scholarly journals Sociable Spotlight: The Impact of Interactive Artifacts to Ground the Social Interactions

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 288-300
Author(s):  
Naoki Ohshima ◽  
Yuta Yamaguchi ◽  
P. Ravindra S. De Silva ◽  
Michio Okada
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact

What to Do When People Stare: A Workshop to Teach Individuals With Disfiguring Conditions to Contend With Staring and Improve Control of Social Interactions

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 743-751
Author(s):  
Charlene Pell
Keyword(s):  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Social Implication ◽  
Facial Disfigurement ◽  
Psychosocial Consequences ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Media ◽  
Facial Difference ◽  
Workshop Evaluation ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Facial disfigurement due to any congenital or acquired condition is a social disability that can impede communication, contribute to awkward social interactions, and cause individuals with differences to be isolated and rejected. Yet, few interventions have been developed to address the psychosocial consequences of living with a visible difference, despite research indicating that the more visible the disfigurement is to others, the greater the social implication and challenge for the affected individual. This article reviews the impact of the “What to Do When People Stare” social and communication workshop, including its theoretical basis (drawn from anthropological research and theory pertaining to disfigurement), the phenomenon of staring, and the experience of being the target of a stare. The review highlights feedback from 46 individuals with disfiguring conditions caused by burns, dermatological conditions, and craniofacial conditions who completed a Workshop Evaluation Survey. The instructor, who has a facial difference, reviewed the science of staring, the role and influence of the media and beauty in society, myths associated with disfigurement, social and communication skills, and asked specific questions to elicit feelings and beliefs about why people stare, and how it feels to be the object of a stare. After completing the workshop, 80% of participants reported that they felt better prepared to cope with staring, and 83% reported a better understanding about the motives of staring. The workshop demonstrates the need to increase awareness of visible differences and to teach individuals with visible differences and the general public appropriate social skills for engaging with one another. The workshop’s success to date highlights the need for similar programs addressing the psychosocial communicative dimensions related to staring. Collaborations with burn centers and other nonprofit organizations that treat and assist individuals with psychosocial issues related to visible difference could strengthen content and assessment data.

scholarly journals Online interaction of Olympic volunteers after the Games

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 53-64
Author(s):  
M. P. Sukharkova
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Online Community ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
Online Interactions ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Paralympic Games

The article is devoted to the community of Olympic volunteers after the event through the study of their online activity in social network “Vkontakte”. Olympic volunteering refers to the event-oriented direction of volunteering, which is characterized by a limited period of time for the implementation of volunteering practices, but a long period of training volunteers and the opportunity for volunteers to acquire unique work experience during the organization and holding of a major sports event. At the moment, there is a lack of research on the impact of events such as the Olympic and Paralympic Games on the volunteer community.The legacy of the 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Games for the volunteer community is studied in the article. In the course of the study, an attempt was made to find answers to the following research questions: do volunteers maintain social online interactions five or more years after the event; if volunteers continue online interactions, what topics are the most popular for discussion in the volunteer community. It is proved that volunteering at major sporting events contributes to the development of the social capital of volunteers, including by expanding the circle of acquaintances, that is, social interactions. At the same time, social networks have a great influence on the reproduction of social capital, so the indicators of online interactions of volunteers can indicate whether the volunteers support the circles of social interactions acquired while working at the games, and, thus, whether the volunteers support and use the social capital acquired while working at the event. During the entire period of time considered by us, the highest indicators of volunteer activity in the online community were noted from 2014 to 2016. The most relevant topics among the participants of the online community are the topics of volunteering: both memories of working at the games, as well as information about other volunteer programs and other topics, for example, tourism, etc.

scholarly journals ISTERI SEBAGAI PENCARI NAFKAH UTAMA: Studi terhadap Perajin Kapuk di Desa Imogiri, Bantul, Yogyakarta

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 47
Author(s):  
Siti Djazimah ◽  
Ihab Habudin
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Economic Independence ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Wage Earners ◽  
Positive Traits ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Village

