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O'Gorman, Ellen. "History As Group Fantasy." Cultural Critique 74, no. 1 (2010): 117–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/cul.0.0071.
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Puspita, Virienia. "Fantasy Themes of Marine Retiree Group." Humaniora 8, no. 2 (April 30, 2017): 113. http://dx.doi.org/10.21512/humaniora.v8i2.3889.
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The research applied symbolic convergence theory as the main theories, with the subjective- interpretive paradigm. Through a qualitative approach, this study was conducted by using fantasy themes analysis. The subjects of this study were members of Marines retiree who lives in Tanah Baru and Rangkapan Jaya Baru, Depok. The object of this research was the aspect of communication in the form of verbal and nonverbal symbols of Marine retiree group members in expressing their fantasy themes. Thirteen informants were chosen as the sample with purposive and snowball sampling techniques. This study aimed to find and identify the fantasy themes of Marine retiree group through elements of setting, character, and action. The results show that the story of Marine retiree group is a bridge that connects the experience of the retired members of the Marines in the events of the past with the present time.
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Stone, Walter N. "The curative fantasy in group psychotherapy." Group 9, no. 1 (March 1985): 3–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf01456576.
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Walsh, Richard T., Mary Ann Richardson, and Raymond M. Cardey. "Structured Fantasy Approaches to Children's Group Therapy." Social Work With Groups 14, no. 1 (March 25, 1991): 57–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j009v14n01_06.
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Steer, Andrew C., Michael R. Batzloff, Kim Mulholland, and Jonathan R. Carapetis. "Group A streptococcal vaccines: facts versus fantasy." Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases 22, no. 6 (December 2009): 544–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/qco.0b013e328332bbfe.
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Aldrina, Inayyah, and Abdurrahman Abdurrahman. "PENGARUH PENGGUNAAN MODEL PICTURE AND PICTURE TERHADAP KETERAMPILAN MENULIS TEKS CERITA FANTASI SISWA KELAS VII SMP NEGERI 7 PARIAMAN." Pendidikan Bahasa Indonesia 9, no. 2 (June 14, 2020): 29. http://dx.doi.org/10.24036/108987-019883.
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ABSTRACT The purpose of this study consists of three. First, it describes the writing skills of fantasy text for grade VII Junior High School 7 Pariaman before using the picture and picture models. Secondly, it describes the writing skills of fantasy text of grade VII Junior High School 7 Pariaman using a picture and picture models. Third, describe the effect of using picture and picture models against writing fantasy text skills grade VII Junior High School 7 Pariaman. This type of research is quantitative research with experimental methods. The design of this research is one group pretest-posttest design. The results of this study are three. First, the fantasy text writing skills of grade VII Junior High School 7 Pariaman before using the picture and picture model are in the Almost Enough qualification with an average score of 52.99. Secondly, the skill of writing fantasy text for grade VII Junior High School 7 Pariaman after using the picture and picture model is in the qualification More Than Enough with an average count of 69.53. Third, based on the t-test, the alternative hypothesis (H1) is at a significant level of 95% and the degree of freedom (dk) = n-1 because tcount > t table, which is 4.59 > 1.70. Kata Kunci: pengaruh, model picture and picture, menulis teks cerita fantasi
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Raynolds, Peter A. "Fantasy: Group Development through Requiring an Emergent System?!" Journal of Management Education 19, no. 1 (February 1995): 126–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/105256299501900114.
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McNary, Scot W., and Robert R. Dies. "Cotherapist modeling in group psychotherapy: Fact or fantasy?" Group 17, no. 3 (September 1993): 131–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf01419672.
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Puspita, Virienia. "Semper Fidelis: Some Values of The Marine Retiree Group." Humaniora 7, no. 1 (January 30, 2016): 98. http://dx.doi.org/10.21512/humaniora.v7i1.3492.
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This research tried to reveal the group values of Marine retiree Depok, which has done by using symbolic convergence theory as the main theory. The aims of this research were to find and identify fantasy themes, rhetorical vision and group values of Marine retiree group in Depok. This study was based on a foundation of interpretative paradigm with qualitative research methods to find a fantasy theme that emerged in the group through the method of analysis of fantasy by Bormann. The results of the this study indicate the stories of Marine retiree in Depok are the bridge of experience of Marine retiree in the past with present time. Besides that, it is the formation of behavior in forms of values, culture and communication behavior of them. From the analysis theme shows that the group values of Marine retiree in Depok has manifested by universal's idealism value of Marines Semper Fidelis (loyalty), sacrifice, dedication, pride and self esteem. The group rhetorical visions are pride of the group, desire for being accepted and close to their group's identity.
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Bullrich, Susana. "Reunion with the Mother of Abandonment: A Group Fantasy." International Journal of Group Psychotherapy 48, no. 3 (July 1998): 424–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00207284.1998.11491563.
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Toft-Nielsen, Claus. "Worlds at Play." Nordicom Review 35, s1 (March 13, 2020): 237–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/nor-2014-0115.
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AbstractThe relationship between the fantasy genre and the medium of computer games has always been a very tight-knit one. The present article explores the close connection between fantasy and computer games through different media, arguing that the fantasy genre's specific ‘mode of function’ is the ability to build complete fictional worlds, whereby it creates specific experiences for its users. Based on empirical data from focus group interviews with players of the most popular Western Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) of all times, World of Warcraft, the article develops the concept of worldness as an experiential, phenomenological understanding of player experience. I discuss how this way of framing a core quality of the fantasy genre (of world-building) functions across single fictional universes and aims to grasp a specific fantasy experience of being in the world. This experience works on the level of genre, by anchoring the specific fantasy world in the larger, surrounding fantasy genre matrix.
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Irwin, Harvey J. "Fantasy Proneness and Paranormal Beliefs." Psychological Reports 66, no. 2 (April 1990): 655–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1990.66.2.655.
