scholarly journals Internet Communication and Empathy in Adolescence and Early Adulthood

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 127-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.B. Kholmogorova ◽  
E.N. Klimenkova
Keyword(s):  
Early Adulthood ◽  
Reactivity Index ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Internet Communication ◽  
Russian Science ◽  
Virtual Communication ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Study Results

The article investigates the influence of modern means of communication on the development of empathy in adolescents and young adults.The article contains an analytical overview of current research in this area with the fixation of the contradictory findings about the nature of virtual communication influence on empathic ability in adolescents and young adults.We propose that the balance of virtual communication and direct contact plays leading role for the development of social cognition.The article presents study results of indicators of severity of empathy in adolescents and universities students according to channels of communication with other people they prefer – face-to-face contact, social networking, phone, Skype and various sites on the Internet.The study involved 170 people of Moscow's educational institutions (colleges, schools and universities), which offers a questionnaire aimed at identifying the preferred communication channels, as well as the technique of "Interpersonal Reactivity Index" M.Davis tests the empathic abilities.The main conclusions are made on the basis of the data: most of today's adolescents and university students from all channels of communication prefer face-to-face communication; they differ from those who prefer to communicate in social networks, higher rates of empathic abilities. This article was prepared with the financial support of the Russian Science Foundation (project N 14-18-03461) on the base of Federal State Budgetary Institution «V. Serbsky Federal Medical Research Centre for Psychiatry and Narcology» of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation.

scholarly journals Cross-border virtual teams, as seen from applied psychology & applied economy perspective. A Case study of a cross-cultural teaching program

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 305-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Radosław B. Walczak ◽  
Jaroslava Kubátová ◽  
Klara Seitlová
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Teams ◽  
Applied Psychology ◽  
Internet Communication ◽  
Teaching Program ◽  
Virtual Communication ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Cultural Teaching ◽  
Psychological Risks

As communication becomes easier with the proliferation of ICT (Internet Communication Technology), more companies and individuals face the need and challenge of creating and facilitating virtual teams. Those are groups of people that contact each other only by the means of the internet, with no real-world physical face-to-face contact. Despite the numerous benefits, as low-to-non monetary costs and enormous creation flexibility, there are also many (psychological) risks, often not apparent from the outside. In the current paper we discuss the teaching program that was designed to foster virtual communication skills. We describe a project conducted simultaneously between Palacký University (Olomouc, CZ) and University of Opole (Opole, PL) in the summer term of 2015. We argue that such classes have a potential for individual and business development, provided the necessary preparations are made.

Epidemiology and Genetics of OCD: A Review and Discussion of Future Directions for Research

CNS Spectrums ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald W. Black
Keyword(s):  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Molecular Genetic ◽  
Early Adulthood ◽  
Care Utilization ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Adoption Studies ◽  
Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Behavioral Treatments ◽  
New Research

AbstractThe author reviews both the epidemiology and the genetics of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). A relatively common disorder, OCD has an onset in late adolescence or early adulthood. Its gender distribution is nearly equal, although women are slightly more likely to develop the disorder. Usually chronic, OCD fluctuates depending on factors including the presence of depressed mood or stressful life events. OCD is associated with substantial psychiatric comorbidity, it affects quality of life, and it affects health care utilization. Many questions remain unanswered, such as whether its natural history has changed with the advent of effective therapies, and to what extent patients with OCD are disabled.There are no adoption studies of OCD, but reports of twins suggest greater monozygotic than dizygotic concordance. Family study results are not entirely consistent, probably because of differences in study methods, but tend to show that OCD is familial. They also show a genetic relationship to subclinical OCD and Tourette's syndrome. Molecular genetic studies are just getting under way. Important issues remain to be answered, including defining the extent of an OCD spectrum of disorders, and determining what constitutes an OCD phenotype.The author concludes by recommending that further studies on OCD involve samples from the general population rather than clinic- or hospital-based samples, which are inherently biased for severity.The past 15 years have been exciting for psychiatric researchers interested in the epidemiology and genetics of OCD. Combined with ongoing development of effective pharmacologic and behavioral treatments, new research in these areas has affected how physicians think about OCD, as well as how we clinically manage patients. More work needs to be done, as many important questions about both the epidemiology and genetics of OCD remain unanswered.

scholarly journals How May Virtual Communication Shape Cooperation in a Work Team?