Islam has expressly regulate the division of tasks and roles between husbands and wives fairly. Although the husband is obliged to provide sustenance for his wife and children, but the family law of Islam does not forbid a wife from helping her husband in making a living with her husband's consent and does not interfere with her obligations as a housewife. There is a wife in a family of craftsmen in the village of Tegal Kembang, Imogiri, Yogyakarta, which acts as the main breadwinners for their families. This article examines the wives who work as the wage earners by using the concept of maqa> s} id ash-shari'ah < 'ah. The impact that emerges of the role of the kapok craftsmen woman is more on the impacts that are in positive traits and it is associated with the hajjiy and daruriy needs. The wife who has an income has the economic independence power that can even sustain the needs of the family. Social interactions that occur in kapok craftsmen community, make a strong emotional connection between kapok craftsmen. While the social interaction with the "outside world" (consumers) clearly provides insight of the Kapok Craftsmen. As for the negative impact of the mother's role of Kapok craftsman towards parenting does not seem significant.[Islam secara tegas telah mengatur tentang pembagian tugas dan peran antara suami dan istri secara adil. Walaupun suami berkewajiban memberi nafkah kepada isteri dan anak-anaknya, tetapi hukum keluarga islam tidak melarang istri membantu suaminya dalam mencari nafkah dengan persetujuan suaminya dan tidak mengganggu kewajibannya sebagai seorang ibu rumah tangga. Ada istri pada keluarga perajin kapuk di dusun Tegal Kembang, Imogiri, Bantul,  Yogyakarta, yang berperan sebagai pencari nafkah utama bagi keluarganya. Tulisan ini mengkaji para isteri yang bekerja sebagai pencari nafkah dengan menggunakan konsep maqa>s}id asy-syari<‘ah. Dampak yang ditimbulkan dari peran yang dijalankan para ibu perajin kapuk adalah lebih pada dampak yang sifatnya positif dan hal ini terkait dengan kebutuhan yang sifatnya daruriy dan hajjiy. Para isteri yang mempunya penghasilan tersebut memiliki kemandirian dalam ekonomi bahkan dapat menopang kebutuhan keluarga. Interaksi sosial yang terjadi dalam komuitas perajin kapuk, menjadikan kuatnya hubungan emosional di antara perajin kapuk. Sementara  interaksi sosial dengan “dunia luar” (konsumen) jelas memberikan wawasan perajin kapuk semakin bertambah. Adapun dampak negatif peran ibu sebagai perajin kapuk terhadap pengasuhan anak tidak nampak secara signifikan.]

scholarly journals The Social Utility and Health Benefits for Older Adults of Amenity Buildings in China’s Urban Parks: A Nanjing Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (20) ◽  
pp. 7497
Author(s):  
Binyu Liu ◽  
Ye Chen ◽  
Meng Xiao
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Health Benefits ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Urban Parks ◽  
Social Utility ◽  
Social Activities ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact

As China’s population rapidly ages, research and discussion on how to better optimize public spaces for the elderly’s health and benefit continue to deepen. This study uses observational surveys and questionnaires to investigate the elderly visitors of Nanjing’s urban parks and explore the impact the parks’ amenity buildings (structures built to provide visitors with conveniences, e.g., shelters and pavilions) has on their health and associated socialization tendencies. Data were collected from ten amenity buildings in ten separate parks to compose a total dataset of 728 activity statistics and 270 valid questionnaires. The study’s results indicate that amenity buildings significantly increase opportunities for older adults to socialize and thereby can increase this demographic’s associated health benefits. The social activities formed around amenity buildings are found to improve social interactions and connectedness among older adults more compared to other age groups. Elderly participation in social activities is also found to positively correlate with environmental characteristics. High-quality landscapes ensure healthy development of social activities within amenity buildings and promote the occurrence and continuation of social interactions. In order of highest to lowest impact on elderly activities, the following factors were identified and scored: amenity building scale, lighting, comprehensive surrounding environment, surrounding amenities, water features, and vegetation. This research also reveals that among existing amenity buildings, there is insufficient support for certain activities and therefore, parks need to be improved to address this deficiency. Overall, this study indicates that under China’s current aging trends, amenity buildings have become an especially important infrastructure within urban public space, and their design trend is to incorporate the dual characteristics of “recreation + society”.

scholarly journals Workspace Integration and Sustainability: Linking the Symbolic and Social Affordances of the Workspace to Employee Wellbeing

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (21) ◽  
pp. 11985
Author(s):  
Iris Vilnai-Yavetz ◽  
Anat Rafaeli
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Physical Space ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
The Self ◽  
Employee Wellbeing ◽  
The Social ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Workspace Design

Our goal in this paper is to connect workspace design to employee wellbeing and social sustainability. Toward this connection, we introduce and empirically test a new concept of “workspace integration”. This concept refers to the continuum of integration of an employee’s workspace with the organizational, physical space. We further define three workspace affordances that predict the social sustainability of workspace arrangements by influencing employee wellbeing. The three affordances are perceptions of symbolism of the organization and of symbolism of the self, and opportunities for social interactions. We evaluate our theory using data collected from an online survey of British employees (n = 392) working in offices at home and/or in the organization in various industries. As predicted, workspace integration positively influences wellbeing directly as well as indirectly via mediation of symbolism of the organization and opportunities for social interactions. The third affordance—symbolism of the self—positively influences wellbeing, but is not affected by workspace integration. Our findings confirm the impact of workspace affordances on employee wellbeing, and thus their utility for the analysis of social sustainability. The findings also contribute to understanding of the differences between workspace symbolism of the organization and of the self, their impact on wellbeing, and thus their implications for social sustainability.

scholarly journals Out of touch: Touch deprivation and affective touch perception during the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larissa Lauren Meijer ◽  
Birgit Hasenack ◽  
Jonas Kamps ◽  
Andy Mahon ◽  
Guilia Titone ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Affective Touch ◽  
Interpersonal Touch ◽  
Touch Perception ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact

