"Kwestionariusz przekonań politycznych": własności psychometryczne

Author(s): Gabriela Czarnek,Piotr Dragon,Paulina Szwed,Bogdan Wojciszke / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 41/2017

The goal of this article is to present the psychometric properties of the Political Beliefs Questionnaire. It consists of four subdimensions: religious fundamentalism and xenophobia, which form the dimension of cultural beliefs; and acceptance of capitalism and anti-welfare, which form the dimension of economic beliefs. We present evidence for the validity of the questionnaire in identifying political beliefs on the rightleft dimension. Analyses were performed on a set of multiple samples (total N = 1673). Evidence for the theoretical validity was provided by confirmatory factor analysis, correlations with other – conceptually related – constructs, and a moderation of the strength and direction of the correlation between the cultural and economic beliefs dimensions by political sophistication. Concurrent validity of the questionnaire has been demonstrated based on the criterion of declared voting choices. The reliability of the questionnaire was evaluated based on a measure of homogeneity and absolute stability. The results indicate the good psychometric properties of "Political Beliefs Questionnaire".

"Skala typów przywiązania do miejsca" według typologii Davida M. Hummona (1992): ustrukturyzowana jakościowa metoda badania przywiązania do miejsca zamieszkania

Author(s): Alan Mandal,Marcin Moron / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 41/2017

The article presents the description of the construction stages and results of the validity analysis of Type of Attachment Scale, based on the typology of place attachment by David M. Hummon (1992). The Scale consist of descriptions of two types of attachment: everyday and active attachment, and three types of lack of place attachment: alienation, place relativity, and placelessness. A subject is ask to indicate which out of the five that are presented the description best suits their own relation toward their place of living. An examination of psychometric properties and validity of the Scale was conducted in a series of 3 studies on 912 participants. In the study 1 were 586 participants in age between 18 and 72 years (50% female). The participants filled out the prepared Type of attachment scale, Place attachment scale (Williams, & Vaske, 2003), a sociodemographic survey, and series of questions about the affective attitude toward their place of living. In the study 2 were 274 participants in age from 16 to 72. The participants filled out the Type of attachment scale, Place attachment scale and identity scale (Lewicka, 2012), and Scales measuring agency and communion (Wojciszke, Szlendak, 2010). In the study 3, with 52 participants, the reliability of the Scale was examined by test-retest procedure. The obtained results showed that Types of attachment scale is a reliable and valid measure of person-place relations according to categorization by Hummon (1992). Types of place attachment, included in Type of attachment scale, demonstrate a distinguishable profiles of sociodemographic and psychological characteristics. Individuals who identified themselves with everyday and active attachment were significantly stronger attached to the place than the other types of lack of attachment, differing with each other according to the length of residence and a level of place inherited dimension. Non-attached types have a similar profiles, that indicates a low place attachment. The place relativity type can be described as the lowest attached, with the highest mobility, the shortest length of residence and the weakest bond according to earlier generation presence in the place of living. Alienation was connected with neutral of negative attitude toward the place, and was described by a positive correlation with the European identity. A placeless type was reflected by a weak place attachment and low local identity, but a positive correlation with agency.

"Жизнь по доктору Комаровскому": конструирование родительства в советах по уходу за детьми

Author(s): Elena Strelnyk / Language(s): Russian / Issue: 2/2015

The article analyzes constructions of parenthood and childcare in childcare advice—disseminated through books, TV broadcasts, and websites—by popular Ukrainian pediatrician Evgenii Komarovskii. The article consists of three parts. The first part deals with the public, social, and pedagogical discourses of parental (ir)responsibility and (in)competence in Ukraine, as well as conceptions of parental competence in Doctor Komarovskii’s advice as the alternative to this discourse. The second part aims to evaluate the peculiarities of constructions of maternal and paternal roles and childcare in his advice. The author explores Evgenii Komarovskii’s role in the discursive actualization of parenting and childcare as important sociopolitical issues in the third part. The article draws on work in the sociology of parenting, exploring the role of expert knowledge in its construction.

