Cost and Family Obligation in Everyday Sacrifice to Parents Among European American and Chinese Emerging Adults

2019 ◽  
Vol 54 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 156-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhenlan Wang ◽  
Joan G. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Limited Attention ◽  
European American ◽  
Experiment Study ◽  
Family Obligation ◽  
European Americans ◽  
Cultural Research ◽  
The Cost

Cultural studies on sacrifices made by emerging adults have given limited attention to the cost involved. We addressed this issue in studies among U.S. and Chinese emerging adults. Assessing real-life instances of sacrifice, Study 1 ( N = 130) showed that Chinese sacrifice for their parents in a higher cost way than do European Americans. In a vignette-based experiment, Study 2 ( N = 254) demonstrated that family obligation motivates high-cost sacrifice among Chinese emerging adults but not among European American emerging adults. The findings underscore the importance in cultural research of recognizing the distinctive impact of cultural and immigration effects, while highlighting methodological limitations associated with the use of scale measures.

scholarly journals Culture Moderates the Relationship between Family Obligation Values and the Outcomes of Korean and European American College Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (6) ◽  
pp. 511-525
Author(s):  
Haein Oh ◽  
Toni Falbo ◽  
Kejin Lee
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
European American ◽  
Family Obligation ◽  
European Americans ◽  
American Students ◽  
The Relationship

Family obligation values have been described as an important element of collectivistic cultures that are related to the development of positive emotional well-being and motivation in high school and college students. The present study tested the hypothesis that culture moderates the relationship between family obligation values and the outcomes of Korean ( n = 249) and European American ( n = 251) college students. The results provided support for this hypothesis. Specifically, for Koreans, family obligation values were significantly and positively correlated with descriptions of parents as being more supportive of the self-determination of their children, which was found to mediate the relationship between family obligation values and student outcomes. Furthermore, family obligation values were more strongly associated with the motivation, self-esteem, and depression of Koreans than European Americans. European American students expressed lower family obligation values and the intensity of these values were unrelated to their emotional well-being. Family obligation values were positively correlated with reports of self-determined motivation for Korean students, and negatively correlated with reports of self-determined motivation for European American students. The results are discussed in terms of cultural moderation and self-determination theory.

ІНТЕРВАЛЬНИЙ МЕТОД У МЕТОДОЛОГІЇ КУЛЬТУРОЛОГІЇ

2020 ◽  
pp. 43-47
Author(s):  
Admink Admink ◽  
Тетяна Уварова
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Research Tool ◽  
Multidimensional Analysis ◽  
Interval Method ◽  
Cultural Research ◽  
Post Modernism ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
The Subject

Дослідження присвячено розкриттю сутності інтервального методу та введенню його як дослідницького інструменту культурології. Об’єктом дослідження постає методологія культурології, предметом – інтервальний метод, що сформувався у постмодерністській методології. Здійснено спробу експлікації ключових принципів інтервального методу та обґрунтовування необхідності його використання для дослідження культури. Наукова новизна полягає у введенні інтервального методу у методологічний інструментарій культурології. Зроблено висновок щодо можливості введення інтервального методу у методологію культурології як інструменту багатовимірного аналізу культури. The research aims to disclose the essence of an interval method and its introduction as a research tool for the methodology of cultural studies. The object of research is the methodology of culture, the subject of research is the interval method formed in the methodology of post-modernism. In the article, the author attempts to explicate key concepts of the interval method and justifies the necessity of its use in cultural research. Scientific novelty consists in introduction of the interval method into the methodology of cultural studies. The conclusion is made considering the possibility of introduction of the interval method in the methodology of cultural studies as a tool for multidimensional analysis of culture.

scholarly journals Managing cost uncertainties in transportation and assignment problems

1998 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Adlakha ◽  
H. Arsham
Keyword(s):  
Time Lag ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Optimal Solution ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Solution Algorithm ◽  
Assignment Problems ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Order Assignment ◽  
Cost Parameters ◽  
The Cost

In a fast changing global market, a manager is concerned with cost uncertainties of the cost matrix in transportation problems (TP) and assignment problems (AP).A time lag between the development and application of the model could cause cost parameters to assume different values when an optimal assignment is implemented. The manager might wish to determine the responsiveness of the current optimal solution to such uncertainties. A desirable tool is to construct a perturbation set (PS) of cost coeffcients which ensures the stability of an optimal solution under such uncertainties.The widely-used methods of solving the TP and AP are the stepping-stone (SS) method and the Hungarian method, respectively. Both methods fail to provide direct information to construct the needed PS. An added difficulty is that these problems might be highly pivotal degenerate. Therefore, the sensitivity results obtained via the available linear programming (LP) software might be misleading.We propose a unified pivotal solution algorithm for both TP and AP. The algorithm is free of pivotal degeneracy, which may cause cycling, and does not require any extra variables such as slack, surplus, or artificial variables used in dual and primal simplex. The algorithm permits higher-order assignment problems and side-constraints. Computational results comparing the proposed algorithm to the closely-related pivotal solution algorithm, the simplex, via the widely-used pack-age Lindo, are provided. The proposed algorithm has the advantage of being computationally practical, being easy to understand, and providing useful information for managers. The results empower the manager to assess and monitor various types of cost uncertainties encountered in real-life situations. Some illustrative numerical examples are also presented.

scholarly journals Do the Same Central Anthropometric Variables that Best Predict Blood Pressure in European Americans also Best Predict Blood Pressure in African Americans?

