Differentiating Views of Inheritance: The Free Association Task as a Method to Assess Social Representations of Wealth, Inherit, and Bequeath

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Stark ◽  
Christoph Kogler ◽  
Helmut Gaisbauer ◽  
Clemens Sedmak ◽  
Erich Kirchler
Keyword(s):  
Social Representations ◽  
Free Association ◽  
Association Task

Il dolore come rappresentazione condivisa. Indagine con operatori della salute all'interno del progetto della regione Veneto "Ospedale e territorio senza dolore"

2009 ◽  
pp. 27-49
Author(s):  
Alberta Contarello ◽  
Renata Cancian ◽  
Mauro Sarrica ◽  
Alessio Nencini
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Free Association ◽  
Key Words Pain ◽  
Professional Students ◽  
Association Task ◽  
Concepts Of Health ◽  
Health And Illness ◽  
Correspondence Factor Analysis

- For long, Health Psychology has been interested in the cognitive processes which shape the concepts of health and illness. Less space has been devoted to the study of pain and its representation. Adopting a social representations approach, the present paper inquires the shared features of the representation of pain. In a joint interdisciplinary project University of Padova - Hospital of Rovigo, the content, field and structure of SR shared by health professionals (N = 245) and students (N = 163) have been analysed. Data gathered through a free association task to the word-stimulus "pain" has been sub- mitted to correspondence factor analysis and to analysis of rank and frequency. The results have been discussed with professionals in focus groups. The main results show a conception which appears normative, based on "classic" dualisms such as mind vs. body, evaluation vs. experience. The prevalence of aspects of classification, coherent with the diagnostic practice, enhances the importance of formative moments which allow to widen and diversify the span of interpretations and practices relative to the understanding and treatment of pain.Key words: pain, social representations, professional, students, institutional changeParole chiave: dolore, rappresentazioni sociali, professionisti, studenti, cambiamento istituzionale

scholarly journals 30 years later: Social Representations about AIDS and sexual practices of rural towns residents

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (spe) ◽  
pp. 74-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisca Marina de Souza Freire Furtado ◽  
José Anderson Galdino Santos ◽  
Stedile Loredanna ◽  
Eunice Araújo ◽  
Ana Alayde Werba Saldanha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Free Association ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Sexual Practices ◽  
Information Campaigns ◽  
Hiv Virus ◽  
Aids Pandemic ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Informal Context

In the 30 years of the AIDS pandemic in Brazil, it is recognized the HIV virus internalization of the phenomenon as a challenge to care and current health policies. In this sense, it aimed to verify sex practices and social representations that rural towns residents have about the disease. Attended by 789 people, men and women, between 18 and 90 years old, residents in 41 towns with fewer than 11,000 inhabitants in the state of Paraiba / Brazil. Data were collected by a questionnaire and the free association of words test. The results showed low concern about disease, perception of invulnerability to HIV infection and not using condoms during sexual intercourse, and confidence in the major reason related partner. Also showed endure derogatory and stereotypical representations, revealing that still persist in rural areas, beliefs and representations concerning the beginning of the epidemic. From these findings, it is possible to point out deficiencies in the care provided by the health services in these localities, which may result in increased vulnerability of this population to diseases, so there is the need to intensify information campaigns and intervention. The results reveal the existence of three different types of modes of learning health literacy skills in informal context: : i) learning that takes place in action, in achieving daily tasks; ii) learning processes that result from problem solving; iii) learning that occurs in an unplanned manner, resulting from accidental circumstances and, in some cases, devoid of intentionality.

scholarly journals As Representações Sociais da Dança: um Mergulho no Universo dos Estudantes de Bacharelado em Educação Física

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-235
Author(s):  
Felipe da Silva Triani ◽  
Glhevysson dos Santos Barros
Keyword(s):  
Social Representations ◽  
Free Association ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Bachelor's Degree ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
The Body ◽  
Rhythmic Movements ◽  
Technical Procedure ◽  
The Social ◽  
Health And Well Being

