Occupational burnout and cyberloafing among teachers: Analysis of personality traits, individual and occupational status variables as predictors
In this study, a personal information form and three different data collection tools were used. Analysis of the collected data was performed by hierarchical linear multiple regression analysis. The 9 models, created separately with cyberloafing and burnout, were found to be significant in the study. Demographic variables, ICT usage status variables, occupational variables and personality traits were used in these models. Therefore, all the hypotheses included in the research were accepted. As a result of the research, demographic variables were found to be the most important model to predict teachers’ occupational burnou...
Source: The Social Science Journal - November 28, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
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Publication date: December 2018Source: The Social Science Journal, Volume 55, Issue 4Author(s): (Source: The Social Science Journal)
Source: The Social Science Journal - November 25, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Corrigendum to “Indian gaming and tribal revenue allocation plans: Socio-economic determinants of policy adoption” [Soc. Sci. J. 50 (2) (2013) 162–167]
Publication date: December 2018Source: The Social Science Journal, Volume 55, Issue 4Author(s): Thaddieus W. Conner, William A. Taggart (Source: The Social Science Journal)
Source: The Social Science Journal - November 25, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
A scale for a-holism in relational communication: Concept explication, scale development, and correlates
This study explicates, constructs, and validates a measure for a-holism in relational communication. We identified and constructed items for four dimensions of the a-holism construct: verbal aggression, dominance, entitlement, and resistance to feedback. An online survey was distributed to 315 adults about their perceptions of a-holes they have met in their lives and how they communicated. The a-holism scale demonstrated second order uni-dimensionality. There was also evidence for convergent and discriminant validity. Implications for application of the a-holism scale in relational communication are discussed. (Source: The...
Source: The Social Science Journal - November 23, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
A Test of the Functional Theory of Human Values in Egypt
This study attempted to test the functional theory of values using the Basic Value Survey (BVS) and a new instrument named the Egyptian Basic Value Survey (EBVS) in Egypt. In study one, the BVS was used to test the content, structure, and compatibility hypotheses with a sample of 563 business students. In study two, the same hypotheses were tested with the EBVS and a new sample of 466 business students. In both studies, participants completed the paper and pencil survey in the classroom. Results supported the content and structure hypotheses. With regards to the compatibility hypothesis, all values were compatible, though ...
Source: The Social Science Journal - November 23, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
College student attitudes towards campus gun carrying in the United States
This study examined the role of perceived safety. Data were collected with a web survey of 520 students across the U.S. Both open-ended and closed-ended items were included. On average, respondents disagreed that they would carry a gun on campus if policy permitted. This study found no empirical evidence of a significant association between perceived campus safety and intent to carry, or between perceived safety and perceptions of campus carry policies. Student responses to open-ended questions revealed themes in reasoning related to personal safety that were not otherwise apparent in the statistical data. (Source: The Social Science Journal)
Source: The Social Science Journal - November 17, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Criminology in the age of data explosion: New directions
Publication date: Available online 16 November 2018Source: The Social Science JournalAuthor(s): Turgut OzkanAbstractThis review discusses practical benefits and limitations of novel data-driven research for social scientists in general and criminologists in particular by providing a comprehensive examination of the matter. Specifically, this study is an attempt to critically evaluate ‘big data’, data-driven perspectives, and their epistemological value for both scholars and practitioners, particularly those working on crime. It serves as guidance for those who are interested in data-driven research by pointing out new ...
Source: The Social Science Journal - November 17, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
China’s Free Trade Area Strategy: an alternative avenue to China’s “peaceful” rise?
Publication date: Available online 15 November 2018Source: The Social Science JournalAuthor(s): Lei YuAbstractChina’s Free Trade Area strategy and its global network of free trade areas are providing new impetus to its rise at systemic (global) and sub-systemic (regional) levels. The research objectives of the paper are to explore China’s Free Trade Area strategy and its motivations and methods. It contributes to the scholarly discussion by analyzing China’s Free Trade Area strategy in the greater picture of China’s rise in the global power hierarchy and examining its global network of free trade areas in a compreh...