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The report of personal parapsychological experiences has been linked with the personality construct of fantasy proneness. It is possible that the factor of paranormal belief mediates this association. Certainly some data suggest that paranormal belief is conducive to the report of parapsychological experiences. This study examined the feasibility of the other facet of the issue, namely, that fantasy proneness facilitates paranormal belief. For a group of 92 adults a measure of fantasy proneness correlated significantly with belief in traditional religious concepts, psi, witchcraft, spiritualism, extraordinary life forms, and precognition.
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Daniel, Christina, and Oliver J. Mason. "Predicting Psychotic-Like Experiences during Sensory Deprivation." BioMed Research International 2015 (2015): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/439379.
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Aims. This study aimed to establish the contribution of hallucination proneness, anxiety, suggestibility, and fantasy proneness to psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) reported during brief sensory deprivation.Method. Twenty-four high and 22 low hallucination-prone participants reported on PLEs occurring during brief sensory deprivation and at baseline. State/trait anxiety, suggestibility, and fantasy proneness were also measured.Results. Both groups experienced a significant increase in PLEs in sensory deprivation. The high hallucination prone group reported more PLEs both at baseline and in sensory deprivation. They also scored significantly higher on measures of state/trait anxiety, suggestibility, and fantasy proneness, though these did not explain the effects of group or condition. Regression analysis found hallucination proneness to be the best predictor of the increase in PLEs, with state anxiety also being a significant predictor. Fantasy proneness and suggestibility were not significant predictors.Conclusion. This study suggests the increase in PLEs reported during sensory deprivation reflects a genuine aberration in perceptual experience, as opposed to increased tendency to make false reports due to suggestibility of fantasy proneness. The study provides further support for the use of sensory deprivation as a safe and effective nonpharmacological model of psychosis.
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Mutiaz, Intan Rizky. "KONSTRUKSI REALITAS SIMBOLIK GENERASI MILENIAL MELALUI TEMA FANTASI SELEBGRAM DI MEDIA SOSIAL." Jurnal Sosioteknologi 18, no. 1 (April 30, 2019): 113–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.5614/sostek.itbj.2019.18.1.9.
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Media sosial telah berhasil membangun realitasnya sendiri di dunia maya, berdampingan dengan dunia nyata sebagai akibat adanya komunikasi antara individu dalam memaknai realitas dunia nyata dan diunggah menjadi konten di media sosial. Unggahan selebgram merupakan relasi antara idola dan penggemar yang memperkuat terjadinya konvergensi simbolik dan kesadaran kelompok yang kohesi karena selebgram menjadi influencer bagi generasi milenial. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mengetahui konstruksi realitas simbolik dari selebgram sebagai influencer generasi milenial di media sosial melalui tema fantasi yang menimbulkan kesadaran bersama dan realitas simbolik bersama. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah paradigma naratif dengan pengumpulan data interpretatif dan pendekatan analisis melalui Fantasy Theme Analysis (FTA). Objek penelitian ini adalah 3 selebgram yaitu Awkarin, Princess Syahrini, dan Raden Rauf dengan pertimbangan memiliki follower banyak, aktif bermedia sosial, dan fenomenal. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan para selebgram membangun interaksi dengan penggemarnya dengan memanfaatkan tema fantasi untuk menghasilkan kebersamaan, kedekatan, makna, motif, serta perasaan bersama hasil konstruksi realitas simbolik bersama.  Social media has succeeded in building its own reality in cyberspace. It is side by side with the real world as a result of communication between individuals in interpreting real-world reality which is uploaded into â€content†on the social media. Some uploads from celebrities Instagram are a relationship between idols and their fans which strengthens the occurrence of symbolic convergence and cohesive group awareness, because all of celebrities Instagram become influencers for the millennial generation. The purpose of this study is to discover the construction of symbolic reality from various celebrities Instagram as the influencers of millennial generation on the social media through fantasy themes that raise the shared awareness and shared symbolic reality. The method used in this study was the narrative paradigm with interpretive data collection. It also employed analytical approaches through Fantasy Theme Analysis (FTA). The objects of this study were three celebrities: Awkarin, Princess Syahrini, and Raden Rauf with a consideration of having many followers, active social media, and being phenomenal. The results of this study indicate that celebrities build interaction with their fans by utilizing fantasy themes to produce togetherness, closeness, meaning, motives, and shared feelings as a result of the construction of shared symbolic reality.
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Ittyerah, Miriam, and Manisha Goyal. "Fantasy and Reality Distinction of Congenitally Blind Children." Perceptual and Motor Skills 85, no. 3 (December 1997): 897–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pms.1997.85.3.897.
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40 congenitally blind and 40 sighted children were tested for fantasy-reality distinctions of real and imagined objects and the development of concepts of darkness, hidden objects, space, dreams, emotions, facial expressions, size, and height. Analysis indicated that the blind children distinguished between contents of fantasy and reality, although they were less sure about the reality status of the objects. The sighted group gave more reality responses than the blind group for the concepts of dreams and hidden objects, but the remaining concepts were somewhat the same. Cognitive development explained in terms of theory formation may not explain the development of young blind children completely. Their knowledge that contents of fantasy are not real may be obtained through interpersonal experiences that are publicly shared.
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Polak, Andrzej. "Tęsknota za imperium w najnowszej fantastyce rosyjskiej." Studia Rossica Posnaniensia 44, no. 1 (August 8, 2019): 83–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.14746/strp.2019.44.1.9.
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The article describes a group of texts that make up the so-called imperial fantasy genre. The author points out the sources of fascination with the imperial idea as well as discusses the scenarios created by the fantasists to regain the status of the empire by Russia. A separate aspect is the ability to read the imperial fantasy with the use of conceptual tools developed on the basis of the postcolonial theory. The influence of neo-Eurasian concepts on the reality created by the writers of the imperial fantasy is also discussed.
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Whalen, Marilyn R. "Working toward play: Complexity in children's fantasy activities." Language in Society 24, no. 3 (June 1995): 315–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0047404500018789.
