scholarly journals The specificity of lifestyle of the individuals with different type of life scenario

2021 ◽  
pp. 32-41
Author(s):  
Viktor Aleksandrovich Skleynis
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Semantic Differential ◽  
Subjective Time ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Group Similarity

This article is dedicated to examination of the specificity of assessment of the individuals with different type of life scenario. Having compared the patterns of worldview and manifestations of life scenario of the individual, the author considers the latter as a component of in-depth structures of worldview, reflected on the level of semantic structures associated with the implementation of scenario in form of the specificity of assessment of respondents. One of the manifestations of life scenario of the individual in semantic structures is the specificity of assessment of their lifestyle. Since lifestyle represents a system of activities the person is engaged in, and life scenario by definition is related with saturation of subjective time with different ways of pastime, the process of realization of life scenario depends on the specifics of the content of lifestyle as a system of activities. The empirical research is conducted on the basis of specifically developed questionnaire; the three groups of respondents with different type of life scenario were formed. The respondents were offered to assess their lifestyle using a specialized semantic differential. The obtained data was processed via the method of semantic universals. The acquired results indicate that the descriptors included in the semantic universals of the assessment of lifestyle correspond to the type of life scenario of the individual. The groups of respondents with different type of life scenario demonstrate a various degree of in-group similarity in assessments of their lifestyle. Therefore, the specificity of lifestyle assessment is one of the manifestations of life scenario of the individual.

scholarly journals Some Results of Psycholinguistic Research of Polycode Advertising Texts: Gender Factor Influence

2019 ◽  
Vol 69 ◽  
pp. 00004
Author(s):  
Antonina V. Annenkova
Keyword(s):  
Modern Society ◽  
Personal Space ◽  
Semantic Differential ◽  
Psycholinguistic Research ◽  
Media Image ◽  
Sign Systems ◽  
Space Expansion ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Gender Factor ◽  
Gender Groups

Modern society is constantly changing and evolving, and the era of globalization and informatization leads to profound transformation of moral guidelines and personal space expansion due to deeper human immersion into the world of mass media. Image advertising is considered as one of the most common phenomena in the information era and can be characterized as a polycode text consisting of elements of different sign systems. The main purpose of such advertising is to change person's consumer behavior and form visions, desired by an advertising creator, in the consumer's individual lexicon. The article focuses on the study of peculiarities of image advertising visions functioning in the individual lexicon as well as their impact on an individual under a special advertising communicative situation depending on gender factor. To verify the thesis of differences in the strategies of image advertising perception applied by representatives of different gender groups, we have conducted the experimental research using the semantic differential; some results and their analysis are given in the article.

ALMOST ALL YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT STATUS INCONSISTENCY BUT NEVER DARED TO MEASURE: THEORETICAL DEFICITS IN EMPIRICAL RESEARCH ON STATUS INCONSISTENCY

1985 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ekkart Zimmermann
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Strong Predictor ◽  
Theoretical Terms ◽  
Expectation States ◽  
General Evaluation ◽  
Status Inconsistency ◽  
Interaction Partners ◽  
Expectation States Theory ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Almost All

Status inconsistency theorizing still contains more promises than current research about the concept has lived up to. While being somewhat eclectic in the points made, in the three parts of the paper, nevertheless, a general evaluation of status inconsistency theorizing and empirical research is aimed at. In the first section basic premises and conditions of the theory are discussed. It is persistently argued that these premises need to be corroborated empirically, if status inconsistency is to become a stronger predictor than in the past. In particular, it is maintained that status inconsistency needs to be dealt with and measured at the individual's subjective level, how he or she experiences the respective status configurations in respective contexts. At the macrosocietal level status inconsistency seems to be a weak predictor due to numerous counter-effects balancing each other. In narrowly modernized communities, however, status inconsistency might become a strong predictor of some forms of behavior, if it is established that status inconsistent configurations possess relevancy for both the individual and his or her interaction partners and are experienced as stressful by the individual Drawing in particular on findings from expectation states theory and research, numerous caveats as to more adequate linkage between theoretical terms and possible operationalizations are pointed to. It is hoped that with some of the caveats in mind, status inconsistency research will rejuvenate.

