Academic literature on the topic 'Social Reactions Questionnaire'

Social reactions to disclosures of sexual assault have significant effects on women’s postassault recovery. However, being the most widely used measure of these reactions, the 48-item Social Reactions Questionnaire (SRQ; Ullman, 2000) is too long for some research and evaluation efforts. Thus, we developed a 16-item short version, the Social Reactions Questionnaire-Shortened (SRQ-S). Three preexisting college and community samples of women survivors (N = 1,012; 1,084; and 344) were used to determine which SRQ items were most related to psychological symptoms and could form reliable subscales. The brief version was then administered in a college and community sample of 447 women survivors. Confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) and supporting psychometrics showed the SRQ-S reliably measures three general scales of the SRQ (Turning Against, Unsupportive Acknowledgment, Positive Reactions) as well as eight 2-item subscales (e.g., Blame). The SRQ-S provides researchers and interventionists with a brief alternative measure to the original SRQ.

Abstract SOCIAL REACTION TO DEVIANCE : AN EXPLORATORY STUDY The object of this exploratory study is to analyse social reactions to deviance by endeavouring to show some of the mechanisms of these re- actions. To do this, we have isolated deviant behaviour from its situational elements in order to study the fluctuations of reactions according to the nature of the deviance, and according to the categories of those reacting to the deviance. The instrument of measurement is a questionnaire which was administered to a random sample for pre-testing. This sample was drawn from the metropolitan region of Montreal. The data analysis is concerned with the degree of generality, consensus, consistency and contingency of reactions in terms of the nature of the deviant behaviour. The results showed the reactions to be surprisingly general. The regularity of the continuum drawn by the indices of contingency and those of strictly punitive consensus was remarkable. This exploratory study gives interested researchers information on crime-deviance continuums and social reactions to deviance. The continuum of social reactions is clearly defined, and this gives us reason to believe it would be possible to introduce an order of importance in the evaluation of social reactions.

A 74-item especially developed and validated questionnaire for Iranian culture was administered three times to 37 Iranian infertile couples and 10 fertile couples acting as control group, namely, initial consultation, during treatment, and on completion of treatment. In view of parallel data also reported for Western patients interest centered on the results of two out of the five factors measured by the questionnaire, i.e., Psychological Stress and Social Behaviour. Analysis generally showed significantly high stress and social withdrawal for the patient group, particularly at initial consultation and after an unsuccessful treatment cycle as compared to the control group. Moreover, men whose partners eventually conceived scored significantly lower on stress than men whose partners did not conceive. Similar results have also been reported for Western infertile patients. The implications of the findings are discussed.

Living related liver donations are increasingly used to address the lack of organs available to patients faced with end-stage liver disease. A significant need exists for enhanced psychosocial intervention for donors. We sought to explore donor reactions by assessing psychosocial issues after donation. A descriptive review of donors was undertaken. The overall incidence of psychosocial issues after donation was examined by using a uniform interview questionnaire and by anecdotal case studies. Responses tend to indicate a general positive reaction to donation; yet, findings suggest a need for more preparation in the predonor stage, 100% social work follow-up after donation to provide needed support services, and inclusion of the donor as a critical partner in organ transplant treatment. A more extensive study drawing on the questionnaire may offer a standardized approach to the treatment of organ donors.

This study utilized a sample of primarily lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer (LGBQ)-identified young adults from across the United States to pilot test a new instrument, the Reactions Provided to Disclosures Questionnaire (RPDQ), and assess the disclosure experience for both those who provide and those who receive disclosures of sexual assault. Results indicate that the experience of sexual assault disclosure in the LGBQ community is similar to the heterosexual community in that most victims disclose their assaults, most often to a friend, and were most likely to receive the reaction Emotional Support. Victims were also likely to receive the reaction Victim Blaming, especially if they disclosed to formal sources, such as law enforcement, medical, or religious personnel. This study also examined the relationship between the types of assault experienced and disclosure reactions received. Experiencing an anal assault was significantly associated with Victim Blaming reactions. A central aim of this study was to examine how respondents who received (rather than provided) a disclosure reacted, a question not been adequately addressed in prior literature. The RPDQ (a modification of Ullman’s Social Reactions Questionnaire), which was piloted here, factored in to five types of reactions: Emotional Support, Affectionate Support, Empathetic Support, Tangible Aid and Information Support, and Egocentric Reactions. Sexual assault survivors were more likely to report that they provided Emotional Support and Affectionate Support after receiving a disclosure than were nonsurvivors.

