scholarly journals Uses of symbolic resources in youth: Moving from qualitative to quantitative approach

Psihologija ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 437-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Biljana Stankovic ◽  
Aleksandar Baucal ◽  
Tania Zittoun
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Young People ◽  
Strong Correlation ◽  
Time Perspective ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Sem Analysis ◽  
Semiotic Mediation ◽  
Dimensional Model ◽  
Symbolic Resources

Youth is a period of intense changes during which young people engage in various transitions resulting in theirs acquisition of a longer time perspective and a system of orientation, enabling to set priorities and values, and to guide their actions accordingly. In a socio-cultural theoretical background, both the establishment of values and the ability to think time require some psychological distancing from the here and now, distancing which is foremost enabled by semiotic mediation. In our former studies on youth transitions, we observed that young people may use songs, movies, arts, or novels as symbolic resources, that is, as external mediators that seem to support these developmental processes. Through an abductive process linking qualitative, ideographic data and theoretical elaboration, we proposed a theoretical 7 dimensional model for analyzing people's uses of symbolic resources. This model was then turned to a first, provisional questionnaire aiming at testing the model, whose items were extracted from the first empirical investigation. In this paper, we attempted to tests this questionnaire on a population of young people in Serbia. The symbolic resources questionnaire was tested on a sample of young people (N=475). A SEM analysis was used to test the model. At large, the theoretical model is verified. However, an unexpected, very strong correlation between the dimensions had to be explained. We finally propose a further adaptation to the questionnaire.

Political education in protest camps: spatialising dissensus and reconfiguring places of youth activist ritual in Mexico City

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Jon Crane
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Mexico City ◽  
Social Reproduction ◽  
State Power ◽  
Student Movement ◽  
Political Education ◽  
Symbolic Resources

This chapter examines how young protest campers in post-1968 Mexico City engage in political education to the effect of reconfiguring places of ritualized activism and cultivating spaces of politics. The analysis identifies two countervailing processes: 1) political education creatively drawing on material and symbolic resources that sediment in places to intensify political antagonism, and 2) political education paradoxically reifying sedimented identities and vocabularies through which state power is exercised. The focus on young protest campers channelling their activism through categories by which the 1968 student movement and its repression are commemorated reveals that this mode of social reproduction may maintain a police order protest campers ostensibly converge to disrupt. It also shows that, for young people channelled along a lifecourse trajectory towards adulthood, political education may enable young activists to creatively articulate solidarities for more thoroughgoing disruption of state power.

scholarly journals COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE LEVEL OF STUDENTS` ACADEMIC MOTIVATION TO SOFIA UNIVERSITY „ST. KLIMENT OHRIDSKI” AND NATIONAL ACADEMIA OF SPORT „VASIL LEVSKI”

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 571-578
Author(s):  
Georgi Ignatov ◽  
Iliana Petkova
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Academic Motivation ◽  
Present Report ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Active Involvement ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Key Factor

The present report addresses a topic that is a key factor for the quality of the education in universities. The outcome this education depends on the degree of students’ academic motivation and results in their readiness for certain profession. The material presents the results from a study conducted in the period 2016-2019 among 45 students in their second and third year of studies in the subject „Physical Education and Sport“ at the Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski“ Faculty of Science, Education and Arts and 39 students also studying „Physical Education“ but at the National Sports Academy „Vasil Levski“ Faculty of Pedagogy. As a research tool, was used a questionnaire designed for determining the academic motivation, developed by Angel Velichkov. The questionnaire contained 11 questions, of which 7 with positive and 4 with negative direction. The assessment was done through the 4-point Likert scale, where 0 is „completely disagree” and 3 is „completely agree”. In his work A. Velichkov places the degree of academic motivation within the following limits: 0-11 points – lack of academic motivation; 12-18 points – weak motivation; 19-24 points – moderate motivation, 25-33 points – strong academic motivation. The summaries are made both on universities and on each individual indicator for academic motivation, including: „Active attitude to the learning process“, „Internal self-discipline“ and „Strive to complement and broaden the obtained knowledge“. To determine the priorities of young people, we divided their statements that received the highest percentage of opinions „agree“ on the positively formulated questions and „disagree“ on the negative ones. The comparative analysis shows that the overall degree of academic motivation is not high among students from both Universities. However, students in both universities are convinced that active involvement in the learning process is required. Students are aware of the importance of the theoretical background they need to acquire during their studies. They are motivated to gain lasting knowledge and excellence in all subjects studied. Young people indicate that they complement and broaden their knowledge by seeking additional information and by consultations with university professors.

