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Showing 1 to 20 of 109 for “"Social activity"”.
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Political Participation as a Social Activity: Examining the Relationship of Facebook Endorsements and Political Participation in Young Voters
… study aims to extend the literature and examine social endorsement cues’ influence on political participation in youth voters by applying the heuristic-systematic model of persuasion. The HSM of persuasion proposes that an individual takes the information that is most accessible and available and …
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Heterogeneity, social activity types, and loneliness among older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
… of COVID-19 exacerbated the difficulty of their social connections and intensified their feelings of loneliness. Consequently, effective interventions for the aged, particularly effective ones suited to special occasions, are of vital relevance. Consequently, effective interventions for the aged, …
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Egocentric networks of adolescents with and without disabilities across academic tracks: conditions and impact on communication technology use and formal and informal social activity
… and institutional policies influence adolescent social networks and engagement in informal and formal social activity. To examine these issues, a social capital model was developed and tested to examine how personal characteristics (i.e., gender, race/ethnicity, grade, crowd membership, and …
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An analysis of Twitter’s role between 2012 and 2018 in contributing to the new way Black Millennials of African Ancestry produce 21st Century PanAfrican Knowledge and Social Activity
Social media has provided new opportunities for Black millennials1 (individuals born between 1981–1996) of the diaspora and Africa to communicate, learn, build social and political movements, and curate joint identities. As a result of this group’s active use of social media over the last decade, …
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Activity and life satisfaction in the elderly : a study at seniors' centres
Although the activity theory of optimal ageing has attracted much interest amongst psychological gerontologists since its explication by Havighurst and Albrecht {1953), little work has been done in the South African context. As the many seniors' centres which now exist in South Africa have the …
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Residential satisfaction of the elderly: the effect of management
… effects of functional health, morale, and social activity on residential satisfaction using a path model. The sample for this study consisted of residents of government subsidized housing for the elderly in Virginia. The majority of the respondents were widowed, white females with and …
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An epidemiological study on the relationship between quality and quantity of social networks and chronic pain in older adults using data from the MOBILIZE Boston Study
… rising. There is evidence to suggest that social networks have a beneficial effect on the health and functional abilities of older people. Social networks, the support they provide, and engagement in social activities has been found to exert significant positive effects on the health and …
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Social Aspects of Communication in Parkinson's Disease
… about speech production but less of the psychosocial consequences of the speech impairment (dysarthria). Accounts of people with dysarthria have shown that its impact on quality of social participation can be varied and profound. However, level of participation has not been investigated. …
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Social Support and Post-Divorce Adjustment in Highly Educated Women
Social correlates of psychological adjustment were examined in a sample of 25 highly educated recently divorced women. Multiple dimensions of social support were assessed through interviews, questionnaires, diaries of social activity, and audiotape recordings of divorced women discussing a personal …
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The social context of LAN gaming
… a Local Area Network (LAN) has become a complex social activity. Engaging with these games requires more than simply accomplishing the games’ objectives: it is also a process of socialisation within a community of gamers. Through my observation of players' activities at a Cape Town based LAN …
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Rethinking the social: from society to zones of social making
‘Apocalyptic’ theories of the social, from different theoretical schools of thought, declare that diverse social, cultural, economic or technological changes have impacted negatively on contemporary social life to the extent that the social is reduced, minimised or is even ended. In particular, …
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Tragedy and society: The novels of George Eliot
… means of arousing human sympathy and inspiring social activity. I locate Eliot's early social ideas in her essays, drawing attention to similar ideas about reform in the writings of her contemporaries, particularly Feuerbach and Marx. I also discuss the aesthetic components of Eliot's theory of …
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Primary teachers' recontextualization of a curriculum innovation in Uganda
… extended with concepts from Paul Dowling's social activity.
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A study for the redevelopment of Muizenberg
… suburb. This Thesis will study the physical, social and economic characteristics of the area and by relating them to present and likely future patterns of social activity, identify the problems that beset the area and gauge Muizenberg's future as a holiday resort. The Thesis will then put …
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The Old Testament Babylonian exile : a socio-political study
… which views it as a text and at the same time a social activity. that the contemporary oppressed must inquire into the social class of the writers of the Deuteronomistic history in order misappropriate the Naboth isode
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Leadership and social structure among the Kyaka people of the Western Highlands District of New Guinea
… of the numi, or Big Man, in the main fields of social activity and in relation to the formally recognised social groups and relationships, which are conceived mainly in terms of kinship and descent. In particular, it attempts to relate the patterm of achieved leadership to the loose or irregular …
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Leadership and social structure among the Kyaka people of the Western Highlands District of New Guinea
… of the numi, or Big Man, in the main fields of social activity and in relation to the formally recognised social groups and relationships, which are conceived mainly in terms of kinship and descent. In particular, it attempts to relate the patterm of achieved leadership to the loose or irregular …
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Unlocking Physical Spaces
… how an architect might contribute to the social and public dimensions of contemporary Australian cities through small-scale, low-tech, object-based interventions. Employing a research-by-design methodology, original interventions that invigorate everyday, abandoned and overlooked city …
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The influence of the quality of the built environment on social cohesion in English neighbourhoods
… the UK on the grounds that they support positive social activity and behaviour. There is a severe lack of empirical evidence examining these concepts holistically, and there is little evidence to support such claims made in theory, policy and practice in the UK. Therefore, the aim of this research …
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