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Journal articles on the topic "Youth – social conditions – cross-cultural studies"
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Donskova, L. I., A. L. Barannikov, and M. U. Makovetsky. "Social Tourism for Youth Groups: Key Preferences and Trends." Vestnik of the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, no. 6 (December 6, 2022): 188–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.21686/2413-2829-2022-6-188-197.
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The article studies youth tourism as a part of social tourism and a component of travelling system, which is characterized by social and economic features and impact by different factors and conditions. Theoretical and empiric research of youth tourism is topical, which is stipulated by such qualities of the younger generation as mobility, striving for cognition and today’s possibilities to organize leisure time and travelling. Due to complicated situation connected with COVID-19 and closing borders with foreign countries fast development of internal tourism is observed. The authors underlined specific features of youth tourism and showed its ties with territorial factors and conditions of future development. General academic methods, such as content-analysis, sociological method (survey was conducted among students of universities and colleges) and statistic methods: grouping, average-mean arithmetical ones were used in the research. While studying academic views of home and overseas scientists concerning youth tourism the authors paid attention to the importance of social and cultural components envisaged by travelling motivation for the given group of tourists and the impact of factors and conditions connected with regional features. It was pointed out that to plan the youth tourism development it is necessary to take into account preferences of young people in travel programs and events, various relations in social groups during holidays and travels, paying special attention on social and cultural components.
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Bucholtz, Mary, and Elena Skapoulli. "Introduction youth language at the intersection." Pragmatics. Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA) 19, no. 1 (March 1, 2009): 1–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/prag.19.1.01buc.
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This special issue examines the linguistic production of youth identities under conditions of cultural mobility. Building on theories of migration, transnationalism, and globalization that have emerged in anthropology, cultural studies, and other fields, the contributions to the special issue investigate not simply the large-scale cultural and political processes that shape the lives of youth but equally how youth identities emerge through the fine-grained details of interactional work and local linguistic practice. The introduction lays out the major themes that run through the special issue: the importance of scholarly attentiveness to the diversity of youth identities; the recognition of youth as social agents moving across national boundaries both physically and symbolically; the role of local ethnographic practice in investigations of global and transnational phenomena and especially the centrality of interaction as the primary site of social life; and the significance of language as a key resource for the articulation and negotiation of social identities, relations, and processes.
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Shelginskaia, Victoria A. "DEVELOPMENT OF THE YOUTH CREATIVE POTENTIAL IN THE CONDITIONS OF DIGITALIZATION AND DIGITAL SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT." Society and Security Insights 6, no. 2 (July 28, 2023): 150–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.14258/ssi(2023)2-10.
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The high importance of mass creative culture and the active digitalization of all spheres of life, combined with social restrictions during the pandemic, are caused changes in society's perception of cultural and social values. These affect the most psychologically flexible social group, the youth, who are equally open to any innovation and dependent on the socio-psychological and cultural environment. The article raises the problem of formation of an artist-person in the period of digitalization from the point of view of the development of creative potential. Based on a systematic approach and the results of participant observation of the behavior and development of creative users of social networks, the socio-psychological features of the activities of Internet authorities as intermediaries between a person and the cultural environment, as well as the influence of trends in modern online platforms on the creative potential of an individual, were analyzed. A multi-level model of the creative development of a person in the network was presented, taking into account the risks and negative impact from the Internet society. The model includes the stages: passive observation, repetition of the mass pattern, creative activity, separation the art from creativity, and the art level itself. The most dangerous are the passive-affective and detached-creative levels, at which the influence of society on the developing creative personality is strongest and most unpredictable. The results are interesting for specialists in the field of cultural studies, sociology, social psychology, and pedagogical theory and practice in the context of the digital transformation of education.
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Weitzman, Elissa R., Machiko Minegishi, Rachele Cox, and Lauren E. Wisk. "Associations Between Patient-Reported Outcome Measures of Physical and Psychological Functioning and Willingness to Share Social Media Data for Research Among Adolescents With a Chronic Rheumatic Disease: Cross-Sectional Survey." JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting 6 (December 6, 2023): e46555-e46555. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/46555.