2004 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Flache
Keyword(s):  
Social Relationships ◽  
Work Teams ◽  
Work Team ◽  
Online Interaction ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Virtual Communication ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Interaction Task ◽  
Simulation Results

AbstractThis paper addresses theoretically the question how virtual communication may affect cooperation in work teams. The degree of team virtualization, i.e. the extent to which interaction between team members occurs online, is related to parameters of the exchange. First, it is assumed that in online interaction task uncertainties are higher than in face-to-face contacts. Second, the gratifying value of peer rewards is assumed to be lower in online contacts. Thirdly, it is assumed that teams are different in the extent to which members depend on their peers for positive affections, operationalized by the extent to which team members are interested in social relationships for their own sake, independently from their work interactions. Simulation results suggest both positive and negative effects of team virtualization on work-cooperation.

Poverty in the European Union and in Russia: A comparative analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 697-717
Author(s):  
Eka R. ERMAKOVA ◽  
Dar'ya V. VASHURKINA
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Poverty Line ◽  
Poverty Measurement ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Economic Science ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Monetary Approach ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Absolute

Subject. The article considers and compares methods used in the European and domestic practice for determining the poverty line. Objectives. Our aim is to underpin the need to abandon the absolute approach to determining the poverty line in Russia in favor of relative approaches. Methods. We employ general scientific methods of cognition (comparison, analysis, and synthesis) and special methods of economic science (rationed assessments). The data of the Federal State Statistics Service and its territorial bodies, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, etc. serve as the information base of the study. Results. The paper shows the failure of the absolute approach to poverty measurement, reveals its shortcomings, determines that it distorts the picture of economic reality in the study of poverty. We apply the European monetary approach to poverty measurement. The comparative analysis of poverty rates in Western Europe and in Russia confirms the existence of extreme forms of poverty, both in developed European States and in our country. The paper uses the ‘zone theory’ to assess the severity of poverty in Russia; the actual values of these indicators in Western Europe serve as thresholds. Conclusions. The use of the relative monetary approach to measure poverty in the country gives a more accurate idea. Since 2021, Russia has switched to a similar method of calculating the subsistence rate and the minimum wage. Hence, the officially recorded level of poverty in the country will increase, and this will require additional measures to support the poor by the State.

Evaluation of complications of the late postoperative period in patients with diabetes mellitus after drainage surgery of neovascular glaucoma

2021 ◽  
pp. 10-12
Author(s):  
V.A. Biletskaya ◽  
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D.V. Lipatov ◽  
M.A. Frolov ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Diabetic Retinopathy ◽  
Postoperative Period ◽  
Pain Syndrome ◽  
Neovascular Glaucoma ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Key Words Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Key Words Diabetes ◽  
Surgical Methods

Today diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the leading medical and social problems. Its complications lead to terrible concomitant pathologies that qualitatively affect the lives of patients. At the end of 2019, there were more than 463 million people with diabetes in the world and this number is increasing every year. Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is one of the most severe complications of DM on the organ of vision. Secondary neovascular glaucoma (NG) is a manifestation of the end-stage proliferative DR. This is a relatively rare but difficult-to-treat pathology that often leads working-age patients to disability and impaired social adaptation. The main objective of treatment for NG is to compensate for intraocular pressure (IOP), but conservative (drug) therapy is often ineffective. Therefore, doctors are forced to use surgical methods of treatment. At the same time, do not forget about the multiple complications during the operation, as well as in the early and late postoperative periods. A special feature of the course of NG in patients with DM is its combination with the failure of the ligamentous-capsular apparatus of the lens, iris bombage, anterior and posterior synechiae, traction retinal detachment and various hemorrhagic complications. All this allows us to talk about the so-called diabetic glaucoma (DG). Currently, drainage devices have become the standard in the treatment of refractory NG. The effectiveness of such operations according to various sources is about 70-80% of success. Purpose. To assess the condition of patients with DM in the late (10-15 years) postoperative period after performing NG drainage surgery, to analyze the effectiveness of the intervention by studying the dynamics of IOP, the presence or absence of pain syndrome and various intraocular complications. Material and methods. During the period 2006-2020, 150 patients with NG and DM were operated on in the Department of Diabetic Retinopathy of the Federal State Budgetary Institution «Endocrinology Research Centre» of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. Results. In 100% of the postoperative period, the pain syndrome was stopped. And also, in 59.7% of cases, the presence of late complications: vascular thorn, EED, subatrophy and anophthalmos. Conclusion. Despite the presence of complications, drainage surgery in patients with DM continues to be an effective method of choosing surgical treatment for patients with uncompensated NG. Key words: diabetes mellitus; diabetic retinopathy; neovascular glaucoma; drainage surgery.

