Propensity to Corrupt Decisions of Pre-Candidates to the 2020 Brazilian Municipal Elections

- Objective: to analyze the propensity for corrupt decision-making by pre-candidates for mayor and councilor, analyzing the 2020 Brazilian municipal elections. - Theoretical framework: the study is theoretically based on the behavioral aspect of corruption, as deviant behavior, as well as intrinsic and extrinsic motivations to corruption, which are subdivided into: propensity to unethical decision-making, individual self-control, moral identity, guilt, and disengagement moral. - Methodology: A quantitative, exploratory, and descriptive study was conducted. In the operationalization, a cross-sectional survey was used, with the data collected through a structured questionnaire applied to a valid sample of 115 pre-candidates for the 2020 municipal elections. The data analysis used univariate and bivariate statistical techniques. - Results: (1) a sample have low propensity for unethical decision-making, high individual self-control, high moral identity, low guilt, and low propensity for moral disengagement; (2) there is a significant and positive association between the variables of individual self-control with guilt, moral disengagement; and moral identity is shown to be positively associated with moral disengagement, and moral disengagement positively with the variable of having a previous elective position or not. - Originality: The main contribution of the research is the analysis of the theme on municipal legislators and executors, in the version of pre-candidates. - Theoretical and practical contributions: (1) low representation of women even as pre-candidates; (2) the sample considers the ‘other’ pre-willing politicians to make unethical decision-making, but not themselves; (3) sample with a high capacity for self-control, especially the part of the sample that did not have a previous elective position; (4) women have a higher degree of guilt than men, that is, they are less disposed to unethical decisions or corruption; (5) it can be said that the sample has a low propensity to deviant behaviors, that is, corruption.

The Mediational Role of Self-Support Personality in the Association of Family Function and School Belonging in Adolescents

Some previous studies have explored the impact of family function on school belonging. However, little is known about the parallel mediating relationship underlying them. This study aims to investigate the formation mechanism of school beginning in a sample of Chinese adolescents and examined the parallel mediating role of interpersonal self-support and individual self-support in the link between family function and school belonging. A cross-sectional study was conducted in four schools of the district of Hunan province in China, and 741 students were surveyed using cluster sampling. Family cohesion and adaptability scale (FACES), Adolescent students self-supporting personality scale (SSPS-AS), School belonging scale were applied. The results indicated that interpersonal self-support and individual self-support, together, and uniquely, parallel mediated the relationship between family function and school belonging. It can be concluded that family function not only has direct effects on school belonging but also has indirect effects through interpersonal self-support and individual self-support.

Supporting high-quality teaching in higher education through the HowUTeach self-reflection tool

This article introduces the development of the self-reflection tool HowUTeach for higher education teachers. HowUTeach is a research-based self-assessment tool created primarily for teachers in both science universities and universities of applied sciences. The purpose of HowUTeach is to increase teachers’ awareness of their teaching and thereby enhance individual self-reflection relating to work and well-being. HowUTeach uses responses to a questionnaire as a base to generate feedback that includes descriptions of different teaching dimensions as well as ideas on how to develop and improve teaching practices. This article defines these dimensions and presents the idea of counter feedback. The results from the pilot tests of HowUTeach were promising, and teachers identified that the instrument advanced their teaching practices. The tool is now being developed further.

Mandatory lockdown impairs performance in professional soccer players.

