„NEXT STEP OF SOCIAL LIFE LEARNING THROUGH ENGLISH“ – DEVELOPING LANGUAGE SKILLS THROUGH ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP AND PARTICIPATION IN SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 341-345
Author(s):  
Nadka Dineva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Active Citizenship ◽  
Social Activities

Reducing Structural Barriers to Improve the Social Life of Three Adults with Severe Disabilities

1997 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 138-150
Author(s):  
Kate Werner ◽  
Robert H. Horner ◽  
J. Stephen Newton
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Severe Disabilities ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Social Activities ◽  
Structural Barriers ◽  
Baseline Design ◽  
Social Barriers ◽  
The Social ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
The Stability

Social life can be diminished by barriers inadvertently associated with “support.” Social barriers were identified for three adults with severe intellectual disabilities. A multiple baseline design across subjects was used to examine the effects of removing these barriers on the social life of each participant. The dependent variables in the study were (a) the number of social activities done per week, (b) the number of different people with whom social activities were done each week, and (c) the stability of social relationships across time as indexed by the number of different weeks in which activities occurred with a companion across the 27 weeks of the study. The independent variable was a seven-component “barrier reduction” package. Support staff were taught to use each component of the package, and pre-post measurement of package use was obtained. Results indicate that the staff successfully implemented the barrier reduction package, and that implementation was associated with change in the social life of each participant. The study raises implications for (a) assessing structural barriers, (b) modifying structural barriers, and (c) measurement of “social stability” as an important index of social life for future research.

scholarly journals The values and meanings of social activities for older urban men after retirement

PLoS ONE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (11) ◽  
pp. e0242859
Author(s):  
Risa Takashima ◽  
Ryuta Onishi ◽  
Kazuko Saeki ◽  
Michiyo Hirano
Keyword(s):  
Family Relationships ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Older Men ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Social Activities ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Urban Men ◽  
The Social ◽  
Stable Family ◽  
Grounded Theory Approach

Previous studies have indicated that older men often experience disconnection from the community after retirement. Social activities have been shown to be effective in preventing social isolation among older urban men. Nevertheless, it has been reported that they often do not participate in community social activities and tend to be reluctant to do so. We explored the values and meanings of social activities for retired older men living in an urban area of Japan to understand support using social activities that are more suitable for them. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 older men (aged 68–80 years; M = 74.6 ± 3.79 years) about their interactions with family and non-family members, and their participation in various community social activities. The grounded theory approach was used for the analysis. As a result, the following five categories were derived as the values that participants place on the social activities that they engage in: “health as a resource and reward for social activities,” “feeling I am still useful,” “feeling that something is my responsibility,” “feeling of time well spent,” and “finding interest through interactions.” In addition, the following three categories were extracted as meanings of social activities: “fulfilling social life,” “maintaining stable family relationships,” and “maintaining safety and peace in the community.” When considering the social activities that older urban retired men are interested in and likely to participate in, these five values can be considered indicators. In contrast, to maintain stable family relationships and safety and peace in the community, participants sometimes used strategies to stop or abandon social activities. Therefore, in situations where a peaceful life within a family or neighborhood is threatened, it may be useful to help set aside sufficient time and allow for psychological leeway in advance to incorporate social activities into their lives.

scholarly journals Lefkoşa Tarihi Kent Dokusunda “Selimiye Meydanı” / “Selimiye Square” Within the Historical City Texture of Nicosia

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 430 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zihni Turkan ◽  
Çimen Özburak
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Social Activities ◽  
Functional Changes ◽  
Guest House ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Important Center ◽  
Republic Of Cyprus ◽  
The City