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ABSTRACTChildren's play activities are widely perceived as developing from primitive to increasingly complex forms of social organization, as children mature and acquire interactional competency. Research following this traditional, developmentally oriented approach postulates that sports and games with rules are the most advanced and complex form of play activity; activities involving fantasy and pretend-play are viewed in comparison as considerably less complex. This article argues that fantasy play encounters exhibit complex features in their own right, and that long-held distinctions between higher-order games and fantasy play are conceptually overdrawn. The argument is grounded in a conversation analytic study of the play activities of a cross-sex, mixed-age neighborhood play group. This analysis focuses on the endogenous social organization of a fantasy play encounter. (Conversation analysis, children's play, socialization, social psychology)
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Basso, Robert. "A structured-fantasy group experience in a children's diabetic education program." Patient Education and Counseling 18, no. 3 (December 1991): 243–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0738-3991(91)90133-p.
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Campagna, Anthony Frank. "Fantasy and Sexual Arousal in College Men: Normative and Functional Aspects." Imagination, Cognition and Personality 5, no. 1 (September 1985): 3–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/lkjy-h294-5atb-jqvl.
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College freshmen completed personality and imaginal scales, and a fantasy questionnaire. Factor analysis of questionnaire data revealed four patterns of patently sexual and two forms of non-sexual fantasies, and linked sexual masturbatory fantasies to sexual activity. Functional aspects were examined by asking subjects to read a collection of erotic stories and photographs. One third then generated a private sexual fantasy, another third read erotic stories. A control group read non-erotic stories. Sexual arousal was assessed by a brief checklist. Results showed that self-generated fantasy increased arousal more than sexually vivid stories which were more arousing than non-erotic stories. Discussion focused on elements of control in daydreaming and behavioral conditioning effects.
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Faizzah, Hidayatul, Hermani Triredjeki, and Bambang Sarwono. "Effectiveness of Gymnastic Fantasy Stories and Method of Development of Motor Musical Accompaniment Rough." Midwifery and Nursing Research 2, no. 2 (September 15, 2020): 56–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.31983/manr.v2i2.6322.
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Background: Physical activity by optimizing physical education in schools to improve the gross motor skillsof children (Burns, 2017). Gymnastics fantasy deemed appropriate, interesting and enjoyable inaccordance with the age of the child and the child's world kindergarten - a child who likes to imitateeverything he sees (Aini, 2016). Gymnastics fantasy able to develop gross motor skills and social skills -emotional child. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of methods gymnastic fantasy stories aswell as musical accompaniment to the development of gross motor kindergarten children in group B.Methods: This was a comparative study used pretest and posttest. The subjects were thirty children ingroup one and thirty children in groups of two. The object of research was a gross motor skills. Datacollection techniques in this study was the observation. Data analysis technique used paired t-test andindependent t-test. This study was conducted over three weeks to nine times with a population of 79children with sampling technique sampling kuotaResults: The results used paired t-test showed Sig (2-tailed), namely that there were significant 0,001.Gymnastics fantasy stories and musical accompaniment to the development of gross motor kindergartenchildren in group B and the results of 0001, indicating the significance hypothesis testing more effectivethan the method of story accompanimentConclusion: The increase in the gross motor skills of kindergarten children can do with more teachingexploration stories and integrated gymnastic movements to the accompaniment of music
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Ihanus, Juhani, Mirja Keinonen, and Satu Vanhamäki. "Rorschach Movement Responses and the Tat Transcendence Index in Physically Handicapped Children." Perceptual and Motor Skills 74, no. 3_suppl (June 1992): 1115–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pms.1992.74.3c.1115.
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It has been supposed that those who give many Rorschach movement responses and score high on the TAT Transcendence Index are more inhibited in their motor activity. In previous studies motor inhibition was investigated by experimentally preventing motor activity. In the present study the effects of long-term motor inhibition on movement perception and fantasy level were explored in 19 physically handicapped children, ages 11 to 15 years. Analysis showed that the physically handicapped children produced more (both human and animal) movement responses than the 19 normal children. Fantasy in the TAT was also higher in the former group. The theoretical basis of projective movement responses and fantasy in physical handicap needs more clarification. A more detailed approach in qualitative analysis of the movement responses is also important.
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Neri, Claudio. "Free Associations, Free Flowing Discussions and Group Thought." Group Analysis 36, no. 3 (September 2003): 345–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/05333164030363005.
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The author makes two basic points, ones that have not been elucidated in the literature. The first is that when group associations coalesce, in some sort of unified way, they form in two levels. One level is the manifest theme that the therapist perceives and, in traditional group-as-a-whole approaches, interprets. The second level, the deeper one, is an emerging fantasy, that is, one that has yet to be defined. The existence of these two levels has clinical s significance. The classic group-as-a-whole approaches dealt only with the first level. Notably, such approaches often proved ineffective. The reason, according to my thesis, is that they failed to address the second, deeper level.
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Morales, Daniel I. "Dissent in Immigration." Law, Culture and the Humanities 16, no. 2 (June 16, 2017): 250–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1743872117715225.
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This commentary argues that prescriptive immigration scholarship has something to learn from the rise of Donald Trump. The Republican party’s relatively close ideological engagement with the aspirations of its immigration dissenters (white nationalists) has paid political dividends in the long run by allowing the party to capture a passion for immigration issues and marry that atavistic energy to legal know-how. But mainstream Democrats, along with scholars whose immigration reform prescriptions align with that group, reject as fantasy the open-borders demands of its dissenters. Yet fantasy can be made real, or at least spark real political enthusiasm, as Trump illustrates. A deeper engagement with the dreams of open-borders advocates, like the group #Not1More Deportation, could in time prove similarly fruitful and galvanizing for the mainstream immigration left.
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Jooste, G. A. "Fantasie en ideologie in Eugene Marais se Dwaalstories." Literator 11, no. 2 (May 6, 1990): 36–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/lit.v11i2.799.
