scholarly journals Wanting without enjoying: The social value of sharing experiences

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eshin Jolly ◽  
Diana Tamir ◽  
Bethany Burum ◽  
Jason Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Subjective Experience ◽  
Social Experiences ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Social Connection ◽  
Hedonic Value ◽  
Shared Experiences ◽  
The Social ◽  
Strong Motivation

Social connection can be a rich source of happiness. Humans routinely go out of their way to seek out social connection and avoid social isolation. What are the proximal forces that motivate people to share experiences with others? Here we used a novel experience-sharing and decision-making paradigm to understand the value of shared experiences. In seven experiments across Studies 1 and 2, participants demonstrated a strong motivation to engage in shared experiences. At the same time, participants did not report a commensurate increase in hedonic value or emotional amplification, suggesting that the motivation to share experiences need not derive from their immediate hedonic value. In Study 3, participants reported their explicit beliefs about the reasons people engage in shared experiences: Participants reported being motivated by the desire to forge a social connection. Together, these findings suggest that the desire to share an experience may be distinct from the subjective experience of achieving that state. People may be so driven to connect with each other that social experiences remain valuable even in the most minimalistic contexts.

scholarly journals THE INFLUENCE OF UTILITARIAN VALUE, HEDONIC VALUE, SOCIAL VALUE, AND PERCEIVED RISK ON CUSTOMER SATISFACTION: SURVEY OF E-COMMERCE CUSTOMERS IN INDONESIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 613-622
Author(s):  
Tri Yulistyawati Evelina ◽  
Andriani Kusumawati ◽  
Umar Nimran ◽  
Sunarti
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Hedonic Value ◽  
Utilitarian Value ◽  
The Social ◽  
Customer Satisfaction Survey

The purpose of this study is to build an understanding of the influence of utilitarian value, hedonic value, social value, and perceived risk on e-commerce customer satisfaction in Indonesia. Data was collected through an online survey and analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with the WarpPLS tool version 6.0 which was then analyzed through Inferential Statistics analysis. The results of the study showed that utilitarian value significantly influences customer satisfaction. Hedonic value significantly influences customer satisfaction. However, the findings showed that social value did not have a significant effect on customer satisfaction, meaning that the level of the social value of e-commerce customers does not have a significant impact on the level of customer satisfaction. Finally, the results show, perceived risk significantly influences customer satisfaction.

scholarly journals Beyond Productivity: Considering the Health, Social Value and Happiness of Home and Community Food Gardens

Urban Science ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgia Pollard ◽  
Philip Roetman ◽  
James Ward ◽  
Belinda Chiera ◽  
Evangeline Mantzioris
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Social Connection ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Supportive Role ◽  
The Social ◽  
Food Gardens ◽  
Food Gardening ◽  
Citizen Science Project

We are living in an age of concern for mental health and wellbeing. The objective of the research presented in this paper is to investigate the perceived health, social value and happiness benefits of urban agriculture (UA) by focusing on home and community food gardens in South Australia. The results reported in this paper are from “Edible Gardens”, a citizen science project designed to investigate the social value, productivity and resource efficiency of UA in South Australia. Methods include an online survey and in-field garden data collection. Key findings include: dominant home gardener motivations were the produce, enjoyment, and health, while dominant community gardener motivations were enjoyment, connection to others and the produce. Exploratory factor analysis revealed four key factors: Tranquillity and Timeout, Develop and Learn Skills, the Produce, and Social Connection. The key difference between home and community gardeners was an overall social connection. Although home gardeners did not appear to actively value or desire inter-household social connection, this does not mean they do not value or participate in other avenues of social connection, such as via social learning sources or by sharing food with others. The combined results from this research regarding health and wellbeing, social connection and happiness support the premise that engagement in home or community food gardening may provide a preventative or supportive role for gardener health and wellbeing, regardless of whether it is a conscious motivation for participation.

scholarly journals Opioids and Social Connection

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tristen Inagaki
Keyword(s):  
Subjective Experience ◽  
Social Bonds ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Bonding ◽  
Social Experiences ◽  
Animal Research ◽  
Social Connection ◽  
Social Contacts ◽  
Future Work

Social connection, the pleasurable, subjective experience of feeling close to and bonded with others, is critical for well-being and continued social bonding. Despite the importance of social connection for many important outcomes, less research has experimentally examined how humans connect with those with whom they feel close. The strongest insights into the biological bases of social connection come from animal research showing that social bonds rely on the same neurochemicals that support general motivation. One neurochemical, opioids, has received increased attention in recent years with the rise of pharmacological methods to manipulate opioids in humans. This paper reviews emerging findings to show that opioids affect social feelings, behaviors, and perceptions in both positive and negative social experiences and concludes with translational implications of such findings. Future work should consider the subjective feelings of social connection felt during interactions with close social contacts to further understanding of social connection.

scholarly journals Could Practices of Remembrance Reduce Social Isolation in Late Life? Ethnographic Evidence From Poland and Detroit

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 668-668
Author(s):  
Jessica Robbins
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Late Life ◽  
Cultural Analysis ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Social Connection ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
The Social ◽  
Ethnographic Data