<p><strong>ABSTRACT</strong></p><p>Selimiye Square, placed in the historical Selimiye neighborhood within the walled city of Nicosia, has become an important center, shaped with the architectural heritage of different cultures throughout the history of Cyprus.  The creation of the square began with the building of the St. Sophia Cathedral of the Lusignan Period, at the beginning of the 1200s, and it developed as a religious center with the addition of St. Nicholas Church and the Archbishopric right after.  Although not much development in the texture, a guest house built for travelers and pilgrims (The Venetian House) and the meeting place built for the priests of the cathedral (Chapter House), continued the process of creation of the square and the religious quality of the texture.  During the Ottoman Period, which was an important era for the historical urban texture of Nicosia, Turkish Architecture, a new architectural style, was added to the surroundings of Selimiye Square.  St. Sophia Cathedral was turned into a mosque with the addition of minarets, the Archbishopric and the building next to it were turned into Traditional Turkish Houses with alterations and additions, and St. Nicholas Church was turned into Bedesten (covered bazaar).  With the addition of Sultan Mahmut Library and the Big and Small Medrese (madrasah), educational and business functions were added to the religious center; thus the creation of a historical environment and the boundaries of the square became clarified.  The boundaries of the square were completed during the British Period with the construction of houses towards the west of the square and it gained the identity of a meeting place for the social activities of the city.  During this period, the square was opened for vehicle traffic, and its texture, its religious and business center character were preserved.  The periods of the Republic of Cyprus and the following Cyprus Turkish Administration years were a stagnant period for the creation and development of the square.  During this period, the square was used as a place of ceremonies with the erection of the Fighters Monument in the east of the library.  The buildings around the square underwent functional changes during the TRNC period, from 1983 to today, but the texture preserved its importance with its religious, educational, and business activities.  With the new arrangements in 2001 within the scope of the pedestrianization project, an important meeting place was created for the social activities of the city.  Thus, becoming an important center for the tourism and social life of the city with the mosque, cultural center, museum, folk arts atelier, restaurants, and bars, which all exist within this historical texture. </p><p><strong>ÖZ</strong></p><p>Lefkoşa Suriçi’nde, tarihi Selimiye Mahallesi’nde yer alan Selimiye Meydanı; Kıbrıs’ın tarihindeki farklı kültürlerin mimari mirasları ile biçimlenen önemli bir merkez olmuştur. Lüzinyanlar Dönemine ait St. Sophia Katedrali’nin, 1200’lü yılların başında burada inşa edilmesiyle başlayan meydan oluşumu, hemen sonrasında St. Nicholas Kilisesi ve Başpiskoposluk Binasının eklenmesi ile buranın bir dini merkez olarak gelişmesini yönlendirmiştir. Venedikliler Döneminde, dokuda fazla bir gelişme olmamakla birlikte, seyyahlar ve hacılar için yapılan misafirhane binası (Venedik Evi) ve katedralin rahipleri için yapılan toplantı binası (Chapter House), dokunun dini merkez niteliği ile meydanın oluşum sürecini devam ettirmiştir. Lefkoşa tarihi kent dokusunun gelişimi için önemli olduğundan, Selimiye Meydanı için de bir değişim dönemi olan Osmanlı Döneminde, Selimiye Meydanı çevresine yeni bir mimari olan Türk Mimarisi kazandırılmıştır. St. Sophia Katedrali, eklenen minarelerle camiye, Başpiskoposluk binası ve yanındaki bina, tadilât ve ilâvelerle Geleneksel Türk Evi’ne, St. Nicholas Kilisesi de Bedesten’e dönüştürülmüştür. Sultan Mahmut Kütüphanesi ile Büyük ve Küçük Medrese binalarının dokuya eklenmesiyle de dini merkeze eğitim ve ticaret işlevleri de katılımış; böylece tarihi çevre oluşumu ve meydan sınırları belirginleşmeye başlamıştır. İngiliz Döneminde, meydanın batı yönüne inşa edilen konutlarla meydan sınırları tamamlanmış ve kentin sosyal etkinlikleri için toplanma alanı kimliğini kazanmıştır. Bu dönemde meydan, araç trafiğine açılmış, çevre dokusu, dini ve eğitim merkezi özelliğini korumuştur. Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti ve sonrasındaki Kıbrıs Türk Yönetimi Dönemleri, meydan oluşumu ve gelişimi için durgun bir dönem olmuştur. Bu dönemde, kütüphanenin doğu tarafına inşa edilen Mücahitler Anıtı ile meydan, tören alanı olarak da kullanılmıştır. 1983 yılından günümüze kadar olan KKTC Döneminde, meydan çevresindeki yapılar işlev değiştirmiş, fakat doku yine dini, ticari ve eğitim faaliyetleri ile önemini korumuştur. Yayalaştırma projesi kapsamında 2001 yılında meydanda yapılan yeni düzenleme ile kentin sosyal etkinlikleri için önemli bir buluşma alanı oluşturulmuş, tarihi dokuda yer alan cami, kültür merkezi, müze, halk sanatları atölyesi, lokanta, bar gibi işlevlerle de kentin turizmi ve sosyal yaşamı için önemli bir merkez olarak yaşam bulmuştur.</p>

Het sociaal leven van gescheiden ouders : wat is de rol van de verblijfsregeling ?

