A Case Study of Intercultural Sensitivity of Junior School Students in an International School

The process of internationalization requires people to have higher intercultural communicative competence, which refers to a person's ability to successfully communicate in different cultural environments. It consists of cognition, emotion, and behavior. The study of intercultural sensitivity actually focuses on the emotional factor in intercultural communication competence. Based on the concept of intercultural sensitivity and English teaching practice, this article intends to contribute a little to the intercultural communication teaching and relevant study by analyzing the current level of intercultural sensitivity of junior high school students and interviewing English teachers about the implementation of intercultural teaching strategies.  

Effect of Frequent Testing on Students’ Test Anxiety at University Level

This study was designed to find out the effect of frequent Testing on students’ test anxiety scores in research method course at university level. The study was expected to predict the worry and emotional factor scores of test anxiety on frequent testing. A quasi-experimental pre-test post-test control group design was used in this study. Two intact groups were selected from department of science education, University of the Punjab, Lahore. The researcher has adopted the test anxiety Inventory by Spielberger (1980) to find out the students’ test anxiety. The reliability was analyzed through the pilot testing of the instrument. The interventional group was manipulated by frequent testing. The control group was assessed by conventional method. Both groups were compared on test anxiety scores. After analyzing the data, it was observed that both groups experience the same test anxiety in regard to worry and emotional factor. Frequent testing did not effect the test anxiety of students in research method course. Stakeholders and evaluators will benefit from the information gathered on how to lessen test anxiety in order to improve the teaching-learning process in classroom. To strengthen the teaching and learning process in classrooms, it is necessary to increase confidence in prospective teachers.

Effect of Environmental Optimism on Responsible Electricity Consumption with Price Concern as a Moderator

The study aimed to determine the effect of environmental optimism, as a cognitive–emotional factor, on the responsible use of electricity. Furthermore, it investigated the moderating effect of consumer concern on the price of electricity. An online survey was conducted on 345 young adults in Jakarta selected through the snowball sampling method. Data were analyzed using JASP version 15.0 and IBM SPSS Statistics version 23 reinforced with PROCESS macro. Simple linear regression analysis demonstrated that environmental optimism significantly explains the variance in electricity conservation behavior. The moderating effect of price concern was also substantiated by the result of the data analysis, thus the interaction between environmental optimism and dichotomous predictors of price concern (i.e. high vs low) was found to be statistically significant in moderating the effect of environmental optimism toward electricity conservation behavior. In conclusion, when consumers are initially dominated by price concern (a rational extrinsic motivator), then it reduces the effect of environmental optimism (an emotional intrinsic motivator) on responsible electricity consumption.

Ahmad Faiz Raihan 2301926011 E-service quality, corporate image, customer perception.

E-service quality merupakan inovasi yang dikembangkan dalam hal kualitas pelayanan yang bertujuan untuk mengukur kepuasan pelanggan melalui sistem elektronik atau internet. Dengan adanya e-service quality diharapkan dapat mempermudah pelanggan dalam mengakses setiap kegiatan transaksi, mulai dari pemesanan, pengecekan serta pembayaran. Persepsi dapat mempengaruhi sikap, tingkah laku dan penyesuaian pada diri seseorang. Oleh sebab itu, dapat dikatakan bahwa proses kognisi pada manusia dimulai melalui sebuah proses persepsi. Indikator Persepsi Pelanggan, yaitu Price (Harga), Service Quality (Kualitas Layanan), Product Quality (Kualitas Produk), Emotional Factor (Faktor Emosional), Efficiency (Kemudahan).

Anxiety and climate change: a validation of the Climate Anxiety Scale in a German-speaking quota sample and an investigation of psychological correlates

The climate crisis is an unprecedented existential threat that causes disturbing emotions, such as anxiety. Recently, Clayton and Karazsia measured climate anxiety as “a more clinically significant ‘anxious’ response to climate change” (2020, p. 9). To gain a more nuanced understanding of the phenomenon from an empirical psychological perspective, we translated the core of the Climate Anxiety Scale into German and assessed potential correlates in a large German-speaking quota sample (N = 1011, stratified by age and gender). Overall, people reported low levels of climate anxiety. Climate anxiety correlated positively with general anxiety and depressiveness, avoidance of climate change in everyday life, frustration of basic psychological needs, pro-environmental behavioral intentions, and policy support. It correlated negatively with different forms of climate denial and was unrelated to ideological beliefs. We were not able to replicate the two dimensions found in the original scale. Moreover, we argue that items appear to measure a general climate-related emotional impairment, rather than distinctly and comprehensively capturing climate anxiety. Thus, we encourage researchers to rework the scale and include an emotional factor in future research efforts.

