scholarly journals Exploration of the Relationships Among Narcissism, Life Satisfaction, and Loneliness of Instagram Users and the High- and Low-Level Features of Their Photographs

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunhwan Kim ◽  
Dongyan Nan ◽  
Jang Hyun Kim
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Predictive Analysis ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Acceptable Accuracy ◽  
Cognitive Services ◽  
Application Programming ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
High Level ◽  
Programming Interfaces

We examined the associations between the characteristics of Instagram users and the features of their photographs. Narcissism, life satisfaction, and loneliness were employed for user variables and the features at high- (content) and low-levels (pixel) were employed to analyze the Instagram photographs. An online survey was conducted with 179 university students, and their Instagram photographs, 25,394 in total, were collected and analyzed. High-level features were extracted using Computer Vision and Emotion Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) in Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services, and low-level features were extracted utilizing the program written by the authors. The results of correlation analysis indicate that narcissism, life satisfaction, and loneliness were significantly associated with a part of photograph features at high- and low-levels. The results of the predictive analysis suggest that narcissism, loneliness in total, and social loneliness could be predicted with acceptable accuracy from Instagram photograph features, while characteristics such as life satisfaction, family loneliness, and romantic loneliness could not be predicted. Implications of this research and suggestions for further research were presented.

scholarly journals Do wage and wage satisfaction compensate for the effects of a dissatisfying job on life satisfaction?

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob A. De Coning ◽  
Sebastiaan Rothmann ◽  
Marius W. Stander
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Ethical Behaviour ◽  
Satisfaction Level ◽  
Wage Level ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Low Level ◽  
High Level

Orientation: Research regarding subjective well-being (including life satisfaction and domain-specific satisfaction) is necessary, given the effects thereof on health, work performance, social relationships and ethical behaviour of employees.Research purpose: This study aimed to investigate the relationships among life satisfaction, job satisfaction and wage satisfaction, as well as how these relationships related to gross wage category in a South African sample.Motivation for the study: While research has shown that wage level and wage satisfaction are positively associated with both job and life satisfaction, the question arises whether wage level and satisfaction would compensate for the negative effect of a dissatisfying job on life satisfaction.Research approach/design and method: A cross-sectional design was used. A non-probability convenience sample (N = 763) in the form of the WageIndicator data set was obtained. Hierarchical log-linear analyses and cross-tabulations were carried out to determine the relationships that existed among the constructs.Main findings: Although job satisfaction and wage satisfaction were strongly related at a low level of wage satisfaction, fewer people were satisfied with their jobs at a high level of wage satisfaction level. Moreover, while job and life satisfaction were strongly related at a low level of job satisfaction level, relatively fewer people were satisfied with their lives at a high level of job satisfaction level. Wage dissatisfaction was associated with dissatisfaction with life but was more strongly associated with life satisfaction at a high level of wage satisfaction. Wage category and wage satisfaction did not interact with the job satisfaction level in affecting life satisfaction.Practical/managerial implications: Managers should attend to the perceptions of wage dissatisfaction at low wage and wage satisfaction levels. Such dissatisfaction may have a negative impact on the job and life satisfaction of employees and result in detrimental effects on employees and organisations.Contribution/value-add: This study contributes to scientific knowledge regarding the relationships between wage, wage satisfaction, job dissatisfaction and life satisfaction.

scholarly journals Resilience and Work-Related Stress May Affect Depressive Symptoms in Nursing Professionals during the COVID-19 Pandemic Era

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 357-363
Author(s):  
Youjin Hong ◽  
Jukab Lee ◽  
Hyuk Joo Lee ◽  
Kyumin Kim ◽  
Inn-Kyu Cho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Work Related Stress ◽  
General Anxiety ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Related Stress ◽  
High Level ◽  
Nursing Professionals

