scholarly journals Defining Adjustment to Address the Missing Link between Refugees and Their Resettlement Communities

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (18) ◽  
pp. 9902
Author(s):  
Camilla Modesti ◽  
Alessandra Talamo
Keyword(s):  
Social Representation ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Data Mapping ◽  
Eligibility Criteria ◽  
High Commissioner ◽  
The Social ◽  
Background Data ◽  
Scopus Database ◽  
Context Characteristics

Background: data from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) show that, in 2020, among 82.4 million refugees, only 251,000 returned to their home countries, indicating the desire for refugees to stay, for the long-term, in their new homelands. The paper contributes to the scientific–psychological debate on the social representation of refugee populations, by studying this population, not simply as “foreigners”, traumatized and resourceless people, but rather focusing on the factors that lead to their positive adjustments within local communities. Method: a scoping review was carried out to explore the phenomenon of adjustment (RQ1) and to identify the factors that foster adjustment among refugees and their resettlement communities (RQ2). A research protocol and eligibility criteria were defined prior to conducting the literature research through the Scopus database. Afterwards, data charting and items were conducted to organize the results. Results: a process of data mapping outlined three dimensions of adjustment—psychological, social, and scholastic. In addition, six macro factors emerged that ease refugee adjustments—context characteristics, time, social integration markers, acculturation, social support, and psychological capital. Results show that adjustment is the result of the inter-relations among sociological and psychological factors. Conclusions: the lack of studies addressing the inner resources of refugees and community participation confirms that research in this field needs a change of paradigm, to identify the resources that refugees use to adjust to their new communities and promote their development.

Exploring the Scientific and Beyond-Science Interactions of Long-Term Ecological Research Scientists

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Courtney G. Flint
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Ecological Research ◽  
Environmental Sciences ◽  
Ecological Dynamics ◽  
The Social ◽  
Long Term Ecological Research ◽  
Intellectual Movement

The essays in this volume are analyzed to assess the degree to which they portray scientific and beyond-science interactions. The Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program represents a scientific or intellectual movement based on articulation of the program’s highly respected founders, resource allocation for individual and collective pursuits, use of LTER sites for recruitment, and commonly held themes or foci for research. Interdisciplinary scientific interactions within the LTER program have influenced researchers’ ideas, networks, and productivity but have also presented challenges, particularly for junior participants. Interactions beyond the scientific community focus on one-dimensional flows of information as well as on collaborative, multidirectional partnerships with a variety of stakeholders. This analytical chapter explores social interactions catalyzed by experiences of scientists associated with the LTER program. I analyze the essays by LTER scientists in this volume using a broad, three- tiered structure: (1) the degree to which insights from the essays suggest that the LTER program represents a scientific or intellectual movement within environmental sciences examining ecological dynamics; (2) the extent of interdisciplinary interactions with scientists across broader fields of study, including associated reactions and challenges; and (3) interactions with others beyond science. Findings are examined across different career stages of respondents. Direct quotations are used to illustrate findings and to provide evidence for conclusions based on the LTER scientists’ own words. The LTER program was initiated 34 years ago (Waide [Chapter 2]; Gholz, Marinelli, and Taylor [Chapter 3]). Given the growth of the LTER program, in terms of the number and geographic distribution of sites, as well as the contributions of engaged scientists and students, there is no doubt of the influence of the LTER program on the science of ecology and general understanding of ecosystems around the world (Robertson et al. 2012). In this chapter, I examine the social interactions of scientists in the LTER program through the lenses provided by their essays in this volume to explore three dimensions—interactions within the environmental sciences focused on ecological dynamics, broader interdisciplinary interactions, and interactions with stakeholders beyond science.

