“I Can Air My Feelings Instead of Eating Them”: Blogging as Social Support for the Morbidly Obese     

Amy Aldridge Sanford 《Communication Studies》2013,64(5):567-584

The morbidly obese, defined as people who are 100 pounds or more overweight, are the fastest growing population among the obese. They often live with health risks, face discrimination, and lack traditional social support. This article explores the use of weight loss blogs by the morbidly obese (N = 50) and argues that blogging provides invaluable computer-mediated social support for them in four ways: (a) it allows for empathy; (b) it ensures accountability to others; (c) it provides venting and advice seeking; and (d) it shares validation of the weight loss experience. Additionally, the article argues that social support scholars must move beyond chat rooms and message boards as media and explore more media-rich environments such as blogging and social networks.  相似文献   

A cross‐cultural test of the association between temperament and communication apprehension     

James W. Neuliep  Michelle Chadouir  James C. McCroskey 《Communication Research Reports》2013,30(4):320-330

The research reported in his study was a cross‐cultural test of the communibiological model of communication apprehension as temperamental expression. The study was designed to replicate the findings reported by Beatty, McCroskey, and Heisel (1998) in the U.S. and Japan. In this study participants from Japan and the U.S. completed measures of communication apprehension, neurotitism, and extroversion. The results indicated that, for both Japanese and U.S. college students, scores on the measure of communication apprehension were significantly correlated with measures of neuroticism and extroversion. Multiple regression analyses indicated that both neuroticism and extroversion predicted unique variance in communication in both cultures and that the multiple correlations for the two cultures did not differ significantly. It was concluded that the replication was successful and that temperament scores are substantially predictive of communication apprehension across the cultures tested.  相似文献   

Predicting Employee Turnover from Friendship Networks     

Thomas Hugh Feeley  Jennie Hwang  George A. Barnett 《Journal of Applied Communication Research》2013,41(1):56-73

Employees (n=40) at a fast-food restaurant were surveyed about characteristics of their position and their level of satisfaction. Employees were then asked to report with whom they regularly communicated inside and outside the workplace and to indicate how close they were to employees with whom they were linked. Employee turnover was measured after three months had elapsed. A goal of the research was to replicate a model of employee turnover that predicts employees more central in their social network to be less likely to leave, and to test a social support explanation of the centrality model. The results indicated that employees who reported a greater number of out-degree links with friends were less likely to leave. The number of in-degree links with friends did not significantly predict turnover, and neither did network links with peers. Friendship prestige, measured by the number of in-degree links, was strongly correlated with relational closeness and amount of time spent with employees outside the workplace.  相似文献   

Patient and Partner Strategies for Talking about Lifestyle Change Following a Cardiac Event     

Daena J. Goldsmith  Jennifer J. Bute  Kristin A. Lindholm 《Journal of Applied Communication Research》2013,41(1):65-86

Heart patients are frequently advised to make lifestyle changes and communication with a romantic partner can help or hinder adoption of heart healthy behaviors. However, talking about lifestyle change can have both positive and negative meanings and this can create dilemmas for couples. We engaged in an interpretive analysis of interviews with 25 patients and 16 partners to identify the ways they managed the meanings of lifestyle change talk. Their communicative strategies included rationing talk, saying it nicely and framing it cooperatively. Each strategy had advantages and disadvantages as well as optimal conditions. We also identified interpretive lenses that shaped the meaning of talk, including legitimacy, patience, emphasizing the positive, moderation, benefits for both people, and perceived compliance. Finally, environmental resources (such as household patterns and communication with the social network) contextualized the meaning of talk. We proposed a model of the interrelated influence of communication, interpretation, and environment on the meanings of talking about lifestyle change.  相似文献   

Steps towards inclusion in Hungary     

Yvonne Csányi 《欧洲特需教育杂志》2013,28(3):301-308

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of a rhythmic gymnastics programme on the dynamic balance ability of a group of children with deafness. The sample consisted of 29 children with deafness. The subjects met the same criteria in terms of age, aetiology, hearing level, intelligence, school placement and socioeconomic status, and in this way, they were assigned to two groups of 12 and 17 children, for the control and experimental groups respectively. The experimental group received a 16-week rhythmic gymnastic programme at a frequency of three lessons per week, for 40 minutes, whereas the control group adhered to its regular school routine. The methods of data collection included pre-/post-test measurements of the dynamic balance for all participants of both groups. The dynamic balance ability was measured by means of a balance deck (Lafayette) in duration of 30, 45 and 60 s intervals. The findings of this study provide evidence that the specific rhythmic gymnastic programme facilitates significant improvement in the dynamic balance ability of this sample of children with deafness.  相似文献   

Unlocking the gates: how and why elite universities are opening up access to their courses,by Taylor Walsh, 2011, Princeton,New Jersey,Princeton University Press, 296 pp., $29.95 (hardback), ISBN 978-0-69-114874-8     

Helen Lentell 《Open Learning》2013,28(2):183-190

This paper presents a case study of the nature of an online community that exists amongst students in a full‐time teacher education program delivered at a distance. Students differentiate between two principal areas of their community—learning and support—and appear to act differently in relation to those areas. The nature of those differences is explored through the students' words as a way of enriching understanding of the complex nature of online learning communities.  相似文献   

基于混合神经网络编队协同空战决策支持系统     

钟卫 《科技广场》2008,(12)

针对缺少先验知识的前提下,提出一种混合神经网络编队协同空战决策支持系统,同时采用一种无教师—有教师的混合训练算法来训练混合神经网络。仿真结果表明该系统的有效性。  相似文献   

中国优秀男子标枪运动员交叉步后右腿运动学特征研究     

王永安  李建臣  靳继成  刘建通 《首都体育学院学报》2008,20(3):37-40

在标枪项目的研究领域,对交叉步结束后右腿用力形式和右脚支撑技术的研究,是国内学术界长期以来关注的焦点问题。交叉步结束右腿着地后的主要任务是尽量减少单支撑的时间,使左腿尽快的着地并尽可能的减少水平速度的损失,快速形成双支撑用力,使身体形成最佳的发力姿势,为最后出枪创造条件。本文通过文献资料法、三维录像解析法、数理统计法对我国优秀男子标枪运动员交叉步结束后右腿运动学特征进行了研究。结果发现,单支撑阶段,我国运动员右腿缓冲时间普遍较长,右膝缓冲的幅度相对较大,多数运动员右膝最大缓冲在身体重心或右髋移过支撑点后的一段时间出现,单、双支撑阶段我国运动员右腿各环节保持速度的能力较弱、加速的能力有待进一步提高。  相似文献   

数据挖掘技术在生源质量分析中的应用     

应振潭 《人天科学研究》2009,(8)

通过对各届毕业生生源等特征资料、高考的成绩数据、以及大学各门课的成绩挖掘,提供了一个在教育领域进行合理挖掘的模式。研究了如何把关系数据库的关联规则问题转化为单维、布尔关联规则问题,把关联规则挖掘中的经典算法Apriori算法在实例中进行了具体应用。  相似文献   

火电厂烟气量在线软测量系统研究   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

徐春辉 《科技广场》2009,(5):215-216

针对火电厂锅炉烟气流量的在线监测问题,提出了一种基于支持向量机的在线软测量方法,并对软硬件系统进行了设计.  相似文献