VALUE CO-CREATION THROUGH THINKING: A SPECTRUM RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VISUAL AND VERBAL THINKING IN THE GROUP CONTEXT

This study examines the impact of appearance in juvenile court on perceptions of self, associations with peers who use marijuana, beliefs that the law is morally binding on oneself, and fear of legal sanctions for the use of marijuana, and subsequent self-reported marijuana use. A basic model specifying relationships among these variables is derived from both labeling theory and the deterrence approach. Findings from panel data collected at, two points in time from high school students (n=378), and data from juvenile court records provide not support for the hypothesis of specific deterrence and only marginal support for labeling theory. Additional findings point to the group nature of marijuana use and indicate that with the group context the potential impact of appearance in juvenile court is largely negated. Finally, no support is found for the hypothesis that the fear of legal sanctions is an effective deterrent to use. Policy implications of the findings are discussed.

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Homelessness: Emotion Discourse and the Reproduction of Social Inequality

Canadian Journal of Communication ◽

10.22230/cjc.2014v39n2a2729 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 39 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Barbara Schneider

Keyword(s):

Social Interaction ◽

Focus Group ◽

Focus Groups ◽

Social Relations ◽

Moral Identity ◽

Homeless People ◽

Group Context ◽

The Media ◽

Groupes De Discussion ◽

Negative Feelings

This article draws on data gathered in focus groups to analyze how people talk about homelessness and compares the findings to how homelessness is represented in the media, specifically newspapers. It examines how ideas about homelessness that circulate in society are taken up, used, and reproduced by people in social interaction. People “care” about homelessness and use emotion discourse in the focus group context to construct a moral identity and to manage interactional dilemmas. They express sympathy for homeless people, deflect responsibility for any negative feelings they may have, and shift responsibility for doing something about homelessness. In using emotion discourse, they reproduce conceptions of homelessness that circulate widely in the media and in society generally; this, in turn, reproduces existing social relations of inequality and exclusion.Cet article a recours à des données provenant de groupes de discussion afin d’analyser comment les gens parlent d’itinérance entre eux, puis il compare les résultats de cette analyse à la représentation de l’itinérance dans les médias contemporains, particulièrement les journaux. Il examine comment les gens dans leurs interactions adoptent, utilisent et reproduisent des idées sur l’itinérance qui circulent déjà dans la société. Les gens se « soucient » de l’itinérance et ont recours à un discours émotif dans leurs groupes de discussion pour se construire une identité morale et gérer les dilemmes interactionnels. Ils expriment de la sympathie pour les sans-abris, tout en déclinant toute responsabilité pour les sentiments négatifs que ces derniers peuvent éprouver et rejetant sur autrui le devoir d’agir sur l’itinérance. En utilisant un discours émotif, ils reproduisent des conceptions sur l’itinérance qui circulent abondamment dans les médias et dans la société en général. Leurs pratiques reproduisent ainsi des rapports d’inégalité et d’exclusion.

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Modeling the Changing of the Individual Satisfaction in a Group Context: A Study on Two Sized Groups

AI*IA 2018 – Advances in Artificial Intelligence - Lecture Notes in Computer Science ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-03840-3_36 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 489-501

Author(s):

Francesco Barile ◽

Judith Masthoff ◽

Silvia Rossi

Keyword(s):

Group Context ◽

The Individual

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Reflective Practices to Study Group Dynamics: Implement Empowerment and Understand the Functioning of Groups

Frontiers in Psychology ◽

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.786754 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Nadia Rania ◽

Ilaria Coppola ◽

Laura Pinna

Keyword(s):