(Rec.) R. Cybulska, J. Dryjańska, K. Gotlin, M. Kłoda, K. Pomorska, A. Pyzykiewicz, Uczeń z zespołem Aspergera w szkole ogólnodostępnej, (red. prowadzący i merytoryczny) M. Kłoda, K. Pomorska, Warszawa: Ośrodek Rozwoju i Edukacji 2016, ss. 113

Author(s): Marta Filipowicz / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 1/2017

A STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF PERSONAL INITIATIVE ON SAFETY PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT MODE TRANSITION: BASED ON THE PERSPECTIVE OF SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY AND ANTHROPOLOGY EMBEDDEDNESS THEORY

Author(s): Shi Liping,Teng Yun / Language(s): English / Issue: 50/2015

“How to make safe production management model change into a new model meeting the real needs”, has become the important subject faced by the researchers and practitioners of the current production safety management. From the perspective of individual initiative, this study attempts to use social cognitive theory and anthropology Embeddedness theory to answer the question. This study verifies the influence of personal initiative on safety production management mode transition with 1556 questionnaires from 73 manufacturing enterprises in China. The reliability and validity of all the scales were found acceptable. Path analysis using SPSS-19 and AMOS-17 software showed that there is a significant positive correlation between personal initiative and safety production management mode transition; three dimensions of safety individual behavior (safety passive behavior, safety controlled behavior and safety initiative behavior) play a partial mediating role in personal initiative and safety production management mode transition; three dimensions of on-the-job embeddedness (organization fit, organization link and organization sacrifice) can strengthen the positive correlation between personal initiative and safety production management mode transition. These findings made a new addition to the production management mode transition theory, and had guide significance for enterprises to improve production safety management level.

Adaptive changes in human memory: a literature review

Author(s): Piotr Sorokowski,Agnieszka Sabiniewicz / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2017

The paper contains a review of the literature concerning memory abilities and human senses performance under different environmental circumstances. A number of studies indicated that environment has a significant impact on human senses functioning. It can affect it in a mechanical way, by a chronic exposure to potentially harmful substances or processes in different work environments. Also, some cognitive abilities that have evolved to perform evolutionary essential functions lost their importance because of the change of environment impact. Moreover, training can be a source of improvement of both human senses and cognitive abilities, as well. That might suggest that, while using, under different environmental circumstances different cognitive abilities develop. We take into a particular consideration human memory and its role, show current studies in this field and suggest new research directions.

ADHD – żywioł podczas lekcji przyrody

Author(s): Katarzyna Bialas,Agnieszka Cieszynska / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 4/2013

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is associated with cognitive difficulties and behavioral problems in important aspects of life that can be attributed to both the problems of impulse control, hyperactivity and attention disorders. Working with students with ADHD is therefore a challenge for the teacher. However, there are rules, so you can facilitate such student learning. It used a variety of methods and teaching aids, so that every student, despite the different channels of perception, was the lesson as much as possible. The lessons of nature seem to be ideal to provide the student a variety of stimuli and thus make full use of its potential. Just step on the school playground, bring appropriate teaching aids and certainly lessons are interesting, not only for children with ADHD, but for all the participants. Article aims to show the validity of careful preparation lessons of nature, which will contribute to a better functioning of a student with ADHD in the classroom.