The implementation of ‘The Urban Renewal Project’ in Suriçi district of Suriçi county of Diyarbak?r city was aimed in accordance with the protocol signed by the relevant institutions in 18.12.2008; however, that project couldn’t have been implemented because of the severely reactions gotten by the local community by year 2016. It was aimed with that project to research the reasons of the reactions of the target group that resides in the project area and to reveal the potential social effects of the project over the target group from the sociological point of view within the context of ‘The Urban Renewal Project’. Because of building an opinion about what the possible social effects were, a situational analysis was carried out on the low-income group who lives in Suriçi area and in housing estate in Üçkuyular campus and who has the same social, cultural and economic features with the target group. The questionnaire technique was used in Suriçi and Üçkuyularfor achieving desired data, and two different questionnaire forms were prepared for them. It was interviewed with 196 householders in Suriçi and 50 householders in Üçkuyular.

This study examined the emotional and behavioral reactions of 118 predominantly Euro-American, middle-class university students toward an alleged spousal abuse victim. In the context of a decision-making task, participants encountered another male or female student (a confederate) who was supposedly injured in an accident or a spousal abuse incident. Participants completed the Trait Questionnaire, Emotional Reaction Measure, and Social Distancing Measure. Generally, participants felt less sympathy and more anger and ascribed less positive traits to the abuse victim than to the accident victim. In addition, they distanced themselves socially from the abuse victim. Further analyses showed that female participants displayed more negative trait ascriptions and behavioral reactions to the abuse victims than did male participants.

Only approximately half of individuals engaging in nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) ever disclose their behavior. Yet there is a dearth of research aimed at understanding NSSI disclosure and the outcomes of choosing to disclose, such as social reactions to NSSI disclosure. The current study aimed to develop and validate a measure of perceived social reactions to the disclosure of NSSI, the Self-Injury Social Reactions Questionnaire (SI-SRQ). Results supported a three-factor structure of the SI-SRQ assessing positive (tangible aid, emotional support) and negative social reactions in undergraduate ( n = 269), community ( n = 217), and recent NSSI ( n = 129) samples. The internal consistencies of the resultant subscales, in addition to the convergent validity, were also supported. The development of the SI-SRQ provides an avenue to enhance our knowledge of the relationship between social reactions to NSSI disclosure and disclosure outcomes, which may help inform educational efforts about responding to NSSI disclosures more effectively.