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 349-356
Author(s):  
L. Jerome Brandon ◽  
Larry D. Proctor
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
African American ◽  
Waist Circumference ◽  
African American Men ◽  
European American ◽  
Central Adiposity ◽  
Anthropometric Indices ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
European Americans ◽  
Blood Pressures

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine if central anthropometric vari­ables that best estimate blood pressure risks in European Americans also best estimate blood pressure risks in African Americans.Design: The participants were 357 nor­motensive African and European American volunteers with a mean age of 32.6 ± 12.4 years. Participants were evaluated for central adiposity with dual energy X-ray ab­sorptiometry, abdomen and thigh skinfolds, waist and hip circumferences, waist/hip ratio, waist/height ratio, body mass index, and systolic and diastolic blood pressures. Descriptive statistics, partial correlations, ANOVA and stepwise regressions were used to analyze the data.Results: Central adiposity anthropometric indices made different contributions to blood pressure in African and European American men and women. When weight was held constant, waist circumference shared stronger partial relationships with blood pressure in African Americans (r = .30 to .47) than in European Americans (r = .11 to .32). Waist circumference in com­bination with other indices was a predictor of systolic and diastolic blood pressures in European American men (P<.05) but only a predictor for diastolic blood pressure in African American men and women (P<.01). Hip circumference was the only predic­tor for systolic blood pressure (P<.01) in African American men and women.Conclusions: Further research on the rela­tive contributions of central anthropometric indices to blood pressure in African and European Americans is warranted. A better understanding of this relationship may help reduce hypertensive morbidity and mortali­ty disparities between African and European Americans. Ethn Dis. 2020;30(2):349-356; doi:10.18865/ed.30.2.349

scholarly journals Beyond The Historiography: Film Dokumenter Sejarah Sebagai Alternatif Historiografi di Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 405
Author(s):  
Aan Ratmanto
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Documentary Film ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Documentary Films ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The University ◽  
Quality Of Research

The Department of History, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, the University of Gadjah Mada in 2015 made a milestone in the development of historiography in Indonesia. They made a bold move to produce a scholar with a documentary film work instead of a thesis. In the future, it is not impossible that this step will soon be followed by other universities in Indonesia. This paper was written in response to these developments. In this digital era-and in the midst of still low interest in reading in Indonesia-emerged the discourse to seek new media for historiography in Indonesia. The film, especially documentary films are seen as new media that match the characteristics of history because of they both present real-life reality. Moreover, Indonesia with the diversity of tribes and culture and history, of course, save a variety of themes that will not run out to be appointed a documentary. Based on that, this paper will discuss the types, forms, and format of the documentary that is suitable and possible to be produced by history students as a substitute for thesis-considering the cost of film production tends to be higher than thesis research. Thus, the film of a documentary a college student, especially a history produces the quality of research and aestheticsKata 

scholarly journals ПРОБЛЕМИ ІСТОРИКО-МИСТЕЦТВОЗНАВЧИХ ДОСЛІДЖЕНЬ ПРОСТОРОВИХ І ТЕХНОЛОГІЧНИХ ЗАСОБІВ ТВОРЕННЯ СЦЕНІЧНОЇ ОБРАЗНОСТІ

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Admink Admink
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Performing Arts ◽  
Analytical Study ◽  
Cultural Research ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Systematic Selection ◽  
Technological Means ◽  
System Approaches

Мета статті – аналіз та структуризація історіографії основних історико-культурологічних досліджень, що вивчають просторово-образні та технологічні засоби виразності у сценічному мистецтві. Наукова новизна дослідження полягає у вперше здійсненому комплексному міждисциплінарному системному відборі та аналітичному опрацюванні джерел з проблем ролі просторових і технологічних засобів виразності у створенні сценічної образності. Шляхом застосування мультимодального та транссистемного підходів, авторка доходить висновку, що проблеми просторово-образних й технологічних засобів виразності у сценічному мистецтві фрагментарно і з різних ракурсів вивчали як науковці, так і практики театру. Однак на сьогоднівітчизняній науці бракує цілісного культурологічного дослідження з проблем створення сценічної образності просторовими та технологічними засобами виразності.Ключові слова: історіографія, сценічна образність, сценічний простір, технологічні засоби. The purpose of the article is to analyze and structure the historiography of the basic historical and cultural studies that study the spatial-figurative and technological means of expression in the performing arts. The scientific novelty of the research is the first complex interdisciplinary systematic selection and analytical study of sources on the role of spatial and technological means of expressiveness in the creation of stage imagery. Through the use ofmultimodal and trans-system approaches, the author concludes that the problems of space-visual and technological means of expressiveness in the performing arts have been fragmented and studied from different angles by both scholars and theater practitioners. Today, however, there is a lack of comprehensive cultural research on the problems of creating stage imagery by spatial and technological means of expression.Key words: historiography, stage imagery, stage space, technological means.