The Influences of Travel Expenses on the Indicator Factors of Sustainability in GMS Member Countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 233
Author(s):  
Chaturaporn SIHABUTR ◽  
Sakkarin NONTHAPOT
Keyword(s):  
Granger Causality ◽  
National Development ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Causality Test ◽  
Good Opportunity ◽  
Economic Dimension ◽  
Environmental Dimension ◽  
The Social

The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) member countries contain tourism resources that can attract foreign tourists to visit. This is also a good opportunity for national development under the concept of sustainability in three dimensions, i.e., environmental, economic, and social. Data from 1990 to 2019 was used, which were brought for the unit root test. Autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) was used for finding the cointegration, and the vector error correction model (VECM) and Vector autoregression (VAR) were utilized for finding the short-term relationship. The Granger causality test was based on the travel expenses on the factors of sustainability. The results revealed that the data had different stationarity levels. Similarly, the influences of travel expenses on the dimensions of sustainability of each country were different, too. The long-term relationship was found from the travel expenses on the environmental dimension in Cambodia, Myanmar, and Thailand. The travel expenses were the Granger causality for the environmental dimension in those countries, and had a long-term relationship on the social dimension in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand. However, this factor only showed the Granger causality on the social dimension in Myanmar. For the economic dimension, travel expenses had a long-term relationship only in Cambodia, and the Granger causality for the economic dimension in Cambodia and Thailand. However, travel expenses did not affect the sustainability in any dimensions in Vietnam, which possibly implied that the influences of travel expenses on sustainability in different indicators depended on the structure, readiness, and the context of each country.

Decisions on participation in music festivals: an exploratory research in Portugal

2022 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
João Pedro Portugal ◽  
Antonia Correia ◽  
Paulo Águas
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Music Festivals ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Music Festival ◽  
The Social ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeMusic festivals offer new opportunities for leisure and tourist experiences in Portugal. Some tourists and residents, the so-called festival goers, participate and come back to these events, whereas others, the non-goers, never participate and are not willing to do so. The aim of this research is to understand the decision to participate or not based on facilitators and constraints to participate or not in a music festival, dismantling residents and tourists' attitudes.Design/methodology/approachData were collected from 1,178 music festival goers and non-goers in Portugal. Content analysis was undertaken to depict the most important determinants of their decisions. Those determinants were categorized according to the three dimensions of factors of ecological systems theory, considering festival goers and non-goers as well as tourists and residents.FindingsThe results suggested that although constraints are not as often voiced as facilitators, both influence decisions that are expressed as delaying, postponing, avoiding or complying with others by participating in these events. Furthermore, the results suggested that the decision to participate or not depends on the social contexts of the festival goers or non-goers, and that these social contexts may invert their decision, be it by facilitating or constraining their participation.Research limitations/implicationsThis research is limited to festivals in Portugal and used a qualitative analysis that may be confirmed in other countries with quantitative methods. Nevertheless, this research opens paths to discuss facilitators and constraints through ecological system theory and gives insights into this industry.Practical implicationsThe results provide important insights for festival organizers to retain and build long-term relationships with festival goers. The results also provide insights into how to overcome the resistance which non-goers demonstrated.Social implicationsThis research offers an in-depth and insightful understanding of individuals' attitudes towards music festivals, allowing festival demand to be better understood. Furthermore, this research proves that attendance of music festivals is mostly a socially driven behaviour.Originality/valueBy eliciting facilitators and constraints of the decision to participate in music festivals, considering residents and tourists, festival goers and non-goers, this study provides a deeper understanding of the decision to participate, through a theoretical framework which is rarely applied in this field.

Pflegerecht

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Constanze Janda
Keyword(s):  
Long Term Care ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Eligibility Criteria ◽  
Term Care ◽  
The Social ◽  
Long Term Care Insurance ◽  
The Cost

The textbook is dealing with the fundamental legal aspects of the long-term care insurance and the fields of law related to that. The latest legislative developments and reforms, such as the two “Pflegestärkungsgesetze” are presented, thus the book is higly up-to-date. After defining and discussing the concept of “need of care”, the authors present the eligibility criteria and benefits in the long-term care insurance from the claimants’ point of view. Additionally, the legal relations between service providers and the cost-bearers as well as matters of quality assurance are reflected. The focus is set on the social care insurance (SGB XI), but benefits of the health care insurance (SGB V) and the social assistance scheme (SGB XII) related to care are dealt with, too. Schedules, case studies and sample examinations questions make the book a very helpful guide through the law of care for students of law, social work and care. Besides, pracitioners can get a concise overwiev on the recent development in care.

