Social Distance: A Study of Changing Views of Young Mormons toward Black Individuals

1989 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 195-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phillip R. Kunz ◽  
Yaw Oheneba-Sakyi
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Latter Day Saints ◽  
Brigham Young University ◽  
The Social ◽  
Initial Decrease ◽  
The University ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Beginning Students ◽  
The Church

This study reports the changes of Bogardus Social Distance scores for beginning students at Brigham Young University from 1979 to 1989. A revelation was reported by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 1978 which permitted black members to receive the Priesthood on an equal basis with whites. An earlier study reported an initial decrease in the social distance toward black members by the university students. This study was designed to ascertain whether that decrease was sustained over the 10-yr. period, or whether the initial decrease may have stemmed from the euphoria felt at the time of the announced revelation. The data support the notion that the change has been genuine and sustained, although not as dramatic as in the period immediately following the announcement which gave the Priesthood to black members.

scholarly journals GEN Z AND RELIGIOUS-BASED SOCIAL DISTANCE

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Hapsari Dwiningtyas Sulistyani ◽  
Turnomo Rahardjo ◽  
Lintang Ratri Rahmiaji
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
Specific Group ◽  
Scale Theory ◽  
Social Scale ◽  
Degree Of Separation ◽  
The Social ◽  
The University

Gen Z is the generation that were born between 1996 and 2015. In this paper the gen z is represented by university students who become the respondents of this research. The main focus of this paper is describing the religion-based social distance among the university students. Social distance is the degree of separation between different social groups. The specific group this paper focuses on is the religion-based groups. The main theory employs in this research is Social Scale theory that provide the basic instrument of social distance measurement. To gather the data this research uses survey and interviews. The result depicts that there are social distances on particular religious groups. The percentages of respondents who feel a distance to certain religious groups are varied. The percentages of respondent who perceived a distance toward Islam is only 7,5 percent. Whereas the percentage that of social distance to local religions, on the other hand, is staggering on the value 84,3 percent. The result signifies that most of respondent feel that they have a social distance to local religious groups. The respondent argues that the main reason for the social distance toward the local religious group is the perception that the local religious believers are more likely to form a cult that might be endangered the social harmony in the university.

scholarly journals Curriculum design in theology and development: Human agency and the prophetic role of the church

2016 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Beverley Haddad
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Development Programme ◽  
Theological Reflection ◽  
The Social ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
The University ◽  
The Church

The field of theology and development is a relatively new sub-discipline within theological studies in Africa. The first formal post-graduate programme was introduced at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa during the mid-1990s. In the early years it was known as the Leadership and Development programme and since 2000, as the Theology and Development programme. Over the past twenty years, this programme has graduated over 160 BTh Honours, 100 MTh, and 15 PhD students. This article outlines the history of the programme, addresses its ideological orientation, its pedagogical commitments and preferences in curriculum design. It further argues that theological reflection on “development” must seek to understand the prophetic role of the church in responding to the complexities of the social issues facing the African continent.  Key to this discussion is the contested nature of “development” and the need for theological perspectives to engage this contestation through a social analysis of the global structures of injustice. This requires an engagement with the social sciences. It is this engagement of the social sciences with theological reflection, the essay argues, that has enabled the students who have graduated from the Theology and Development Programme at the University of KwaZulu-Natal to assist the church and faith-based organisations to become effective agents of social transformation.

scholarly journals The Political Knowledge of University Students (A Comparative Study between Jordan and Libya)

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Alfeetouri Salih Mohammed Alsati ◽  
Al-Sayed Abd ulmutallab Ghanem
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Parental Education ◽  
Political Process ◽  
Political Knowledge ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The University

The current research aims at identifying and measuring the political knowledge of the students of the two universities of Al- Balqaa in Jordan and Omar Al- Mokhtar in Libya. The two communities are almost similar in terms of the social formation, Arab customs and traditions, the Bedouin values, the difference in the institutional age and the political stability.The study attempts to measure and compare the political knowledge in the communities of the two universities using the descriptive and comparative analytical method. The study uses a 400 random questionnaire of 30 paragraphs to measure eight indicators divided into internal and external political knowledge, and other aspects of knowledge: general political knowledge, knowledge of the political institutions and leaders, the political interest, the geographical and historical knowledge, and knowledge of the methods of exercising the political process. The study also attempts to identifying the most important sources and the role of the university in university students’ political knowledge.The results show that the level of the political knowledge is medium while its level in the sample of the Jordanian students is high. According to the samples, the internal political knowledge is more than the external knowledge with a lack of interest in the political matters. The samples do not consider the political matters as their priorities. The political knowledge as a whole needs to much effort to be exerted to confront the current circumstances. The variables of the place of resident, age and the educational level make big difference in the political knowledge. In contrast, the level of the parental education does not create big differences.

