Income or Culture? Examining the Determinants of Subjective Wellbeing in an International Sample

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siddharth Garg
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Subjective Wellbeing ◽  
Regression Coefficient ◽  
Marginal Utility ◽  
Economic Class ◽  
Income Groups ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The World ◽  
Diminishing Marginal Utility ◽  
The Relationship

Objective: The aim of this paper was to examine the relationship between income, subjective wellbeing, and culture among people from a higher socio-economic class across the world. Rationale: Ed Diener proposed the law of diminishing marginal utility as an explanation for differences in subjective wellbeing among different income groups across different countries (Diener, Ng, & Tov, Balance in life and declining marginal utility of diverse resources, 2009). Thus, people with higher incomes would experience less subjective wellbeing due to income, and culture should emerge as a significant predictor. Method: Data from this study came from another study (https://siddharthgargblog.wordpress.com/2019/07/14/love-for-money/). I used an online survey to collect data on annual income in US dollars, subjective wellbeing (WHO-5), and country of residence (Indicator of Culture). 96 responses (Indians = 24, Foreigners = 72) were entered in IBM SPSS and a regression analysis was conducted. The raw dataset used in this study can be found at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.8869040.v1Results: ANOVA showed a significant difference (p < 0.05) between Indians and foreigners on levels of subjective wellbeing. Linear regression shows the regression coefficient of culture to be significant (Beta = -.254, p = .014) but the regression coefficient of income was not found to be significant. The overall model was found to explain 8.2% of the variance in wellbeing.Conclusion: The sample of this study is too small to make any kind of generalization; it does lend a little bit of support to the idea of diminishing marginal utility of income on subjective wellbeing and provides a rationale for further research.

Do You Want to Learn Physics? Please PlayAngry Birds(But With Epistemic Goals)

2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-28
Author(s):  
Carlos de Aldama ◽  
Juan-Ignacio Pozo
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Mental Representations ◽  
Object Motion ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The World ◽  
Epistemic Goals ◽  
Learn Physics ◽  
The Relationship

For some years now, the scientific community has been studying how videogames foster acquisition of mental representations of the world around us. Research to date suggests that the efficiency of videogames as learning tools largely depends on the instructional design in which they are included. This article provides empirical evidence related to the use of the videogame Angry Birds and how it can modify students’ conceptions regarding object motion. We selected a sample of 110 16- to 17-year-old students in postcompulsory secondary school. Both quantitative and qualitative data are provided. Our results show that (a) merely playing Angry Birds does not produce significant learning, (b) learning occurs when Angry Birds is guided by epistemic goals. Students who used the videogame in this way were able to recognize more variables, provide better explanations, and understand more fully the relationship between angle and distance, (c) naïf belief regarding the effect of mass on falling objects (“mass-speed belief”) remained unchanged after using Angry Birds guided either pragmatic or epistemic goals, and (d) there was no significant difference between students who worked collaboratively in pairs and those who worked individually. In the light of these results, we discuss potential implications for the future.

The Control Technique of Rubber Borers by Pheromone Traps in Hainan

2014 ◽  
Vol 962-965 ◽  
pp. 699-702
Author(s):  
Hui Lu ◽  
Fu Ping Lu ◽  
Xue Lian Xu ◽  
Qing Chen
Keyword(s):  
Bark Beetles ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Control Technique ◽  
Average Temperature ◽  
Ecological Control ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The World ◽  
Important Pest ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Relationship

The rubber borers, called of the bark beetles, is the most important pest of the rubber trees in the world. The effect of the pheromone releasing measure, a kind of ecological control method, was investigated over 2 years in Nanbao Farm, Lingao county, Hainan, China. The pheromone used was (s)-(+)-Ipsidenol, a commercially available rubber borers aggregation pheromone. There were 6 treatments, including 10m, 20m, 30m, 40m, 50m and 100m distance. Pheromone lures were changed monthly at which time the traps were moved to a different location within the stand. There were no significant differences in 30m distance catches of the rubber borers per traps. Meanwhile, there was no significant difference in plant damage between the pheromone treatment of 2.5 mg/mL and 3 mg/mL traps. The results also showed that the relationship between the mean number of the rubber borers per 5 days and average temperature was not significant.