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In the four short stories published in the volume Dwaalstories, Eugène Marais achieves a very charming combination of fantasy and ideological coding. The fantasy seems, on the one hand, to camouflage the possible effects of certain ideological stances in the stories and also to predispose a naïve reading, while the more submerged ideological coding, on the other hand, invites closer inspection, which will uncover the real clout of the message. Traditionally, fables recount the victory of the weak over the powerful due to the intervention of some magical outside force. In these African fables this convention is employed to demonstrate the successful undermining of the despotic use of power which causes the innocent to suffer. Assisted by forces of magic residing in Nature, the weak react against injustice, so rectifying the social imbalances and counteracting the dangers caused by the inhumane use of group or institutional force. The purpose of this article is to describe the way in which fantasy and ideology are intercoded in Marais’s Dwaalstories.
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Patria, Laskarko. "FANTASI KELOMPOK PENDUKUNG PRABOWO DI MEDIA SOSIAL PADA DEBAT PEMILIHAN PRESIDEN INDONESIA 2019." Business Economic, Communication, and Social Sciences (BECOSS) Journal 1, no. 1 (August 31, 2019): 47–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.21512/becossjournal.v1i1.5975.
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This research uses the theory of Symbolic Convergence, with the Subjective-Interpretive paradigm, with the Qualitative approach, and the Fantasy Theme Analysis method. The object of this research is the public audience/netizens who use Youtube-TVONE social media, during the broadcast of the 2019 Presidential Election Debate (Pilpres). Methods of data collection, using Observation and Documentation techniques. Netizens’ comments on Youtube social media at the time of the Debate show, are data that are the object of research. The research data is in the form of comments from netizens who are considered relevant are support presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto. The purpose of this study is to identify and interpret fantasy themes that appear in comments on Youtube. The results showed that fantasy themes that often appear in netizen’s comments are Leadership and Character. The meaning of the imagination of Prabowo’s support group is that the public wants Prabowo to be president, because he has a good character, honest, courageous, assertive, and has a leadership spirit, so he can regulate and discipline state ofcials and realize national economic independence. Prabowo’s support group was convinced that the president had to be replaced, because he did not have a leadership spirit, and the government was now considered less effective, and not pro-people.
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Xiang, Yanhui, Ruifang Wang, Yiqi Jiang, and Lei Mo. "Relationships Among Personality, Coping Style, and Negative Emotional Response in Earthquake Survivors." Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal 44, no. 3 (April 12, 2016): 499–507. http://dx.doi.org/10.2224/sbp.2016.44.3.499.
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We investigated the relationships among the severity of negative emotional response, personality, and coping style of adults affected by the Wenchuan earthquake. Participants completed the Revised NEO Personality Inventory, the Coping Style Questionnaire, and the Mental Health Scale 2 weeks after the earthquake. Most survivors in the high negative emotion group suffered property damage, saw corpses, had relatives who were killed, or witnessed houses collapsing. Compared with the low negative emotional response group, the high negative emotional response group demonstrated more prominent openness to fantasy, excitement seeking, tender-mindedness, and openness to feelings, and less prominent gregariousness, compliance, competence, deliberation, and optimism. Further, people in the high negative emotional response group tended to use the coping styles of avoiding problems, fantasizing, self-blaming, and asking for help. The traits of openness to fantasy and optimism and the coping styles of problem avoidance and self-blame predicted whether individuals experienced high or low negative emotional response. These findings can help governing authorities to make a timely intervention after a natural disaster in order to reduce the effects of negative emotional response for earthquake survivors.
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Maulin, Fadlun, Lizza Suzanti, and Rr Deni Widjayatri. "Peningkatan Kemampuan Motorik Kasar Anak Usia 4-5 Tahun Melalui Metode Senam Fantasi." EduBasic Journal: Jurnal Pendidikan Dasar 1, no. 1 (April 15, 2019): 52–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.17509/ebj.v1i1.26513.
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This research was conducted based on findings in the field regarding the gross motor abilities of children in A Muharram group that have not been optimal. It is necessary to find the appropoate method to develope their gross motoric skills. Gross motoric skill development is very important for early childhood because it can affect their future. One of various ways to develop their motoric skills is through fantasy gymnastic method. This study aims to improve the gross motor skills of children aged 4-5 years through fantasy gymnastic methods. The method used is a classroom action research method. The subjects of this study were nine children aged 4-5 years of Muharram group consisting of five boys and four girls in early childhood education of Bina Bangsa Islamic School of Serang. The data collection techniques are conducted through interviews and observations using designed form of interview and observation sheets. The data analysis techniques used interactive model by Miles and Huberman. The percentage result obtained from the pre cycle was 34,70% (bad), then increased in cycle I to be 62,80% (good) and then in cycle II to be 87,50% (very good). It can be concluded that the fantasy gymnastic method can improve gross motor skills of children aged 4-5 years of early childhood education of Bina Bangsa Islamic School of Serang. The result propose the use of gymnastic and other method to be used in the other aspects of motoric development.
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Ahlquist, Sharon. "Motivating teens to speak English through group work in Storyline." ELT Journal 73, no. 4 (July 30, 2019): 387–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/elt/ccz023.
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Abstract Overcoming the reluctance of teenage learners to speak in the language classroom is a challenge for many teachers. This article reports on a study in which 60 Swedish pupils, aged 15–16, took part in a Storyline project based on a young adult fantasy novel. In the Storyline approach, a fictive world is created when learners, taking on the roles of characters in a story, collaborate on tasks to develop the story. A key feature is that the learners work in the same small groups for much of the time. During the six-week period of this study, these learners used English in a variety of speaking and writing tasks. The project showed a number of benefits, the most important of which were an increase in their motivation to speak English and enhanced self-confidence through doing so.
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Rangkuti, Nurul Jamiah, Khairil Ansarif, and Wisman Hadi. "The Development of Fantasy Teaching Materials by Using VAK (Visual Auditory Kinesthetic) on 7th Grade Students in SMP Negeri 1 Medan." Budapest International Research and Critics in Linguistics and Education (BirLE) Journal 3, no. 2 (May 10, 2020): 1170–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.33258/birle.v3i2.1050.