Agresivnost i asertivnost u komunikaciji – nedostaci i ograničenja teorije asertivnosti

Author(s): Tatjana Milivojevic,Katarina Dr?govic / Language(s): Serbian / Issue: 23/2012

The subject of this paper is a comparative analysis of aggressiveness and assertiveness in communication with the objective to reveal some fundamental shortcomings of the popular theory of assertivity, i.e: insufficient thematization and articulation of ethical and social issues; excessive emphasis on behavioral (manifest) components of communication, at the expense of its motivational and intentional aspects; overestimation and idealization of the effects of assertive techniques and philosophy due to the neglect of real social relations marked by asymmetry of power. Verbal aggression is defined as a communication act by which one, intentionally or unintentionally, consciously or unconsciously, hurts the other person via language. Assertiveness means the willingness of people to confirm or protect their rights and express their feelings in a socially appropriate way. The criteria of „social appropriateness“, however, do not garantee ethics and truthfulness of communication, or their protection from aggression. The establishment of assertiveness on subjective feelings and perceptions of one’s own and others’ rights deprives them of a more objective and rational ground of legitimacy. The way in which the assertiveness theory is presentend and promoted eliminates the necessary contrasts and tensions between descriptive („is“) and normative („should be“) levels. In order to fulfill its humanistic purpose and to be a responsible method of communication, in other words, to avoid serving as a socially accepted cover for aggresiveness, it has to meet a lot of other requirements that go beyond the sphere of behavioral and communication skills.

Agresivnost i upotreba antidepresiva u adolescenciji

Author(s): Zihnet Selimbašic / Language(s): Bosnian / Issue: 86/2015

Fenomen ljudske agresivnosti predstavlja interakciju bioloških, psiholoških i socijalnih varijabli koji obuhvaća multiformne osobenosti - od negativne emocionalnosti, depresije do antisocijalnih ponašanja. Utvrđena je veza između agresivnog ponašanja i pojedinih regija mozga. Limbički sistem, hipotalamus, regije moždanog stabla, moduliraju agresivno ponašanje. Agresivno ponašanje je modulirano od više neuroanatomskih pozicija i pomoću mnogih neurotransmiterskih sistema uključujući: serotoninski, noradrenalinski, dopaminski, acetilholinski, GABA i opoidni sistem. Uprkos složenosti neurohemije agresivnog ponašanja, animalna proučavanja jasno pokazuju da se agresivno ponašanje značajno može mijenjati modifikacijom specifičnih transmiterskih sistema. U moždanom stablu, najprimitivnijem dijelu mozga, serotonin je odgovoran za kontolu fundamentalnih fizioloških aspekata u tijelu. Serotonin je involviran u mnoge ponašajne aspekte, emocionalna i psihička stanja, prehranu, agresivnost, raspoloženje i na taj način serotoninska aktivnost u širokom spektru „serotoniskih poremećaja“ kao što su depresija, shizofrenija, Parkinsonova bolest (Jacobs, 1994). Amfetaminski preparati dovode do pojačane aktivnosti noradrenalina, dopamina i serotonina i da pojačana transmisija u dopaminergičnom i noradrenergičnom sistemu dovodi do izražavanja agresivnog ponašanja (Man, 2000). Konzumiranje alkohola izaziva pojačanu aktivnost serotonina, prolazno ekscesivno povećanje serotonina i noradrenalina dovode do agresivnosti koju porast serotonina ne može modulirati.

AİLE ÇATIŞMALARI, NEDENLERİ ve EN YAYGIN ÇÖZÜMLERİ

Author(s): Hüseyin Rehimirad / Language(s): Turkish / Issue: 8/2010

Aile ve çiftlerin rastladığı sorunlar, uğradığı zararlar, ailede çatışmamazlıklar ve diğer etkili amiller geçmişten günümüze kadar dikkate alınmış ve incelenmiştir. Şu araştırmanın amacı da evlilik çatışmalarının nedenlerini bulmak gibi sosyolojik bir meselenin çözümüne küçük bir katkıda bulunmaktır.

