Modernization and Culture in García Márquez’s Caribbean

Gabriel García Márquez offers rich accounts of the Colombian Caribbean’s experience with the historical forces of progress that test traditional societies and their predominant values and attitudes. Colombian historiography identifies various broad stages of secular change in the Caribbean since independence: (1) the emergence of enclave economies, (2) the arrival of people fleeing violence, (3) the foundation of new settlements in the hinterland, (4) the rapid industrialization of Barranquilla, and (5) the region’s full integration into the national project. García Márquez’s fictional towns and generations exist in phases 1–4, which roughly correspond with one hundred years of postindependence history. His Caribbean, like the real one, follows a messy path to modernity where traditional values are tested. It has fuzzy political, cultural, and economic borders and is governed by overlapping elites who, unintentionally, leave vacuums of power for the reproduction of morally loose, intercultural, and miscegenated societies. These societies see the dominant civilization and are familiar with its technologies and social projects. News of progress comes to them in leaf storms, books of knowledge brought by gypsies, trains arriving out of nowhere, or the speeches of shady politicians. This article argues that such broad changes shape values and attitudes as people adapt to new patterns of organization. In the standard modernization account, traditional values (i.e., survival/family orientation) give way to secular values (i.e., self-expression/trust in anonymous institutions). But this cultural transition is neither smooth nor complete. Rather, traditional and secular values coexist in constant tension, and García Márquez shows how.

Analizing Teens an Analysis from the Perspective of Gamers in Youtube

(1) Gamers are a new social phenomenon on YouTube whose success is based on their humour and social identity. The aim of this research is to deepen the understanding of the behaviour of the 100 gamers with the largest numbers of fans worldwide by studying their channels on YouTube; (2) Methods: This is a longitudinal research study from 20 August 2019 to 20 August 2020. The methodology consists of three techniques: social media analysis, opinion mining or sentiment analysis, and qualitative semantic analysis; (3) Results: The results of regression and KPI analysis confirm that the most popular contents have high levels of humour, positive polarity, irony, and subjectivity. In addition, the jargon of the digital community is used, focusing on group identification; (4) Conclusions: We conclude that teenagers use YouTube to search content that is cheerful, fun, and with high doses of humor and irony, in which gamers narrate their own vision of reality. Understanding these characteristics makes it possible to adapt educational channels to the interests of the adolescent community. At the same time, it allows us to understand how group identity is constructed in the virtual community, being able to establish lines of intervention from the educational and family orientation.

Assistência de enfermagem no fim da vida: relato de experiência

Trata-se de um relato de experiência com o objetivo de descrever o processo de identificação e discussão das principais dificuldades vivenciadas durante a assistência ao paciente no fim da vida na Unidade de Terapia Intensiva. Este relato foi desenvolvido em um hospital do município de Maringá, com quatro enfermeiras, vinte e cinco técnicos de enfermagem e seis estagiários de enfermagem. Após o aprofundamento teórico, foi aplicado um questionário para a identificação das principais dificuldades da equipe na realização dos cuidados paliativos e realizado uma aula dialogada sobre o tema. Verificamos que os profissionais possuíam dúvidas principalmente sobre a classificação em cuidados paliativos, orientação a família e nutrição do paciente, o que possibilitou a padronização e classificação da assistência no setor. A aula contribuiu para que o profissional tivesse um maior embasamento na realização de uma assistência integral de qualidade para o paciente e família.Descritores: Assistência no Fim da Vida, Cuidados de Enfermagem, Sistematização da Assistência. Nursing care at the end of life: experience reportAbstract: This is an experience report with the aim of describing process of identification and discussion of the main occurrences experienced during patient care at the end of life in the Intensive Care Unit. This report was developed in a hospital in the city of Maringá, with four nurses, twenty-five nursing technicians and six nursing interns. After the theoretical deepening, a questionnaire was applied to identify the main difficulties of the team in carrying out palliative care and a lecture on the topic was held. We verified that the professionals had doubts about the classification in palliative care, family orientation and patient nutrition, what made possible the to standardize and classify assistance in the sector. The class contributes so that the professional has a greater basis in carrying to provide better quality comprehensive care for patient and family.Descriptors: End of Life Assistance, Nursing Care, Assistance Systematization. Apoyo de la enfermería al final de la vida: informe de experienciaResumen: Este es un informe de experiencia con el objetivo de describir el proceso de identificación y discusión de las principales dificultades experimentadas durante la atención pacientes que se encuentran en la fase final de su vida en la Unidad de Terapia Intensiva. Este informe fue desarrollado en un hospital de la ciudad de Maringá, con cuatro enfermeras, veinticinco técnicos de enfermería y seis pasantes de enfermería. Después de profundización teórica, se aplicó un cuestionario para identificar las principales dificultades del equipo en la realización de cuidados paliativos, y se realizó una clase dialogada sobre el tema. Comprobamos que los profesionales tenían dudas principalmente sobre la clasificación en cuidados paliativos, orientación a la familia y nutrición del paciente, lo que hizo posible lestandarizar y clasificar la asistencia el sector. El aula contribuyó para que el profesional tuviera una mayor base en la realización de una atención integral de mejor calidad para el paciente y familia.Descriptores: Asistencia al Final de la Vida, Cuidado de Enfermería, Sistematización de la Asistencia.