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This study aims to produce teaching materials by using VAK (Visual Auditory Kinestethic) on fantasy story material for 7th grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Medan. The research method used is Research and Development which refers to Borg and Gall model. The stages of development are the initial study phase, initial product development, and product trials. The results showed that the results of material validation included content eligibility with an average of 82% with a very good category, Eligibility for Presentation with an average of 87.5% with a very good category, and an assessment of language aspects with an average of 82.2% with a category very good. For the assessment of graphics by design experts obtained an average of 87% with the category "very good". Product trials are carried out in three stages: individual testing, small group trials, and limited field trials. Individual trials with an average of 86% with very good categories, small group trials with an average of 87.4% with very good categories, and limited field trials with an average of 88.3% with very good categories. The effectiveness of teaching materials is obtained through student learning outcomes in the pretest and posttest. Average score at pretest is 52 and at posttest is 76. This proves that the teaching material of fantasy story by using VAK (Visual Auditory Kinestethic) is feasible, easy, and effective for use in 7th grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Medan. This research has implications for Indonesian language learning process, which is teaching material by using VAK (Visual Auditory Kinestethic) which is developed to provide practical contributions, especially in the implementation of the learning process for teachers, teaching materials in the form of this module can be additional teaching materials to provide convenience in conveying fantasy story material taught, enriching and increasing students' knowledge about fantasy story so that learning will be more interesting and motivate students, trains students to learn independently.
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Duffy, Margaret E. "Web of Hate: a Fantasy Theme Analysis of the Rhetorical Vision of Hate Groups Online." Journal of Communication Inquiry 27, no. 3 (July 2003): 291–312. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0196859903252850.
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The development and growth of the Internet and World Wide Web have provided a new and persuasive medium for business, education, and social interaction. Examination of hate group Web sites reveal world views that cast organizations' aims in mainstream and traditionally American terms. This article uses Ernest Bormann's fantasy theme analysis to examine hate group Web sites as a means to understand the world views expressed and the resulting potential for persuasion.
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Rikandi, E., S. Pamilo, T. Mäntylä, J. Suvisaari, T. Kieseppä, R. Hari, M. Seppä, and T. T. Raij. "Precuneus functioning differentiates first-episode psychosis patients during the fantasy movie Alice in Wonderland." Psychological Medicine 47, no. 3 (October 25, 2016): 495–506. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0033291716002609.
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BackgroundWhile group-level functional alterations have been identified in many brain regions of psychotic patients, multivariate machine-learning methods provide a tool to test whether some of such alterations could be used to differentiate an individual patient. Earlier machine-learning studies have focused on data collected from chronic patients during rest or simple tasks. We set out to unravel brain activation patterns during naturalistic stimulation in first-episode psychosis (FEP).MethodWe recorded brain activity from 46 FEP patients and 32 control subjects viewing scenes from the fantasy film Alice in Wonderland. Scenes with varying degrees of fantasy were selected based on the distortion of the ‘sense of reality’ in psychosis. After cleaning the data with a novel maxCorr method, we used machine learning to classify patients and healthy control subjects on the basis of voxel- and time-point patterns.ResultsMost (136/194) of the voxels that best classified the groups were clustered in a bilateral region of the precuneus. Classification accuracies were up to 79.5% (p = 5.69 × 10−8), and correct classification was more likely the higher the patient's positive-symptom score. Precuneus functioning was related to the fantasy content of the movie, and the relationship was stronger in control subjects than patients.ConclusionsThese findings are the first to show abnormalities in precuneus functioning during naturalistic information processing in FEP patients. Correlational findings suggest that these alterations are associated with positive psychotic symptoms and processing of fantasy. The results may provide new insights into the neuronal basis of reality distortion in psychosis.
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Lotz, C. "Possible worlds: a reading of three artworks from the Creative creatures exhibition." Literator 30, no. 1 (July 25, 2009): 77–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/lit.v30i1.70.
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The basic concern of this article is to offer an interpretation of artworks by a selected group of artists who contributed to the “Creative creatures” project. The original creatures created by the artist, Ian Marley, based on narration by his son, Joshua, seem at first glance to suggest an underlying theme of fantasy. However, certain interpretative artworks by artists such as those by Diane Victor, Flip Hattingh and Angus Taylor seem to display a shift from the originally perceived element of fantasy. The artworks rather each represents their own fictional worlds, far removed from the original composite creatures created by Marley who each seems to function in its own fictional world. The superimposition of the incongruous worlds suggests a measure of tension that hinges on progressive notions of archaeology, history and possible worlds.
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Smith, Joan Dianne, Richard T. Walsh, and Mary Ann Richardson. "The Clown Club: A Structured Fantasy Approach to Group Therapy with the Latency-Age Child." International Journal of Group Psychotherapy 35, no. 1 (January 1985): 49–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00207284.1985.11491404.
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LaScolea, Leonard J. "Fact or fantasy: The clinical value of group A and B Streptococcal antigen detection systems." Clinical Microbiology Newsletter 11, no. 3 (February 1989): 21–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0196-4399(89)90038-x.
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Meißner, Ulf-G. "Two-Pole Structures in QCD: Facts, Not Fantasy!" Symmetry 12, no. 6 (June 8, 2020): 981. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sym12060981.
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The two-pole structure refers to the fact that particular single states in the spectrum as listed in the PDG tables are often two states. The story began with the Λ ( 1405 ) , when in 2001, using unitarized chiral perturbation theory, it was observed that there are two poles in the complex plane, one close to the K ¯ p and the other close to the π Σ threshold. This was later understood combining the SU(3) limit and group-theoretical arguments. Different unitarization approaches that all lead to the two-pole structure have been considered in the mean time, showing some spread in the pole positions. This fact is now part of the PDG book, although it is not yet listed in the summary tables. Here, I discuss the open ends and critically review approaches that cannot deal with this issue. In the meson sector, some excited charm mesons are good candidates for such a two-pole structure. Next, I consider in detail the D 0 * ( 2300 ) , which is another candidate for this scenario. Combining lattice QCD with chiral unitary approaches in the finite volume, the precise data of the Hadron Spectrum Collaboration for coupled-channel D π , D η , D s K ¯ scattering in the isospin I = 1 / 2 channel indeed reveal its two-pole structure. Further states in the heavy meson sector with I = 1 / 2 exhibiting this phenomenon are predicted, especially in the beauty meson sector. I also discuss the relation of these two-pole structures and the possible molecular nature of the states under consideration.