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Abstract Background Social media data may augment understanding of the disease and treatment experiences and quality of life of youth with chronic medical conditions. Little is known about the willingness to share social media data for health research among youth with chronic medical conditions and the differences in health status between sharing and nonsharing youth with chronic medical conditions. Objective We aimed to evaluate the associations between patient-reported measures of disease symptoms and functioning and the willingness to share social media data. Methods Between February 2018 and August 2019, during routine clinic visits, survey data about social media use and the willingness to share social media data (dependent variable) were collected from adolescents in a national rheumatic disease registry. Survey data were analyzed with patient-reported measures of disease symptoms and functioning and a clinical measure of disease activity, which were collected through a parent study. We used descriptive statistics and multivariate logistic regression to compare patient-reported outcomes between youth with chronic medical conditions who opted to share social media data and those who did not opt to share such data. Results Among 112 youths, (age: mean 16.1, SD 1.6 y; female: n=72, 64.3%), 83 (74.1%) agreed to share social media data. Female participants were more likely to share (P=.04). In all, 49 (43.8%) and 28 (25%) participants viewed and posted about rheumatic disease, respectively. Compared to nonsharers, sharers reported lower mobility (T-score: mean 49.0, SD 9.4 vs mean 53.9, SD 8.9; P=.02) and more pain interference (T-score: mean 45.7, SD 8.8 vs mean 40.4, SD 8.0; P=.005), fatigue (T-score: mean 49.1, SD 11.0 vs mean 39.7, SD 9.7; P<.001), depression (T-score: mean 48.1, SD 8.9 vs mean 42.2, SD 8.4; P=.003), and anxiety (T-score: mean 45.2, SD 9.3 vs mean 38.5, SD 7.0; P<.001). In regression analyses adjusted for age, sex, study site, and Physician Global Assessment score, each 1-unit increase in symptoms was associated with greater odds of willingness to share social media data, for measures of pain interference (Adjusted Odds Ratio [AOR] 1.07, 95% CI 1.001-1.14), fatigue (AOR 1.08, 95% CI 1.03-1.13), depression (AOR 1.07, 95% CI 1.01-1.13), and anxiety (AOR 1.10, 95% CI 1.03-1.18). Conclusions High percentages of youth with rheumatic diseases used and were willing to share their social media data for research. Sharers reported worse symptoms and functioning compared to those of nonsharers. Social media may offer a potent information source and engagement pathway for youth with rheumatic diseases, but differences between sharing and nonsharing youth merit consideration when designing studies and evaluating social media–derived findings.
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Kelecha, Mebratu. "Oromo Protests, Repression, and Political Change in Ethiopia, 2014–2020." Northeast African Studies 21, no. 2 (October 1, 2021): 183–226. http://dx.doi.org/10.14321/nortafristud.21.2.183v.
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Abstract This article provides a chronological analysis of the Oromo social movements that have contributed to the recent major political changes in Ethiopia. It draws on theories of nonviolent social movements, political defiance, and the transition approach of democratization in analyzing the chain of event that led to political changes in early 2018. This helps put the protests in perspective in terms of Ethiopia's political trajectory, explaining how youth activists have played a role in advancing the conditions for the transition to democracy, bringing together fragmented, rival political forces and social groups in the interest of challenging the status quo and toppling a deeply entrenched authoritarian regime.
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Havryliuk, Alla, Khrystyna Pletsan, Olena Skachenko, and Anna Rybka. "YOUTH LEISURE DURING COVID-19: THREE CREATIVE IMPRESSIONS FROM UKRAINE." CULTURE AND ARTS IN THE MODERN WORLD, no. 23 (June 30, 2022): 19–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.31866/2410-1915.23.2022.260746.