En una societat basada en els serveis, la qualitat de les relacions entre els col·legues, el proveïdor del servei al client, els directius i els membres dels seus equips determinen una sèrie de resultats, com ara les intencions de facturació, la fidelitat del client o la retenció del talent. En efecte, la qualitat de la relació entre un client i un proveïdor de serveis pot determinar la satisfacció del client, com també la seva predisposició a oblidar els errors (p. ex., Verghese, 2003; Roter, 2006). Això explica per què les organitzacions cada vegada es gasten més diners en formació corporativa en gestió, en general, i en lideratge, en particular. El desenvolupament del lideratge i la gestió encapçalen la llista de les primeres àrees d’inversió. L’any 2013, després de dos anys d’increment de la despesa, la inversió nord-americana en formació corporativa va créixer encara un 15 % -més de 70.000 milions de dòlars als Estats Units i 130.000 milions de dòlars arreu del món (Deloitte Corporate Learning Factbook, 2014). Aquesta tesi doctoral s’inspira en el rol fonamental de les interaccions socials a la feina per tal d‘obtenir una sèrie de resultats empresarials, com la satisfacció al lloc de treball, la satisfacció del client, la retenció del talent i l‘acompliment individual i de l’organització. Cercant de contribuir a l’estudi i a la pràctica del desenvolupament del comportament social a la feina, la motivació principal dels estudis que s’inclouen en aquesta tesi és respondre a la pregunta global: Com poden ser més efectius el comportament social i les emocions de les persones a la feina? Aquesta pregunta global s’ha abordat amb tres estudis, un de teòric, un de metodològic i un d’empíric. La finalitat del primer estudi és descriure els tipus generals del comportament social que una persona pot exhibir en funció de les múltiples vies d’interacció cognitiva-emocional i utilitzar-los com a base per proposar un model de regulació emocional que afavoreixi l’exhibició d’un comportament social més efectiu a la feina. El segon estudi pretén afavorir el desenvolupament d’un comportament social a la feina a través del primer pas fonamental que cal fer, que és avaluar-lo. Amb aquesta finalitat, el segon estudi presenta el desenvolupament i el test de validesa del constructe d’un instrument espanyol per avaluar el comportament personal i social a la feina. El tercer estudi tracta dels intents dels directius per desenvolupar el comportament social dels seus treballadors a través d’un feedback de seguiment de 360º. Investiga les paradoxes que afronta un directiu durant un feedback de seguiment de 360º, com es tradueixen en comportaments de lideratge i incideixen en les reacciones emocionals dels receptors del feedback.
En una sociedad basada en los servicios, la calidad de las relaciones entre los colegas, el proveedor del servicio al cliente, los directivos y los miembros de sus equipos determinan una serie de resultados, como las intenciones de facturación, la fidelidad del cliente o la retención del talento. En efecto, la calidad de la relación entre un cliente y un proveedor de servicios puede determinar la satisfacción del cliente, así como su predisposición a olvidar errores (p. ej., Verghese, 2003; Roter, 2006). Ello explica por qué las organizaciones siguen incrementando sus gastos en formación corporativa en management, en general, y en liderazgo, en particular. El desarrollo del liderazgo y el management encabezan la lista como las primeras áreas de inversión. En 2013, después de dos años de incremento del gasto, la inversión estadounidense en formación corporativa creció un 15% -más de 70.000 millones de dólares en los Estados Unidos y 130.000 millones de dólares en todo el mundo (Deloitte Corporate Learning Factbook, 2014). Esta tesis doctoral se inspira en el rol fundamental de las interacciones sociales en el trabajo para obtener una serie de resultados empresariales, como la satisfacción en el puesto de trabajo, la satisfacción del cliente, la retención del talento y el desempeño individual y de la organización. Buscando contribuir al estudio y a la práctica del desarrollo del comportamiento social en el trabajo, la principal motivación de los estudios que se incluyen en esta tesis es responder a la pregunta global: ¿De qué modo pueden ser más efectivos el comportamiento social y las emociones de las personas en el trabajo? Esta pregunta global ha sido abordada a través de tres estudios, uno teórico, uno metodológico y uno empírico. La finalidad del primer estudio es describir los tipos generales de comportamiento social que una persona puede exhibir en función de las múltiples vías de interacción cognitiva-emocional y utilizarlos como base para proponer un modelo de regulación emocional que favorezca la exhibición de un comportamiento social más efectivo en el trabajo. El segundo estudio pretende respaldar el desarrollo de un comportamiento social en el trabajo a través del primer paso fundamental que se necesita, que es su evaluación. Para ello, el segundo estudio presenta el desarrollo y el test de validez del constructo de un instrumento español para evaluar el comportamiento personal y social en el trabajo. El tercer estudio trata de los intentos de los directivos para desarrollar el comportamiento social de sus trabajadores a través de un feedback de seguimiento de 360º. Investiga las paradojas que afronta un directivo durante un feedback de seguimiento de 360º, cómo se traducen en comportamientos de liderazgo e inciden en las reacciones emocionales de los receptores del feedback.
In a service-based society the quality of the relationships among colleagues, client-service provider, managers and their team members, determine a range of outcomes such as turnover intentions, client loyalty, talent retention. Indeed, the quality of the relationship between a client and a service provider may determine client satisfaction as well as willingness to forgive mistakes (e.g. Verghese, 2003; Roter, 2006). This explains why organizations keep increasing its spending in corporate training in management in general and leadership in particular. Leadership and management development are at the top of the list as the number 1 areas of investment. In 2013, following two years of already increasing spending, the US investment in corporate training grew by 15% - over $70 Billion in the US and $130 Billion worldwide (Deloitte Corporate Learning Factbook, 2014). This doctoral thesis is inspired by the key role of social interactions at work for a series of business outcomes such as job satisfaction, client satisfaction, talent relation, individual and organizational performance. In a quest to contribute to the research and practice of social behavioral development at work the main motivation underlying the studies that encompass this dissertation is to answer the overarching question: How can people`s social behavior and emotions be more effective at work? This overarching question was addressed through three studies, one theoretical, one methodological and one empirical. The aim of the first study is to explore the literature review of neuroscience, psychology and management and, through its integration, provide the mapping of the general types of social behavior a person can display depending on the multiple cognitive-emotion interaction pathways. This review was then used as a basis to propose an emotional regulation model that is expected to facilitate the display of more effective social behavior at work. The second study aims to support the development of social behavior at work through the first fundamental step necessary to it, which is its assessment. To do so the second study presents the development and the construct validity test of a Spanish instrument to assess personal and social behavior at work. The third study managers’ attempts in developing the social behavior of its workers through 360º follow-up feedback. It investigates the paradoxes faced by a manager during a 360º follow-up feedback, how they translate into leadership behaviors and impact the emotional reactions of feedback receivers.