Policy Coercion

2019 ◽  
pp. 113-150
Author(s):  
Isabela Mares ◽  
Lauren E. Young
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Policy Position ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Social Policies ◽  
Eligibility Criteria ◽  
Welfare Benefits ◽  
Electoral Support ◽  
The Social

Chapter 5 explores the use of non-programmatic strategies premised on welfare coercion. Drawing on ethnographic research, it documents the use of different coercive practices used by candidates in the region. “Blackmail” involves the initial toleration of some irregularities (such as non-payment of taxes), which are exploited at elections. Welfare coercion, by contrast, involves threats to cut off access to long-term benefits. The chapter argues that the use of coercion is a politically attractive strategy in localities where eligibility to welfare benefits is particularly politicized. In such localities, the use of clientelistic strategies premised on welfare favors is likely to be electorally costly. By contrast, the use of coercion allows mayors to maximize electoral support from beneficiaries of social policies, while at the same time signaling a policy position of toughness on welfare to opponents of the social policy programs. Using listexperiments, the chapter documents the use of coercive strategies and shows that the incidence of such strategies is higher in localities where a larger share of voters cannot meet the eligibility criteria for social policy benefits. It also examines how voters evaluate candidates that use coercive clientelistic strategies as opposed to strategies premised on favors and find that the use of coercion is usually viewed more harshly.

scholarly journals REPRESENTAÇÃO SOCIAL DE IDOSOS INSTITUCIONALIZADOS SOBRE OS BENEFÍCIOS E MALEFÍCIOS DAS VACINAS

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Oliveira Lima Araújo ◽  
Geovana Brandão Santana Almeida
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Post Vaccination ◽  
Construction Of Knowledge ◽  
The Social ◽  
Investigación Cualitativa

Objetivos: Conhecer e analisar a Representação Social dos idosos residentes em Instituições de Longa Permanência (ILPI) sobre os benefícios e malefícios das vacinas. Metodologia: Pesquisa qualitativa, exploratória, descritiva, utilizando-se a Teoria das Representações Sociais. Realizada em duas ILPI situadas em uma cidade mineira, com a participação de 31 idosos. Realizouse entrevistas semiestruturadas e utilizou-se Análise de Conteúdo. Obteve-se duas categorias de análise: Representação Social dos idosos sobre vacinas; Representação Social dos idosos sobre os benefícios e malefícios das vacinas e suas motivações para a vacinação. Artigo elaborado segundo as diretrizes do Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research (SRQR). Resultados: Os idosos compreendem que a prevenção contra doenças é o principal benefício das vacinas e apontam as reações pós-vacinais como malefícios causados pelos imunobiológicos. Conclusão: Ações de educação em saúde realizadas por profissionais da área, principalmente pela Enfermagem, são eficazes para a construção de conhecimentos pelos idosos, acerca do que é importante para a manutenção da saúde.Descritores: Idoso; Enfermagem; Vacinação.SOCIAL REPRESENTATION OF THE INSTITUTIONALIZED ELDERLY ON THE BENEFITS AND HARMS OF VACCINESObjectives: Knowing and analyzing the Social Representation of the elderly in long-term institutions (LTCF) about the benefits and harms of vaccines. Methodology: descriptive exploratory qualitative research using the Theory of Social Representations. It was held in two LTCF’s located in a Minas Gerais’ town, with a participation of 31 elders. Semi-structured interviews were conducted and Content Analysis was used. Two categories of analysis were obtained: Social representation of the elderly about vaccines; Social representation of the elderly about the benefits and harms of vaccines and their motivations for vaccination. Article developed according to the Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research (SRQR) guidelines. Results: The elderly understand that prevention of diseases is the main benefit of vaccines and they point to post-vaccination reactions as harms caused by immunobiologicals. Conclusion: Health education actions carried out by professionals in the area, mainly by nursing, are effective for the construction of knowledge by the elderly, about what is important for the maintenance of health.Keywords: Aged; Nursing; Vaccination.REPRESENTACIÓN SOCIAL DE ANCIANOS INSTITUCIONALIZADOS SOBRE BENEFICIOS Y MALEFICIOS DE LAS VACUNASObjetivos: Conocer y analizar la representación social de ancianos que viven en instituciones de larga permanencia (ILPI) sobre los beneficios y maleficios de las vacunas. Metodología: Investigación cualitativa, exploratoria, descriptiva, aplicando la Teoría de Representaciones Sociales. Realizada en dos ILPI situadas en una ciudad mineira con la participación de 31 adultos mayores. Por lo tanto, se realizaron entrevistas semiestructuradas aplicando análisis de contenido. Se obtuvieron dos categorías de análisis: Representación Social de los ancianos sobre vacunas; Representación Social de los ancianos sobre los beneficios y maleficios de las vacunas y sus motivaciones para la vacunación. Articulo elaborado según las directrices de Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research (SRQR). Resultados: los ancianos comprenden que la prevención contra enfermedades es el principal beneficio de las vacunas e destacan las reacciones post vacunas como maleficios causados por inmunobiológicos. Conclusión: las acciones de educación en salud, realizadas por profesionales del área, principalmente por enfermería, son eficaces para la construcción de conocimientos en ancianos, acerca de los que es importante para la manutención de la salud.Descriptores: Ancianos; Enfermería; Vacunación.