Aktif Spor Yapan Üniversite Öğrencilerinde Sporda Batıl İnanç Eğilimi ile Sürekli Kaygı Seviyeleri Arasındaki İlişkinin İncelenmesi

Author(s): Utku Isik,Bülent Agbuga,Gürkan Elçi / Language(s): Turkish / Issue: 1/2015

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between superstitious behavior in sport and trait anxiety levels among college students engaged in active sports. 166 Pamukkale University and Ege University of School of Physical Education and Sports students who are selected simple random sampling method voluntarily participated (61 females and 105 males) for the study. In the study for gathering data “Superstitious Ritual Questionnaire” and “Trait Anxiety Inventory” were used together. To examine the relationship between superstitious behavior in sport and trait anxiety levels the Pearson product-moment coefficients of correlation was used. The results indicated that the relationship between superstitious behavior in sport and trait anxiety level is positive and statistically significant (r=.208; p=.007). To explain whether there are significant differences between participants’ superstitious behavior in sport according to gender, Independent Sample T-test was used. Result of this analysis revealed no statistically significant difference between male and female students tendency to superstitious behaviors according to gender (t=1.15; p=.251). In conclusion study findings showed that anxiety is a factor that increases university students, engaging in active sport, superstitions behavior.

Aktif Spor Yapan ve Yapmayan 12-14 Yaş Ortaokul Öğrencilerinin Şiddet Eğilimlerinin İncelenmesi

Author(s): Pelin Aydin,Adnan Ersoy,Neslisah Aktas / Language(s): Turkish / Issue: 1/2015

The aim of this study was to investigate secondary school students’ tendency to violence, doing active sport or not. The sampling group of the study was consisted of 101 girls and 99 boys in the total 200 secondary school students in Kütahya city center of whose ages differs between of 12-14. In the study tendency to violence scale, developed by Göka and colleagues, was used as data gathering tool. In the evaluation of the data SPSS package program for Windows was used and after reliability of the scale was assessed One Sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was applied for if the obtained data was showing normal distribution and also as hypotheses tests Independent Samples t Test was applied for pairwise comparisons and One Way ANOVA test was applied for triple or more comparisons. As a result of the study there were no significant differences between students’ tendency to violence according to their ages and sport participation situations, on the other hand there were significant differences according to their class and perceived success in class. This study showed that class and perceived success in class are predictors of tendency to violence.

AKTYWIZACJA ZAWODOWA PRZEZ URYNKOWIENIE. LUDZIE DLA INSTYTUCJI CZY INSTYTUCJE DLA LUDZI (NA PRZYKŁADZIE AKTYWIZACJI ZAWODOWEJ NIEPEŁNOSPRAWNYCH ABSOLWENTÓW SZKÓŁ WYŻSZYCH)

Author(s): Ewa Giermanowska,Mariola Raclaw / Language(s): English / Issue: 4/2016

Poland is a country with very low labour force participation among people with disabilities. On the one hand, changes are visible in the attitudes and behaviour of people with disabilities, especially students and graduates who aim to have a professional career. On the other hand, one can observe a process of gradual withdrawal of families from caring and active support of the disabled. This situation demands certain compensatory measures such us intensification of engagement of relevant institutions and seeking alternative ways of providing care and support. The Polish system of occupational development services for the disabled is complicated and nontransparent for the beneficiaries. It is also inadequate for the growing professional aspirations of people with disabilities. Employees of support institutions tend to follow long-standing routines and patterns of behaviour defined by formal rules, rather than adjusting to the individual needs of the disabled and the changing labour market. Commercialisation of support institutions, within the framework of the new paradigm of social policy, has contributed to economisation of support institutions by focusing on benefits and profits to the institution, rather than the professional development of disabled people. Thus, we have an unfinished process of labour emancipation of disabled university graduates who cannot satisfy their career aspirations.

AMBIENT MARKETING JAKO INNOWACYJNA FORMA KOMUNIKACJI Z KLIENTEM

Author(s): Wlodzimierz Deluga / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 39/2015

Marketing, like other sciences, has developed significantly in recent years. New techniques, continuously evolving styles of mix marketing composition and ongoing research have given rise to the creation of innovative marketing trends. They enable companies to reach more and more effectively the target groups with their products and they make that their message is received in a deliberate and effective way. Entrepreneurs, looking for new and revolutionary ways to reach customers, more and more often use the ambient marketing in the elaboration of competitive advantage. On the basis of primary researches' results, it was found that unconventional and original forms of customer interaction can produce positive results in reinforcing the brand’s position in a competitive market.