COVID-19 caused a total halt in sport competition during 2020. The purpose of this study was to analyze the changes between pre- and post-lockdown competitive periods in the players’ workload variables in competition. Seventeen professional football players were monitored using a WIMU PRO® inertial device throughout the 2019-20 season. Anthropometric and physical fitness were assessed with the aim to relate possible associations between these characteristics and the workload changes in the pre- and post-lockdown periods. During the lockdown, players carried out an 8-week guided self-training. There was a general decrement in the players’ physical workload demands in competition, and the parameters related to high-intensity actions as accelerations and decelerations (-8.96% [ES: 0.64] and -11.04% [ES: 0.77] respectively; p < .05), Ind HSR (-35.57% [ES: 0.92]; p = .002), HMLD (-8.58% [ES: 0.66]; p = .016), PLOAD (-7.03% [ES: 0.54]; p = .047) and Vmax (-3.80% [ES: 0.65]; p = .016) can be highlighted. The results showed high negative correlations between match workload variables prior to the lockdown and the percentage of change in these variables after the lockdown period. Individual percentages of change showed high variability in players’ changes. Individual self-training programs should be reviewed to minimize the impact of a “detraining” period in players’ physical performance during possible new lockdown periods.

History of Iskcon (International Society for Krishna Consciousness) Distribution in Belarus

Based on several scientific publications, a limited number of news from the 1980s up until 2021 and a series of in-depth interviews with devotees in 2006–2021, the authors of the paper managed to restore the history of Bengal Vaishnavism distribution in Belarus for the first time. Specific attributes of its introduction to the country were: (1) philosophical requests from the local citizens, not immigration of its original bearers; (2) a long period of spontaneous distribution in the form of personal involvement with Vaishnava ideas and, hence, late institutionalization of the movement. The main stages of Vaishnavism development in Belarus were distinguished: (1) 1980s, the Soviet period: introduction of Vaishnava ideas and practices within individual self-identification of the members of small groups; (2) 1990s, the post-Soviet period: forming organizational structure of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in Belarus; (3) 2000s: spiritual and administrative crises and reformation of the systems of administration and practice creation of the institute of curating the newly converted devotees; (4) 2010s: search for and establishment of the new models of serving, the out-of-temple bhakti practice, in particular; further popularization of the Vaishnava movement and community in Belarus. The main source of information on the history of Vaishnavism distribution in Belarus were in-depth interviews with the members of the community standing at its origin.

Analysis of the Influence for the Use of Language in Indonesia Digital Novels on the Reading Interest of East Java Province Youth in Era 5.0

Having a high reading interest is vital for the progress of a country. Everyone has a reading interest, but still needs encouragement from their individual self and the outside world. Reading interest in Indonesia is very low compared to other countries. This occurrence was influenced by the rapid development of technology, especially among young Indonesian teenagers who generally prefer playing on their gadgets than reading books. In increasing reading interest, the use of language has become a pioneer in growing reading interest among young people, especially in digital novels. Along with the development of language in a novel, philosophy is still contained in an element of language in the novel as well as other related elements. In the end, it was the elements in the novel that played a role in increasing the reading interest of teenagers. This study used qualitative methods and conducted a survey as well. Qualitative data obtained by literature study with reliable sources and reduction to obtain important information. In addition, surveys serve to collect information from large amounts of data or small samples. The collection of quantitative data is in the form of a questionnaire distributed in accordance with the provisions of the questionnaire, namely, adolescents aged 17-24 years domiciled in East Java. This study aims to analyze the effect of using language in Indonesian digital novels on the reading interest of teenagers in East Java province. From this research, it can be concluded that the linguistic element plays an important role in increasing reading interest. This can be illustrated by the respondents' interest in the interesting storyline and the relationship between the meaning of the novel and the feelings they experience. In addition, an interesting storyline is composed of language and the continuity of the story so as to form a meaning that is easily understood by the reader.