Human Capital from Entrepreneurs’ Perspective – Case Study Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship

2016 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 63-72
Author(s):  
Sylwia Wiśniewska
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Empirical Methods ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Individual Dimension ◽  
Descriptive Method

The aim of this paper is to analyse human capital problems faced by entrepreneurs, on the example of Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. Both theoretical and empirical methods of analysis are used. The descriptive method of research is used to conduct a survey of the literature on the topic. The notion of human capital is presented, as well as the structure thereof in the individual dimension. Next, the paper includes the methodological premises of the empirical research and defines the research sample. It also discusses the results of qualitative research, which used the research method of a focus group. Finally, research conclusions are drawn, and recommendations are made regarding the possible ways of solving human capital issues faced by Świętokrzyskie entrepreneurs.

Sampling Adequacy and the Semantic Differential

1980 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 351-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles D. Dziuban ◽  
Edwin C. Shirkey
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Differential ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Considerable Variability ◽  
Correlation Matrices ◽  
Factor Analytic ◽  
Total Correlation ◽  
Sample Data ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Psychometric Quality

Version Two of the Kaiser Measures of Sampling Adequacy was derived for a typical six-concept Semantic Differential. The over-all indices indicated that both concept and total correlation matrices would lead to comparable decisions regarding the psychometric quality of the sample data sets. The individual measures, however, showed considerable variability for some scales, placing several in a range which would make them suspect psycho-metrically. It was recommended that the concept of psychometric adequacy be used in determining the efficacy of one's Semantic Differential data for factor analytic procedures.

scholarly journals Individual and Organizational Approaches to Overcoming Stress

2013 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 104-121
Author(s):  
Simona Šarotar-Žižek ◽  
Sonja Treven ◽  
Vesna Čančer
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Physical Activities ◽  
Healthy Food ◽  
Organization Of Work ◽  
Research Results ◽  
The Individual

Abstract Stress greatly affects not only people but also organizations. Therefore it is very important to prevent and manage stress and at the same time maintain well-being of employees. This paper presents two main groups of approaches: the organizational and the individual ones, with which individuals (managers/employees) can manage stress. The paper also presents the results of the empirical research on stress, which was conducted among managers and employees in Slovenian organizations in 2011. The analysis shows which individual and organizational approaches to overcoming stress are most commonly used. The highest percentage of employees implement the following techniques of individual approaches: physical activity, followed by eating healthy food and getting a massage. However, the research results about organizational approaches show that the highest attention was devoted to organization of work and the lowest to physical activities, stimulated by the firm. Furthermore, intergenerational adaptation is not widely used to prevent and overcome stress.

scholarly journals Psychosemantic Research into the Phenomenon of Risk

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
O Chalikova
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Semantic Differential ◽  
Psychological Aspect ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Subjective Perception ◽  
Affective Attitude ◽  
Differential Technique ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Subjective View ◽  
Semantic Differential Technique

The psychological aspect of risk constitutes one of the most discussed issues of modern interdisciplinary research. The profession of the psychologist implies a range of situations of risk for a specialist at various stages of career development. This article presents the results of a psychosemantics research into perceptions of the phenomenon of risk as seen by the students of the Department of Psychology. The findings clarify the peculiarities of the semantic sphere regarding the risks at the initial stage of acquiring the profession. The research was conducted in 2017. The sample comprised 60 students of the Department of Psychology. This research was based on the semantic differential technique modified by I.L. Solomin. We altered and extendedthe list of objects in accordance with the research goals. The results were processed by means of cluster and factor analysis. The analysis of individual clustering trees revealed rather significant semantic variability between the researched objects. A few subgroups of respondents were distinguished according to the individual peculiarities of semantic fields regarding the object ‘risk’. With the help of factor analysis, thespecifics of the affective attitude toward the object ‘risk’ were determined for both the whole sample and the individual subgroups of respondents. The psychosemantics approach completes the picture of the study into the psychological aspect of risk in professional activity and enables to identify the topics, which clarify the subtle nuances of the meaning of the notion ‘risk’ in the conscience of a specialist. Thus,there are vagueness and ambiguity of the subjective view of risk by psychology students, ambivalence of the affective attitude to risk, and a range of semantic subgroups toward the notion ‘risk’. Keywords: risk, professional risk, psychology of risk, risks of a psychology-related profession, situation of risk, subjective perception of risk, students, psychosemantics approach, semantic differential technique, semantic field

scholarly journals Between Max Weber and Gilles Deleuze: Leadership Democracy within a Society of Control