The discussion of moral dilemmas is often proposed as one way to teach ethics. But can ethics be taught to everyone? Do participants’ value orientations predict the acquisition of moral competence in an educational context? This study presents data from an evaluation of a course on the social consequences of information technology (IT). IT-related dilemma discussions were used extensively in the course. The participants answered questionnaires at the beginning of the course and before their final exam at the end of term. Moral competence was measured with the Moral Judgment Test (MJT). A questionnaire on individual reflexive values was used for the assessment of value orientations. Although the participants’ average level of moral competence did not change significantly, there was evidence that participants with a high degree of materialistic values were less likely to acquire moral competence during the course.

This chapter focuses on the extent of the usage of Short Message Services (SMS) in three universities in Southwest Nigeria, with 243 participants drawn from Covenant University, Bells University, and Lagos State University, who responded to a questionnaire on SMS. Data generated from the study confirmed the high usage of SMS among subjects in general and males in particular, within the age range of 31 to 40 years; a large number of subjects, especially those in administrative positions, were affected by the usage of SMS; most of the subjects are more tolerant when the messages are related to religion, are work-related, or are from family members. Subjects expressed concern when the contents of the SMS are related to adverts, when SMS are used when there are network problems, and the possible exploitation of recipients. Steps to minimize the disadvantages of the use of SMS are discussed.

Evaluating the subjective playing experience and engagement in learning is important in the design of advanced learning technologies (ALTs) that respond to the learners' cognitive and emotional states. This article addresses students' attitudes toward an educational game, Heroes of Math Island, and their responses to the emotional agent, an animated monkey. Fifteen students (seven boys and eight girls) from grades six and seven participated in this quasi-experimental study (pretest, intervention, post-test, followed by post-questionnaire and interview). This research presents a detailed analysis of students' subjective reactions with respect to Heroes of Math Island and to the underlying mathematics content, their learning gains and emotions triggered during gameplay, and design issues resulting from the evaluation of the game and of its emotional agent. The findings from this study inform how ALTs and educational games can be designed in order to be effective and provide emotional engagement, enjoyment, and learning.