From family business orientation to organisational citizenship behaviour: prosocial behaviour in family business performance

PurposeThis article seeks to understand the role of prosocial behaviour and moral obligation in family business to explain the indirect relationship between family business orientation and citizenship behaviour.Design/methodology/approachThis study proposes a model to examine the role of moral obligation and prosocial behaviour in such a relationship to understand a link between family orientation and organisational citizenship behaviour. The authors provide empirical evidence to test the hypothesis by conducting an online survey of family business behaviour in the Indonesia context.FindingsThe family business orientation has a significant impact on citizenship behaviour, while prosocial behaviour and moral obligation offer an additional contribution. The results suggest that family business performance demonstrates how a family that owns the business sets the social purposes from various performance alternatives beyond profit, such as family orientation, prosocial behaviour, moral obligation and organisational citizenship behaviour.Originality/valueThis study extends the agency and stewardship theory by examining how family business performance becomes different from other firm performance where the mainstream of economic theory argues that the business attempts to maximise profit for the stakeholders. The findings suggest that incorporating the theory of social practice in family business enhances the concept of prosocial behaviour in family business value.

Psychological home care for type II Schizencephaly: technical and theoretical aspects

ABSTRACT Schizencephaly is an extremely rare developmental birth defect or malformation characterized by abnormal clefts in the cerebral hemispheres of the brain, extending from the cortex to the ventricles, which may be unilateral or bilateral. This case report describes the general characteristics of a psychological home care program, reporting the main theoretical and technical elements in a 12-years-old case of type II Schizencephaly. The aims of the psychological home treatment were acceptance of the new treatment reality, a reduction in aggression and anxiety, and psychological support for the patient and family. In the psychological home care, patient’s awareness of illness was developed, along with family orientation, psychoeducation, relaxation techniques, and cognitive distraction. It can be observed that a significant improvement in the affective and emotional state was achieved within the patient’s clinical framework.

The Cross-Cultural Relevance of Indigenous Measures: The South African Personality Inventory (SAPI), Family Orientation, and Well-Being in New Zealand

Indigenous personality research often remains limited to its cultural context of origin. Previous cross-cultural examinations of indigenous models have typically focused on East–West comparisons and have paid scant attention to the predictive validity of indigenous models in new contexts. The present study addresses the replicability of the South African Personality Inventory (SAPI) and its predictive validity for family orientation and well-being in New Zealand European ( n = 428) and Māori students ( n = 226). The structure of the SAPI in New Zealand was equivalent to the structure identified in South Africa and had metric invariance between the two New Zealand groups. The SAPI social-relational scales explained additional variance above neuroticism, extraversion, conscientiousness, and openness in family orientation, but not in well-being. Mediation path analyses suggested that personality played a similar role for family orientation and well-being in the two groups when assessed by the SAPI, although group differences were suggested when using the Big Five Inventory. Our findings indicate that indigenously derived models, developed with the aim to represent culturally salient concepts, can be relevant well beyond their culture of origin and offer an enriched understanding of personality’s role for important outcomes across cultures.