ResumoA dança é a arte de movimentar expressivamente o corpo seguindo movimentos ritmados, em geral ao som de música. Dessa forma, o significado da dança vai além da expressão artística, podendo ser vista como um meio para adquirir conhecimentos ou como opção de lazer. No campo de atuação do bacharelado, as investigações acadêmicas ainda são tímidas, urgindo de produções científicas que possam alimentar o campo científico sobre o tema. Dessa forma, o objetivo do estudo foi identificar e analisar as representações sociais que um grupo de bacharelandos do curso em Educação Física compartilha sobre a dança. A metodologia da pesquisa envolve uma abordagem qualitativa, tendo o estudo de campo como procedimento técnico. A amostra foi constituída por 200 indivíduos, sendo 85 homens e 115 mulheres com médias de idade entre 17 a 45 anos. A coleta de dados ocorreu através de questionário com associação livre de palavras, cujo termo indutor foi ”dança”. A análise foi feita por meio dos conteúdos das respostas. O resultado principal do estudo apontou que a maioria dos estudantes emprega sentido de dança como uma atividade técnica e a associam com saúde mental e bem-estar. Palavras-chave: Representação Social. Educação Física. Dança. AbstractDance is the art of expressively moving the body following rhythmic movements, usually to the sound of music. Thus, the meaning of dance goes beyond artistic expression, and can be seen as a means to acquire knowledge or as a leisure option. In the field of performance of the bachelor's degree, academic investigations are still timid, urging scientific productions that can feed the scientific field on the theme. Thus, the objective of the study was to identify and analyze the social representations that a group of Physical Education course bachelors shares about dance. The research methodology is a qualitative approach, with the field study as a technical procedure. The sample consisted of 200 individuals, 85 men and 115 women with a mean age between 17 and 45 years. Data collection was carried out through a questionnaire with free association of words, whose inducing term was, "dance". The analysis was done through the responses content. The main result of the study pointed out that most students use dance as a technical activity and associate it with mental health and well-being. Keywords: Social Representation. PE. Dance.

scholarly journals Social Representations of e-Mental Health Among the Actors of the Health Care System: Free-Association Study (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margot Morgiève ◽  
Pierre Mesdjian ◽  
Olivier Las Vergnas ◽  
Patrick Bury ◽  
Vincent Demassiet ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health System ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Free Association ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
System P ◽  
The Social

BACKGROUND Electronic mental (e-mental) health offers an opportunity to overcome many challenges such as cost, accessibility, and the stigma associated with mental health, and most people with lived experiences of mental problems are in favor of using applications and websites to manage their mental health problems. However, the use of these new technologies remains weak in the area of mental health and psychiatry. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to characterize the social representations associated with e-mental health by all actors to implement new technologies in the best possible way in the health system. METHODS A free-association task method was used. The data were subjected to a lexicometric analysis to qualify and quantify words by analyzing their statistical distribution, using the ALCESTE method with the IRaMuTeQ software. RESULTS In order of frequency, the terms most frequently used to describe e-mental health in the whole corpus are: “care” (n=21), “internet” (n=21), “computing” (n=15), “health” (n=14), “information” (n=13), “patient” (n=12), and “tool” (n=12). The corpus of text is divided into 2 themes, with technological and computing terms on one side and medical and public health terms on the other. The largest family is focused on “care,” “advances,” “research,” “life,” “quality,” and “well-being,” which was significantly associated with users. The nursing group used very medical terms such as “treatment,” “diagnosis,” “psychiatry”,” and “patient” to define e-mental health. CONCLUSIONS This study shows that there is a gap between the representations of users on e-mental health as a tool for improving their quality of life and those of health professionals (except nurses) that are more focused on the technological potential of these digital care tools. Developers, designers, clinicians, and users must be aware of the social representation of e-mental health conditions uses and intention of use. This understanding of everyone’s stakes will make it possible to redirect the development of tools to adapt them as much as possible to the needs and expectations of the actors of the mental health system.

Attitudes, Cognitive Structures and Emotional Reactivity to Sex and Security: Sex Differences

1974 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 715-725 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard S. Cimbalo ◽  
Paulette A. Anzelone ◽  
Patricia A. Ryan ◽  
Marianne P. Younkers
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Physiological Response ◽  
Emotional Reactivity ◽  
Free Association ◽  
Cognitive Structures ◽  
Sexual Stimuli ◽  
Association Task

An attempt was made to determine if sex differences existed for attitudes, cognitive structures, and emotional reactivity for concepts of sex and security and for stimuli. It was hypothesized that for males, the concept of sex and/or sexual stimuli will be ranked higher, elicit a stronger physiological response, elicit a greater number of responses in a free-association task, and be more prevalent in compositions written about love, and that for females, the concept of security and/or security stimuli will be greater on the above measures. The data (with the exception of the paragraph written about love) were interpreted as supporting the sex differences along the sex and security dimensions.

scholarly journals Exploring the Victimization of British Veterans: Comparing British Beliefs About Veterans With Beliefs About Soldiers

2020 ◽  
pp. 0095327X2094224
Author(s):  
Rita Helena Phillips ◽  
Vincent Connelly ◽  
Mark Burgess
Keyword(s):  
Word Association ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Core Element ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Association Task ◽  
The Social ◽  
Principal Component Analyses ◽  
The Uk

Evidence suggests that most of the UK public appreciate currently serving UK Armed Forces personnel but are less positive in their beliefs about veterans. This research examined the social representations held by civilian participants of UK veterans and serving soldiers to understand why veterans may be seen more negatively. An open-ended word association task was completed by 234 UK participants where they were asked to provide three initial responses to the words “veteran” and “soldier” and to evaluate their responses in accordance to prototypicality. The 1,404 resultant associations were grouped into 14 thematic clusters. Using the hierarchical evocation method, the results suggest “heroizing associations” to be a defining core element for “soldier” and “veteran” but “victimizing associations” to be an element only for “veteran.” Principal component analyses suggest victimizing associations are related to war and deindividuated associations; “heroizing associations” are related to characterizations of the veteran’s personality. Implications and future directions are discussed.

