‘Ref! Could You Help Me?’—Building a Positive Climate by Referees during Floorball Competitions in Youth Sport

In creating a positive climate in sport for children and youth, the role of adults is of key importance as their behavior and attitudes determine the experiences and multilateral development of young players. Relatively recently, the importance of the referee in creating a supportive sporting environment has begun to be emphasized. This concerns, in particular, team sports in which the referees interact with players many times and influence the course of the game. The aim of the study was to evaluate the quality of the referee–players’ interactions during youth floorball matches in terms of building a positive climate and responsiveness to the players’ needs. Another aim of the study was to examine whether the referee’s qualifications and players’ gender affect the quality of their interactions with the players. The study was conducted among 21 referees officiating matches for girls and boys aged 12–18. Naturalistic and structured observation methods were used in the study. The observation was conducted using a wireless intercom that allows listening to verbal messages directed to the players. Furthermore, the referee’s work was recorded using a camera. The results of the statistical tests did not show any significant differences in the assessment of referees between the groups distinguished in terms of the referees’ license and players’ gender in both examined dimensions. The observations showed that the average rating of building a positive climate by referees during a sporting event measured on a seven-point scale was ‘poor’ (2.81 pts). The referees were assessed significantly higher on the second dimension (responsiveness to the players’ needs), although an overall rating of 3.81 pts means a medium level of interaction quality. The results indicate areas in which referees can improve. They lead to the following conclusions: (i) the contents of training for floorball referees should include problems of pedagogy and developmental psychology; (ii) referees should be equipped with appropriate competencies for building a positive climate during matches and monitoring the players’ needs; (iii) referees appointed to officiate children and youth games should be characterized by appropriate predispositions.

Family Communication during the 2019 Corona Virus Disease (Covid-19) Pandemic

Conversations among parents and children about the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) and how to prevent the transmission can reduce anxiety and a fear of children about the situation around them. Family communication refers to the verbal and non-verbal word that is happened between family members. Communication involves the ability to pay attention to others about what they think and feel. Communication does not only involve verbal words, but also listens to each other. The purpose of this article was to find out how parent-child communication during the Covid-19 pandemic. The method of this article used literature studies from books, scientific journals, and the internet websites. The results showed that healthy families communicated effectively well, while families with unhealthy relationships had poor communication. The effective communication in the family can be improved by family members through the quality of their relationships, namely frequent communication, communicating clearly and directly, being an active listener, communicating openly and honestly, thinking about people with whom to communicate, paying attention to non-verbal messages, communicating positively, and focus on family strengths. It is better if parents can increase their interaction with their children regarding Covid-19 messages during the pandemic, because it can make an impact on the relationship between parent-child.

Psychologist Therapeutic Communication in Handling Clients with Deliberate Self-Harm

This study aims to find out psychologist therapeutic communication in dealing with deliberate self-harm clients in 3 research question. This study uses a phenomenological approach. In collecting data, researchers used an interview technique with five informants who were psychologists that practiced and domiciled in Bandung. The results of this study indicate the meaning of a DSH client for a psychologist into three meanings, those who have irrational thoughts, people that have fragile emotion, and those whose emotions are hidden or looking for attention. The experience of psychologist therapeutic communication in dealing with DSH clients is found in 4 major themes: techniques for building therapeutic relationships with clients, the key to understanding clients: active listening, being careful with non- verbal messages, feedback: reserved question. The psychologist's way of handling DSH clients is by handling it like a tailormade (adjusted to the personality and problems of the clients)

Development of a Social Communication Questionnaire (QSC-ID) for People With Intellectual Disability in a Deaf Sample: A Pilot and Feasibility Study