National Religious Affiliation and Integrated Model of Homicide and Suicide

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Don Soo Chon
Keyword(s):  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
World Health ◽  
Lethal Violence ◽  
Suicide Rates ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The World ◽  
Islamic Countries ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Relationship

The current study assessed the relationship between national religious affiliation and lethal violence by simultaneously examining homicide and suicide rates. The information on homicide and suicide rates for 124 countries came from the World Health Organization (WHO). Regression results suggested no significant difference in lethal violence between predominantly Catholic and Protestant countries, although Islamic countries revealed significantly lower homicide, suicide, and overall lethal violence rates than non-Islamic countries. Countries with a high level of religious heterogeneity are subject to an increased suicide rate. The implications of these findings were discussed.

scholarly journals Learning styles of millennial students at a pharmacy school in the Philippines

2020 ◽  
pp. 265-272
Author(s):  
Darwin I Carrido ◽  
Romeo-Luis F Ramirez
Keyword(s):  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Pharmacy Students ◽  
Instructional Approaches ◽  
Millennial Students ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Relationship

Background: The millennial generation already composes the majority of populations across different pharmacy schools in the Philippines. The need to explore millennial students’ learning styles and its governing factors thereby become more valuable in changing and innovating instructional approaches, designs, and strategies used in their learning environment. Aims: This study aimed to generally describe the learning styles of the millennial pharmacy students from a college institution in the Philippines using the Vermunt’s Inventory of Learning Styles (ILS). Specifically, it aimed to determine the appropriate approaches in response to the students’ learning styles, and the relationship between and among the variables of the study. Method: A quasi- experimental research design was employed in this study using online survey as the method of data collection. Descriptive statistical analysis was employed to analyse the data using Microsoft Office Excel 2013 and IBM Statistical Package for Social Sciences Statistics. Pearson’s correlation coefficient investigated the relationship between and among the independent and dependent variables, while t-test and one-way ANOVA tested for significant difference among groups. Results: There were 124 out of 168 students who participated in the study making the overall response rate at ~74%. The most prevalent learning style among the millennial pharmacy students enrolled in De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute, College of Pharmacy is application- directed (3.85±0.46), followed by reproduction-directed (3.81±0.45), undirected (3.73±0.49) and lastly meaning-directed (3.52±0.54). The students’ perceived grades were significantly reflected by their learning styles. Conclusion: Results of this study may be used in increased capitalising and development of the learning style profile of millennial pharmacy students to application-directed approaches. Instructional approaches, designs and strategies must cater to how students learn effectively and strategically, and consider all possible governing factors that affect learning styles of students.

scholarly journals Men’s and Women’s Style of Living and Motivation to Run in Charity Events

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 5287
Author(s):  
Joanna Poczta ◽  
Nuno Almeida ◽  
Mateusz Rozmiarek ◽  
Maciej Młodzik ◽  
Ewa Malchrowicz-Mośko
Keyword(s):  
Social Impact ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Interview Technique ◽  
Santa Claus ◽  
Standardized Interview ◽  
The Social ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The World ◽  
Specific Goal ◽  
The Relationship

Running has been very popular for years, especially in organized mass runs. Various running events take place all over the world, at different distances and locations, including charity running events. However, there has not been any research on the social impact of these events on participants to date. This article/paper is an attempt to remedy this situation. The authors conducted their research by the diagnostic survey method using standardized interview technique during the 6th Santa Claus Run organized in Poznan on the day of Santa Claus. A sample of 136 runners: 49 male respondents and 87 female respondents participated in the event voluntarily and completed a questionnaire. Therefore, the main goal of the study was to recognize the relationship between the lifestyles of men and women in the context of participation in a charity running event, in order to evaluate the differences between them. The specific goal was to discern the motives to take part in such kind of an event, as well as to find out what influence the participation in a charity run has on the respondents, both those leading an active and passive lifestyle. The most important result and the only one statistically significant difference in the conducted study was the indication that women have more empathy and participate more often than men in charity runs.

scholarly journals The Leadership Style Preference among Sabah Ethnicities

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dg Kamisah A.B ◽  
Syed Azizi Wafa
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Education Level ◽  
The Public ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The World ◽  
Novel Concept ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
One Way Anova

Leadership style is not a novel concept and has been discussed widely all over the world. With the acceleration of globalization, organizations have to adapt to new paradigms or approaches of leadership. Therefore, it is important to understand leadership preference among individuals to ensure their willingness to perform their job. Specifically, this study was conducted to identify the relationship between gender, age, education level and working experience and leadership preference. This study intends to understand the leadership preference among Sabah communities which involve three major ethnic groups in Sabah namely Malay-Brunei, Bajau and Kadazan-Dusun. The sample of this research was selected based on purposive convenient sampling whereby all respondents are located in Kota Kinabalu. A questionnaire was administered for data collection with a sample of two hundred and nineteen employees from both the public and the private sectors. The data was analyzed using one way ANOVA and the results showed that the three major ethnic groups in Sabah appear to have similar leadership preference. In addition, no significant difference was found between leadership preferences and the demographic variables. 

scholarly journals Socio-Economic Status and Intelligence Quotient of primary school-aged children with asthma

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (10) ◽  
pp. 257-262
Author(s):  
Obinna Chukwuebuka Nduagubam
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Intelligence Quotient ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Economic Class ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Children With Asthma ◽  
Nigeria Teaching Hospital ◽  
The Relationship

