COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF COMMUNICATION MOTIVES OF PRESCHOOLERS’ WITH VARIOUS DEGREES OF EMOTIONAL ADMIRATION OF JOINT ACTIVITY

The article presents the results of theoretical and empirical research of psychological peculiarities of communication motivation of preschoolers who have different degrees of emotional admiration of joint activity. As a result of theoretical analysis, it was found that the most common reason for children to choose a communication partner is the attractiveness of another person as a personality due to the moral, business or physical qualities, a manifestation of sympathy, love to this person, i.e. emotional attitude. At the same time, the need for a more detailed practical study of the problem was confirmed, because the issue of communication motivation in preschool age, in particular, the influence of the degree of emotional admiration of joint activity on this process, remains insufficiently resolved. The data of an empirical study of the peculiarities of communication motives of preschool children with different degrees of emotional admiration of joint activity showed that the higher the degree of emotional interest of preschoolers for joint activity is, the higher the degree of development of communication motives they have. Parameters such as the subjective significance of a peer for a child, which is manifested in the general admiration of others; peer orientation, i.e. the ability to concede, to help; ability to empathy, as well as the child’s choice (to help or not to help to his or her peers), the degree of emotional admiration of the activity and an indication of its expression (positive or negative); the nature of the child’s behavior, its emotional expression, speech, were used as the main indicators of interpersonal relationships. It was proved that the degree of preschoolers’ emotional admiration of joint activity is largely correlated with the level of development of their ability to concede and the willingness to help. Thus, the motives of communication of the preschooler with other children differ depending on the degree of his or her emotional admiration of joint activity, because it was found that the higher the degree of emotional admiration of preschoolers is, the higher the level of development of the ability to concede and the willingness to help they have.

Cyber-Personality and Liking Expression: A Study From WeChat Users in China

Clicking the like button following a post on social media has become a common means of expressing and gathering social support online. Little is known about how liking expression is linked and regulated by personality traits and communication motives. Following a preliminary survey (n = 168) about the usage of the like function on WeChat, a Chinese social media platform, we conducted an online study (n = 183) to map the Big-Five personality traits and five communication motives to the frequency (likelihood) of liking expression. The results showed that each user had, on average, 385 WeChat friends and spent 2.2 hours and used the liking function 1.1 times each day on WeChat. The personality trait conscientiousness was negatively related to the liking expression (β = −0.505, p < 0.05). In contrast, agreeableness promoted the expression of liking directly (β = 0.153, p < 0.05) and indirectly via two communication motives, enjoyment (a: β = 0.377, p < 0.01; b: β = 0.433, p < 0.001) and passing time (c: β = 0.578, p < 0.05; d: β = 0.523, p < 0.001). The liking expression may serve as a simple index for understanding dispositional underpinnings of social media networking.

LOVE IS ONE OF THE REASONS STUDENTS COMMUNICATE: STUDY ABOUT MOTIVE COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONAL SATISFACTION STUDENTS

Millennials are the generation that has the largest number of Indonesia's total population. There are inconsistencies with millennial studies in their interpersonal communication skills and communication satisfaction. Therefore, this study tested whether there was an influence on millennial students' communication motives and communication satisfaction. The respondents in this study were 969 consisting of 523 women and 446 men who are the millennial category in the 14-18 years range and sit in class 10 of Senior High School. This study uses a quantitative approach with data collection using a scale of communication motivations and interpersonal relationship satisfaction.The results showed a relationship between communication motives and communication satisfaction, besides producing a high pleasure motive. Research also shows that millennials' need for love is relatively high. This research indicates that the desire to get recognition, love, and affection from the environment is still very high