Objective We aimed to investigate the effect of nursing professionals’ resilience on their mental health, work-related stress, and anxiety in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.Methods We conducted an online survey in the Asan Medical Center and Ulsan University Hospital, South Korea. We extracted data of 824 nursing professionals who consented to participate, including demographic variables and the Stress and Anxiety to Viral Epidemics-9 (SAVE-9), PHQ-9, GAD-7, and Brief Resilience Scale scores.Results Resilience was negatively correlated with Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) (rho=-0.23), Generalized Anxiety Scale-7 items (GAD-7) (rho=-0.25), Stress and Anxiety to Viral Epidem-ics-6 items (SAVE-6) (rho=-0.15), and Stress And anxiety to Viral Epidemics-3 items (SAVE-3) (rho=-0.13, all, p<0.001). Logistic regression analysis adjusting age, marital status, and years of employment revealed that high level of general anxiety [adjusted odds ratio (aOR)=1.40, 95% confidence interval (CI)=1.31–1.50], work-related stress during viral epidemics (aOR=1.16, 95% CI=1.03–1.29), and a low level of resilience (aOR=0.91, 95% CI=0.85–0.97) were expecting variables for the depression of healthcare workers.Conclusion Nursing professionals’ level of resilience may be associated with low level of work-related stress and anxiety induced by a viral epidemic. We need to explore further the possibility of resilience as coping strategy of healthcare workers in this pandemic era.

scholarly journals Investigating The Benefits of Online Running Groups On The Well-Being of Their Female Running Members

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Hughes ◽  
Anne Moorhead
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mental Wellbeing ◽  
Perceived Benefits ◽  
Low Level ◽  
High Level ◽  
Moderate Range ◽  
Over Time

Abstract BackgroundOnline running communities are becoming increasingly prevalent within social media, and many groups have been exclusively established for female runners. The aim of this study was to investigate the wellbeing benefits and limitations of using Facebook running groups among women. MethodologyThe research design was a quantitative online survey. This survey was completed by 349 adult members of Facebook running groups for women. The online survey consisted of a validated scale, the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS), to calculate individual wellbeing scores. Data were analysed using SPSS, conducting descriptives, frequencies and correlations tests. ResultsThe results showed that 14% of participants’ scores indicated a high level of wellbeing, 66% had a wellbeing score in the moderate range and 21% of participants scored in the range of low-level wellbeing. Participants specified how they perceived women’s running Facebook groups to benefit or limit areas of wellbeing. Responses indicated perceived benefits to sense of optimism, interest in other people and sense of feeling good about themselves. There were negligible perceived wellbeing limitations. Members who had been running for the longest reported to engage more frequently with the groups, which may suggest their identities as runners have strengthened over time. ConclusionOverall, this study clearly found that women’s running Facebook groups can provide wellbeing benefits for their members.

scholarly journals Efficacy of vancomycin and teicoplanin alone and in combination with streptomycin in experimental, low-level vancomycin-resistant, VanB-type Enterococcus faecalis endocarditis.

1996 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
D P Nicolau ◽  
M N Marangos ◽  
C H Nightingale ◽  
K B Patel ◽  
B W Cooper ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Enterococcus Faecalis ◽  
Resistant Strain ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Vancomycin Resistant ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
High Level ◽  
Isogenic Strains ◽  
Level Resistance

The efficacy of vancomycin (VM) and teicoplanin (TE), alone and in combination with streptomycin (SM), against enterococci that express low-level VanB-type VM resistance was investigated in experimental endocarditis using isogenic strains of Enterococcus faecalis susceptible to glycopeptides and aminoglycosides or inducibly resistant to low levels of VM (MIC = 16 micrograms/ml). VM was significantly less active against the resistant strain than against the susceptible strain, establishing that low-level VanB-type VM resistance can influence therapeutic efficacy. By contrast, TE had equally good activity against both strains. VM or TE combined with SM was synergistic and bactericidal against the resistant strain in vitro. While both combinations were efficient in reducing bacterial density in vivo, TE plus SM was significantly superior to VM plus SM if valve sterilization was considered. These data suggest that despite the presence of low-level VanB-type resistance, combination therapy with a glycopeptide and SM (and presumably other aminoglycosides to which there is not high-level resistance) will nevertheless provide effective bactericidal activity.