The authors propose a working definition of stigmatization towards ex-combatants from organized armed groups outside the law in Colombia's internal conflict and empirically validate a questionnaire to assess stigmatization. First, they offer a brief review of different concepts of stigmatization, mainly stemming from psychology and sociology. Second, based on the previous review, they will offer a specific definition of stigmatization directed towards ex-combatants in the Colombian internal conflict. This definition encompasses social distance, label attribution, and emotional reactions towards the stigmatized group. Further, they present the validated scale to measure these attitudes in a non-representative sample of 289 people in 34 Colombian counties. Finally, they describe the psychometric properties of this scale as a way to measure stigmatization against ex-combatants in the Colombian internal conflict to be used in interventions aimed at attenuating this stigmatization and favoring their return to civilian society.

Girls’ increased participation in juvenile justice, along with the confounding problems created by inadequate understanding and treatment of them by the system, necessitates that feminist criminological research further explore female delinquency. In particular, research needs to further explicate ethnic differences and similarities in girls’ pathways toward criminal activities as well as the institutional response to them. With a focus on Latina offenders, this chapter uses a mixed-methods approach to understanding such ethnic differences and similarities: existing diversion programming pre- and posttest information, questionnaire data, and in-depth interviews with court-involved white and Latina girls. Overall, it examines the following queries: What are the background characteristics of Latina youth who participated in juvenile diversion, in comparison to non-Latina, white first-time offenders? Also in comparison to white girls, what are the program completion and recidivism rates for Latina youth who participated in juvenile diversion? Additionally, this chapter investigates ethnic differences and similarities in the social stressors (family, school, peer, and romantic attachments) leading to delinquency as well as the girls’ reactions to their justice involvement. This chapter concludes with policy recommendations for gender- and culturally-sensitive programming.

The initial outbreak of the coronavirus was met with lockdowns being enforced all over the world in March 2020. A prominent change in human lifestyle is the shift of professional and academic work to online platforms, as opposed to previously attending to them in person. As with any major change, the implementation of complete remote work and study is expected to affect different people differently. Through the results of a questionnaire designed as per the implications of the self-efficacy theory shared with people who were either students, working professionals, entrepreneurs, or homemakers aged between 12 and 60 years, the authors perform statistical analysis and subsequently hypothesize how different aspects of remote work affect the population from a mental standpoint using t-test, with respect to their professional or academic work. This is followed by predictive modelling through machine learning algorithms to classify working preference as ‘remote' or ‘in-person'.

Empathy is a basic emotion trigger for human beings, especially while regulating social relationships and behaviour. The main challenge of this paper is study whether people's empathic reactions towards robots change depending on previous information given to human about the robot before the interaction. The use of false data about robot skills creates different levels of what we call ‘fake empathy'. This study performs an experiment in WOZ environment in which different subjects (n=17) interacting with the same robot while they believe that the robot is a different robot, up to three versions. Each robot scenario provides a different ‘humanoid' description, and out hypothesis is that the more human-like looks the robot, the more empathically can be the human responses. Results were obtained from questionnaires and multi- angle video recordings. Positive results reinforce the strength of our hypothesis, although we recommend a new and bigger and then more robust experiment.

The emergence of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) has generated much debate both in and out of academia in relation to theories ranging from economic advancement to imperialism. In the context of the ‘low-income’ economies, a dominant discourse associated with ICTs persists. The discourse of development predicts that nations which have joined the global market will use ICTs to harness global knowledge that will enable them to be competitive and therefore attain development. This has led to change in policy from international to local as ICTs are embraced as the next big development tool. Recently however, there have been reports of more failures of ICTs initiatives than success as professionals in the industry complain about unsustainability of the systems. A genuine issue is that so far analysis of this discourse has tended to be economically or technically deterministic, with little attention paid to social and cultural perspectives. In order to understand how the role of norms, practices and politics of people in particular communities play in this discourse in ‘low income’ economies, over 1000 semi-qualitative questionnaires were analysed from five geographical locations in The Gambia. A key conclusion that has emerged from the research is that there are different attitudes towards the ICTs in the different locations, which vary from full acceptance to rejection of ICTs. Such diverse reactions are underpinned by the religion and information ecologies in which gender plays a critical part. This result challenges the ICT4D agenda, and might be applied to reports of unsustainable ICT initiatives, especially in Africa.

