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Showing 1 to 20 of 94 for “"Social Distance"”.
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Social Distance In The College Classroom
… this has on student learning, yet the concept of social distance in student-instructor relationships has yet to be incorporated. This thesis was conducted to explore student perceptions of social distance. A scale based on the work of Emory Bogardus (1926) was developed and then administered to a …
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Metrics and methods for social distance
Distance measures are important for scientists because they illustrate the dynamics of geospatial topologies for physical and social processes. Two major types of distance are generally used for this purpose: Euclidean Distance measures the geodesic dispersion between fixed locations and Cost …
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The Geographic and Social Distance in Finance
… of individuals given their geographical and Social proximity to others, and analyze the consequences of such decisions to the financial health and survival of households, firms, and the macro economy. Network analysis and spatial econometrics take account of information spill-overs and …
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An exploration of adult attachment style, empathy and social distance
… a total of 145 probation officers participating. Social distance is considered in relation to offence type, officer characteristics and potential study confounders. The clinical implications are discussed and recommendations made for future research. Finally, section three critically appraises the …
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Understanding addiction stigma: Examining desired social distance toward addicted individuals
… perceived dangerousness, fear, and desired social distance towards individuals with substance dependence to alcohol, marijuana, and heroin. This study found that for marijuana and heroin, familiarity had an indirect effect, through perceived dangerousness and fear, on desired social …
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The Discriminative and Conditioned Reinforcing Function of Social Distance in Adult-Child Interactions
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Changes in Social Distance Among American Undergraduate Students Participating in a Study Abroad Program in China
… essential that people strive for reductions in social distance on an international level. Study abroad is one of the ways to approach internationalization and promote understanding among different peoples and cultures. Prior research has been done on the degrees of social distance between people …
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Social norms, social distance, social approval and household electricity consumption: A field experiment in Cape Town
… in Cape Town would respond to reported social norms of electricity consumption in a manner consistent with theory and earlier studies.
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The effects of the relationship between racial identity and the nature and frequency of interracial contact on racial prejudice and social distance
In the light of social identity theory and contact theory, this study looked at the effects of racial identity on contact and prejudice. The sample consisted of 826 UCT students who belonged to the White and African population groups. Their mean age was 20.50 and they were 52.54% females and 47.46% …
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The Implicit Association Test as a Measure of Attitudinal Biases Towards Individuals with Disabilities: Assessing the Convergent Validity with the Interaction with Disabled Persons Scale and Tringo's Disability Social Distance Scale
… Persons Scale (IDP), Tringo's Disability Social Distance Scale (DSDS), and Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale (MCSDS) were administered to 74 college students. Participants completed IAT tests for four disability conditions (i.e., paraplegic, alcoholism, cancer, and mental illness) …
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The Relationship Between Causal Beliefs and Stigma of Mental Illness
… causality of mental illness and desire for social distance, as well as, the relationship between type of mental disorder and desires for social distance. Students read an information sheet describing mental illness as either biological or psychosocial in nature. Students then answered …
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An Exploratory Analysis of Social Distances Expressed by Des Moines Area XI Community College Students Toward Selected Minority Groups
… study was undertaken to determine the degrees of social distances expressed by a sample of Area XI Community College students toward eleven selected minority groups. In an exploratory manner, various socioeconomic variables were tested in order to determine the relationship to the expressed social …
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Exploring Peer Perspectives on Autistic Students: A Vignette Study
… character gender and autism disclosure status on social distance scores, reading comprehension performance, and false memory induction. The introduction focuses on the theoretical threads taken from the autism, false memory, and gender literatures and how they combine to create the underpinning of …
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On ‘Clear and Present Danger’: The Influence of Firearm Legislation on College Student Perceptions of Mental Illness and Treatment-Seeking Intentions
… and increasing public preferences for social distance. The present study experimentally investigated whether firearm laws targeting persons with MI who are considered to be a ‘clear and present danger’ to themselves and others can increase MI stigma (i.e., dangerousness, social …
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Student names as predictors of prejudice in school teachers: Do students names associated with Islam influence teacher willingness to help students in the classroom?
… an outgroup (Dovidio et al., 2004), can lead to social distance between ingroup and outgroup members. Social distance is the degree of closeness or separation that individuals perceive between themselves and members of various outgroups (Hodgetts & Stolte, 2014). The core mechanism that leads to …
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Social distances of white Americans to racial and ethnic minorities
This thesis examines social distances of white Americans to racial and ethnic minority groups by investigating how whites feel toward African Americans, Asian Americans, and Hispanic Americans. Three questions guide the study: (1) What is the relative order of whites' social distances to major …
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Mediators of change in the stigmatization of depression among Caucasian and Asian populations
… higher levels of stigma and increased desired social distance from people with depression compared to Caucasian participants. This difference was mediated by perceived norms, social dominance orientation, conservatism, and the belief that people with depression brings shame to their families. …
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