scholarly journals Psychological features of perception of their group in temporal perspective in moldovan youth

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irina Caunenco ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
University Students ◽  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Time Perspective ◽  
Great Variability ◽  
Temporal Perspective ◽  
The Past ◽  
Cultural Transformations ◽  
Psychological Features

The article analyzes the results of an empirical study of Moldovan youth on the perception of their group in the past, present and future. The sample consisted of 200 respondents, Moldovans, university students in Chisinau. The basis for dividing the group of Moldovan youth into “optimists” and “pessimists” was their attitude to the future of their ethnic group. An empirical study of the characteristics of the perception of their group in the time perspective among young people of Moldovans revealed a great variability from “optimists”, who accounted for 43%, to “pessimists”, – 29%, which, according to researchers, is a reflection of the socio-cultural transformations taking place in Moldovan society.

Virtual Worlds and Online Videogames for Children and Young People

2016 ◽  
pp. 291-316
Author(s):  
Guy Merchant
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Compulsory Schooling ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Important Direction ◽  
Areas Of Interest ◽  
Age Range

Online virtual worlds and games provide opportunities for new kinds of interaction, and new forms of play and learning, and they are becoming a common feature in the lives of many children and young people. This chapter explores the issues that this sort of virtual play raises for researchers and educators, and the main themes that have emerged through empirical investigation. I focus on children and young people within the age range covered by compulsory schooling, providing illustrative examples of virtual environments that promote play and learning as a way of underlining some key areas of interest. Drawing on work from a range of theoretical and disciplinary perspectives the chapter emphasises how these environments have much in common with other imagined worlds and suggests that looking at the ways in which the virtual is embedded in everyday contexts for meaning making provides an important direction for future research.

Theoretical Principles of Guided Missile Systems

1959 ◽  
Vol 63 (584) ◽  
pp. 455-464 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. G. C. Burt
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Experimental Work ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Mathematical Framework ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Complex Assembly ◽  
Prohibitive Cost ◽  
Missile System

A guided missile system is a very complex assembly of interacting sub-systems, and rarely fits into a neat mathematical framework; but the need for a sound theoretical background is perhaps even more acute in this than in other fields, because of the almost prohibitive cost of protracted experimentation and cut-and-try methods. A theoretical model—even an approximate one—can greatly reduce the amount of experimental work necessary to prove a system, since the less efficient arrangements can be eliminated without a shot being fired. The use of simulators and computers, although indispensable, is in no way a substitute for this theoretical understanding: for the computer solutions can be obtained only for specific cases, and are of limited use unless they can be generalised to apply to other situations.

scholarly journals Introduction: Songs that Sing the Crisis: Music, Words, Youth Narratives and Identities in Late Modernity

Young ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-13
Author(s):  
Paula Guerra ◽  
Carles Feixa Pàmpols ◽  
Shane Blackman ◽  
Jeanette Ostegaard
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Popular Music ◽  
Hip Hop ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Cultural Critique ◽  
Moral Economies ◽  
Indie Rock