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Hough, Peter, and Paul Rogers. "Individuals Who Report Being Abducted by Aliens: Investigating the Differences in Fantasy Proneness, Emotional Intelligence and the Big Five Personality Factors." Imagination, Cognition and Personality 27, no. 2 (October 2007): 139–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/ic.27.2.e.
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This study explores individual differences in people claiming to have been abducted by aliens. A sample of 26 alien abductee experiencers (AAErs) plus 26 non-AAEr controls completed self-report measures of fantasy proneness, emotional intelligence, and the big five personality factors. Analysis of Covariance controlling of participants' level of educational attainment revealed no group differences in any of the three fantasy sub-scales (the vividness/realism of fantasies, escapist fantasies, and make-believe fantasies), any of the four EI sub-scales (optimism/mood regulation, the appraisal of emotions, social skills, and the utilization of emotions) or in four of the big five personality factors examined. However, AAErs did rate themselves to be more conscientious than controls, possibly in an attempt to portray themselves as trustworthy and reliable witnesses. Implications for the psychological study of alien abduction experiences are discussed.
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Christin, Maylanny, Dadang Suganda, Asep Suryana, and Jenny Ratna Suminar. "Company’s Pride Storytelling (Fantasy Theme Analysis of Psychology Approach Study to Community Communication of Pt Telkom Indonesia Retiree)." International Journal of Engineering & Technology 7, no. 2.29 (May 22, 2018): 620. http://dx.doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i2.29.13986.
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There are several factors influencing neglect dwindling loyalty such as the commitment of the company towards its employees, and the impact on employee loyalty. This research focused on aspects which influenced the pride of being the employees of PT Telkom so that the employee work optimally, concentrate, expressed thoughts, ideas, spent effort and time in accordance with the company objectives expected to end his tenure. This research used Ernest1 Fantasy Theme Analysis method through storytelling among PT Telkom Indonesia's retiree community. This research emphasized the main rule of communication become the primary medium in the internalization of the values that make the retirees proud of their company. The data collection was engineered by: Focus Group Discussion (FGD) and Focus Group Interviews (FGI). The purposes of this researched were to investigate: (1) what makes employees feel proud of their organization. (2) what sort of communication activities that organization do so that the employees become loyal. The results of this research showed that pride at organization located on two aspects: there was (a) Employees pride towards the company: (1) Feeling proud because the company has standard in recruiting employees. (2) Feeling proud because they were awarded in the form of pension funds. (3) Feeling proud of because the company has a clean governance and transparent (4) Feeling proud because company has contributed towards the development of Indonesia. (b) the communication activities conducted by the company: the unification of diversity of background activities employees performed with the events 'Bintal’ (Mental instilling Program) the more similar socio-cultural background of each individual then their communication will be more effective. (2) the naming of building in University Telkom by using the name of the most outer islands that have been explored by retired member of Telkom. (3) Give special time for employees retired to give the story its experience and advice for the aspiring leader at Telkom. This research contributes to the development of the science of social psychology and communication studies that strengthened the connection between pride in the company with loyalty at the company. Originality in this study lies in the use of methods Fantasy The (Fantasy Theme Analysis, Symbolic Cue, Fantasy Type, Saga) with the technique of storytelling by employees retired member of Telkom Indonesia.
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Thomson, Paula, and S. Victoria Jaque. "Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Psychopathology in Dancers." Medical Problems of Performing Artists 30, no. 3 (September 1, 2015): 157–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.21091/mppa.2015.3030.
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This study investigated the prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in pre-professional and professional dancers (n=209) who were exposed to traumatic events. Nine self-report instruments assessed (1) adverse childhood experiences, (2) past traumatic events, (3) coping strategies under stressful situations, and (4) fantasy proneness. The psychopathology variables included (5) anxiety, (6) depression, (7) dissociation, (8) shame, and (9) PTSD diagnostic scale. Statistical calculations included descriptive, distributional, and multivariate analysis of covariates (MANCOVA). Results indicate that dancers had a significantly higher distribution of PTSD (20.2%) compared to the normal population (7.8%). They also had a higher frequency of family members with mental illness, an inability to speak about their trauma, and more suicidal thoughts. The PTSD group of dancers had higher levels of psychopathology (anxiety, depression, dissociation, and shame) and they had more childhood adversity and adult trauma. Compared to the no-PTSD group, the PTSD group had higher scores on fantasy proneness and emotion-oriented coping strategies. These coping strategies may increase psychological instability. Addressing early abuse and trauma is recommended. Clinicians may help dancers alter their internal working models that their self is worthless, others are abusive, and the world is threatening and dangerous. By understanding PTSD in dancers, medical and mental health treatment protocols may be established to address the debilitating, and often hidden, symptoms of PTSD.
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Dineen, Brett M., David W. Packer, Michael C. Hayes, Matthew E. Bell, and Paul Martin Sommers. "Which Website Has The Better Fantasy Football Projections: NFL.com or ESPN?" Journal of Student Research 7, no. 2 (August 1, 2019): 42–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.47611/jsr.v7i2.502.
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The authors use simple bilinear regression to assess the accuracy of projections made for fantasy football enthusiasts at the start of the 2015, 2016, and 2017 National Football League (NFL) seasons by two popular sites: NFL.com and ESPN. Comparisons reveal that over the three seasons combined NFL.com did a marginally better job predicting the future performance of running backs and wide receivers, while ESPN did a much better job predicting the future performance of quarterbacks and tight ends. The mode of analysis presented in this paper can be used to measure the accuracy of any site for any positional group of players in any given NFL season.