Usage of Social Networking Sites Among Post Graduate Students

2020 ◽  
pp. 148-168
Author(s):  
S. Thanuskodi
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Oral Communication ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Social ◽  
Potential Risks ◽  
The University

Social networking sites over the years have changed from a few user-based sites into a phenomena that has become a platform for a huge number of users. However, the growth and development of social networking sites have brought great concerns on parents and educational authorities with respect to potential risks that are facing the university students as they use online social networking frequently for gathering information. The risk associated with social networking sites when used for oral communication rather than face-to-face communication results in damaging interpersonal communication among the users. The results obtained from this study have shown that a reasonable number of university students use the social networking sites. Therefore, the popularity of the social networking usage by university students of Tamil Nadu and the benefits it has on the student-users have been confirmed from the findings of this study. There are also various purposes for which the students use the social networking sites to achieve and that have been investigated. Technology is a double-edged sword. Its power for bad and good resides in the users. Based on this, it is instructive to note that the relevant government authorities have to take good measures to ensure that they (student) are made to be aware of how and why they use the social networking sites.

The Original Condemnation of Asian Montanism

1999 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALISTAIR STEWART-SYKES
Keyword(s):  
Second Century ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Prime Mover ◽  
Asian Origin ◽  
Ancient Source ◽  
The Social ◽  
To Receive ◽  
The Church

The object of this article is to describe the social and theological setting of primitive Montanism within second-century Asia in order to account for its appearance and its subsequent condemnation. According to an anonymous source employed by Eusebius the prophecy appeared in the middle of the second century under the leadership of a recent convert called Montanus, and the faithful of Asia gathered and condemned the movement at its outset. Clearly this is a propagandist account but we may accept its broad outlines none the less, in that there was a prophetic movement in which Montanus was a prime mover, and which failed to receive acceptance in the wider Asian Church.It should be made clear that this article restricts itself to the earliest period of the prophecy and therefore to primary sources which are directly germane to that period. These sources are both preserved by Eusebius, and consist of an unnamed writer known as the anonymous, and an otherwise unknown Apollonius. A further possibly ancient source is employed by Epiphanius, but we shall observe below that its understanding of prophecy is hardly consistent with a second-century Asian origin, whereas both the anonymous and Apollonius reveal their Asian provenance in their extant writings. Although there is a degree of bias in the presentation of the charges, we should none the less accept that there is a factual basis behind the assertions of the opponents, and that their opposition was motivated by a genuine belief that the prophecy did not conform with the tradition and the succession of the Church.

scholarly journals SOCIAL INFLUENCE AND DEPENDENCE IN THE FACEBOOK USE BY ROMANIAN AND LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

2017 ◽  
Vol 75 (4) ◽  
pp. 354-365
Author(s):  
Vincentas Lamanauskas ◽  
Dragos Daniel Iordache ◽  
Costin Pribeanu
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Social Influence ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Latent Variables ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Social Networking Websites ◽  
The Social ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
The University

The time spent on Facebook by university students is continuously increasing. This fact is raising many questions as regards the relation between the social networking websites and the university. The educators are challenged to understand the factors that are driving the adoption of social networking websites, the characteristics of the daily use as well as the positive and negative effects on the university work. The social influence has been recognized as one of the factors that are driving the adoption of information systems. On another hand, the excessive use may lead to addiction. The first objective of this research is to explore the correlation between the social influence and the Facebook dependence. A model with these latent variables has been specified and tested on two samples of university students, the first from Romania and the second from Lithuania. The second objective of the research is to comparatively discuss the measures in each country. A multi-group confirmatory factor analysis has been carried on to test the configural and metric invariance. The comparison of means shows that university students reporting higher social influence have a higher risk of Facebook dependence. The comparative analysis revealed that for both variables, the mean values are higher for the Romanian sample. Keywords: e-learning process, Facebook dependence, invariance analysis, social influence.

scholarly journals The sense of social control felt on university students' romantic relationshipsÜniversite öğrencilerinin romantik ilişkileri üzerinde hissetttikleri sosyal kontrol algısı

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilmiye Aksu ◽  
Sevgi Özsoy ◽  
Tuğba Dündar
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Social Control ◽  
Romantic Relationship ◽  
English Summary ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
The Social ◽  
Scale Scores ◽  
The University

