319
Author(s):  
Käthe Schneider
Keyword(s):  
Personal Development ◽  
Assessment Methods ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Complex Relationship ◽  
Personal Projects ◽  
Self Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Individual Needs ◽  
The Individual

There is a complex relationship between self-development and self-awareness. The individual needs to develop an awareness of herself and her self-development goals before being able to identify circumstances consistent with these goals and to make decisions that will bring about personal development. There are different approaches and methods for assessing these goals. The types of self-development goals range from images of the self to personal projects. This article examines methods for exploring the self-development goals of executives, because this is of particular relevance today. The findings suggest an instrument for exploring self-development goals for executives.

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