Usage of E-Resources by the Faculty Members and PG Students of Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital and Research Centre (KIMS), Bangalore, Karnataka: A Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-86
Author(s):  
H. M. Shashikala ◽  
S. Srinivasaragavan
Keyword(s):  
Information Search ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Health Science ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Effective Use

Web-based use of E-resources is playing a vital role for information seeking. In this direction the present study was conducted on the use of E-resources (e-books, e-journals, e-databases subscribed by Health Science Library and Information Network, HELINET Consortium and ERMED Consortium) by the faculty members and PG students of Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences and Information Centre, Bangalore, Karnataka State. A structured questionnaire was designed and distributed to faculty members and PG students (150) to know their effective use of e-resource for their study, teaching and research. A total of 135 filled in questionnaires were received and the response rate was 82.66%. The study results found that most of the teaching faculty and PG students preferred to search Google and Yahoo as search engine for their information search requirements. At the same time they consulted Pub Med and Science Direct and Ovid publisher’s journal databases to access E- resources.

scholarly journals Infectious safety during primary specialized accreditation in the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 14-20
Author(s):  
Evgeny Germanovich Ripp ◽  
A. R. Fattakhov ◽  
T. M. Ripp ◽  
R. A. Postanogov ◽  
N. M. Iminov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Medical Research ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Technological Processes ◽  
Specialized Accreditation ◽  
National Medical ◽  
Technical Personnel ◽  
The Face ◽  
Simulation Center

This article is devoted to the organization of the work of the Accreditation and Simulation Center of the Institute of Medical Education of the Almazov National Medical Research Centre during the primary specialized accreditation in the COVID-19 pandemic. Organizational solutions, technological processes and routing of accredited (308 people), support and technical personnel (98 people) and employees of the Accreditation and Simulation Center (14 people) and members of accreditation commissions (67 people) are presented to ensure infectious safety and the effectiveness of the face-to-face practice-oriented stage of accreditation.

scholarly journals Examining Distance Learners in Hybrid Synchronous Instruction: Successes and Challenges

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Enilda Romero-Hall ◽  
Cristiane Rocha Vicentini
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
The Other ◽  
Distance Learners ◽  
Electronic Journals ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Successes And Challenges

This paper reports on a case study investigating distance learners participating in graduate-level hybrid synchronous instruction. This research helps inform the design of hybrid synchronous instruction in which face-to-face and distance learners engage in class sessions. Data were collected using electronic journals, individual interviews, and a focus group. The results of the data analysis provide evidence that in this case, hybrid synchronous instruction improved the study habits of distance learners. On the other hand, the case study results also revealed that there are challenging pedogogical aspects which the distance learners had to overcome during hybrid synchronous instruction. Among such challenges were the interactions, relationships, and communication exchanges between distance learners, their face-to-face counterparts, and the instructor.

scholarly journals Zoom As A Tool For Online Learning

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Indriati Retno Palupi ◽  
Wiji Raharjo
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Virtual Communication ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages

There Change the design of the studying process in University during the covid-19 pandemic from face to face to online learning needs some tools to support it. Some tools coming with their own advantages and disadvantages. One of them is Zoom. It becoming tools liked by many lecturers and college students because easy installation process and complete features although it is not free and easy to hack. Nevertheless, internet access is still becoming a big problem in online learning. A mix between two tools of online learning is one of the solutions, for example, zoom and google classroom application. Zoom is used for virtual communication in online learning but it does not provide features for sending the assignment. Otherwise, google classroom provides features to send and receipt some assignments, and it can save the quote on the internet. Both of them will complete each other to support all needs in online learning.

scholarly journals Psycho-social impacts of virtual communication

Temida ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 23-36
Author(s):  
Rajko Macura ◽  
Slavoljub Vujovic ◽  
Djuro Mikic
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
Maladaptive Behavior ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Communication ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Virtual Communication ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
The Impact

The emergence and spread of Internet communication has led to changes in social relationships, abuse of the Internet and maladaptive behavior. Among the authors who have studied the impact of these changes there is no consensus, and the results of their research are often contradictory. Some authors conclude that Internet communication strengthens networks of its users, while others believe that such communication leads to reduced participation in real social life. In a number of people, excessive use of the Internet adversely affects the mental health and social life and can lead to obsession at the expense of other aspects of life and creating addiction. The greatest risk of negative impacts of online communication is among children and young people. This paper is meant to indicate, the good sides as well as the negative consequences of excessive and non-functional Internet use

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