Studying the Documentation of an API for Enterprise Service-Oriented Architecture

2012 ◽  
pp. 81-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brad A. Myers ◽  
Sae Young Jeong ◽  
Yingyu Xie ◽  
Jack Beaton ◽  
Jeff Stylos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
User Study ◽  
Service Oriented Architecture ◽  
Online Documentation ◽  
Business Application ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Service Oriented ◽  
Application Programming ◽  
Api Documentation ◽  
High Level ◽  
Programming Interfaces

All software today is written using application programming interfaces (APIs). We performed a user study of the online documentation of a large and complex API for Enterprise Service-Oriented Architecture (eSOA), which identified many issues and recommendations for making API documentation easier to use. eSOA is an appropriate testbed because the target users include high-level business experts who do not have significant programming expertise and thus can be classified as “end-user developers.” Our study showed that the participants’ background influenced how they navigated the documentation. Lack of familiarity with business terminology was a barrier for developers without business application experience. Both groups avoided areas of the documentation that had an inconsistent visual design. A new design for the documentation that supports flexible navigation strategies seems to be required to support the wide range of users for eSOA. This paper summarizes our study and provides recommendations for future documentation for APIs.

Self-Care Activities among People with Multiple Sclerosis in Denmark: Use and User Characteristics

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 240-245
Author(s):  
Marie Lynning ◽  
Kirsten Hanehøj ◽  
Astrid Karnøe Knudsen ◽  
Lasse Skovgaard
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
User Characteristics ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
High Level

Background: People with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) are known to use a wide range of medical and non-medical treatments. This study aims at investigating the use of self-care activities within this patient group. Material and Methods: The study follows a descriptive cross-sectional design based on an online survey among members of the Danish Multiple Sclerosis Society's permanent respondent panel. Results: The results of the study indicate that the respondents carry out a wide variety of self-care activities. These activities comprise conventional activities as well as complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)-based activities. The self-care activities are mainly kept up for non-specific and preventive purposes, with primarily personal or non-specific issues as the primary source of inspiration. Comparative analyses indicate that respondents with a low level of self-care more often are men, belong to the young age group and have a low level of education, a low level of self-assessed state of health, a low level of self-assessed quality of life (QoL), and an unknown subdiagnosis. Respondents with a high level of self-care are more often women and have a high level of self-assessed QoL. Conclusions: A wide variety of self-care activities are carried out by PwMS, comprising conventional as well as CAM-based activities. The purposes of such activities are manifold, but they are mainly of non-specific and preventive nature. Differences in background characteristics exist between groups of low and high levels of self-care.

scholarly journals Heat-Intolerance Syndrome subsequent Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Cattle; ThiQar –Iraq

2012 ◽  
Vol 36 (0E) ◽  
pp. 286-292
Author(s):  
Adil M. Abbas
Keyword(s):  
Cortisol Level ◽  
Clinical Signs ◽  
Foot And Mouth Disease ◽  
Mouth Disease ◽  
Infected Cattle ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Foot And Mouth ◽  
Radio Immunoassay ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
High Level

The investigation on Heat-Intolerance Syndrome following foot and mouth disease (FMD) infection in cattle in ThiQar–Iraq, used 3ABC FMD ELISA kit, and Radio- immunoassay (RIA) to detect the cortisol level. From 105 there were 65(62%) infected cattle with FMD, which was high at 5- less 8 years old, while the cortrisol level showed three levels; normal (13-21 nmol⁄L), high and low levels were; 6(5.6%), 44(42%) and 55(52%) subsequently. More over the combined result of ELISA and RIA had divided cattle into six groups. First group of 40(38%) cattle infected with FMD and had low level of cortisol, this group containing 21(20%) with clinical signs of heat intolerance. Second group contain 22(21%) FMD infected cattle with high level of cortisol. Third group of 3(2.8%) FMD Infected cattle but normal cortisol level. Fourth group included 3(2.8%) not infected by FMD with normal cortisol level. Fifth group contain 22(21%) not infected with FMD but had high level of cortisol may related to stress. Sixth group consisted 15 (14%) cattle not infected with FMD and had low level of cortisol due to un known cause.Clinical signs of heat intolerance that showed in 21 head of cattle in the first group were: panting, overgrowth of hair coat, emaciation and seeking for shad. The diseased cow known locally as ”Mahrorah” meaning heat-intolerance.

scholarly journals Fluconazole tolerance in clinical isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans.