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Matusitz, Jonathan. "Understanding Hezbollah symbolism through symbolic convergence theory." Journal of Visual Political Communication 7, no. 1 (June 1, 2021): 43–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/jvpc_00008_1.
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This article applies symbolic convergence theory (SCT) to the type of symbolism used by Hezbollah, a Shia terrorist organization. By and large, SCT posits that sharing group fantasies contributes to symbolic convergence. The success of symbolic convergence hinges on three important concepts: symbolic cue, fantasy type and saga. An example of a symbolic cue is Hezbollah’s yellow-and-green logo that symbolizes global militancy against infidels. In regards to the organization’s fantasy types, eight of them were identified (e.g. Al-Quds Day, definition of enemies and individual self-sacrifice). Apropos of Hezbollah’s sagas, two figureheads, Ruhollah Khomeini (the Grand Ayatollah in Iran) and Hassan Nasrallah (the current Hezbollah leader), have become idols of worship by hundreds of thousands of Hezbollah members and millions of Shia Muslims. An important conclusion is that events can be more important for their symbolism than their very happening or existence. Hence, through symbolism, Hezbollah can strike a chord within its followers so as to produce significant change in the world.
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Battegay, Raymond. "The Group-As-A-Whole in the Interpretation." Group Analysis 32, no. 3 (September 1999): 309–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/05333169922076851.
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Treating a therapy group as a whole neglects each member's individual experience and expectancies, especially when the group is considered from a psychological viewpoint. From a sociological-interactional perspective, however, the group can be seen as an entity, an interactional network. From this viewpoint we are interested in, for example, the quality and quantity of interactions in the members, the reciprocal feedbacks, etc. I speak of a `group dream', then, not because every member has had the same dream, but because a group participant's dream also reflects some or all other members' attitudes and behaviour patterns. Since a certain narcissistic-fusionary relationship is a preliminary stage to each object relation, some participants can speak to each other or the therapist to one member, and the others can profit from it. But it never goes so far that all group members would at any one moment have a unique group fantasy. On a higher level of relationship, transferences may occur in one or several individuals who may experience the group as a whole as a great caring mother But these transferences are different for each member and the therapist has to keep a bifocal attention on the individual members and the group situation.
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GOODWIN, JOHN, and HENRIETTA O'CONNOR. "Notions of fantasy and reality in the adjustment to retirement." Ageing and Society 34, no. 4 (November 6, 2012): 569–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0144686x12001122.
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ABSTRACTDuring the early 1960s, Norbert Elias led a research project on the adjustment of young workers to work situations and adult roles. The data from this project, which consisted of 851 interviews with young people, were recently rediscovered and the participants, now approaching retirement, were re-interviewed as part of a restudy. In this paper we argue, that, in the context of the dramatic changes to the transition to retirement that have taken place in the United Kingdom, it is possible to use Elias's unpublished work on the transition to work as a theoretical framework for understanding of the transition from work and to retirement. In particular, we focus on the themes of fantasy and reality in the perception of retirement; changing interdependencies in the transition to retirement and the extent and impact of retirement preparation on the perception of the change in status from full-time worker to retiree. We conclude by suggesting that the implied advantages of being the ‘baby-boomer’ generation are far from the reality, with the experiences of this group being similar to those who have gone before and face an adjustment to retirement marked by uncertainty and anxiety.
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Supriadi, Ujang. "THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FANTASY STORIES TECHNIQUE TOWARDS STUDENTS’ CREATIVITY IN WRITING." Journal of Languages and Language Teaching 4, no. 1 (February 24, 2018): 42. http://dx.doi.org/10.33394/jollt.v4i1.305.
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This research is aimed to find out whether or not using Fantasy Stories Technique Toward Students’ Creativity in Writing is effective. The research was experimental research and the design used was used one group pre-test post-test design. The population of the study was the second grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Praya Timur which consisted of only one class with 25 students’. So, the researcher took all the number of population as the sample. The data were collected by using pre-test and post-test. The instrument of this research used was writing test. The technique that was used to analyse the data was t-test formula. From the data analysis, it was found that the result of t-test (2,296) was higher than t-table (1,711) at the significant level = 0,05 and the number of degree of freedom (df) = 24. Therefore. Based on the result of the analysis. It can be concluded that Fantasy Stories Technique Towards Students’ Creativity in Writing at the Second Grade Students’of SMAN 1 Praya Timur in academic year 2017/ 2018 is effective.
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Williams, Heather R. "Free E-Books May Increase Print Sales: A Study With Mixed Results." Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 6, no. 1 (March 16, 2011): 59. http://dx.doi.org/10.18438/b8fs7c.
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Hilton, J. III, & Wiley, D. (2010). The short-term influence of free digital versions of books on print sales. Journal of Electronic Publishing, 13(1).
Objective – To determine whether the availability of free digital versions of books impacts print sales.
Design – Quantitative data comparison.
Setting – University Instructional Psychology Department.
Subjects – A total of 41 books, each with a free digital version and a traditional print version.
Methods – This study used Nielson BookScan data to track print book sales during a 16-week period, 8 weeks before a free digital version of the book became available and 8 weeks after the availability of the free digital version. The authors tracked 41 books and organized them into four categories. The first included 7 nonfiction books, the second consisted of 5 science fiction/fantasy books, the third included 5 science fiction/fantasy books released together by Random House, and the fourth group consisted of 24 science fiction/fantasy books released by Tor Books. The books released by Tor Books, unlike the other books in the study, were available by free download only if a person registered for Tor’s newsletter and the downloads were only available for one week. When a free digital book from any of the other three groups was released, it remained available for several weeks, and more often, indefinitely.
