scholarly journals University Students’ Self-Rated Ability to Interpret Social Context and Correlating Factors

Psychology ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 09 (06) ◽  
pp. 1546-1557
Author(s):  
Mika Kobayashi ◽  
Naoko Fukuda ◽  
Kanako Ichikura ◽  
Takashi Asakura
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
University Students

Consistency in Choice of Social Referent

2000 ◽  
Vol 86 (3) ◽  
pp. 925-934 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chung-Leung Luk ◽  
Wendy W. N. Wan ◽  
Julian C. L. Lai
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
University Students ◽  
Social Comparison ◽  
Social Comparisons ◽  
Social Comparison Theory ◽  
Full Time ◽  
School Students ◽  
Comparison Theory ◽  
Part Time

Similarity has been an important but ill-defined concept in social comparison theory. For social comparisons of competence, similarity should be defined within the same evaluative social context, for example, the same school for students or the same workplace for workers. 104 postsecondary school students, 96 full-time university students, and 81 part-time mature university students were recruited to participate in this study. They filled out a questionnaire to indicate whether they compared themselves with each of 11 categories of social referent in each of 10 domains of competence. Comparers preferred to choose those in the same evaluative social context as referents for social comparisons in domains of competence, and their comparisons with dissimilar others were rare. This preference was consistent across the three different samples.

scholarly journals Attitudes of University Students towards People with Disabilities in the Social Context: A Preliminary Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-89
Author(s):  
Azzahrah Anuar ◽  
Nor Mazlina Ghazali
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
University Students ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
University Student ◽  
Specific Dimension ◽  
The Social ◽  
Perceptions Of Students ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
College Or University

The article highlights on the previous literature on the attitudes of college or university students towards people with disabilities in the social context globally. The article also includes factors that influence the willingness of college or university students to build relationship with people with disabilities in the social context (such as friendship, dating, and marriage) and perceptions of students that add to the existing challenges encountered by people with disabilities. When perception is being measured in a more specific dimension, such as, in the social distance context, it provides a practical means to understand people’s awareness towards disability.Keywords: university student attitude; people with disabilities; social context

Strategies of Euphemism Used by Jordanian University Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 359-380
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
University Students ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Major Effect ◽  
Taboo Topics

This study investigates the use of euphemistic strategies by Jordanian university students. It is also examines the effect of taboo topics, gender, and social context on the use of euphemism. To achieve this goal, a questionnaire was developed and distributed to 200 students who were randomly selected from four Jordanian universities. The results of the study show that the politeness concept seems to be clear for Jordanian university students; they tend to use euphemism in highlighting taboo topics, in order to save their own face and other’s positive face. Understatement strategy was the most frequently used by Jordanian university students and taboo topics did not have major effect in Jordanian students' use of euphemism. It is found that gender does not have statistically significant role in euphemistic usage. The results also show that social context affects Jordanian university students' use of euphemism in some taboo topics. Keywords: Euphemistic strategies, taboo, politeness, Jordanian students.

scholarly journals TRACING EMERGING ADULTHOOD ON UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: THE CASE OF MEDICINE SCHOOL AT A GREEK UNIVERSITY

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Natassa Raikou ◽  
Georgia Konstantopoulou
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
University Students ◽  
Emerging Adulthood ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Research Tool ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
University Programs ◽  
Young Students

In this paper we investigate the dimensions of emerging adulthood on medical students. Our aim is to explore special characteristics and possible differentiations between university medical students in comparison with other disciplines. We argue that university is a social context that plays a critical role on the development and shaping the identity of young students. In our case we examine medical students of a Greek peripheral university in order to trace the characteristics of their emerging adulthood. The research was conducted between November 2019-January 2020, with the participation of 110 students of School of Medicine of Patras University in Greece. The research tool was Arnett's IDEA questionnaire, adjusted by the researchers. The results confirmed the emerging adulthood characteristics of medical students, nevertheless interesting findings also revealed. It seems that demanding and/or difficult university programs with emphasis on practical experience during studies, foster young students to manifest adult characteristics earlier than their peers. <p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0779/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

Viewing music videos: Emotion and viewer interpretation

2002 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan M. Preston ◽  
Michael Eden
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Emotional Content ◽  
Music Videos ◽  
Music Video ◽  
Mediating Factors ◽  
Comparative Media

Abstract. Music video (MV) content is frequently measured using researcher descriptions. This study examines subjective or viewers’ notions of sex and violence. 168 university students watched 9 mainstream MVs. Incidence counts of sex and violence involve more mediating factors than ratings. High incidents are associated with older viewers, higher scores for Expressivity, lower scores for Instrumentality, and with video orders beginning with high sex and violence. Ratings of sex and violence are associated with older viewers and lower scores for Instrumentality. For sex MVs, inexperienced viewers reported higher incidents and ratings. Because MVs tend to be sexier but less violent than TV and film, viewers may also use comparative media standards to evaluate emotional content MVs.

Emotion Appraisals Predict Neuroticism and Extraversion

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Andrew Comensoli ◽  
Carolyn MacCann
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
The State ◽  
The Relationship

The current study proposes and refines the Appraisals in Personality (AIP) model in a multilevel investigation of whether appraisal dimensions of emotion predict differences in state neuroticism and extraversion. University students (N = 151) completed a five-factor measure of trait personality, and retrospectively reported seven situations from the previous week, giving state personality and appraisal ratings for each situation. Results indicated that: (a) trait neuroticism and extraversion predicted average levels of state neuroticism and extraversion respectively, and (b) five of the examined appraisal dimensions predicted one, or both of the state neuroticism and extraversion personality domains. However, trait personality did not moderate the relationship between appraisals and state personality. It is concluded that appraisal dimensions of emotion may provide a useful taxonomy for quantifying and comparing situations, and predicting state personality.

Assessing Personality With Multi-Descriptor Items

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-125
Author(s):  
Johannes Schult ◽  
Rebecca Schneider ◽  
Jörn R. Sparfeldt
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
The Other ◽  
Short Version ◽  
Big Five Inventory ◽  
Personality Inventories

Abstract. The need for efficient personality inventories has led to the wide use of short instruments. The corresponding items often contain multiple, potentially conflicting descriptors within one item. In Study 1 ( N = 198 university students), the reliability and validity of the TIPI (Ten-Item Personality Inventory) was compared with the reliability and validity of a modified TIPI based on items that rephrased each two-descriptor item into two single-descriptor items. In Study 2 ( N = 268 university students), we administered the BFI-10 (Big Five Inventory short version) and a similarly modified version of the BFI-10 without two-descriptor items. In both studies, reliability and construct validity values occasionally improved for separated multi-descriptor items. The inventories with multi-descriptor items showed shortcomings in some factors of the TIPI and the BFI-10. However, the other scales worked comparably well in the original and modified inventories. The limitations of short personality inventories with multi-descriptor items are discussed.

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