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Sarah Botterman ◽  
Katrien Sodermans ◽  
Koen Matthijs
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Social Activities ◽  
Positive Relationships ◽  
Social Contacts ◽  
Joint Physical Custody ◽  
Case Study Data ◽  
Physical Custody

Het is geweten dat het hebben van een partner en kinderen een effect heeft op iemands sociale leven. Maargeldt dat ook voor gescheiden ouders? Zij hebben immers een ex‐partner en eventueel een nieuwe partner, en zehebben ook een specifieke verblijfsregeling die in acht genomen kan worden. De focus ligt in dit artikel op degedeelde verblijfsregeling die recent door de Belgische wetgever naar voren werd geschoven. Data van hetScheiding in Vlaanderen‐onderzoek wordt gebruikt, waarin 1.506 gescheiden ouders werden geïnterviewd in2009 en 2010. De resultaten tonen aan dat vooral gescheiden ouders binnen een gedeelde verblijfsregeling hunsociaal leven op peil houden en sociaal geïntegreerd blijven. Deze gescheiden co‐ouders participeren meer insociale activiteiten en onderhouden beter hun sociale contacten. Abstract :  Social life is fostered by having a partner and children that create interactions and generate socialnetworks. For divorced parents, the question is whether these positive relationships remain. It isimportant to consider custody arrangements in this case. The research question is how custody ar‐rangements affect divorced parents’ possibilities to participate in social activities and to maintaintheir social contacts. Focus is placed on the recent post‐divorce parenting model of joint physicalcustody, taking Belgium as a pioneer case study. Data from the Divorce in Flanders survey of 2009‐2010 are used (N = 1,506 divorced parents). Results show that joint physical custody helps divorcedparents to stay socially integrated. They engage in more social activities and maintain their socialnetworks.

scholarly journals The life style of young persons after lower limb amputation caused by injury

1997 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Burger ◽  
C˘. Marinc˘ek
Keyword(s):  
Lower Limb ◽  
Life Style ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Free Time ◽  
Lower Limb Amputation ◽  
Limb Amputation ◽  
Social Activities ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Farm Work ◽  
The Social

In order to determine whether lower limb amputation changes the social life and free time activities of persons who were at the time of amputation young, a questionnaire was sent to 519 persons after trans-tibial or higher level of lower limb amputation who were at the time of amputation younger than 51 years, amputated because of injury, permanently resident in Slovenia and had visited the outpatient prosthetics clinic of the Rehabilitation Institute of Slovenia at least once in the last five years (1989–94). There 228 responses, which were statistically analysed. It was found that after amputation most persons participated less frequently in social activities, especially persons who were older at the time of amputation and also those who are older today. Changes in participation in social activities were not influenced by level of education. Free time activities changed after amputation. Some 93 persons completely changed their free time activities and only 30 were still interested in the same activities as before. The three most frequent free time activities before amputation were cycling, team ball games and farm work. After amputation they were reading, watching television and/or listening to radio and music and housekeeping. It is concluded that lower limb amputation severely changes the social life and free time activities of persons who were young at the time of amputation.

scholarly journals Negative Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Home Integration, Community Integration, and Productive Activities

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 342-361
Author(s):  
Elyas Monfared ◽  
◽  
Mohsen Vahedi ◽  
Hojjat Allah Haghgoo ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Participation ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Community Integration ◽  
Social Activities ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Psychosocial Effects ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Productive Activities ◽  
Before And After

Objective: Social participation in daily living the activities requires the maintenance of a variety of social relationships with others and engagement in various social activities. Proper social participation increases the feeling of attachment, provides a stable sense of identity, and increases one’s sense of worth, belonging, and dependence on society. Lack of social participation leads to anxiety, loneliness, depression, panic, mental disorders and many other mental problems and affects society in general. A new coronavirus, called COVID-19, was identified in late December 2019 in China. After just one year, it has been reportedly infected more than 85 million people (up to January 1, 2021) worldwide, and more than 1.8 million have died. Two public health measures to break the transmission chain include quarantine and social distancing. These measures restrict gatherings or separate individuals. Due to these measures in many countries, people’s participation in many social activities has been disrupted. The purpose of this study is to survey the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on home integration, community integration and productive activities. Materials & Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in June 2020 by using the Community Integration Questionnaire (CIQ) which measures home integration, community integration, and productive activities, along with a demographic form which were sent to 461 participants in Iran (Mean ±SD age= 36.86±5.8 years) on WhatsApp or via email and completed online. Participants were selected from among college students, patients, people with disabilities, their families and relatives, and others who could use smartphones, computers, tablets, and laptops. The effects of Covid-19 were evaluated by analyzing the CIQ scores before and after the pandemic in SPSS v. 22 software. Results: Comparing the CIQ scores before and after the pandemic, results showed that it significantly reduced home integration (P<0.0001), social integration (P<0.0001), productive activities (P<0.0001) and total score (P<0.0001). Conclusion: The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the social life of people. In addition to health threats of this disease, the fear of being infected and losing loved ones, job, educational opportunities, recreation, freedom and support, have profound psychological effects. Not only getting infected, but also the fear of getting infected can lead to a lack of access to resources that can improve people’s resistance to this disease. The COVID-19 pandemic has direct and indirect psychological and social effects and can affect mental health. In order to reduce the negative psychosocial effects of quarantine and social distancing, the implementation of national strategies to promote social participation by Information and Communication Technology-based programs is recommended.