Background: Social communication (SC) includes the use and interpretation of verbal and non-verbal messages within a social context and thus requires more than knowledge of language. Social communication skills are essential for connecting and engaging with others, and SC deficits are often associated with emotional and behavioral problems. There is a lack of feasible instruments for assessing SC skills in individuals with intellectual disability (ID).Methods: A questionnaire on social communication in adults with ID (QSC-ID) comprising 20 Likert-scaled items was developed and completed on behalf of participants (n = 52) from three Austrian therapeutic living communities for people with ID and deafness by their living- and working-facility key caregivers. The sample of adults with hearing loss was considered ideal for the development of a measure of SC that is not restricted to a specific communication mode or overly related with language skills.Results: The preliminary results showed high construct validity. Correlations were high between SC and language, social skills, and severity of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), moderate between SC and adaptive skills, and non-verbal intelligence and, as expected, low between SC and motor skills. Interrater reliability was found to be good or at least acceptable for all items. Total raw scores were well-distributed over the whole range—Cut-offs based on the 10th and 20th percentile are suggested to identify atypical and borderline SC skills. Caregiver feedback and completeness of data suggest that the questionnaire is highly feasible.Conclusion: Questionnaire on social communication in adults with ID is an easy-to-use caregiver-reported questionnaire for use with individuals with mild to severe forms of ID. Initial testing of validity looks promising. Further validation in populations with typical hearing is required. Due to substantial correlations between SC and structural language skills the calculation of specific SC cut-offs for different levels of linguistic skills should be considered when sufficient data is available.

Experience-driven meaning affects lexical choices during language production

The role of meaning facets based on sensorimotor experiences is well-investigated in comprehension but has received little attention in language production research. In two experiments, we investigated whether experiential traces of space influenced lexical choices when participants completed visually-presented sentence fragments (e.g., ‘You are at the sea and you see a ...’) with spoken nouns (e.g., ‘dolphin’, ‘palm tree’). The words were presented consecutively in an ascending or descending direction, starting from the center of the screen. These physical spatial cues did not influence lexical choices. However, the produced nouns met the spatial characteristics of the broader sentence contexts such that the typical spatial locations of the produced noun referents were predicted by the location of the situations described by the sentence fragments (i. e., upper or lower sphere). By including distributional semantic similarity measures derived from computing cosine values between sentence nouns and produced nouns using a web-based text corpus, we show that the meaning dimension of ‘location in space’ guides lexical selection during speaking. We discuss the relation of this spatial meaning dimension to accounts of experientially grounded and usage-based theories of language processing and their combination in hybrid approaches. In doing so, we contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of the many facets of meaning processing during language production and their impact on the words we select to express verbal messages.

Hukum Praktek Jual Beli Kotoran Hewan Menurut Mazhab Imam Syafi’i

This research is included in the qualitative research model, meaning that the data used in this study is qualitative data (data that does not consist of numbers) in the form of verbal messages, dialogues and writings which are the results of research through observation, interviews and documentation. In the event of a divorce, it is the wife who suffers the most, who in particular does not have an income and a place to live. Based on the practice of the buying and selling system of animal dung in Tanjung Putus Village, Padang Tualang District, Langkat Regency, buying and selling animal dung is commonplace among the community and in accordance with sharia principles. and buying and selling rules. Starting from the pillars of buying and selling conditions, goods and so on so that the sale and purchase of animal dung in Tanjung Putus village, Padang Tualang sub-district, Langkat district according to religion can be carried out and does not violate religious norms. Based on the Islamic Shari'a Istihsan Perspective, the sale and purchase of animal dung according to unclean goods is prohibited by religion. In the development of customs that demand manure as additional fertilizer for plantations and agriculture, the sale and purchase of animal dung is legally allowed, because there are benefits. Although the Imams of Madzhab differ in their object, but with the presence of animal dung used as manure, it can be said that buying and selling transactions are allowed. Keywords: Buying and Selling, Dirt, Animals

A training on cold wax batik in Bakungan Village, Kutai Kartanegara Regency

Batik is the nation's cultural heritage which functions as a formal attire as well as a medium for delivering non-verbal messages to users. Indonesia is recognized by UNESCO as the owner of batik culture. Currently, there is an innovation about cold wax that can be used for batik, where the results are as good as hot wax batik and more environmentally friendly. This community service activity raised the theme of cold wax batik training for the Cakra Borneo community in Bakungan Village, Loa Janan District, Kutai Kartanegara Regency, East Kalimantan. This activity was organized with partners, namely Borneo Craft Indonesia, batik craftsmen who will help transfer knowledge about cold wax batik. Through this training, participants are able to improve their abilities in producing East Kalimantan batik works that will make city branding a candidate for the capital city of Indonesia.

