scholarly journals Beyond Print: Journeying Beyond the Page to Uncover the Social Influences on the Meaning of Pre-Kindergarten Children's Writing

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian T. Kissel
Keyword(s):  
Social Influences ◽  
The Social ◽  
Children's Writing

scholarly journals The Social Construction of a Concept—Orthorexia Nervosa: Morality Narratives and Psycho-Politics

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (7) ◽  
pp. 1101-1113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison Fixsen ◽  
Anna Cheshire ◽  
Michelle Berry
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Weight Management ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Social Influences ◽  
Orthorexia Nervosa ◽  
The Social ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Management Professionals

Our article explores orthorexia nervosa (ON)—an extreme fixation with healthy eating—from a social construction perspective. Interviews with people self-identified as “obsessed” with healthy eating or having ON (“Identifiers”) and nonmedical professionals working with ON (“Professionals”) were comparatively analyzed, along with orthorexia threads from an eating disorder website (“Posters”). Participants made sense of and rationalized their attitudes and feelings concerning healthy eating and aligned themselves according to their interests. Identifiers and Posters applauded “healthy eating” and regarded consumption of “impure” foods as leading to ill-health. Some framed their dietary discipline within an ethically motivated lifestyle, while others were preoccupied with appearance or weight management. Professionals expressed concern for, and disapproval of, extreme views and behaviors in clients and parental and social influences supporting them. Debates surrounding orthorexic practices are tangled; some individuals need help, yet dangers lie in over medicalizing or “troubling” what may be a preferred lifestyle.

Researching social influences on decision making: The case for qualitative methods

Human Affairs ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Radomír Masaryk
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Social Influences ◽  
Economic Models ◽  
Academic Rigor ◽  
Qualitative Approaches ◽  
The Social

AbstractResearch on decision making has mainly been based on economic models that have tried to downplay the overall context of decision-making situations. When we look into the social influences on decision making we realize it is crucial that we bring the issue of context back into the spotlight. In the present paper we explore the methodological foundations of selected qualitative approaches for studying social influences on decision-making, focusing especially on their strengths and weaknesses. We conclude that this area has great potential for further research providing academic rigor is maintained when using qualitative methods.

Measuring the social influences of scientist groups based on multiple types of collaboration relations

2017 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiuchuan Jiang ◽  
Peng Shi ◽  
Bo An ◽  
Jianyong Yu ◽  
Chongjun Wang
Keyword(s):  
Social Influences ◽  
The Social

The Social Influences on Electronic Multitasking in Organizational Meetings

2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keri K. Stephens ◽  
Jennifer Davis
Keyword(s):  
Social Influences ◽  
The Social

scholarly journals Legacies and pitfalls amongst the African Evangelicals: A Kenyan experience from a historical perspective

2022 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Julius M. Gathogo
Keyword(s):  
Research Study ◽  
Social Influences ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Anglican Church ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Indigenous Cultures ◽  
Social Lives ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Church ◽  
Central Kenya

The research study sets out to explore the contribution of the African Evangelicals in both the colonial and post-colonial Kenya to the social lives of the nation. Can’t it be viewed as a positive social influence or an ecclesiastical pitfall? In utilising a socio-historical design, it poses the question: how did the Evangelical European Missionaries demonstrate their theological and social influences in Kenya, and how did the post-missionary Evangelical-leaning leaderships play out? And was Muthirigu Dance an extremist reaction against the rigidity of the Evangelicals? Methodologically, this article will attempt to explore the Evangelical European Missionary Christianity, especially the Church Missionary Society that entered Central Kenya in the early 1900s, and assess the way in which they handled indigenous cultures of the local Africans. It has also attempted to critically explore their social influences in both colonial and post-colonial Kenya (1895–2021). The CMS has been given more emphasis in this article as an Evangelical society so as to help in bringing out the specific Evangelical activities in the Kirinyaga County of Kenya. Overall, the article has endeavoured to hypothesise that Eurocentrism was not the Evangelical problem, as there were diverse European missionaries, such as the High Anglican Church, the Roman Catholic and the Lutherans who were non-Evangelicals, and who were not necessarily dogmatic and rigid.Contribution: This study adhered to the HTS journal’s vision and scope by its focus on the histories of the Evangelical European Missionaries of the 19th and 20th centuries, their interactions with the local religio-cultures, and how it later played out amongst the Africans.

Developmental Methods for Studying Social Learning

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Hoppitt ◽  
Kevin N. Laland
Keyword(s):  
Social Learning ◽  
Observational Data ◽  
Process Modeling ◽  
Developmental Process ◽  
Social Influences ◽  
Social Experience ◽  
Experimental Manipulation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Translocation Experiments

This chapter describes developmental methods for studying social learning. Developmental approaches can be broadly divided into two types. The first type includes approaches that involve collecting observational data on the development of a trait and the opportunities that arise for social learning, as well as attempting to infer the role of social learning. The second consists of developmental methods that involve experimental manipulations. The chapter begins by discussing some of the methods that have been applied to observational data on the development of traits in order to elucidate the social influences on development. In particular, it considers approaches for describing the developmental process, modeling the probability of acquisition and time of acquisition, modeling the proficiency of trait performance, and modeling option choice. The chapter also evaluates the limitations of observational data and concludes with an overview of experimental manipulation methods, including diffusion experiments, manipulation of social experience, and translocation experiments.

Discussion Networks, Campaign Effects, and Vote Choice

2020 ◽  
pp. 94-128
Author(s):  
Andy Baker ◽  
Barry Ames ◽  
Lúcio Rennó
Keyword(s):  
Social Ties ◽  
Social Influences ◽  
Vote Choice ◽  
Levels Of Analysis ◽  
Preference Change ◽  
Panel Surveys ◽  
Campaign Effects ◽  
Preference Stability ◽  
The Social

This chapter demonstrates that the dynamics of vote choice described in the previous chapter are caused by the discussion and social ties described in Chapter 2. During campaigns, discussion with disagreeing partners tends to induce preference change in voters, while discussion only with agreeing partners reinforces vote intentions, causing preference stability. The chapter illustrates this relationship at multiple levels of analysis, estimating relationships in the Brazilian and Mexican panel surveys in ways that address threats to causal inference. Quotations from the qualitative data also reveal social influence in action, showing vividly that many voters defer to their more politically knowledgeable social ties. In short, the votes cast on election day in Brazil and Mexico are socially informed. The chapter also shows that the social influences that occur during campaigns determine who wins elections. Candidates whose mid-campaign supporters encounter high rates of disagreement from social ties struggle to hold on to these voters through election day. These voters' preferences are less reinforced in conversation, so many switch to different candidates. The candidate they previously supported collapses in the polls.

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