Objective:   Intelligence Quotient is said to be more variable in childhood and is thought to be influenced by the socio-economic status of the families of children. This aim of this study was to determine the relationship between socio-economic class and Intelligence Quotient (IQ) of primary school children with asthma and to compare with those of children without. Material and Methods: One hundred and twenty children with asthma (subjects) aged 5 – 11 years were consecutively recruited at the asthma clinic of University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Ituku/Ozalla, Enugu State, Nigeria and their age- , sex and socio-economic class (SEC) - matched normal classmates were enrolled as controls from their schools. Their SEC was obtained using the tool described by Oyedeji while their academic performance was obtained from their schools using their scores over an academic session. Their Intelligence Quotient (IQ) was determined using the Draw-A-Person- test. The relationship between SEC and Intelligence Quotient of children with asthma was determined and was compared with that of the 120 controls. Results: There was no significant difference between the IQ of the Subjects and Control in the different Socio-economic Classes. IQ has no significant correlation (Spearman’s) with SEC in both Subjects (r = 0.115; p = 0.21) and Controls (r = 0.082; p = 0.38). No significant difference exists in the IQ of children with asthma across the different socio-economic classes. Conclusion: The IQ of children with asthma is not influenced by their Socio-Economic status.

scholarly journals Agent negotiation on resources with nonlinear utility functions

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 1697-1720 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiangrong Tong ◽  
Wei Zhang ◽  
Houkuan Huang
Keyword(s):  
Marginal Utility ◽  
Utility Functions ◽  
Prior Work ◽  
Negotiation Model ◽  
Agent Negotiation ◽  
Linear Utility ◽  
Diminishing Marginal Utility ◽  
Two Phases ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Linear Utility Functions

To date, researches on agent multi-issue negotiation are mostly based on linear utility functions. However, the relationship between utilities and resources is usually saturated nonlinear. To this end, we expand linear utility functions to nonlinear cases according to the law of diminishing marginal utility. Furthermore, we propose a negotiation model on multiple divisible resources with two phases to realize Pareto optimal results. The computational complexity of the proposed algorithm is polynomial order. Experimental results show that the optimized efficiency of the proposed algorithm is distinctly higher than prior work.

scholarly journals Relationship Between Gaming Disorder, Self-Compensation Motivation, Game Flow, Time Spent Gaming, and Fear of Missing Out Among a Sample of Chinese University Students: A Network Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Li ◽  
Zhimin Niu ◽  
Mark D. Griffiths ◽  
Songli Mei
Keyword(s):  
Network Analysis ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Flow Time ◽  
Gaming Disorder ◽  
Fear Of Missing Out ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Item Level ◽  
Gaming Motivation ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Domain Level

Background and Aims: In previous correlational research, the relationship between gaming disorder (GD), compensation motivation, game flow, time spent gaming, and fear of missing out (FoMO) has been examined. However, network analysis has rarely been applied to explore the relationship between GD, self-compensation motivation, game flow, time spent gaming, and FoMO. Therefore, the present study used network analysis to examine the relationship between the aforementioned variables among a sample of gamers.Methods: The present study comprised gamers (N = 1,635) recruited from three Chinese universities, who completed an online survey including the Gaming Disorder Test, Self-Compensation Motivation Questionnaire, Game Flow Questionnaire, and Trait-State Fear of Missing Out Scale, as well as four items related to time spent gaming.Results: Self-compensation motivation, game flow, time spent gaming, and FoMO were all significantly and positively associated with GD. In the domain-level and facet-level networks, weekday gaming hours and weekend gaming hours had the strongest edge intensity. The domain-level, facet-level, and item-level networks analysis also showed that GD was connected with self-compensation motivation, game flow, time spent gaming, and FoMO. The network structure demonstrated a significant difference between males and females (2.33 vs. 2.81, p = 0.001) using the domain-level network comparison test (NCT).Conclusions: The results suggest that GD is closely associated with self-compensation motivation, game flow, time spent gaming, and FoMO. FoMO and gaming motivation (i.e., self-compensation and game flow) may increase time spent gaming and facilitate GD. Therefore, interventions that decrease game immersion and time spent gaming are likely to decrease GD.

The death anxiety in the shadow of perceived stress: a danger facing hospitalized patients with COVID-19 (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatemeh Darban
Keyword(s):  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Direct Relationship ◽  
Hospitalized Patients ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Public Crisis ◽  
Eastern Iran ◽  
The World ◽  
The Relationship

UNSTRUCTURED COVID-19 has become a public crisis in the world. This study aimed to determine the relationship between perceived stress and death anxiety in COVID-19 hospitalized patients. Participants consist of 200 COVID-19 patients admitted to a hospital in eastern Iran selected by convenience sample and an online survey. The results showed a significant direct relationship between perceived stress and death anxiety in patients (p <0.05). In addition, perceived stress predicted death anxiety.

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