Abstract Because social isolation can have negative effects on older adults’ wellbeing, programs that reduce social isolation have potential to improve older adults’ wellbeing. One presumed aspect of these programs’ significance is the social connection occurring through the programs themselves. However, drawing on ethnographic data collected in Poland and Detroit, this presentation argues that practices of remembrance, in which older adults connect with deceased kin and loved ones, may offer possibilities for reducing social isolation. In Poland, older adults engage in practices of storytelling in which they remember deceased kin and lost homes and homelands. In Detroit, Michigan, older African Americans who garden remember their deceased kin and friends through the practice of gardening itself. This presentation presents a cross-cultural analysis of how older adults’ practices of remembrance may offer opportunities to reduce social isolation—even for older adults who live alone—by connecting to meaningful relations, times, and places.

Decomposing the value of department store shopping into utilitarian, hedonic and social dimensions

2006 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timo Rintamäki ◽  
Antti Kanto ◽  
Hannu Kuusela ◽  
Mark T. Spence
Keyword(s):  
Customer Value ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Department Store ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Retail Markets ◽  
Hedonic Value ◽  
The Social

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to decompose total customer value as perceived by department store shoppers into utilitarian, hedonic and social dimensions, and empirically test this conceptualization in a Finnish department store shopping context.Design/methodology/approachData were collected by a questionnaire administered over three days at a department store that generates the second largest turnover in Finland. A total of 364 shoppers completed the questionnaire.FindingsEmpirical evidence supports our tripartite conceptualization of total customer value. In particular, social value is an independent construct. Further, social value varies by day‐of‐week, with a significant increase on Saturday (versus weekdays) when the store is more crowded, whereas no such differences in utilitarian and hedonic values were detected.Originality/valueThe principal contribution is a tripartite conceptualization of total customer value that incorporates utilitarian, social and hedonic value dimensions in a department store shopping context. Individually these dimensions are all well rooted in streams of consumer behavior literature, albeit mostly at the product or brand, not the store, level. Increasing our understanding of these softer aspects of shopping, particularly the social dimension, is important because they represent possible differentiating factors in the highly competitive and often commoditized retail markets.

scholarly journals A Game Mechanism of Individual Value Decision-Making Based on SVO Differences

Complexity ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Xu Shi ◽  
Lu-yun Qiu ◽  
Zhi-geng Fang ◽  
Xia-qing Liu ◽  
Yang-yang Du
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Intrinsic Value ◽  
Value Orientation ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Social Value Orientation ◽  
Value System ◽  
The Social ◽  
Prosocial Orientation ◽  
Individual Value

As the externalized carrier of intrinsic value, value decision-making is an important factor affecting the social value system. As an old Chinese saying goes, “A friend in need is a friend indeed,” crisis environment provides the background for the conflicts of multiple values, while individual social value orientation (SVO) determines the ranking of the value states. This paper defined the SVO types by means of Slider Measure method on the basis of environment description, constructed a decision-making game model in accordance with SVO differences, and finally analysed the mechanism of people’s decision-making. Taking the epidemic situation as the background, this paper conducted an empirical analysis with the sample of college students. The results showed that the most SVO types of college students were prosocial orientation, followed by individualistic orientation, altruistic orientation, and competitive orientation. In the crisis environment, individual SVO type and decision-making constituted a mapping relationship. There was an equilibrium point in the decision of prosocial orientation, and the dominant decision of altruistic orientation or individualistic orientation is relatively stable.

scholarly journals Seasonal Variation and Homes: Understanding the Social Experiences of Older Adults

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tam E. Perry
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Seasonal Variation ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Social Experiences ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Seasonal Migration ◽  
Seasonal Fluctuations ◽  
Migration Patterns ◽  
The Social

There has been limited research on the importance of seasons in the lives of older adults. Previous research has highlighted seasonal fluctuations in physical functioning—including limb strength, range of motion, and cardiac death—the spread of influenza in seasonal migration patterns. In addition, older adults experience isolation for various reasons, such as decline of physical and cognitive ability, lack of transportation, and lack of opportunities for social interaction. There has been much attention paid to the social isolation of older adults, yet little analysis about how the isolation changes throughout the year. Based on findings from an ethnographic study of older adults (n = 81), their family members (n = 49), and supportive professionals (n = 46) as they embark on relocation from their homes, this study analyzes the processes of moving for older adults. It examines the seasonal fluctuations of social isolation because of the effect of the environment on the social experiences of older adults. Isolation occurs because of the difficulty inclement weather causes on social interactions and mobility. The article concludes with discussion of the ways that research and practice can be designed and implemented to account for seasonal variation.

scholarly journals Social isolation impairs the prefrontal-nucleus accumbens circuit subserving social recognition in mice

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gaeun Park ◽  
Changhyeon Ryu ◽  
Soobin Kim ◽  
Yong-Seok Lee ◽  
Sang Jeong Kim
Keyword(s):  
Prefrontal Cortex ◽  
Social Interaction ◽  
Nucleus Accumbens ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Social Experiences ◽  
Social Recognition ◽  
The Social ◽  
Brain Circuit ◽  
Early Social Experience ◽  
Shell Region