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Jarryd Louw
Keyword(s):  
Social Control ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Gilles Deleuze ◽  
Max Weber ◽  
Charismatic Leader ◽  
Secondary Literature ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Theoretical Question ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Society Of Control

<p><b>Gilles Deleuze argued that modern western societies are undergoing or have undergone a shift away from a purely disciplinary formation as articulated by Michel Foucault towards new structures of control. Whereas disciplinary societies were defined by the specifics of certain kinds of confinement, what Deleuze terms societies of control emerge from the dissolution of the separation between these forms of confinement and the wider society. Because of this, social control has begun to pervade the individual lives of persons within a society, where persons are treated as subjects from which data and information can be extracted. However, at the same time many modern western societies are also considered or can be classified as what Weber described as leadership democracies, that is, democracies where charismatic leaders are elected and command large followings. Thus, a theoretical question emerges as to how these two theoretical approaches would interact. A society of control by its nature makes the imposition of control over subjects more encompassing while the charismatic leader at the helm of a political apparatus is theoretically able to overcome the various obstacles that impose themselves over most members of a society. The question is how this would include the overcoming of the imposition of the society of control.</b></p> <p>The purpose of this thesis is to explore how a leadership democracy under the guidance of a charismatic leader, or leaders, is able to overcome the impositions of a society of control. It shall be argued in due course, despite the presence and impositions of a society of control, that such impositions do not impinge upon the nature of the charismatic leader, or leaders, in such a way or to the extent required to prevent the charismatic leader, or leaders, from operating as this kind of leader, or leaders, by definition. In so doing, this thesis explores the manner in which the charismatic leader, or leaders, can overcome the mechanisms of a society of control and maintain the integrity of a leadership democracy in relation to the manner in which societal control is exerted over a population. Given that this thesis deals with a question of pure theory, the nature of this thesis shall be largely formal and shall rely largely on formal argumentation derived from primary and secondary literature as opposed to empirical research, however, where necessary empirical examples and research shall be drawn on for illustration purposes.</p>

scholarly journals Satisfaction, Resilience and Achievement. Towards a Change in Priorities Within the Framework of New Sociocultural and Educational Paradigms

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 116-127
Author(s):  
Miriam Aparicio
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Educational Quality ◽  
Structural Factors ◽  
Social Competencies ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Educational Paradigms

Abstract The importance of Satisfaction and Resilience is shown (linked to numerous “social competencies”) in processes of Academic and Professional Achievement in various contexts (scientific, academic, professional). The results support empirical research linked to academic-professional pathways. Our objective was to explain the factors associated with achievement (included as conditions or effects within the models, as independent or dependent variables) and to understand the “reasons” and “processes” that underlie the numerical results (statistics, rankings). These included base, psychosocial, pedagogical-institutional, organizational and structural factors. In particular, we sought to observe the weight of psychosocial variables, which the author named “social competencies” 20 years ago and which today are prioritized (“soft skills”) by countries that lead the rankings in educational quality. Among these, Resilience and Satisfaction have recently been incorporated by PISA (2014) for their importance for achievement within the learning paradigm. A synthesis of studies is presented in which these variables’ weight is shown. The strategy for analysis was micro-meso-macro-micro in light of the author’s theory of three interacting levels or The Three-Dimensional Spiral of Sense. The results show that -as the basis for achievement or as an associated effect- social competencies play a key role in facilitating learning. Without listening, communication, implication, engagement, satisfaction, solid relationships and strategies for overcoming adversity, both learning as well as integral changes in education systems that respond to new demands will be difficult to produce, as will changes at the individual and institutional levels.