Antecedents of entrepreneurial intention:

Evidence from Republic of Macedonia

Author(s): Stojan Debarliev,Aleksandra Janeska Iliev,Tihona Bozhinovska,Viktorija Ilieva / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2015

This study is designed to examine the effect of the three motivational factors/the intention antecedents proposed in the theory of planed behavior (abbreviated TPB): personal attitude, subjective norm and perceived behavioral control, including a control group of variables on the entrepreneurial intention in the specific economic and cultural settings, in our case in the Republic of Macedonia. The research includes 440 respondents. In order to test the hypotheses the data was examined using hierarchical regression. The applicability of the TPB in the context of entrepreneurship has received empirical support in this study, as well. The three independent variables: personal attitude, subjective norm and perceived behavioral control have a positive impact on entrepreneurial intention. On the other hand, results only partially support the influence of the control group of variables.

Anxiety of Students Preparing for the University Entrance Exam towards Math Lessons

Author(s): Yildirim Bayazit / Language(s): English / Issue: 5/2017

It is known that one of the crucial factors affecting the students’ success at math lessons negatively is math anxiety. In most general meaning, math anxiety may be defined as an anxiety and fear emerging in relation to certain math situations. The aim of this study is to find out the reasons of math anxiety observed among students attending privet courses. To collect the needed data of the study an anxiety scale was administered to 450 students attending different private courses in the city of Kırklareli, Turkey. The obtained data was processed by data processing soft-ware. After the required data interpretation steps were concluded, students’ math anxiety reasons were determined and in relation some solutions were suggested.

APPLICATION OF ECONOMETRICS IN MARKETING AS A SIGNIFICANT TOOL OF BRANDING IN THE CONTEXT OF DATA ANALYSIS, MINING AND MUTUAL DATA CORRELATIONS

Author(s): Martin Hudec / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2/2016

Statistical analysis of obtained consumer data of various kinds is a fundamental factor for marketing researchers dealing with research based on the selection of a representative sample of interest, whose characteristics are derived from the characteristics of the sample. Along with the development of marketing has also incredibly increased demand for ever more sophisticated statistical techniques that would allow more and more meaningful analysis of the growing number of existing and obtained consumer data. A more sophisticated analysis, however, were relatively recently limited to specifictype of variables. Performing statistical analysis was partially restricted by the requirements for normal distribution of variables and their cardinal character, since a large majority of data variables received by marketing researches had an ordinal or even nominal character, so naturally having a categorical variable type that usually cannot be analysed using standard statistical methods. The aim of this research paper is the methodological demonstration of factor analysis as an econometrics tool used in marketing for consumer branding in the processes of data analysis, mining and their correlations.

Approaching the Human Resource Facing Organizational Change

Author(s): Elisabeta Butoi / Language(s): English / Issue: 20/2013

In a constantly changing environment organizations need to adept to all external and internal influences and identify the best performing tools to performance. Organizational changes are accomplished successfully being approached as individual changes. Human resources are most valued when they are understood, respected, trusted and empowered. Every change implicates personnel, therefore behaviors and attitudes need to be addressed with specific skills by managers.

Around the Bloc: Bullied Russian Kid Receives Big Support

Author(s): TOL TOL / Language(s): English / Issue: 04/26/2016

Local celebrities and even a NASA astronaut respond to mother’s Facebook plea.

Around the Bloc: Polanski Should Face U.S. Justice for Child Sex, Poland Says

Author(s): TOL TOL / Language(s): English / Issue: 06/07/2016

Director has eluded several U.S. requests for his extradition to be sentenced for the 1977 abuse of a 13-year-old girl.