Commitment to pro- versus counter-attitudinal behavior and the dynamics of social representations

2002 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Tafani ◽  
Lionel Souchet
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Cognitive Restructuring ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Dimensional Model ◽  
Social Actions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Two Dimensional Model ◽  
Students Attitudes

This research uses the counter-attitudinal essay paradigm ( Janis & King, 1954 ) to test the effects of social actions on social representations. Thus, students wrote either a pro- or a counter-attitudinal essay on Higher Education. Three forms of counter-attitudinal essays were manipulated countering respectively a) students’ attitudes towards higher education; b) peripheral beliefs or c) central beliefs associated with this representation object. After writing the essay, students expressed their attitudes towards higher education and evaluated different beliefs associated with it. The structural status of these beliefs was also assessed by a “calling into question” test ( Flament, 1994a ). Results show that behavior challenging either an attitude or peripheral beliefs induces a rationalization process, giving rise to minor modifications of the representational field. These modifications are only on the social evaluative dimension of the social representation. On the other hand, when the behavior challenges central beliefs, the same rationalization process induces a cognitive restructuring of the representational field, i.e., a structural change in the representation. These results and their implications for the experimental study of representational dynamics are discussed with regard to the two-dimensional model of social representations ( Moliner, 1994 ) and rationalization theory ( Beauvois & Joule, 1996 ).

Impact of the Locus of Causality and Internal Control on the Social Utility of Causal Explanations

2010 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 173-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samantha Perrin ◽  
Benoît Testé
Keyword(s):  
Internal Control ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Social Utility ◽  
External Control ◽  
Job Interview ◽  
Locus Of Causality ◽  
Causal Explanations ◽  
Professional Success ◽  
The Social ◽  
Different Types

Research into the norm of internality ( Beauvois & Dubois, 1988 ) has shown that the expression of internal causal explanations is socially valued in social judgment. However, the value attributed to different types of internal explanations (e.g., efforts vs. traits) is far from homogeneous. This study used the Weiner (1979 ) tridimensional model to clarify the factors explaining the social utility attached to internal versus external explanations. Three dimensions were manipulated: locus of causality, controllability, and stability. Participants (N = 180 students) read the explanations expressed by appliants during a job interview. They then described the applicants on the French version of the revised causal dimension scale and rated their future professional success. Results indicated that internal-controllable explanations were the most valued. In addition, perceived internal and external control of explanations were significant predictors of judgments.

Social Representations and Commitment

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 233-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Bonetto ◽  
Fabien Girandola ◽  
Grégory Lo Monaco
Keyword(s):  
Social Representations ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Second Line ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
First Line ◽  
Research Perspectives ◽  
The Social ◽  
Bibliographic Search ◽  
English Articles

Abstract. This contribution consists of a critical review of the literature about the articulation of two traditionally separated theoretical fields: social representations and commitment. Besides consulting various works and communications, a bibliographic search was carried out (between February and December, 2016) on various databases using the keywords “commitment” and “social representation,” in the singular and in the plural, in French and in English. Articles published in English or in French, that explicitly made reference to both terms, were included. The relations between commitment and social representations are approached according to two approaches or complementary lines. The first line follows the role of commitment in the representational dynamics: how can commitment transform the representations? This articulation gathers most of the work on the topic. The second line envisages the social representations as determinants of commitment procedures: how can these representations influence the effects of commitment procedures? This literature review will identify unexploited tracks, as well as research perspectives for both areas of research.

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