Main Results – Combined print sales of the nonfiction titles in the first group increased 5% after the release of a free digital copy. The majority of the science fiction/fantasy books in the second group also had an increase in post-free release sales, with a combined increase of 26%. The combined sales of the Random House titles increased by 9% after the release of the free digital versions. However, in stark contrast to the results of the first three groups, the fourth group of Tor books had a combined decrease in print sales of 18%. While the authors were not able to explain this difference with certainty, they point out that the Tor model for releasing the free digital books (making the free books available for only one week and requiring registration in order to download the books) was substantially different from the models used by the other publishers.
Conclusion – The study suggests a positive relationship may exist between free digital books and short-term print sales. However, the availability of free digital books did not always lead to increased print sales. The authors acknowledge a number of factors not fully accounted for, including the timing of the free digital release, the promotion it received, and the differences in the size of the audiences for the various books studied. Ultimately, however, the authors believe the data indicates that when free digital books are offered for a period of time longer than a week, without requiring registration, print sales will increase.
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Bogutyn, Tomasz, Janusz Pałczyński, Andrzej Kokoszka, and Paweł Holas. "Defense Mechanisms in Alexithymia." Psychological Reports 84, no. 1 (February 1999): 183–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1999.84.1.183.
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The Polish version of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale–20 and Defense Mechanisms Questionnaire were completed by 387 university students. Scores on alexithymia correlate significantly with scores on the whole group of 12 immature defenses (Pearson r = .39, p<.001) and with scores on such individual immature defense mechanisms as Autistic Fantasy ( r = .39), Somatization ( r = .37), Projection ( r = .32), and Displacement ( r = .32). These results support other findings indicating that alexithymia is significantly associated with immature ego defenses.
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MCGREGOR, KARLA K., GWYNETH C. ROST, LING YU GUO, and LI SHENG. "What compound words mean to children with specific language impairment." Applied Psycholinguistics 31, no. 3 (June 4, 2010): 463–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s014271641000007x.
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ABSTRACTSixteen children (17 age mates, 17 vocabulary mates) with specific language impairment (SLI) participated in two studies. In the first, they named fantasy objects. All groups coined novel noun–noun compounds on a majority of trials but only the SLI group had difficulty ordering the nouns as dictated by semantic context. In the second study, the children described the meaning of conventional noun–noun compounds. The SLI and AM groups did not differ in parsing the nouns, but the SLI group was poorer at explaining the semantic relationships between them. Compared to vocabulary mates, a larger proportion of the SLI group successfully parsed the compounds but a smaller proportion could explain them. These difficulties may reflect problems in the development of links within the semantic lexicon.
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Kircaburun, Kagan, Zsolt Demetrovics, Mark D. Griffiths, Orsolya Király, Bernadette Kun, and Şule Betül Tosuntaş. "Trait Emotional Intelligence and Internet Gaming Disorder Among Gamers: The Mediating Role of Online Gaming Motives and Moderating Role of Age Groups." International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction 18, no. 5 (December 3, 2019): 1446–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11469-019-00179-x.
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AbstractPersonality differences are important determinants of problematic online behaviors. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the mediating role of loneliness, depression, and online gaming motives and moderating role of age on the relationship between trait emotional intelligence (EI) and Internet gaming disorder (IGD) via the construction of a multiple mediation model. A total of 478 online gamers completed a self-report online survey, including validated psychometric scales assessing the aforementioned constructs. Results indicated that trait EI was directly and indirectly associated with IGD and that the motive of escape was a partial mediator between trait EI and IGD among the total sample and adult gamers, but not among adolescents. Moreover, trait EI was associated with coping, skill development, fantasy, and recreation gaming motives only among total sample and adult gamers, and the escape motive was positively associated with IGD among total sample and adult gamers. However, among these relationships, only the association between trait EI and fantasy was significantly moderated by age group. Furthermore, the direct effect of trait EI was stronger among adolescent gamers when compared to adult gamers. Results showed that trait EI is inversely associated with IGD and affects gaming for different motives among adolescent and adult gamers.
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Twemlow, Stuart W., and George Hough. "The Cult Leader as Agent of a Psychotic Fantasy of Masochistic Group Death: The Revolutionary Suicide in Jonestown." Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy 24, no. 4 (January 1, 2008): 222–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.3200/psyc.24.4.222-239.
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Konrádyová, Nika, and Miriam Slavkovská. "Motivácia k čítaniu a čitateľské preferencie adolescentov." E-psychologie 15, no. 1 (March 31, 2021): 1–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.29364/epsy.390.
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The aim of this study was to describe motives that lead adolescents to read, or which make them refuse to read. Furthermore, it aimed to find out potential differences in motivation and reading preferences due to age group. Totally 375 respondents participated in this study from which 130 (34,66%) were readers. Reading motivation was measured by the Motivations for Reading Questionnaire (Wigfield & Guthrie, 1997). Motives that lead adolescents to read or which make them refuse to read were detected with open questions. Results show that there are no differences between younger and older adolescents in reading motivation. The most common reading motives in younger readers were: reaching new information from books, opinion, that reading is a funny and interesting activity and reading represents an opportunity to escape from the reality for while. In the group of older adolescents were most common motives reaching new information, the way how to relax and escape from the reality. Non-reading younger adolescents refuse to read because they are not interested in reading, they consider the book boring and they do not have the will to read. Older adolescents do not read because they consider reading as a boring activity and they do not have enough time for it. The most popular genres among younger readers are the adventurous genre, fantasy, and novels for girls. Older readers prefer the adventurous genre, fantasy, and detective novels.
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Ahmed, Akbar S. "Bombay Films: The Cinema as Metaphor for Indian Society and Politics." Modern Asian Studies 26, no. 2 (May 1992): 289–320. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0026749x00009793.
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It is difficult to distinguish between art and life in South Asian society; they no longer imitate each other but appear to have merged. Political philosophies, social values, group behaviour, speech and dress in society are reflected in the cinema and, like a true mirror, reflect back in society. Furthermore, film stars cross over from their fantasy world into politics to emerge as powerful figures guiding the destiny of millions. It is thus possible to view the cinema as a legitimate metaphor for society; this perception helps us to understand society better.