The current recession has hit hard the European countries, and also affected tourism activity throughout the continent. Considering that several European countries (especially the Mediterranean ones) are heavily dependent upon tourism activity, the recent financial crisis has considerably affected their economy. This effect is strengthened with the parallel adoption of austerity measures aiming at economic recovery and exit from the recession. Despite the substantial magnitude and severity of this crisis, little is known about tourists' reactions in coping in with the recessionary effects. Contrary to the established practice of adopting a macroeconomic perspective in the examination of the impact of financial crises on tourism activity, this book chapter follows recent recommendations in the literature such as Brooner and de Hoog (2012) Kaytaz and Gul (2014) to examine the particular adverse effects of the current financial/economic crisis on individual behaviour and demand patterns. Thus, the research utilises a survey questionnaire to British tourists examining the effect of the current recession on travel and consumption patterns. Socio-demographically, the results reveal that the current recession appears to have a significant effect on gender, since male tourism expenditure is affected more than female one. Moreover, the uncertainty associated with income and employment levels during recession has a particularly strong effect on tourism expenditure. More specifically, uncertainty associated with both income and employment levels during the financial crisis has a negative and statistically significant effect on tourism expenditure. On the other hand, younger and middle aged tourists seem to be fairly unaffected by the financial crisis, as compared to more mature and senior tourists. In addition, the findings indicate that future expectations regarding income levels have no influence on current tourism expenditure patterns. Overall, those respondents that were unsure about the effect of the financial crisis on their current tourism expenditure patterns were also more likely to exhibit ambivalence about the future. The findings provide an interesting insight to tourism decision makers since they illustrate evidence regarding the turning points of demand, especially during periods of economic downturn.

The current recession has hit hard the European countries, and also affected tourism activity throughout the continent. Considering that several European countries (especially the Mediterranean ones) are heavily dependent upon tourism activity, the recent financial crisis has considerably affected their economy. This effect is strengthened with the parallel adoption of austerity measures aiming at economic recovery and exit from the recession. Despite the substantial magnitude and severity of this crisis, little is known about tourists' reactions in coping in with the recessionary effects. Contrary to the established practice of adopting a macroeconomic perspective in the examination of the impact of financial crises on tourism activity, this book chapter follows recent recommendations in the literature such as Brooner and de Hoog (2012) Kaytaz and Gul (2014) to examine the particular adverse effects of the current financial/economic crisis on individual behaviour and demand patterns. Thus, the research utilises a survey questionnaire to British tourists examining the effect of the current recession on travel and consumption patterns. Socio-demographically, the results reveal that the current recession appears to have a significant effect on gender, since male tourism expenditure is affected more than female one. Moreover, the uncertainty associated with income and employment levels during recession has a particularly strong effect on tourism expenditure. More specifically, uncertainty associated with both income and employment levels during the financial crisis has a negative and statistically significant effect on tourism expenditure. On the other hand, younger and middle aged tourists seem to be fairly unaffected by the financial crisis, as compared to more mature and senior tourists. In addition, the findings indicate that future expectations regarding income levels have no influence on current tourism expenditure patterns. Overall, those respondents that were unsure about the effect of the financial crisis on their current tourism expenditure patterns were also more likely to exhibit ambivalence about the future. The findings provide an interesting insight to tourism decision makers since they illustrate evidence regarding the turning points of demand, especially during periods of economic downturn.

