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 Factors that Influence the Purchase and Consumption of Alcoholic Drinks in Malawi Particularly among University Students

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-67
Author(s):  
Eliam Y.Z. Kamanga
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Alcoholic Drinks

The purpose of this study was to explore the factors that influence the purchase and consumption of alcohol among university students in Malawi. The study sought to recommend strategies that can promote the marketing of alcohol among university students aged 18 and above. Results show that of the 138 respondents, 109 (72% males and 28% females) agreed that they consume alcohol. The study indicates that quality of alcohol influences most students to consume alcohol. In addition, promotions that emphasise on price cuts and special offers have a positive impact on the marketing of alcohol among students. Notable also are subjective social norms which play a significant role in influencing students to consume alcohol with friends other than alone. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijssm.v2i1.11682      Int. J. Soc. Sci. Manage. Vol-2, issue-1: 52-67 

The Development of Scaffolding and its Effects on the Sense of Community in Online Education

2014 ◽  
Vol 701-702 ◽  
pp. 1263-1266
Author(s):  
Rong Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
Path Analysis ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Sense Of Community ◽  
Education Data

Sense of community refers to individuals’ strong feelings of community, which plays a significant role in attracting and retaining learners in online education. This study argued that properly-constructed scaffolding can enhance the sense of community in online education. Data were collected from 299 university students, and the relationships between the scaffolding and the sense of community were examined by path analysis. It was proved that scaffolding has significant effects on both the connectedness and learning aspects of the sense of community.

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

scholarly journals The Impressionistic Study of English /tʃ/ and /ʃ/ in Initial Position by L2 Thai Learners

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 112
Author(s):  
Qiandi Huang
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Speech Production ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Initial Position ◽  
Target Sound ◽  
English Majors ◽  
L2 Learners ◽  
Sound Learning ◽  
L2 Speech Production

Although studies on English sound learning by L2 Thai learners have been widely examined, there have been no studies on the production of the English /tʃ/ and /ʃ/ sounds in the initial position by L2 Thai learners with consideration of vowel contexts, the experience of L2 learners and target sounds. The aim of this study is to examine the production of the English /tʃ/ and /ʃ/ sounds in the initial position while taking the aforementioned factors into account. The data was from 48 L2 Thai learners, and the subjects were divided into two groups of university students: English-majors and non-English-majors. The two target sounds: English /tʃ/ and /ʃ/ together with the Thai /tɕʰ/ sound were tested in 27 words (9 words for each target sound). The subjects produced the target sounds five times, and their production was transcribed by two British transcribers. The results showed that the subjects had high target-like production when producing /ʃ/ but low target-like production when producing /tʃ/. In finding the correlation between the factors and the target-like production, neither the vowel contexts nor the experience could account for the production. The only factor that relates to the production of English /tʃ/ and /ʃ/ was the target sounds, i.e. the number of the productions that was deemed non-target-like was significantly higher when the target sound was /tʃ/ than when it was /ʃ/. This suggests that the target sounds, rather than the L2 experience and the vowel contexts, play a significant role in L2 speech production.

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

scholarly journals PARTICIPATION IN ANTI-JAPANESE DEMONSTRATIONS IN CHINA: EVIDENCE FROM A SURVEY ON THREE ELITE UNIVERSITIES IN BEIJING

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 391-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Zhou ◽  
Hanning Wang
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
University Students ◽  
Communist Party ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Chinese Communist Party ◽  
Original Data ◽  
Elite Universities ◽  
The Chinese Communist Party ◽  
Actual Participation

AbstractNationwide anti-Japanese demonstrations have erupted in China periodically in recent years. This study investigates what factors make university students more motivated to participate in anti-Japanese demonstrations. We collected original data on 1,458 university students in Beijing in June 2014, inquiring about both actual and possible future participation. We find that students are more willing to participate in future demonstrations (1) when they believe that anti-Japanese demonstrations benefit China's diplomacy (instrumentality), and (2) when they have prior demonstrators in their social networks (diffusion). However, when it comes to actual participation, only diffusion plays a significant role while instrumentality does not. While students claim that they are motivated by beliefs that demonstrations will matter for China's diplomacy, they actually turn out only when networks operate. In addition, membership in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) does not affect prospective participation but deters actual participation. The CCP actually discourages participation in recent anti-Japanese demonstrations.

Pathophysiologic control of nuclear triiodothyronine receptor capacity

1983 ◽  
Vol 104 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie J. DeGroot ◽  
Paul A. Rue
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Receptor ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Binding Capacity ◽  
Major Effect ◽  
Minimal Change ◽  
Total Binding ◽  
In Vitro Assessment ◽  
Uptake And Release

Abstract. Mechanisms involved in the reduced T3 receptor capacity found in a variety of pathophysiologic states were investigated by in vitro assessment of T3 receptor-nuclei interaction using tissue prepared from rats. In nuclei from immature animals, nuclear uptake of receptor was reduced, release was accelerated, and these alterations could account for the reduced nuclear receptor capacity. The functions reached the normal adult condition by 30–50 days. Nuclei from animals starved for 72 h showed no change in release of receptor, a 15% decrease in uptake, and 48% decrease in total binding capacity, indicating that the major effect is related to diminished supply of receptor, presumably due to reduced synthesis in the extranuclear compartment. Glucagon administration produced no change in receptor release, 25% decrease in receptor uptake, and nearly equivalent 33% decrease in binding capacity. Alteration in receptor uptake could account largely for changes induced by glucagon. Animals studied 24 h after hepatectomy had a 53% decrease in total binding capacity, but no change in uptake or release, indicating that reduced receptor synthesis is the primary abnormality. Administration of α-amanitin caused a 30% diminution in the binding capacity in the nuclei, without change in uptake and release, and cycloheximide caused an 87% decrease in binding capacity, with minimal change in uptake and no change in release. In both instances the alterations are interpretable as diminished synthesis and availability of receptor, rather than alterations in binding receptor to chromatin. The major cause of diminished receptor capacity appears to be reduced cytosolic synthesis of receptor, with reduction in retention by chromatin-associated factors playing a significant role in immature animals, and during glucagon treatment.

Hazing Violence: Practices of Domination and Coercion in Hazing in Portugal

2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (11) ◽  
pp. 1830-1851 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marisalva Fávero ◽  
Sofia Pinto ◽  
Fátima Ferreira ◽  
Francisco Machado ◽  
Amaia Del Campo
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Hierarchy Level ◽  
Violent Behaviors ◽  
Sex Type ◽  
New Students ◽  
Victims Of Violence ◽  
The Moment ◽  
New Situation

The moment of entry into university marks an important transition for students in Portugal. Their new situation requires an update and a new personal, academic, and social contextualization and, in this new universe, hazing plays a significant role. This study aimed to understand the phenomenon of hazing in Portugal, analyzing, specifically, the violent behaviors that can occur in this context. To this effect, we have developed the Questionnaire for the Assessment of Experience in Hazing (QAVPA)—a questionnaire that allows the analysis of Portuguese students’ hazing experiences and situations of violence. This questionnaire was applied to a sample consisting of 586 university students and ex-students who participated in hazing, 393 (67.1%) women and 193 (32.9%) men, with ages between 18 and 47 years ( M = 23.27, SD = 4.24). From the gathered data, 77.8% were victims of violence in hazing rituals, 86.9% witnessed violent practices, and 39.8% admitted having had violent behaviors toward new students. It was also found that variables such as having been a victim of this type of violence, sex, type of education, and hierarchy level are associated with the perpetration of violence in this context.

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