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Showing 1 to 20 of 536 for “"social relationships"”.
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Synthetic social relationships for computational entities
Humans and many other animals form long term social relationships with each other. These relationships confer a variety of benefits upon us, both as individuals and as groups. Computational systems that can form social relationships like those formed by animals could reap many of the benefits of …
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How do social relationships influence men’s weight?
… in England. Methods: A literature gap regarding social influences on men’s weight loss behaviours was identified, which informed the research conducted for this PhD. Two literature reviews were undertaken to identify key social contacts in men’s weight loss experiences. Using semi-structured …
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The mobile telephone: The transportation of social relationships
… research questions. My primary focus is on the relationships between place, time, and space with the mobile telephone. In past research, Meyrowitz (1985) and Giddens (1990) and (1991) have categorically stated that place is no longer important, as electronic media have permeated the confines of …
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Increasing social relationships among kindergartners using peer reporting
<p>This study focused on increasing the social relationships of kindergarten students using peer reporting. This method encouraged children to use social skills on the playground. In addition, the students were encouraged to report the observed use of social skills to be recognized by their …
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Structuring social relationships: Music-making and group identity
… from others who do not belong. It is also about social interaction - the building-blocks of this group identity. In particular, I investigate music’s role in our social landscape. Making music together is a powerful way of establishing and structuring these relationships; I argue that it can …
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Mentors And Social Relationships: The Impact On Adjunct Professors
… but there is little research into the social aspects of mentoring relationships. The traditional format of mentor programs is a structured program between a senior faculty and a new faculty member. This qualitative study of a medium sized public university focused on mentor programs …
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Social Relationships and Immigrant Health: Structural and Temporal Perspectives
… of immigrants and the implications of their social relationships. Scholars have yet to fully appreciate, however, how immigrants' personal relationships are fundamentally shaped by the structural conditions that encompass their lived experiences, and by the temporal dynamics that unfold these …
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Co-evolution of social relationships and cognition: a theoretical investigation
The cognitive demands of maintaining social relationships are argued to underlie apparent co-evolutionary patterns between various social traits and cognitive complexity. Presumably, this cognitive demand arises from some need to gather and process social cues but we have a poor understanding of …
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A Multi-Dimensional Approach to Social Relationships in Consumer Behavior
<p>While consumer research has long explored social influences in consumer phenomena, the literature rarely considers the implications of different dynamics in relationships. In this dissertation, I take a multi-dimensional perspective on social relationships in consumer behavior. In Chapter 1, I …
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Satisfaction With Social Relationships of College Students Who Are Physically Disabled
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-08T21:24:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6801744.pdf: 8019091 bytes, checksum: 436a86a43bc25fd91eaf017f01f32f3c (MD5) Previous issue date: 1967
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Perceived stigma and social relationships: Deaf and hard of hearing adolescent and parent perspectives
… QoL including in the perceived stigma and social relationship domains. Few studies have compared parent-report and youth-report results regarding QoL and no prior studies have focused specifically on perceived stigma and social relationships. Methods: A multisite observational study titled …
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Psychological factors in social relationships and home functioning of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome
… to see if positive expressivity predicts better social relationships. Secondly, dysfunctional attitudes concerning attainment and achievement, and poor everyday routine, have been associated with poorer functioning in different clinical conditions, such as cancer and diabetes. These have not been …
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Social Relationships and the Rookie Policeman: A Study of Becoming A Policeman in Illinois
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-11T17:49:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7405546.pdf: 13165578 bytes, checksum: e3b9ef8641128cf7826631bb2f7391b1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1973
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