Group Dynamics ◽

Reflective Practices ◽

Group Context ◽

Group Experiences ◽

Relevant Group ◽

Training Activities ◽

The Individual ◽

Group Empowerment ◽

Online Group ◽

Group Skills

Introduction: Individual and group reflection practices are qualitative methods useful in a group context to develop group skills and more awareness of the dynamics that take place within the group to which one belongs.Aim: The aim of this work is to highlight how individual reflective practices and group reflections contribute to the development of group skills. More specifically, the effectiveness of relevant group dynamics is investigated, with the aim of creating a space for reflection, and activation for individual and group empowerment.Participants: The participants were 130 university students (86% female), resided in northwestern Italy, and had a mean age of 27.5 years (SD = 7.52). They were randomly divided into 23 groups (ranged from four to nine members).Method: The participants engaged in several online training activities and at the end of every activity they completed individual reflection practice in which they presented both positive and negative aspects related to the group experiences. Then they participated in online group reflections that allowed them to reflect on the group dynamics, particular attention given to factors such as climate, participation and roles played by each participant in a variety of training activities. This study analyzes 130 individual reflective practices and 23 group reflections. The data collected through individual reflective practices and the transcripts of the group reflections were analyzed using grounded theory. Two independent judges analyzed and categorized the data and then identified the main common categories that emerged by the support of Nvivo software.Results: From the analysis of the content, it is determined that the participants, based on the construction of the individual and group reflections, paid greater attention to the dynamics that occurred within the group during the various activities in which they participated, thus allowing them to be more aware of the various factors that affected the importance attributed to the different roles, the climate, and their active participation.Conclusion: Combined, these factors allowed participants to strengthen their relationships with each other and enhance the cohesion of the group.

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Therapeutic Factors in Patient Groups with Psychosis

Group Analysis ◽

10.1177/0533316411413522 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 44 (4) ◽

pp. 421-438 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Ignacio García-Cabeza ◽

Mauricio Ducajú ◽

Esther Chapela ◽

Manuel González de Chávez

Keyword(s):

Group Dynamics ◽

Severe Mental Disorders ◽

Therapeutic Factors ◽

Value Differences ◽

Group Context ◽

Action Mechanisms ◽

Group Matrix ◽

Therapeutic Orientation ◽

Patient Groups ◽

Q Sort

Therapeutic factors in group therapy are a series of action mechanisms that contribute to change in therapeutic processes. They are inherent to group dynamics and interaction, yet are not necessarily associated with a therapist’s intervention. These factors are elemental components of a therapeutic change phenomenon derived from the group matrix. We present five studies that thoroughly evaluate these therapy factors within groups of patients diagnosed with psychosis. All factors are measured with the Yalom Q-sort questionnaire that defines factors based on their value given by the patients. We evaluate and report these value differences between group context, patient diagnosis, and therapeutic orientation. Therapeutic factors act independently of diagnoses, theoretical framework, and classification; they are intrinsic components of unique group dynamics. In general, the factor claimed to be most important in patients with severe mental disorders was the instillation of hope.

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The Effects of Strangers On Rhesus Monkey Groups

Behaviour ◽

10.1163/156853976x00028 ◽

1976 ◽

Vol 56 (3-4) ◽

pp. 194-214 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Ted D. Wade

Keyword(s):

Rhesus Monkey ◽

Context Effects ◽

Individual Characteristics ◽

Free Living ◽

Core Group ◽

Group Context ◽

Adult Females ◽

Group Members ◽

Alliance Partners ◽

The Stability

AbstractObservations were made of behaviour in each of 3 different laboratory groups of rhesus monkey adult females and infants for 5-6 replications of conditions in which either: (l) a group was undisturbed for at least a week, (2) a stranger adult male was present for 2 weeks, or a stranger adult female was present for 1/3 day in either (3) the group witltout a stranger male, or (4) the group with a stranger male. Groups behaviourally discriminated between their own members and strangers and between strangers of different sex. Strangers discriminated between other strangers and core group members. The presence of a stranger affected behaviour among core animals, the type of effect differing with the stranger's sex, and a stranger also affected behaviour between core animals and another stranger. These consequences of the presence of strangers were complex, but all could be explained by assuming that: (I) when more than two adult monkeys are together they are likely to have or attempt to form alliances, with high rates of affiliative and aggressive behaviour within an alliance, and cooperative aggression directed at non-alliance members, and that (2) females tend to prefer as alliance partners, in order, males most, then familiar females, and unfamiliar females least, while males tend to prefer less familiar over more familiar females. The latter preference may be a reason for inter-troop transfer by males in free-living troops. There was decreased tolerance among females, especially unfamiliar ones, in the presence of males. Such a mechanism might be a contriltitor to the stability of troop affiliation in free-living females. Various effects seen led to the viewpoint that while behaviour is determined by both individual characteristics and by the overall context of the group, these factors are quite interrelated, in that each contributes to the other. Group context "effects" may account for behavioural differences between the groups studied.

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