Sweet Spot

This paper explores the shared cultural dimensions between Filipinos and Koreans through cross-cultural comparison. Filipinos identified and assessed potential cultural similarities and differences with Koreans and vice versa. A survey was designed and was used to dimensionalise cultural fit in terms of general values and practices integrated in their consumption behaviours. The study involved Filipinos who have substantial exposure and experience with Korea and Koreans who are living in the Philippines. Using a proposed constructed framework on comparative relativism or the idea of “comparisons of comparisons,” findings suggest that power distance and family orientation dimensions are shared by both cultures. In addition, the two cultures share consumer values and practices, such as emotional consumption, reference to social influences, and epistemic consumption (adherence to functionality). Implications are positioned on the practical and policy-oriented contextual motivations as well as potential alternatives and updates on existing cultural dimensions and intelligence models through the paradigm of comparative relativism.

Family Orientation and Achievement Goal Orientations Among the Children of Immigrant and Non-Immigrant Families

The current study examined the role of family orientations on the achievement motivations (i.e., achievement goal orientations and intrinsic motivation) of high school youths of different generational status (i.e., from immigrant or non-immigrant families) when their perception of their parents’ goals and classroom goal structures were tested simultaneously as predictors. A total of 331 high school students (ninth grade; ages 13–16, with 96% of the students in the ages of 14 or 15; 141 boys and 187 girls) from one high school in the United States participated in the study, completing a series of assessments with regard to their math classes. The findings show the complex role of the family contexts (parent goals and family orientations) on the adaptive mastery goals for children of immigrant families, going beyond previous studies that reported the relationships between family orientation and performance-approach or less adaptive performance-avoidance goals. This study still found that students’ family orientations strongly predicted their desire to win over their peers with certain levels of internal pressure in order to meet their parents’ expectations, aligned with previous literature. Through examining a context beyond the classroom context, studies should continue to examine the larger family and cultural context in understanding students with diverse backgrounds.

LA ORIENTACIÓN FAMILIAR Y EL TRASTORNO POR DÉFICIT DE ATENCIÓN CON HIPERACTIVIDAD

Esta investigación me permitió identificar que la hiperactividad es un síndrome que se lo puede detectar a tiempo cuando se realiza un diagnóstico y un tratamiento a la persona que lo padece. Los seres humanos forman parte de un gran sistema familiar y las acciones que tome un miembro de esta podrán afectar positiva o negativamente. ¿Cómo incide la orientación familiar en el trastorno por déficit de atención con hiperactividad que presentan los niños? El objetivo de la presente investigación es orientar con directrices específicas a padres y docentes para solucionar la problemática presentada. El material que se aplicó durante la investigación fueron fichas de observación, entrevistas y encuestas. El método que utilicé corresponde al cualitativo, inductivo – deductivo. Los resultados nos permitirán evidenciar que este tipo de conductas afecta al desarrollo integral del niño. Se procedió a levantar un informe para emitirlo al Departamento de Consejería Estudiantil, para que sean ellos quienes procedan a tomar las medidas pertinentes junto con los representantes legales o padres de familia. Es necesario que se dé una detección temprana y una intervención eficaz, la problemática del niño hiperactivo podría resultar relativamente controlable. Posiblemente el retraso en el proceso de evaluación, diagnóstico y tratamiento favorece una evolución negativa del trastorno que podría incluir las siguientes situaciones: hiperactividad permanente, bajo cociente intelectual, alteraciones de conductas asociadas, falta de equilibrio mental de los padres y las relaciones escolares y familiares deficientes. PALABRAS CLAVES: Trastorno; familia; hiperactividad; déficit. FAMILY ORIENTATION AND ITS IMPACT ON ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY IN CHILDREN AND GIRLS ABSTRACT This research allowed me to identify that hyperactivity is a syndrome that can be detected in time when a diagnosis and treatment is made to the person who suffers it. Human beings are part of a large family system and the actions taken by a member of this family can affect positively or negatively. How does family orientation affect attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children? The objective of this research is to guide parents and teachers with specific guidelines to solve the problems presented. The material that was applied during the investigation was observation cards, interviews and surveys. The method I used corresponds to the qualitative, inductive - deductive method. The results will allow us to show that this type of behavior affects the integral development of the child. A report was prepared to be issued to the Department of Student Counseling, so that they are the ones who proceed to take the pertinent measures together with the legal representatives or parents. It is necessary that there be an early detection and an effective intervention, the problematic of the hyperactive child could be relatively controllable. Possibly the delay in the process of evaluation, diagnosis and treatment favors a negative evolution of the disorder that could include the following situations: permanent hyperactivity, low IQ, alterations of associated behaviors, lack of mental balance of parents and school and family relationships deficient. KEYWORDS: Disorder; family; hyperactivity; deficit.