1997 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 748-751 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Venkateswarlu ◽  
M Taylor ◽  
N J Manning ◽  
M G Rinaldi ◽  
S L Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Cryptococcus Neoformans ◽  
Amphotericin B ◽  
Clinical Isolates ◽  
Biochemical Basis ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Cellular Content ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
High Level ◽  
Level Resistance ◽  
Target Enzyme

Eleven isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans were investigated to determine the biochemical basis of their tolerance to fluconazole. The MICs of fluconazole for three isolates with low-level resistance were 3- to 6-fold higher than those for sensitive isolates, while the MICs for four isolates with high-level resistance were 100- to 200-fold higher than those for sensitive isolates. The level of ergosterol present in the isolates varied, and those which had relatively low levels of ergosterol were resistant to amphotericin B. Changes in the affinity of the target enzyme (sterol 14alpha-demethylase) and decreases in the cellular content of fluconazole seemed to be responsible for the resistance in isolates with low-level and high-level resistance, respectively.

scholarly journals RESEARCH ON AGGRESSIVENESS WITH ATTITUDES TO YOUR AND OTHER PEOPLE'S DECEPTION IN ADOLESCENCE

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (3) ◽  
pp. 14-20
Author(s):  
Oleksii Chebykin ◽  
Olena Kosianova ◽  
Irina Voloshina
Keyword(s):  
Significant Positive Correlation ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
High Level ◽  
Critical Situations

The article deals with the problem of aggression in adolescence in the correlation with various types of deception. The use of techniques of I. P. Shkuratova ("Types of deception", "Attitude to other people`s deception", "Attitude to your deception"), Buss-Durkey Inventory intended for diagnosing aggressive and hostile reactions that allowed to identify significant positive correlation between all indicators of aggression and types of deception. It is determined that in both groups there is almost the same attitude towards other people`s deception. Thus, representatives of high and low levels of aggressiveness demonstrate an uncensorious attitude to etiquettical deception, pious fraud, fraud-fantasy, which are recognized as socially acceptable. It is established that people with a high level of aggression choose a competitive style of behavior, which is manifested in the control of the opponent's actions, pressure by all available means, the use of deception, cunning, insults, etc. Pepople with a low level of aggression tend to use avoidable and adaptive types of behavior, which are characterized by constant compliance with the requirements of the enemy, the desire to please everyone, avoiding offense, indecision in critical situations.

scholarly journals Development of Autonomy as a Precondition of Adolescents’ Orientation in Moral Sphere

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 22-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.V. Molchanov ◽  
N.N. Poskrebysheva ◽  
A.A. Zapunidi ◽  
O.S. Markina
Keyword(s):  
Moral Judgments ◽  
Moral Orientation ◽  
Social Rules ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Cognitive Component ◽  
Emotional Autonomy ◽  
Moral Qualities ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Relationship

The paper discusses the outcomes of a research on the relationship between developmental levels of autonomy and features of moral orientation in adolescents determined by the priority of the value of justice or care within the cognitive (J. Piaget, L. Kohlberg) and empathy approach (C. Gillian, N. Eisenberg. The research proved that high levels of autonomy in the cognitive component correlate with the adolescent’s high estimation of moral qualities in various communicative contexts. Low level of emotional autonomy correlates with orientation towards the value of care, while high level correlates with orientation towards the value of justice. Levels of autonomy also correlate with moral judgments. Adolescents with low levels of autonomy reveal greater dependence on the opinion of other people and a stronger desire to appear a better person in the eyes of others. Adolescents with heterochrony of autonomy structure are more oriented towards the stage of the conventional level, i.e. the opinion of other people, a strong desire to appear a better person in the eyes of others, the significance of social rules and order, and the reflective empathic position that affirms the idea of self-sacrifice and defending the rights of others.

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