Source: The Social Science Journal - November 16, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Attitude towards career progression in Spanish dual-earner couples: A dyadic approach
This study addresses the relevance of gender roles and perceived gender discrimination against women in attitude towards career progression in heterosexual dual-earner couples. One hundred and thirty-nine wives and their husbands completed the questionnaires independently. From a dyadic data analysis, using the actor-partner interdependence model (APIM), we examined the actor and partner effect. The following findings were made: (a) an actor and partner effect of gender roles in husbands, (b) an actor effect of perceived gender discrimination in wives, and (c) an interaction effect between partner gender roles by actor pro...
Source: The Social Science Journal - November 15, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
An Environmental History of Wildlife in England, 1650–1950, Tom Williamson. Bloomsbury, London (2013), 296 pp
Publication date: Available online 8 November 2018Source: The Social Science JournalAuthor(s): Anthony J. Amato (Source: The Social Science Journal)
Source: The Social Science Journal - November 9, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The differential effects of decentralization on police intensity: A cross-national comparison
This study is a cross-national exploration of the relationship between the varying degrees of police decentralization and police intensity. Decentralization allows more local choice about policing and police intensity, which allows citizens to express their preferences. Using policy intensity as a proxy for preferences, the paper tests whether police intensity varies between decentralized and centralized systems. The objectives are, first, to examine the association of centralized and decentralized police systems with police intensity via empirical analyses of 70 countries, and, second, to examine the association of centra...
Source: The Social Science Journal - November 7, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Facebook versus Instagram: How perceived gratifications and technological attributes are related to the change in social media usage
Publication date: Available online 6 November 2018Source: The Social Science JournalAuthor(s): Bumsoo Kim, Yonghwan KimAbstractThe main purpose of this study is to explore which factors of users’ perceived gratifications and technology attributes are associated with changes in the usage level of Facebook and Instagram during the past three months. We identified common gratifications (social interaction, entertainment, passing time, browsing, need for recognition) as well as technology attributes (visual element, recommendation algorithm, privacy setting, openness, simultaneousness) of Facebook and Instagram and surveyed ...
Source: The Social Science Journal - November 7, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The influence of “dark networks” on citizens’ confidence in democratic institutions in Mexico
Publication date: Available online 5 November 2018Source: The Social Science JournalAuthor(s): Jeannine E. Relly, Myiah J. HutchensAbstractThe Americas have the highest homicide rate of any region in the world, with adherence to rule of law being a major concern in “third-wave” democracies. Given the surge in violence in Mexico in the years after the country ended one-party rule, we utilize the country case to conceptually and empirically test the influence of violence and corruption as proxies for “dark networks” – covert actors working outside of the law – on citizens’ confidence in democracy and democratic...
Source: The Social Science Journal - November 6, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Immigration and the quality of life in U.S. metropolitan areas
Publication date: Available online 3 November 2018Source: The Social Science JournalAuthor(s): Michael Wallace, Qiong (Miranda) WuAbstractThe growth and dispersion of immigrant populations in the United States in recent decades has sparked debate about the effects of immigration on the quality of life. Existing research provides evidence of both positive and negative effects, a result that we contend may reflect differing aspects of immigration. In this paper, we conceptualize immigration in urban areas as having two faces: immigrant concentration (the presence of large, concentrated populations of immigrants) and immigran...
Source: The Social Science Journal - November 4, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Economic development and democracy: The modernization hypothesis in sub-Saharan Africa
Publication date: Available online 3 November 2018Source: The Social Science JournalAuthor(s): Carolyn Chisadza, Manoel BittencourtAbstractPrevious empirical literature focuses on income per capita as a measure for economic development. Using Lipset's modernization hypothesis as our theoretical framework, we contend that this measure does not capture the fundamental quality of economic development and as such may disadvantage low income regions when conducting empirical analysis. Our initial results using income per capita highlight this, showing a negative relationship between income per capita and democracy for sub-Sahar...
Source: The Social Science Journal - November 4, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