The symbolic meaning of the Sandeq boat making process among the Mandarese

This article aims to explain the symbolic meaning in the process of making the traditional sandeq boat of the Mandar people. The data collection process was carried out from April to June 2017. Data were obtained through in-depth interviews with 6 purposively selected expert informants, as well as direct observation in the field. The results of this study indicate that the ritual that accompanies the making of the traditional sandeq boat is seen in three main stages, namely: at the beginning of boat building, in the process of making boats, and launching boats into the sea. The meaning contained in the implementation of the ritual is the hope that it will always be given safety in using the boat. In addition, the ritual also intends to ask for abundant sustenance from the process of going to sea later. The religious value of the Mandar people is clearly seen from every stage of the ritual carried out, using mantras and prayers as verbal messages adopted from the Quran and with Islamic nuances. In addition, nonverbal messages in the ritual of making sandeq boats are centered on the use of ussul or the knowledge system of the local community which is carried out with actions or symbolic objects to show their hopes or desires.

Realitas Phone Snubbing pada Pergaulan Remaja

Excessive use of gadgets can lead to phone snubbing behaviour, in this case, teenagers become indifferent to their environment and more focus on playing with their gadgets. The reality of phone snubbing (phubbing) can cause communication barriers such as distortion of messages and cause interpersonal relationships to become disrupted. This research aimed to (1) find out the role of communication actors in phone snubbing reality specifically in adolescent relationships’ framework, (2) verbal and nonverbal messages in the reality of phone snubbing, and (3) the meaning of phone snubbing for adolescents. The method used in this research is qualitative, with data collection techniques through in-depth interviews, observations, and documentation. Informants of this research are Bandung’s high school students who actively use their gadget. This research concluded that there was a title role in the interaction process of phone snubbing reality, individuals became the committers of communication known as phubber, that is an affected person phubbing, and phubbed as phubbing actors. Verbal messages occur in concurrence with nonverbal messages in the interaction of high school teenager’s communication in the form of school chats, gossip, and funny stories accompanied by nonverbal indicated from the closeness of their friendships, there is a ritual touching base message, such as patting the friends’ shoulders and the friendship affectionate display. Phubbing behaviour is felt more obvious when they engaged in family’s interaction. Phubbing is defined as unlikable behaviour and can interfere with friendships.Keywords: Gadget; Interpersonal Communication; Phone Snubbing; TeenagerAbstrak Penggunaan gawai yang berlebihan pada remaja dapat menimbulkan perilaku phone snubbing, yaitu kondisi dimana remaja menjadi acuh terhadap lingkungannya dan lebih berfokus bermain dengan gawainya. Realitas phone snubbing (phubbing) dapat menimbulkan hambatan komunikasi seperti distorsi pesan dan mngakibatkan hubungan interpersonal menjadi terganggu. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui peran pelaku komunikasi dalam realitas phone snubbing pada pergaulan remaja, pesan verbal dan nonverbal dalam realitas phone snubbing, serta makna phone snubbing bagi remaja. Metode yang digunakan adalah kualitatif dengan teknik pengumpulan data melalui wawancara mendalam, observasi, dan dokumentasi. Informan penelitian ini adalah siswa Sekolah Menengah Atas (SMA) yang aktif menggunakan gawainya di Kota Bandung. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terjadi pengambilan peran pada proses interaksi dalam realitas phone snubbing dimana individu menjadi pelaku phubber yaitu seorang terdampak phubbing dan phubbed sebagai pelaku phubbing. Pesan verbal terjadi bersamaan dengan pesan nonverbal pada interaksi komunikasi remaja SMA berupa obrolan sekolah, gosip, dan cerita lucu. Pesan non verbal ditunjukkan dengan hubungan pertemanan yang akrab misalnya penyampaian pesan sentuhan ritual yaitu menepuk pundak teman serta adanya affect display. Perilaku phubbing lebih dirasakan dalam konteks interaksi komunikasi pada keluarga. Phubbing dimaknai sebagai perilaku yang tidak disukai dan dapat mengganggu hubungan pertemanan.Kata Kunci: Gawai; Komunikasi Interpersonal; Phone Snubbing; Remaja