Analisis Faktor-Faktor Yang Mempengaruhi Kepuasan Pengunjung Desa Wisata Kebun Bibit Kediri Pada Masa Pandemi Covid 19 KEPUASAN PENGUNJUNG DESA WISATA KEBUN BIBIT KEDIRI PADA MASA PANDEMI COVID 19

<p>Kebun bibit kediri is one of the tourism destinations that offers a variety of attractive tourist objects for visitors from various regions. This study aims to identify the factors that affect the satisfaction of visitors to kebun bibit kediri. This type of research is descriptive quantitative. The population of this research activity was all visitors to kebun bibit kediri tour during the Covid 19 pandemic. The sampling technique was purposive sampling, namely selecting respondents based on certain criteria. The number of research samples were 80 respondents. Methods of data collection using literature study, interviews, documentation, and questionnaires. The research instrument was measured using a Likert scale. Data analysis techniques using factor analysis. . The results showed that based on the factor analysis that had been carried out, it could be grouped. five factors of concern to the manager, namely 1). service quality factor, 2). Emotional factor, 3). Product quality factors, .4). public facilities factor, 5) price factor. but the dominant factor is the service quality factor. By looking at the existing conditions during the covid 19 conditions, it is hoped that the management will increase the factors that can increase the income of kebun bibit kediri.</p>

The Effects of Music Therapy on Cortisol Levels as a Biomarker of Stress in Children

Stress is a physiological and psychological response to the perception of danger and threat. Stress can occur due to a physical injury, mechanical disturbance, chemical change, or emotional factor. Stress can occur at all ages, including children and adolescents. Various physical and psychological events can cause stress in children, for example suffering from an illness, injury/trauma, parental divorce, parental death, sexual abuse, natural disasters, war, etc. Various exposures to physical and psychological stress harmful to the body can cause it to carry out defense mechanisms against these threats, one of which is changes in the cortisol hormone. Cortisol hormone is used as a biochemical marker for acute and chronic stress. The increase in this hormone as an indicator of stress can be changed through psychosocial interventions, one of which is by the provision of music therapy. Music therapy can manage stress problems of people at various ages with minimal side effects and a small amount of money. It is also easy to apply and does not require any intellectual ability to interpret. There are no limitations for users to use music therapy.

New Technologies' Commercialization: The Roles of the Leader's Emotion and Incubation Support

New technologies, such as brain-computer interfaces technology, advanced artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and virtual reality technology, have a strong influence on our daily activities. The application and commercialization of these technologies are prevailing globally, such as distance education, health monitoring, smart home devices, and robots. However, we still know little about the roles of individual emotion and the external environment on the commercialization of these new technologies. Therefore, we focus on the emotional factor of the leader, which is their passion for work, and discuss its effect on technology commercialization. We also analyzed the moderating role of incubation support in the relationship between the leader's emotion and technology commercialization. The results contribute to the application of emotion in improving the commercialization of new technologies.

ANALISIS MINAT MENJADI PUSTAKAWAN PADA MAHASISWA TINGKAT AKHIR ANGKATAN 2014-2016 PROGRAM STUDI ILMU PEPPUSTAKAAN UNIVERSITAS ISLAM NEGERI RADEN FATAH PALEMBANG

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui minat menjadi pustakawan pada mahasiswa tingkat akhir angkatan 2014-2016 program studi Ilmu Perpustakaan UIN Raden Fatah Palembang. Metode yang digunakan dalam menganalisa data penelitian ini adalah deskriptif kuantitatif dan pengumpulan data dilkukan menggunakan instrumen penelitian yaitu kuesioner. Populasi dalam penelitian ini yaitu mahasiswa tingkat akhir angkatan 2014-2016 program studi ilmu perpustakaan Universitas Islam Negeri Raden Fatah Palembang. Teknik pengambilan sampel yang digunakan yaitu purposive sampling. Teori yang digunakan untuk mengukur minat dalam penelitian ini adalah 3 faktor yang mempengaruhi minat dari Crow Crow, yaitu: faktor rangsangan dari dalam (The factor inner urge), factor motive sosial (Factor of social motive), dan faktor emosi (Emotional factor). Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa faktor yang mempengaruhi minat menjadi pustakawan pada mahasiswa tingkat akhir angkatan 2014-2016 program studi ilmu perpustakaan UIN Raden Fatah Palembang termasuk dalam kategori tinggi yaitu 4,09.

Persuasive linguistic tricks in social media marketing communication—The memetic approach

The paper reports the results of a study into the use of linguistic cues defined as Persuasive Linguistic Tricks (PLT) in social media (SM) marketing communication. It was assumed that the content shared on Social Networking Sites (SNS) could be perceived as specific sets of meanings (memeplexes), where a single component, also PLT, may function as their part. Following an original typology of PLT, created based on an emotional factor, the research focused on whether and how the number of positive, neutral and negative PLT used in Facebook posts impacted the behaviour of content recipients. These activities, including liking, commenting and sharing, are strictly connected with post spreading and range. The data analysis focused on 167 Facebook posts shared by five leading Polish travel agencies and 1911 responding comments. The quantitative content analysis method and Spearman’s correlation tests were used. A relationship was observed between the number of emotionally positive and neutral PLT and the increase in the range of content with these PLT. The use of PLT by post recipients was also observed in their comments. This phenomenon is possibly related to the memetic nature of PLT. From the perspective of marketing messages, the obtained results contribute to and guide the textual content-building with a high spreading potential owing to the memetic capability of PLT. Further elaborations were made on the assumption for the evolutionary approach in social media content transfer and its processing.