How do Socially Responsible Consumers Consider Consumption? An Approach with the Free Associations Method

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 25-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Gonzalez ◽  
Michael Korchia ◽  
Laetitia Menuet ◽  
Caroline Urbain
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Free Association ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Environmental Concerns ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Consumption Choices ◽  
Responsible Consumption ◽  
Socially Responsible Consumption ◽  
Scale Data

Socially responsible consumption, that is the incorporation by individuals of social and environmental concerns in their consumption choices, is growing. Is this new tendency a consequence of a new way of considering consumption? The aim of this research is to verify the existence of different profiles of socially conscious consumers and to study their social representation of consumption. In order to meet these objectives, a study was conducted with 392 respondents. The free association technique was used to induce social representations while involvement in socially responsible consumption was measured with the François-Lecompte (2005) scale. Data analysis shows the existence of four groups of socially responsible consumers with different social representations of consumption.

scholarly journals Dependente sim, viciado não: representações sociais de dependentes químicos

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1/2) ◽  
pp. 17-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sílvio Éder Dias Da Silva ◽  
Maria José Itayra Padilha ◽  
Jéssica Mayara Marques Barboza De Oliveira ◽  
Jeferson Santos Araujo ◽  
Ingrid Mello Barata ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Free Association ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Semistructured Interview ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Representations Theory ◽  
Salud Mental

Resumo: Objetivou-se identificar e interpretar as Representações Sociais dos Dependentes Químicos sobre as Drogas, atendidos pela CasaMental Álcool e Drogas (Casa AD). Trata-se de um estudo do tipo descritivo, com abordagem qualitativa. Tem como aporte a Teoria das RepresentaçõesSociais criada por Serge Moscovici, constituída pelos depoimentos de 30 dependentes químicos produzidos a partir de entrevistasemiestruturada e da técnica de associação livre de palavras. Foi realizada análise temática. Os depoentes se sentiam afetados por tudo aquilo queaconteceu e/ou estava ainda acontecendo em suas vidas, mas o vício se faz presente, e emerge sensação de necessidade extrema do consumo.Descritores: Enfermagem, Saúde Mental, Entorpecentes.Dependent yes, not addicted: representations of drugAbstract: This study aimed to identify and interpret the social representations of chemical dependents About Drugs, Mental served by CasaAlcohol and Drugs (House AD). This is a descriptive study with a qualitative approach. Its contribution to the social representations theory createdby Serge Moscovici, comprising the testimonies of 30 drug produced from a semistructured interview and the technique of free association ofwords. Thematic analysis was performed. The respondents felt affected by everything that happened and / or was still happening in their lives,but addiction is present, and emerge feeling of extreme necessity consumption.Descriptors: Nursing, Mental Health, Narcotics.Dependiente sí, no addicted: representaciones de la drogaResumen: Este estudio tuvo como objetivo identificar e interpretar las representaciones sociales de Dependientes químicos sobre las Drogas,Alcohol mentales atendidos por Casa y Medicamentos (Anuncio). Se trata de un estudio descriptivo con un enfoque cualitativo. Su contribucióna la teoría de las representaciones sociales creado por Serge Moscovici, que incluye los testimonios de 30 medicamentos producidos a partirde una entrevista semiestructurada y la técnica de asociación libre de palabras. El análisis temático se realizó. Los encuestados se sintieronafectados por todo lo que pasó y / o que se siguen sucediendo en sus vidas, pero la adicción está presente, y surgen sentimientos de consumode extrema necesidad.Descriptores: Enfermería, Salud Mental, Narcóticos.

scholarly journals Social representations of risk in Cameroon: Influence of sociopolitical and cultural context

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 642-661
Author(s):  
Jean Claude Etoundi ◽  
Nicole Kay ◽  
Sandrine Gaymard
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Free Association ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Political Debate ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Sociopolitical Instability ◽  
Q Sort

The threat of sociopolitical instability is a perennial subject of political debate in Cameroon, even though the country’s stability has never really been challenged since independence. Given this omnipresent discussion on the need to preserve social cohesion, the aim of the present study was to analyze social representations of risk. Two studies were carried out among two samples (N1 = 31 and N2 = 156) of Cameroonians with higher education diplomas. Data collected by means of free association and characterization questionnaires were subjected to hierarchical, similarity and Q-sort analyses. These revealed that governance failures are regarded as factors that might undermine social cohesion. Comparative analysis of the risk representations of the country’s different ethnic groups revealed several differences. Previous research had emphasized the importance of proximity to the object in the construction of a social representation, and this was also evident in the present study, as social representations of risk for both the whole sample and the different ethnic groups were structured around specific threats or ills that undermine Cameroonian society.

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