Cultivating Democracy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mukulika Banerjee
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Rural Setting ◽  
Active Citizenship ◽  
Indian Politics ◽  
The People ◽  
Anthropological Study ◽  
The Social ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Cultivating Democracy is the first study of its kind of the world’s largest democracy that shows how the values of republicanism are essential for successful democratic practice. In 1950, after independence, India constituted itself as a sovereign democratic republic. While democracy indicated the character of the vertical representative nature of the relationship between citizens and state, the term republic outlined the horizontal relationship of fraternity between people and an active engagement by citizens. The discussion of Indian politics in this book thereby attends to both its institutional form and its democratic culture and shows how the project of democracy is incomplete unless it is also accompanied by a continual cultivation of active citizenship of republicanism. This book is an anthropological study of the relationship of formal political democracy and the cultivation of active citizenship in one particular rural setting in India, studied from 1998 to 2013. It draws on deep ethnographic engagement with the people and social life in two villages, both during elections and in the time in between them, to show how these two temporalities connect. The analysis shows how an agrarian village society produces the social imaginaries required for democratic and republican values. The ethnographic microscope on a single paddy growing setting allows us to examine how the various social institutions of kinship, economy, and religion are critical sites for the continual civic cultivation of cooperation, vigilance, redistribution, inviolate commitment, and hope—values that are essential for democracy.

The Effect of Treatment on Quality of Life, Symptoms, and Social Life in Gynecologic Cancer Patients

2021 ◽  
pp. 105477382110523
Author(s):  
Serap Tekbaş ◽  
Nevin Hotun Şahin ◽  
Niyazi Cenk Sayın
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Gynecologic Cancer ◽  
Treatment Quality ◽  
Social Activities ◽  
Cancer Data ◽  
Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale ◽  
Effect Of Treatment ◽  
Pre Treatment

This study was carried out to determine the effect of treatment on quality of life, symptoms, and social life in patients with gynecologic cancer. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews to evaluate the individual and disease characteristics of the patients. The Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale was used to determine the severity of the side effects. Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General 4 was used to evaluate the quality of life. The total post-treatment quality of life scores of the patients were lower than their total pre-treatment scores. Patients who received chemotherapy and chemoradiotherapy had a lower quality of life than those who received radiotherapy, and they were less involved in social activities. Half of the individuals participated in social activities in the pre-treatment period, but this rate decreased to 16.4% after the treatment started. In this study, the quality-of-life scores of the patients who received gynecologic cancer treatment decreased after treatment and the patients experienced many symptoms at an increasingly severe level.

scholarly journals Roman Baths: An Alternate Mode of Viewing the Evidence

2008 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanya Henderson
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
The Body ◽  
Social Activities ◽  
Literary Sources ◽  
Roman Baths

Roman baths are an important component in furthering our knowledge of Roman social life. They functioned as more than just a locus for cleansing the body. Currently, the literary sources provide the most details about the various social activities that occurred in the baths. However, where these activities took place within the complexes remains unclear. Archaeological reports do not adequately address how the rooms functioned. The argument presented here outlines some of the problems with the current methodology for examining room function in room baths. Then, using the site of Hammat Gader in Israel, introduces a different mode of viewing the evidence.

scholarly journals THE SUFI ORDER AND PHILANTHROPY:A CASE STUDY OF PHILANTROPHICAL ACTIVISM OF THE NAQSYABANDIYAH AL-HAQQANI SUFI ORDER IN INDONESIA

Teosofia ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Jazilus Sakhok ◽  
Siswoyo Aris Munandar
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Field Data ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Social Activities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Sufi Order ◽  
Object Of Study

<p>This study is entitled "Tarekat and Philanthropy: Study of the Social Activities of the Al-Haqqani Naqsyabandiyah Congregation in Indonesia". The background of this case study is Sufism so far known as the esoteric dimension in Islam. This identification often gets Sufism considered to be mystical and ascetic. So far, the Sufis are seen as a group of people who emphasize individual piety (personal) rather than social piety. However, in contrast to the Naqshbandiyah Al-Haqqani Congregation, its students must go into the community and be active in social life. In terms of the formulation of the problem two questions can be drawn namely; First, what is behind the Naqshabandiyah Al-Haqqani Congregation is engaged in social and philanthropic activities. Second, What is the social activity and philanthropy of the Al-Haqqani Naqshbandiyah Order. Efforts to answer the problems in this study will be used field research methods, namely by digging field data and observing directly. This paper describes the social activities of the tarekat as the object of study. The results of this study indicate that there is a Naqsyabandiyah Al-Haqqani order which is active in social and philanthropy. The social activities of the Al-Haqqani Naqsyabandiyah Congregation are realized through institutions such as: HCNS (Hajjah Naziha Charitable Society), Rumi Café, Karem Food Drive, Rabbani Sufi Center and CV Sogan Jaya / Sogan Batik.</p>

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