The history of students’ deviant behavior problem and studying different aspects of this phenomenon is defined by ambiguous understanding of the phenomenon occurrence nature. Widespread digitalization of educational environment and social life introduces new factors determining the behavior of modern adolescents. A promising approach to solving a number of research and practical problems in preventing deviant behavior among adolescents may consider the possibility of identifying a personal resource as a factor of preventing violations in adolescent behavior. The study involved 402 students from Moscow school. It revealed negative connotations in self-confidence and obsession with computer games, browsing social networks (Spearman’s correlation coefficient — .583), as well as with volitional control of emotional reactions — .598. A significant correlation was also found between teenagers’ dissatisfaction with significant adults’ attitude and obsession with computer games, browsing social networks: problems with teachers — Spearman’s correlation coefficient .458 and, accordingly, dissatisfaction with family relationship .431. All correlations are significant at the level of 0.01. Generally, the analysis results allow us to state that the questionnaire being developed can be useful both to identify the adolescent’s personal resource that enforce normative behavior and to identify deviant behavior risk predictors for students in grades 7–11. It can also be used as a tool for targeted planning in psychological and pedagogical support aimed at leveling various behavior violations and intrapersonal destructive states of adolescents.

Background: the urge to use mobile devices constantly and anxiety that might come in case of impossibility to use them, represent one of the forms of behavioral addictions, the so-called nomophobia. Nomophobia negatively affects all attributes of human health, seriously affects its mental, physical and social components. Objectives: the main objective of the research was to determine the degree of nomophobia in a sample of secondary school students, the partial objective was to map potentially risky areas with the use of modern information and communication technologies. Methods: a quantitative method was chosen to carry out the survey, and an anonymous questionnaire containing a standardized core was used as a research tool. It consisted of 20 items focused on respondents' reactions in situations where communication links are not available or cannot be used. The survey was conducted in the eighth and ninth grades of 11 randomly selected primary schools in the Hradec Králové region. Data were obtained from 373 respondents with a balanced representation of boys and girls. 3 working hypotheses were established to compare the opinions, behavior and degree of nomophobia between boys and girls. The answers were evaluated by methods of descriptive statistics, Student's t-test was used to analyze the hypotheses. Results: 0.5% of respondents did not show symptoms of nomophobia, a very mild and moderate form was recorded in 70% of respondents, mild form in 18% of the group, moderate in 8% and severe in 2% of respondents. Almost three-fourths of the students were not directly at risk of dependence on a mobile, but a tenth of the sample showed serious problems of a behavioral addiction nature. Respondents used an average of 4 applications, mainly communication programs, social networks and music players. Conclusions: girls in the sample showed a higher rate of nomophobia than boys. The biggest differences in responses were mainly for fears of not being able to communicate immediately with family or friends.

"Studies have shown that women facing infertility and undergoing the IVF process generally belong to the mentally healthy group of the population. However, their stress level and emotional reactions vary significantly. Besides, there are women who report higher anxiety and/or depression levels up to six months after an (unsuccessful) IVF process. The aim of this study is to determine the perception of the infertility experience and the functioning of domains particularly affected by overcoming infertility through IVF. Fourteen women were excluded from the study sample due to their secondary infertility: 9 women had already had a child conceived though IVF and 5 had conceived naturally – these respondents have a successful experience of overcoming infertility, as they do not face the possibility of remaining involuntarily childless. The final sample was comprised of 149 women, 23 to 45 years of age (M=35,50, SD=4,48). For 83,9% of the women, the ongoing IVF procedure was the first (38,3), the second (25,5) or the third (20,1) attempt, while the rest of respondents were going though IVF for the fourth to the eighth time. Infertility is considered the worst experience of their life by 67,8% of the respondents. 95,3% of the respondents in the study want psychological counseling, which is not an integral part of the IVF process in Serbia and thus not covered by the national health insurance. The “Fertility quality of Life” (FertiQoL; Boivin, Takefman and Braverman, 2011) Questionnaire was used for the assessment of quality of life. A one sample t-test shows statistically significant differences in experiencing difficulties in the observed domains. The respondents have the lowest scores on the Emotional subscale, meaning that the most pronounced feature is the impact of negative emotions (e.g., jealousy and resentment, sadness, depression) on quality of life. The score on the Social subscale is highest, which means that social interactions have not significantly been affected by fertility problems. In conclusion, the infertility experience is highly stressful for a significant number of women and they are in need of psychological support, especially for overcoming negative emotions. This can be done by defining a new way of life filled with contentment, one that is in accordance with their value systems, despite their experience of infertility."