Interpersonal touch and affective touch play a crucial role in social interactions and have a positive influence on mental health. The social distancing regulations related to the COVID-19 pandemic have reduced the ability to engage in interpersonal touch. This could cause touch deprivation, and it might alter the way in which affective touch is perceived. To investigate this, we conducted an online survey with 2348 participants, which contained questions regarding the COVID-19 regulations, touch deprivation and the perceived pleasantness of affective and non-affective touch. Results showed that participants reported feelings of touch deprivation. This significantly increased with the duration and severity of the COVID-19 regulations. Participants who experienced more touch deprivation rated videos of affective and non-affective touch as more pleasant. Current results provide insight in the impact of sudden and prolonged COVID-19 regulations and show that increasing the duration and severity of these regulations is associated with a higher desire for touch, which leads to increased perceived pleasantness of touch.

scholarly journals PERCOVID: A Model to Describe COVID Percolation on a Network of Social Relationships

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Francois Mathiot ◽  
Laurent Gerbaud ◽  
Vincent J Breton
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Vaccination Campaign ◽  
Epidemiological Data ◽  
Human Populations ◽  
The Social ◽  
A Site ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Pharmaceutical Interventions ◽  
Typical Scenario

We develop a site-bond percolation model, called PERCOVID, in order to describe the time evolution of COVID epidemics and more generally all epidemics propagating through respiratory tract in human populations. This model is based on a network of social relationships representing interconnected households experiencing governmental non-pharmaceutical interventions. The model successfully accounts for the COVID-19 epidemiological data in metropolitan France from December 2019 up to July 2021. Our model shows the impact of lockdowns and curfews, as well as the influence of the progressive vaccination campaign in order to keep COVID-19 pandemic under the percolation threshold. We illustrate the role played by the social interactions by comparing a typical scenario for the epidemic evolution in France, Germany and Italy during the first wave from January to May 2020. We investigate finally the role played by the alpha and delta variants in the evolution of the epidemic in France till autumn 2021, paying particular attention to the essential role played by the vaccination. Our model predicts that the rise of the epidemic observed in July 2021 will not result in a fourth major epidemic wave in France.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Penggunaan Smartphone pada Pembelajaran Jarak Jauh di Masa Pandemi Covid-19 Terhadap Interaksi Sosial Siswa

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
Diah Putri Islamy
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
High Technology ◽  
Coefficient Of Determination ◽  
Simple Linear Regression ◽  
Communication Tool ◽  
The Social ◽  
Smartphone Use ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
The Impact

Smartphone is a high technology of communication tool with various modern social aplication. Nowadays, smartphone has become basic needs of human being especially during this pandemic of covid-19 that affected almost the country around the world. Smartphone has been a tool that must be provided in ourdaily life. Using smartphone during this pandemic covid-19help the students to have online learning from home that can be related to internet acces. Smartphone can give positive and negative impacts for the students. The positive are students can make online conference with teachers without interaction to other people and also they can get some informations or news from other countries. The negatives are the social interactions among students will be worse because they can not make friends, low of caring others and environment, and being able to be selfish child. The writer uses this research to know the impact of using smartphone during paandemic of covid-19 to the social interaction of students in regency of Sukarami Palembang. . This research is a quantitative research with data analysis calculations using SPSS 26 using simple linear regression with respondents of 100 students who live in the sub-district of Sukarami. Data collection was carried out by observation, filling out questionnaires and documentation. The results showed that there was an effect of the use of smartphones on students' social interactions simultaneously with an F value of 112.157> 3.09 (Ftable). Likewise for the partial test with the t test, namely the t value of 5.718> 1.98 (t table). As for the coefficient of determination, the contribution of smartphone use contributed 53.4% to students' social interactions

scholarly journals Classic Galactosemia Neurological Complications: An Overview

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Clinical Manifestations ◽  
Neurological Complications ◽  
Classic Galactosemia ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact

Classic galactosemia is an autosomic recessive disorder that leads to increasegalactose 1 phosphate and galactitol intracellular levels; with clinical manifestations that arise from the ingestion of galactose from the diet but can be reverted when restricted. Yet about 90% of the patients develop neurological complications. Because of that we evaluate the impact of the diet on the generation of such complications, like the strict galactose restriction and the glycosilation impairment, galactosemia and social interactions as factors that influence neurodevelopment, oxidative stress secondary to galactosemia and its influence on neuroinflamation, epigenetics modifications secondary to the diet and the social interactions and other causes that can affect neurodevelopment on galactosemia.

Examining peer support arrangements for students with visual impairment

2020 ◽  
pp. 026461962097215
Author(s):  
Michael Tuttle ◽  
Erik W. Carter
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
Inclusive Classroom ◽  
The Social ◽  
Positive Experiences ◽  
Multiple Probe ◽  
The Impact

Students with visual impairment (VI) often have limited social interactions in inclusive classroom settings. This study used a multiple-probe-across-participants design to evaluate the impact of peer support arrangements on the social interactions of three students with VI in general education classes. Students experienced higher levels of peer interaction while participating in peer support arrangements while maintaining high levels of academic engagement during the intervention. Most students and teachers reported that peer support arrangements provided positive experiences, resulted in multiple benefits, and could be implemented feasibly and acceptably in inclusive classrooms. We offer recommendations for research and practice aimed at enhancing the quality of inclusive experiences for students with VI.

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