scholarly journals Psychosemantical Approach to Volition Research

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
O Chalikova ◽  
D Kiseleva
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Semantic Differential ◽  
Differential Method ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Large Variability ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Group Success ◽  
Multidimensional Objects ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Group Object

The research into the ratio of objective and subjective indicators of the volitional qualities of an individual conducted by the Department of General and Social Psychology of the UrFU discovered some limitations of the corresponding approaches to such multidimensional objects as volition. The research into individual semanticfields of the concept of ‘volition’ will make up for the existing methodological gap in that area. The research was conducted in 2017. The sample consisted of 77 students of the Department of Psychology. The semantic differential method in the modification by I.L. Solomin was used as a basis. The list of objects has been changed and expanded according to the tasks of the research. The second method of research is the associative experiment. The results were processed by using the methods of cluster analysis, factor analysis and content analysis. An analysis of individual cluster trees discovered a rather large variability of the semantic relationships between the objects under study. Several sub-groups of respondents were identified according to the individual characteristics of the semantic fields in relation to the object ‘volition’, the sub-group ‘success of activities’, the sub-group ‘personality qualities’, the subgroup ‘negative objects’ and the sub-group ‘object is not defined’. Most students consider volition either as an applied tool of educational or professional activities, or as a self-sufficient personal mechanism. With the help of factor analysis, the features of the affective attitude toward the object ‘volition’ in respect to the sample as a whole are revealed. The associative experiment made it possible to identify the key topic markers that characterize the volition of respondents of different semantic sub-groups. For the sub-group ‘success of activities’, it is ‘power’; it is ‘time’ for the sub-group ‘personality qualities’, in particular, ‘responsibility’; it is ‘firmness’ for the sub-group ‘negative objects’. The psychosemantics approach in studying volition allows us to identify topics that clarify the semantic nuances of the concept of ‘volition’ in the minds of the subjects. The method of the semantic differential and the method of associative experiment are mutually complementary with respect to research into the semantic sphere of a personality. The results obtained provide a necessary part of a comprehensive study of volition and the volitional qualities of aperson. Keywords: volition, volitional qualities, responsibility, students, psychosemantic approach, semantic differential, semantic field, associative experiment, semantic structures of consciousness, representations, individuality, cluster trees, topic markers

scholarly journals The Psychological Readiness Model of Military Personnel to Take Risks during a Combat Deployment

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 64-78
Author(s):  
Ihor Prykhodko ◽  
Anastasiia Lyman ◽  
Yanina Matsehora ◽  
Nataliia Yurieva ◽  
Liubov Balabanova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Military Personnel ◽  
National Guard ◽  
Semantic Differential ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Combat Experience ◽  
Selection Procedures ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Psychological Training ◽  
Combat Deployment ◽  
The Individual

The purpose of this article is to present an empirically-derived psychological readiness model of military personnel to take risks during combat deployment. The model was developed using the methods of semantic differential, peer review, and factor analysis. Its theoretical basis is the concept of “hardiness”. The study involved 104 military personnel of the National Guard of Ukraine had combat experience in the War in Eastern Ukraine. The model includes four components: “Ability for volitional efforts (mobilization)”, “Military brotherhood”, “Professional identity”, “Self-control (endurance)”. Their content covers the emotional-volitional, cognitive, motivational, moral, active-practical, existential-being, and interpersonal-social spheres of the individual. The leading role in the model belongs to strong-willed features, combat cohesion, patriotism, and adaptive resources of the individual, which make it possible to maintain the effectiveness of military personnel’s combat activities under conditions of risk. The basis of the psychological readiness of military personnel to actively act and overcome difficulties in conditions of risk (uncertainty, direct threat to health and life) with the absence of reliable guarantees for success is hardiness. It is suggested that the model can be used for psychological selection procedures, professional and psychological training of military personnel, predicting their behavior under conditions of risk, and developing strategies for psychological support in the post-deployment period. This will reduce psychogenic losses during hostilities.

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