Sociodemographic factors and self-restraint from social behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan: a cross-sectional study

The control of human flow has led to better control of COVID-19 infections. Japan's state of emergency, unlike other countries, is not legally binding but is rather a request for individual self-restraint; thus, factors must be identified that do not respond to self-restraint, and countermeasures considered for those factors to enhance its efficacy. We examined the relationship between sociodemographic factors and self-restraint toward going out in public during a pandemic in Japan. This cross-sectional study used data for February 18-19, 2021, obtained from an internet survey; 19,560 participants aged 20-65 were included in the analysis. We identified five relevant behaviors: (1) taking a day trip; (2) eating out with five people or more; (3) gathering with friends and colleagues; (4) shopping for other than daily necessities; (5) shopping for daily necessities. Multilevel logistic regression analyses were used to examine the association between sociodemographic factors and self-restraint for each of the behaviors. Results showed that for behaviors other than shopping for daily necessities, women, those aged 60-65, married people, highly educated people, high-income earners, desk workers and those who mainly work with interpersonal communication, and those with underlying disease reported more self-restraint. Older people had less self-restraint than younger people toward shopping for daily necessities; an underlying disease had no effect on the identified behavior. Specialized interventions for these groups that include recommendations for greater self-restraint may improve the efficacy of the implementing measures that request self-restraint.

Trends in the development of fine arts during the independence of Ukraine

The purpose of the article is to highlight the search for new trends in the development of fine arts during Ukraine's independence, which acquired individual self-expression and became a subcategory of media culture, offering the audience a complex and technically high-quality visual product focused on understanding the relationship Soviet times and aimed at world universal values. The methodological basis was the methods of critical analysis of art, historical, literary sources, and specific historical analysis in studying the development of new trends in fine arts during Ukraine's independence, which allowed to explore the creative components of artists, as Ukrainian art was and is an integral part of the world art process while leaving their own national creative individuality. The scientific novelty lies in the conceptualization of modern trends in the development of fine arts, the formation of artistic styles as a factor in reflecting historical and artistic processes in the system of interaction between Ukrainian art and society. Conclusions. The study found that each generation studies, reviews and proves its vision of the history of its people. The twentieth century has come to an end, and the development of new trends in fine arts during Ukraine's independence encourages scholars to the analytical rethinking of his achievements from the standpoint of the new Ukrainian artistic life and its entry into the world art space. The global integration processes of the modern world are an objective trend in the development of fine arts, which should be considered in the context of trends in world art, including European. Global transformation processes have affected all spheres of public life, becoming determinants of shaping the way and quality of life of contemporary Ukrainian artists, found their concretization in the process of forming a single artistic space, and returned the right of Ukrainian art to its place in the world art space. Fine art during the independence of Ukraine reflects the laws, realities of life, processes, and phenomena that take place in it, has acquired tendencies of individual self-expression of the artist, and supports the free development of all styles and genres at the state level. Key words: fine arts, Ukraine, trends, artist, creative personality of the artist.

Religious Counseling: Dzikir untuk Mengatasi Kecemasan tentang Kematian Pasca Kecelakaan

Every individual must have experienced anxiety, both originating from within the individual and from outside the individual self. If anxiety is excessive, it is very bad for an individual's body, especially after an accident. Nowadays there are phenomena that occur in him that cause anxiety. Anxiety is a condition where a person experiences feelings of anxiety or anxiety and the activity of the autonomic nervous system in responding to an unclear and unspecified threat, and also indicates a state of apprehension or state of worry that complains that something bad is imminent. This can be fatal because the anxious feelings suffered by the individual stem from the loss of meaning in life. So, to overcome the anxiety of death experienced by these individuals, religious counseling is carried out using remembrance. Religious counseling is a help given to a person or a client who has a religious nuance, in order to understand oneself, namely to know oneself, to implement the goals and meaning of life, to form values that hold onto life and to develop as optimal potential as possible. Remembrance is a heart and verbal worship that knows no time limit. Therefore, it needs to be instilled in him to be patient in dealing with it, try to be sincere, carry out worship to the Almighty God so that the anxiety of death will recover. The problem with this research is how to overcome anxiety about death after an accident. The purpose of this study was to determine the anxiety of death after an accident with religious counseling using remembrance. This study uses a qualitative research method that uses a case study approach with the subject of one accident victim aged 21 years. The instrument in this study was observation, interviews and client related data. The results of this mini research study state that religious counseling using remembrance can change anxiety about death after an accident.