AbstractThe medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) plays important roles in social behaviors, but it is not clear how early social experiences affect the mPFC and its subcortical circuit. We report that mice singly housed for 8 weeks immediately after weaning (SH mice) show a deficit in social recognition, even after 4 weeks of re-socialization. In SH mice, prefrontal infralimbic (IL) neurons projecting to the shell region of nucleus accumbens (NAcSh) showed decreased excitability compared to normally group housed (GH) mice. Furthermore, NAcSh-projecting IL neurons were activated when the mice encountered a familiar conspecific, which was not shown in SH mice. Chemogenetic inhibition of NAcSh-projecting IL neurons in normal mice selectively impaired social recognition without affecting social interaction, whereas activation of these neurons reversed social recognition deficit in SH mice. Therefore, mPFC IL-NAcSh projection is a novel brain circuit affected by early social experience; its activation is required for the social recognition.

scholarly journals The effect of ambient sounds on decision-making and heart rate variability in autism

Autism ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 136236132110149
Author(s):  
Rachel Bellamy ◽  
Howard Ring ◽  
Peter Watson ◽  
Andrew Kemp ◽  
Giles Munn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Heart Rate ◽  
Heart Rate Variability ◽  
Subjective Experience ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Autistic People ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Shopping ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Sound Condition

Autistic people report difficulties with the demands of a neurotypical world, but little research has assessed the impact of the environment on such difficulties. We investigated the effect of ambient sounds on decision-making and heart rate variability. Adults without intellectual disability were allocated to autistic ( n = 38) or neurotypical ( n = 37) groups matched on age, intellectual functioning and self-reported gender. Participants completed a shopping decision-making task in three randomly ordered sound conditions: no sound, non-social shopping sound (e.g. fridges humming) and social shopping sound (e.g. people talking). Decision-making latency, decision-making consistency, and heart rate variability were measured. Participants also provided qualitative reports of their experiences. Qualitative analyses indicated that autistic participants experienced (1) the non-social and social sound conditions more negatively than the no sound condition and (2) the social sound condition more negatively than neurotypical participants. However, there were no statistically significant differences in decision-making latency, decision-making consistency, or heart rate variability across sound conditions and participant groups. Further research should consider alternative quantitative measures to explore subjective experience to help understand further which aspects of the environment autistic people are sensitive to, in turn, enabling more evidence-based autism-friendly changes to be made. Lay abstract Many autistic people report difficulties making decisions during everyday tasks, such as shopping. To examine the effect of sounds on decision-making, we developed a supermarket task where people watched a film shown from the shopper’s perspective and were asked to make decisions between different products. The task was divided into three sections and participants completed each section in a different auditory environment: (1) no sounds, (2) non-social sounds (e.g. fridges humming) and (3) social sounds (e.g. people talking). Thirty-eight autistic and 37 neurotypical adults took part. We measured decision-making by examining how long it took to make a decision and how consistent people were with their decisions. We also measured heart rate variability because this biological response provides a measure of anxiety. After the supermarket shopping task, participants told us in their own words about their experiences. Autistic participants said that they found the non-social and social sound conditions more difficult than the no sound condition, and autistic participants found the social sound condition more negative than neurotypical participants. However, decision-making and heart rate variability were similar for autistic and neurotypical participants across the sound conditions, suggesting that these measures may not have been sensitive enough to reflect the experiences the autistic participants reported. Further research should consider alternative measures to explore the experiences reported by autistic people to help us understand which specific aspects of the environment autistic people are sensitive to. This, in turn, may enable more specific and evidence-based autism-friendly changes to be made.

Clinical Update: Pain and Suffering

2003 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-5
Author(s):  
Sheila Wendler
Keyword(s):  
Subjective Experience ◽  
Personal Injury ◽  
Treatment Interventions ◽  
Medical Expenses ◽  
Affective Component ◽  
Pain Behaviors ◽  
The Social ◽  
Patient’S Experience ◽  
Pain And Suffering ◽  
And Training

Abstract Attorneys use the term pain and suffering to indicate the subjective, intangible effects of an individual's injury, and plaintiffs may seek compensation for “pain and suffering” as part of a personal injury case although it is not usually an element of a workers’ compensation case. The AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (AMA Guides), Fifth Edition, provides guidance for rating pain qualitatively or quantitatively in certain cases, but, because of the subjectivity and privateness of the patient's experience, the AMA Guides offers no quantitative approach to assessing “pain and suffering.” The AMA Guides also cautions that confounders of pain behaviors and perception of pain include beliefs, expectations, rewards, attention, and training. “Pain and suffering” is challenging for all parties to value, particularly in terms of financial damages, and using an individual's medical expenses as an indicator of “pain and suffering” simply encourages excessive diagnostic and treatment interventions. The affective component, ie, the uniqueness of this subjective experience, makes it difficult for others, including evaluators, to grasp its meaning. Experienced evaluators recognize that a myriad of factors play a role in the experience of suffering associated with pain, including its intensity and location, the individual's ability to conceptualize pain, the meaning ascribed to pain, the accompanying injury or illness, and the social understanding of suffering.

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