This study aimed  was carried out in order to determine whether third and fourth year students from nursing, midwifery and nutrition-dietetics department felt the control of their parents and the environment in premarital romantic relationships. The study population consisted of 1530 students studying at Aydın Health High School, Department of Nursing, Midwifery and Nutrition-Dietetic at Adnan Menderes University in the academic year 2015-2016. The sample of the study was determined by stratification sampling method and 310 students were included in the sample. In the collection of the data The questionnaire consisting of the questions about the socio-demographic characteristics of the students and the Social Control Scale Toward Engage In Premarital Romantic Relationship were used Descriptive statistics, t test, ANOVA and Kruskal Wallis test were used in the evaluation of the data. 84.2% of the students participated in the study were women, 15.8% were male, 55.5% of them were in the nursing department, 26,8% midwifery and 17,7% nutrition-dietetics department and 56.1% of them were in their third year and 43,9% fourth year. 50.6% of the students stated that they stayed in the dorm, and 50.3% said that they had flirt.The students who participated in the survey that the average score of in the Social Control Scale Toward Engage In Premarital Romantic Relationship was 34.44±9.35. There were  significant relationships among the total scale scores of university students  and their gender, the class and department they  attend, the presence of their dating relations, the longest living place and the economic situation of the family (p<0.05).According to the average score of the university students' social control scale are slightly above the average the social control perceptions. It is seen that social control was higher in women, those who attended in the nutrition-dietetics department, and those who are the third-grade students, whose family has the equivalent to the income expense, who live in the longest time in the town and who do not have dating relations. For this reason, training and counseling related to gender roles should be provided in counseling centers in universities. Extended English summary is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file.  ÖzetBu araştırma hemşirelik, ebelik ve beslenme-diyetetik bölümü üçüncü ve dördüncü sınıf öğrencilerinin evlilik öncesi yaşanan romantik ilişkilerinde ebeveynlerinin ve çevrenin kontrolünü hissedip hissetmediklerini belirlemek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Araştırmanın evrenini 2015-2016 eğitim-öğretim yılında Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Aydın Sağlık Yüksekokulu Hemşirelik, Ebelik, Beslenme- Diyetetik Bölümleri’nde öğrenim gören 1530 öğrenci oluşturmuştur. Araştırmanın örneklemi tabakalama örneklem yöntemi ile belirlenmiş ve 310 öğrenci örneklemde yer almıştır. Verilerin toplanmasında öğrencilerin sosyo-demografik özelliklerine ilişkin sorulardan oluşan soru formu ve Evlilik Öncesinde Romantik İlişki Yaşamada Sosyal Kontrol Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Verilerin değerlendirilmesinde tanımlayıcı istatistikler, t testi, ANOVA ve Kruskal Wallis Testi kullanılmıştır. Araştırmaya katılan öğrencilerin %84,2’si kadın, %15,8’i erkek, %55,5’i hemşirelik, %26,8 ebelik, %17,7 bslenme-diyetetik bölümünde ve %56,1’i üçüncü, %43,9’u dördüncü sınıfta okumaktadır. Öğrencilerin %50,6’sı yurtta kaldığını, %50,3’ü flörtünün olduğunu dile getirmiştir.Araştırmaya katılan öğrencilerin Evlilik Öncesinde Romantik İlişki Yaşamada Sosyal Kontrol Ölçeği’nden aldıkları ortalama puan 34.44±9.35 olarak belirlenmiştir. Üniversite öğrencilerinin ölçekten aldıkları toplam puanlar ile cinsiyetleri, okudukları sınıf ve bölüm, flörtlerinin varlığı, en uzun süre yaşanılan yer ve ailenin ekonomik durumu arasında anlamlı ilişkiler saptanmıştır (p<0,05).Üniversite öğrencilerinin sosyal kontrol ölçeğinden aldıkları toplam puan ortalamasına göre, sosyal kontrol algıları ortalamanın biraz üzerindedir. Sosyal kontrolün, kadın olan, beslenme-diyetetik bölümünde okuyan, üçünü sınıf öğrencisi olan, ailesinin gelir giderine denk olan, en uzun süre kasabada yaşayan ve flörtü olmayan öğrencilerde daha yüksek olduğu görülmektedir. Bu nedenle üniversitelerdeki danışmanlık merkezlerinde toplumsal cinsiyet rollerine ilişkin eğitimler yapılmalı ve danışmanlıklar verilmelidir.

scholarly journals VALIDATION OF THE SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURIAL ANTECEDENTS SCALE IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN MEXICO

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Francisco Quiñonez Tapia ◽  
Fabiola González-Betanzos ◽  
María de Lourdes Vargas-Garduño ◽  
Zarina Estela Aguirre Lozano
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Estimation Method ◽  
Likelihood Estimation ◽  
Business And Society ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Western Area ◽  
The Social ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
The University

The objective of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the Social Entrepreneurial Antecedents Scale (SEAS) with male and female university students in Mexico. There were 1,619 students from the University of Guadalajara and the Michoacan University of San Nicolas de Hidalgo who participated in the study. The reliability of SEAS was analyzed with Cronbach's alpha and the validity with confirmatory factor analysis using the maximum likelihood estimation method. Three factorial models of the scale were compared and items were added for its adaptation. The values produced by the factorial analysis show that the adapted Social Entrepreneurial Antecedents Scale presents adequate evidence of validity and reliability for university students in the central-western area of Mexico. It is shown that experience with Social Problems, Empathy, Moral Obligation, Self-Efficacy and Social Support favor the Intention of Social Entrepreneurship. This research provides elements for the identification of profiles of potential social entrepreneurs who can influence the development of populations with emerging economies, involving higher education institutions, government, business and society.

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