In this special edition on popular music, we seek to explore Simon Frith’s (1978, The sociology of rock, London, UK: Constable, p. 39) argument that: ‘Music’s presence in youth culture is established but not its purpose’. ‘Songs that sing the crisis’ captures contemporary accounts, which build upon popular music’s legacy, courage and sheer determination to offer social and cultural critique of oppressive structures or political injustice as they are being lived by young people today. Young people have consistently delivered songs that have focused on struggles for social rights, civil rights, women’s rights and ethnic and sexual minorities rights through creative anger, emotion and resistance, and we know that music matters because we consciously feel the song (DeNora, 2000, Music in everyday life, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). However, in the aftermath of the post-2008 global economic and cultural crises, young people, in particular, have faced austerity, social hardship and political changes, which have impacted on their future lives (France, 2016, Understanding youth in the global economic crisis, Bristol: Policy Press; Kelly & Pike, 2017, Neo-liberalism and austerity: The moral economies of young people’s health and well-being, London, UK: Palgrave). This special issue assesses the key contestation where popular music is a mechanism to not only challenge but to think through ordinary people’s experience and appeals for social justice. The present introduction starts by presenting the historical and theoretical background of this research field. Then, it introduces the articles about the songs that sing the crisis in Portugal, Spain, Ireland, Finland, Norway, Egypt and Tunisia through the rhythms of rap, hip-hop, fado, electronic pop, indie rock, reggaeton, metal and mahragan.

The Influence of Social Interactions and Subjective Norms on Social Media Postings

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (03) ◽  
pp. 2050023
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Arpaci
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Theory Of Reasoned Action ◽  
Reasoned Action ◽  
Sem Analysis ◽  
Subjective Norms ◽  
Behavioural Intentions

This study investigated the influence of social interactions and subjective norms on individuals’ social media postings. The study developed a theoretical model by extending the Theory of Reasoned Action with social interactions. A CB-SEM analysis was conducted to test the hypothesised relationships based on the data collected from 312 social media users. Results indicated that social interactions (i.e. likes, shares, comments and follows) were significantly related to the attitude towards the selfie-posting behaviour. Further, the attitude and subjective norms were significantly related to behavioural intentions, which together accounted for a significant amount of variance in the actual behaviour. The findings contributed to literature by introducing the significant role of “social interactions” in predicting the attitude towards the selfie-posting behaviour.

scholarly journals Interconnection of Personality Self-affirmation Strategy with Time Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 2409-2422
Author(s):  
Iryna M. Yevchenko ◽  
Andrii M. Masliuk ◽  
Nataliia M. Podolyak ◽  
Olena L. Girchenko
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Young People ◽  
Time Perspective ◽  
Time Intervals ◽  
Temporal Perspective ◽  
Time Perspectives ◽  
Beliefs And Values ◽  
Main Determinants ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Consistent Approach

Self-affirmation acts as one of the main determinants of the formation of a person, who can be socially active, have his or her own position and views, be able to defend and prove them, know the rights, adequately evaluate opportunities and be responsible for the actions. With the help of the questionnaire "Strategies of self-affirmation of personality" (N.E. Harlamenkov, E.P. Nikitin), we found out the strategies of self-affirmation of students. This knowledge will enable us to work properly to optimize the choice of strategies for self-affirmation by young people. For a harmonious existence of the personality, a consistent approach to different time perspectives is required. For a psychologist to work with a person it is important to understand the priority of the temporal perspective, because the time perspective reflects the settings, beliefs and values associated with time. With the help of the questionnaire "The Time Perspective of Personality" by F. Zimbardo, we outlined the time perspective of the respondents with different strategies of self-affirmation, and we conducted a comparative analysis of the results obtained at different time intervals. The results of the conducted study will provide further development of the training program for the formation of the student’s ability to constructive self-affirmation.

scholarly journals Representation of value and meaning in the structure of vandalism: an empirical study

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 80-85
Author(s):  
Kirill V. Zlokazov
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Young People ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Current State ◽  
Subjective Value ◽  
State Of Research ◽  
The Relationship

The article is devoted to predicting and preventing urban vandalism. In the article described current state of research on structure of vandalism – motives, attitudes, ideas. It is shown that the activity approach can serve as a theoretical basis for study of the internal plan of vandal actions. On its basis, a theoretical model is determined, including the motive of vandalism and the ideas that regulate its implementation. These are the subjective value of vandal action and value that subject attaches to vandal action. The organisation, procedure and results of empirical research are described. Using a sample of young people living in 106 Russian cities (n = 650 people), we study the relationship between subjective ideas about the ability to commit a vandal act, its motives, attributed value and meaning. The results show that there is a conjugate effect of these representations on subjective ability to behave like a vandal. Their interpretation shows the presence of opposite approaches to the assessment of vandalism – from rejection to acceptance.

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