Correlates of verbally aggressive communication in adolescents     

Charles Atkin  Sandi Smith  Anthony Roberto  Thomas Fediuk  Thomas Wagner 《Journal of Applied Communication Research》2013,41(3):251-268

This investigation identifies demographic, media, and social correlates of verbally aggressive communication in adolescence. Mail surveys were completed and returned by 2,300 adolescents between the ages of 13 and 15. These adolescents were asked about the prevalence of verbal and physical aggression, the context in which it occurred, demographics, and the interpersonal and media influences in their lives. The results indicate that verbal aggression is widespread, that committing and experiencing verbal aggression is largely reciprocal, that there is a strong relationship between committing verbal and physical aggression, and that peer social influence and listening to violently oriented music are mildly related to verbal aggression in adolescents. These findings suggest more resources should be allocated to teaching adolescents to understand and control verbal aggression. Further, they provide important answers to many prevention and intervention programmatic questions, including context, content, and targeting concerns. Since the negative consequences of verbal aggression are severe and long lasting, decreasing this destructive communication behavior should significantly improve the lives of many adolescents. These and other practical implications are expanded upon and discussed.  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   

College Students' Sexual Health: Investigating the Role of Peer Communication     

《Qualitative Research Reports in Communication》2013,14(1):57-65

This study used the Theory of Planned Behavior as a guide to investigate college students' discussions with their peers about sexual health-related topics. Two hundred thirty-one undergraduates from a large university completed a questionnaire that assessed their comfort level discussing sexual health-related issues, the topics discussed, and the sex of the discussion partners. Some of the topics most frequently discussed included birth control, condoms, sexually transmitted diseases, and resources. Although a majority of the participants felt comfortable talking with both males and females, participants felt more comfortable discussing with their own gender than the opposite gender, and were in general more comfortable talking with females than males. Results showed that most students felt comfortable discussing sexual health-related topics with their peers, with females reporting a slightly higher comfort level than males.  相似文献   

Preschool Routines,Peer Learning and Participation     

Pia Williams  Pia Williams 《Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research》2013,57(4):317-339

The aim of this study was to examine what children learn spontaneously from each other in everyday activities within the preschool culture. It involves an interpretation and analysis of specific situations, which focus on the spontaneous learning that occurs in children's actions and communication . Everyday activities in preschool are associated with routines in situations like meals, circle time and play activities. In these situations children have opportunities to learn about rules, ways of acting, routines, codes and discursive practices; knowledge and skills which are often tacit but which children learn from each other through social practices.  相似文献   

Peer interaction in Andalusia and Holland: A comparative study     

《Infancia y Aprendizaje》2013,36(75):49-58

Abstract

The relative scarcity of studies of cultural variations in peer interaction served as impetus for the present study. In this investigation, differences in peer interaction (child age: about 5 years) in Andalusia and Holland were examined both in an urban and a rural settings. Observational data were analysed with special interest on the collectivism-individualism dimension. Results showed that Andalusian children displayed a stronger tendency than Dutch children to function as part of a social group. However, this tendency was more clearly present in the Andalusian rural than in the urban setting. No cultural differences were found with respect to sociometric ratings. Results were discussed in terms of ecological factors in cross-cultural research.  相似文献   

Adult recognition of school bullying situations     

Richard J. Hazler  Dina L. Miller  Jolynn V. Carney  Suzy Green 《Educational research; a review for teachers and all concerned with progress in education》2013,55(2):133-146

Bullying and harassment by school peers has received increasing attention as their relation to personal problems and more extreme forms of violence has become better recognized. Emphases of empirical studies have focused on characteristics and behaviours of both school bullies and their victims. There is a need to place these traits and actions into the context of the situation in which they occur, in order to expand the research and allow for the development of more sophisticated and comprehensive educational, prevention and intervention programmes. A total 251 professionals (teachers and counsellors) participated in this empirical study on the ability of professionals to differentiate between bullying and other forms of conflict. Participants were asked to judge the severity of 21 scenarios depicting different combinations of situational characteristics and also whether they constituted bullying situations or not. Results indicated that physical threat or abuse was seen as more severe than verbal or social/emotional abuse, and professionals more often rated physical conflicts as bullying even when they did not fit the definition. The repeated nature of an abusive relationship and an unfair match between participants were bullying situation characteristics found to be related to the responses of more and less effective situation evaluators. Implications for pre- and in-service training of educators were considered based on study results and previous research.  相似文献   

利用集合差异度实现基于内容聚类的P2P搜索模型     

王 菁张焕杰  杨寿保高 鹰 《中国科学院大学学报》2007,24(2):241-247

基于内容的非结构化P2P搜索系统中直接影响查询效果和搜索成本的两个主要问题是,高维语义空间所引起的文本相似度计算复杂以及广播算法带来的大量冗余消息. 本文提出利用集合差异度实现基于内容聚类的P2P搜索模型提高查询效率和减少冗余消息。该模型利用集合差异度定义文本相似度,将文本相似性的计算复杂度控制在线性时间内而有效地减少了查询时间;利用节点之间的集合差异度实现基于内容的聚类,既降低了查询时间,又减少了冗余消息.模拟实验表明,利用集合差异度构建的基于内容的搜索模型不仅具有较高的召回率,而且将搜索成本和查询时间分别降低到了Gnutella系统的40%和30%左右.  相似文献   

体育解说评论的本质特征与主体角色     

张德胜  张钢花  李峰  姜晓红 《武汉体育学院学报》2017,51(5):5-9

文章针对新媒体背景下体育解说评论领域的概念争议与现实困惑,通过对行业实践的观察与理论层面的梳理,提出体育解说评论是一种直播的体育新闻报道,其本质是一种建立在体育新闻报道基础上的观赏服务,其主体是一种集报道者、评论者和娱乐者于一身的"三位一体"角色。  相似文献   

Gender peer effects in university: Evidence from a randomized experiment     

《Economics of Education Review》2014

Recent studies for primary and secondary education find positive effects of the share of females in the classroom on achievement of males and females. This study examines whether these results can be extrapolated to higher education. We conduct an experiment in which the shares of females in workgroups for first year students in economics and business are manipulated and students are randomly assigned to these groups. Males tend to postpone, but not abandon, their dropout decision when surrounded by more females and perform worse on courses with high math content. There is also a modest reduction in absenteeism early in the year. Overall, however, we find no substantial gender peer effects on achievement. This in spite of the fact that according to students’ perceptions, both their own, and their peers’ behavior are influenced by the share of females.  相似文献   

The validity and students’ experiences of peer assessment in a large introductory class of gene technology     

《Studies in Educational Evaluation》2014

Although studies have examined the validity of peer assessment, research including students’ own experiences of peer assessment is scarce. The present study aims to improve assessment practices in a context with a highly traditional assessment culture. The aim is first to examine the validity of peer assessment by analysing the compatibility of student and teacher evaluation and explore the differences between minor and major students’ evaluations. Second, the study examines students’ experiences of peer assessment. Peer assessment was implemented in a large bioscience course with 79 student participants. After the peer assessment, the students provided feedback. The results indicate that student subject understanding can be supported through a proper assessment practice. Peer assessment was successful in an introductory class with minor and major students, and most students experienced it as supportive of their learning.  相似文献