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has a huge global impact in terms of public health, economic activities, employment, psychological and social life. The educational system had to adapt to the conditions imposed by avoiding the spread of coronavirus among pupils and students. The purpose of this study is to find out if the level of physical activity influence the reaction time using dominant and non-dominant hand. We collected data from 83 students (age ranged between 15–24 years; M = 49, f = 34) who participated to the study voluntarily. To measure physical activity index we have used three items about type of physical activity performed, frequency and duration. In addition, to measure reaction time we have used Reaction Time Test and Aim Trainer Test. Each student completed and assessed himself the questionnaire and the tests online. Data were recorded and analysed in SPSS (version 20.0). The level of physical activity relieved that 18,1% of subjects are very active, 26,5% are active, 20,5% have an acceptable level of physical activity, 12% are insufficient active, and 22,9% are sedentary. The values of reaction time for both tests are fastest for subjects with insufficient level of physical activity for dominant hand. The sedentary person are fasted reaction time with non-dominant hand in Reaction Time Test, and the very active subjects are fasted reaction time in Aim Trainer Test. The results has limitations, conducted by speed of Internet connection, and type of devise used in performing tests.

"Social advertisements with threat appeals are widely used to reduce drunk driving. However, research on the effectiveness of such advertising is limited. This study aimed to evaluate, what emotions cause threat appeal ads targeting drunk driving and whether these ads change risky driving attitudes. 41 students (17.1 percent males; mean age 20.9 years; 53.7 percent had a driving license) voluntarily participated in the experimental study. Every participant was randomly assigned to one of three groups: two experimental (watched one of two TV ads with threat appeals) or control group (watched car wash ad with no threatening stimuli). After watching one of three ads, all participants were asked to evaluate seven emotions and to fill in Driving Attitude Questionnaire (DAQ). Results revealed that both road safety threat appeal ads targeting drunk driving did not arouse any stronger fear emotions or differences in driving attitudes compared to control group. Both experimental groups didn’t differ in emotions or attitudes as well. No difference in emotions and attitudes was found when comparing the reaction of participants who have seen the specific ad before the experiment and those who haven’t. The fact of being a licensed driver was also not related to the level of reported emotions or attitude differences in both experimental groups. The study results reveal that the possible effectiveness of threat appeal ads from ongoing social marketing campaigns on reducing drunk driving is questionable and further studies are needed."

Review question / Objective: Participants: Female patients who are diagnosed with SUI according to any widely recognized and accepted criteria, regardless of their age, ethnicity, education, or social status. Interventions: The treatment used in the experimental group mainly includes acupuncture, electroacupuncture, warm needle acupuncture, stick-moxibustion, direct-moxibustion, partition moxibustion, or one of the above therapies combined with traditional Chinese medicine or pelvic floor muscle exercise. Comparator/control: The control groups were treated with conventional western medicine, pelvic floor muscle exercise, electrical stimulation, or placebo. Outcome indicators: (1) Primary outcomes: effective rate, urine leakage in 1-hour pad test; (2) Secondary outcomes: International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-Short Form (ICIQ-SF) score, pelvic floor muscle strength, frequency of 24-hour urinary incontinence, and adverse reactions. Types of studies: Peer-reviewed SRs and MAs based on randomized controlled trials (RCTs) will be included in this overview.