Watching Reality TV Programs With Concurrent Sexual and Alcohol Themes Is Associated With Risky Drinking and Sexual Experiences

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janna L. Kim ◽  
Deborah E. Schooler ◽  
Sarah Kay Lazaro ◽  
Jie Weiss
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Reality Tv ◽  
Drinking Patterns ◽  
Risky Drinking ◽  
Female Undergraduate ◽  
Alcohol Content ◽  
Male And Female

The real-life risks associated with engaging in sexual behavior while intoxicated or high are rarely depicted on television. This study examined whether heavy exposure to sexual and alcohol content on fictional and reality TV programs would be associated with emerging adults’ risky sexual and alcohol experiences. Of particular interest were programs in which sexual and alcohol themes were perceived to co-occur most strongly and the genre of TV exposure. Participants were 320 male and female undergraduate students between 18 and 25 years of age ( M = 20). Results showed heavier exposure to reality TV programs perceived to have strong, concurrent sexual and alcohol themes, and perceiving reality TV content as realistic was each associated with more harmful drinking patterns and more frequent sexual behavior while intoxicated or high. Methodological and health implications of the findings are discussed.

The Term “Global” in Cross-Cultural Studies

2014 ◽  
pp. 166-208
Author(s):  
Bice Della Piana ◽  
Mario Monteleone
Keyword(s):  
Computational Linguistic ◽  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Management ◽  
Cultural Research ◽  
Cross Cultural Research ◽  
The World ◽  
Cross Cultural Management ◽  
Cross Cultural Studies

Globalization in its broadest sense is part of the strongest external environmental forces that affect organisations today (Daniels, Radebaugh, & Sullivan, 2011). Despite the “slogan” that globalization is likely to produce homogeneity in various cultures, different civilizations of the world will reassert themselves to preserve their cultural heritages. This means it is necessary to consider the dynamics of the continued interplay between various trends in world cultures and the process of globalization. Moving from these considerations, cross-cultural management research seems to be the natural framework for using the term globalization. Cross-cultural research has received considerable attention by management scholars. The purpose of this study is to understand the connotation of the term “global” used in the context of cross-cultural studies and the enrichment of his meaning in the last four decades. To achieve it, the authors use a computational linguistic tool, namely an automatic textual analysis software, by means of which they locate and extract specific linguistic expressions. This allows retrieval and location of a series of concepts that denote and connote the term “global” over the last four decades.

Bidder Selection in Public Procurement using a Fuzzy Decision Support System

Fuzzy Systems ◽  
2017 ◽  
pp. 1620-1642
Author(s):  
Vjekoslav Bobar ◽  
Ksenija Mandic ◽  
Milija Suknovic
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Decision Support System ◽  
Support System ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Case Scenario ◽  
Uncertain Variables ◽  
Public Money ◽  
Fuzzy Extent Analysis ◽  
The Cost

Bidder selection in public procurement is a decision making problem whose primary purpose is to achieve the cost effectiveness and efficiency in the expenditure of public money. This principle is also known as the principle of “value for money”. This selection is based on many alternatives and many quantitative and qualitative criteria where qualitative criteria are often expressed as linguistic uncertain variables. The theory of fuzzy sets is a tool suitable to model uncertainty when applied to a variety of problems in real life. However, many fuzzy methods require complex calculation and they are not appropriate for using in public procurement because they slow down this process. In this paper, in order to make a quick decision in public procurement, a Decision Support System based on the fuzzy extent analysis method is developed. In order to demonstrate the usefulness of this system, a real-life case scenario of public procurement is presented.

scholarly journals Lower bound for the cost of connecting tree with given vertex degree sequence

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikhail Goubko ◽  
Alexander Kuznetsov
Keyword(s):  
Lower Bound ◽  
Heuristic Algorithms ◽  
Degree Sequence ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Inequality Constraints ◽  
Topology Design ◽  
Semidefinite Optimization ◽  
Linear Matrix ◽  
Matrix Inequality ◽  
The Cost

Abstract The optimal connecting network problem generalizes many models of structure optimization known from the literature, including communication and transport network topology design, graph cut and graph clustering, etc. For the case of connecting trees with the given sequence of vertex degrees the cost of the optimal tree is shown to be bounded from below by the solution of a semidefinite optimization program with bilinear matrix inequality constraints, which is reduced to the solution of a series of convex programs with linear matrix inequality constraints. The proposed lower-bound estimate is used to construct several heuristic algorithms and to evaluate their quality on a variety of generated and real-life datasets.

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