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Showing 1 to 20 of 135 for “"Social Engagement"”.
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Mental Health And Social Engagement Among American Indian Elders
… little explored for this particular population. Social engagement has been shown to be a protective factor for depressive symptoms amongst mainstream elder populations. This study looked at data from a nationwide AI/AN elder needs assessment. The purposes of this study were threefold. First, the …
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Relating Infants' Social Engagement Profiles to Individual Differences in Language Outcomes
Social engagement has been clearly associated with socio-developmental outcomes in clinical and at-risk populations of infants, who show deficits in gaze following, face processing, and joint attention. Importantly, these are all skills related to language learning. This is most prominently …
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StoryScape : fun technology for supporting learning, language and social engagement through story craft
… being surprised by the high level of student engagement and cooperation with each other, and they reported that students looked forward to using StoryScape daily. While teachers reported meaningful communication improvements during use of StoryScape for all of their students, one student was …
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Perceptions Of Social Bonds, Social Engagement And Social Capital By Social Network Site Users
<p>ABSTRACT</p> <p>PERCEPTIONS OF SOCIAL BONDS, SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT AND SOCIAL CAPITAL BY SOCIAL NETWORK SITE USERS</p> <p>by</p> <p>ALISHA M. BECKROW</p> <p>May 2015</p> <p>Advisor: Dr. Matthew W. Seeger</p> <p>Major: Communications</p> <p>Degree: Doctor of Philosophy</p> <p>In this study we …
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Occupation-Based Volunteer Training Program to Increase Social Engagement for Residents with Dementia in Skilled Nursing Facilities
… Association, 2020b). Admittance leads to social isolation as a result of decreased engagement in co-occupations. Co-occupations are occupations, or meaningful activities necessary for wellbeing and survival, that are performed with others (American Occupational Therapy Association [AOTA], …
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The relationship between social engagement and academic engagement in a group of 3rd, 5th, and 7th grade students
… if there is a relationship between the social engagement and academic engagement of 3<sup>rd</sup>, 5<sup>th</sup>, and 7<sup>th</sup> grade students. The secondary purpose of this study is to examine whether a student's grade level contributes to the strength of this relationship. …
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Exploring the Impact of Virtual Reality and Avatars on Social Engagement in Older Adults at a Day Service Program
… with cognitive decline and can contribute to social withdrawal and reduced quality of life. This study examined whether immersive virtual reality (VR), with and without a simplified avatar conveying the researcher's presence, would support conversational engagement and positive affect, …
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Art and Youth Culture of the Post-Reformasi Era: Social Engagement, Alternative Expression, and the Public Sphere in Yogyakarta
… and groups described can be related to ideas of socially engaged art and do-it-yourself (DIY) practice. This examination stems from a discussion of Indonesian modern art history focused on the development of sanggar (artist groups) during the revolutionary era that contributed to the …
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The relationship between caregiver burden and participation in social engagement activities in older adult caregivers of persons with dementia
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-02-04 without embargo terms
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Introverted but socially engaged in school learning : the interaction between introversion and social engagement and its role in well-being
Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli tutkia suomalaisten peruskoulujen opiskelijoiden sosiaalisen sitoutumisen mittariston pätevyyttä ja luotettavuutta. Tavoitteena oli myös tutkia sosiaalisen sitoutumisen ja introversion vaikutusta itsetuntoon, kouluintoon uupumukseen. Tämän tarkoituksena oli …
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Social Engagement Gaps Between Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) F-1 Visa International Students and American Students in US Universities
… at a four-year private university about their social engagement experiences with their American peers, and how the absence of such engagement practices frames the international students’ sense of mattering and marginality and overall college experience. The study focused only on F-1 visa …
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Examining the relationships between body motion gaming or mind-body practice and balance, cognition, and social engagement in community dwelling older adults
… utilized to address balance, cognition, and social engagement in different patient populations. This study was designed to investigate if similar benefits could be seen in healthy, community dwelling older adults. Eleven participants volunteered for the study. Pre, post, and one-month post …
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Controlling the Dragon: An ethno-historical analysis of social engagement among the Kamoro of South-West New Guinea (Indonesian Papua/Irian Jaya)
… ethnohistorical analysis of Kamoro strategies of engagement dating back to the seventeenth century, but focusing on the twentieth century. Taking ethnohistory to most generally refer to the investigation of the social and cultural distinctiveness of historical consciousness, this thesis examines …
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Controlling the Dragon: An ethno-historical analysis of social engagement among the Kamoro of South-West New Guinea (Indonesian Papua/Irian Jaya)
… ethnohistorical analysis of Kamoro strategies of engagement dating back to the seventeenth century, but focusing on the twentieth century. Taking ethnohistory to most generally refer to the investigation of the social and cultural distinctiveness of historical consciousness, this thesis examines …
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USING CRITICAL THEORY APPROACHES TO IMPROVE REFLECTIVE WRITING, SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS, AND SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT OF 10TH GRADE FEMALE STUDENTS IN SAUDI ARABIA: A MIXED METHODS STUDY
… on the development of reflective writing, social consciousness, and social engagement. The Freirian approach of critical theory and Vygotskyan social learning theory were used to frame and guide the current study. The literature reviewed included research on developing language arts …
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Going all in : an explanatory sequential mixed methods study of the impact of social engagement on the success and sense of belonging of first-generation college students.
… retention issues by ensuring their students are socially integrated into their college and feel they belong there (Strayhorn, 2019; Tinto, 1975). Therefore, leaders of colleges that enroll first-generation college students need to actively provide academic and social engagement opportunities for …
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''We have the knitting circle, and they call it ‘stitch and bitch’... Is a male really going to want to stitch and bitch?'': Engaging Elderly Male Extra-Care Tenants in Social Activities
<b>Purpose:</b> Extra-care is a form of social housing that provides self-contained accommodation for ageing persons in an environment (schemes) intended to promote independent living and social engagement. Social Isolation becomes more prevalent with age and the risk for men is higher than women. …
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Student Engagement in the Honors Biology Flipped Learning Environment
… this study was to investigate four constructs of engagement (affective, behavioral, cognitive, and social) within an Honors Biology flipped learning environment. Social constructivism, the Bioecological Model of Influences on Student Engagement, and Academic Communities of Engagement (ACE) served …
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The relationship between gay community, other social networks, and HIV among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men
This thesis examines the relationship between social engagement with LGBTQ+ communities, broader social networks, and HIV prevention among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) in Australia. Chapter 1 introduces what is known about social networks, community, and HIV prevention …
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Architecture for a Regional Food System: A Food Hub for the Beacon Hill Neighborhood
… the traditional site for local production and social engagement within the urban landscape. As the main point of connection with consumers of our current system, food retailers have contributed to the opaqueness of food networks and isolated city residents from the food that sustains them. …
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