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The purpose of the article is to study the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the organisation of leisure of Ukrainian youth. The research methodology is based on a comprehensive analysis of the national system of actions to prevent the spread of coronavirus infection, implemented by the Ukrainian government; analytical, structural and logical, comparative methods that allowed us to consider the legal status, educational and leisure activity of young people in Ukraine, international experience of youth participation in social projects to counter the spread of COVID-19; the method of theoretical generalisation, used to summarise the results; cultural approach, which helped to identify factors of influence of national measures on the activities of cultural and creative industries. Scientific novelty. In this study, we present three creative initiatives of Ukrainian youth to organise their own leisure activities, which were launched during the lockdown and created on the basis of the rich potential of national cultural heritage and folk traditions. Conclusions. In response to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ukrainian state has developed a system of measures to prevent it. Despite a large number of places for leisure, sports, and creative activities in Ukraine, lockdown restrictions and bans caused by COVID-19 led to their closure, and young people focused on leisure at home, creative self-development, and selforganisation of their free time. It is determined that the best international experience of youth activity in countering the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic is realised mainly in the social dimension. The young people of Ukraine do not stand aside from the global challenges of our time, but initiate unique creative developments under pandemic conditions. Ukrainian creative initiatives are presented, including the online project #GlobalLesyaUkrainka2021 and the successful experience of self-organisation of leisure activities by students of the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts (Challenge#Lovynamysto and Winter Magic Fest).
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Karoui, Majed. "Social Exclusion and the Growing Involvement of Tunisian Youth in the Salafi Movement." Contemporary Arab Affairs 11, no. 1-2 (March 1, 2018): 127–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/caa.2018.000008.
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The Salafi movement in Tunisia in general and in the area of Sidi Ali Ben Aoun in particular, emerged as an antisocial movement that adopted the defense of a cultural identity based mainly on the rejection of democracy and the foundations of the modern state, seeking change in every way through a set of well-studied strategies that made young people deeply involved. In general, the Salafi movement is not separated from the social context in which it was born. It is also a reflection of the social actors who, by engaging in the Salafi movement, desire to achieve their objectives in negotiations. The Salafi movement is a social movement born out of the womb of society and its crises. It then adopted the same society, which has been muddling in the ignorance of religion and worldly dichotomies, as a target for change. This study attributes the growth in the number of Salafist youth to social exclusion. The social conditions of the youth in the Tunisian town of Sidi Ali Ben Aoun and of Tunisian youth in general make them look for alternatives that will provides them with what the state and its institutions failed to provide: an income and a small capital that will elevate their status in the social pyramid as belonging to the surviving group. The research will focus on the relationship between the social exclusion of Tunisian youth and the growing involvement of the Salafi movement. The following questions reflect the core issues behind this investigation: What are the representations of the youth of Sidi Ali Ben Aoun to the Salafi movement in their actions and interactions? How does social exclusion contribute to the growing involvement of Tunisian and Ben Aouni youth in the Salafi movement?
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Szczurek-Boruta, Alina. "Strategie adaptacyjne młodzieży z pogranicza – komunikat z badań pokoleniowych." Edukacja Międzykulturowa 22, no. 3 (2023): 119–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.15804/em.2023.03.08.
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The conducted discussion is embedded in pedagogy of youth, Robert Merton’s theory of social adaptation, the concept of intercultural education and the concept of “intercultural identity” by Jerzy Nikitorowicz. In the article, the strategies are presented of the adaptation of young inhabitants of the Polish-Czech borderland to school conditions and the requirements of social life. The results of some diagonal studies among secondary school learners, conducted 13 years apart, indicated two dominant strategies of conformism and innovation, revealed a slight decrease in the average value of conformism (3%) and a significant increase in the average value of innovation (22% change). In that context, the features of permanent socialization taking place in the conditions of the Polish-Czech borderland were indicated: dynamism, bidirectionality, functioning/being “in-between”, cultural pattern, the principle of continuum. Empirically determined adaptation strategies of youth show how young people handle a complex reality and how they can join the mainstream of social life.
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Chesnokova, O. B., S. M. Churbanova, and S. V. Molchanov. "Professional Self-determination in Young Age as a Structural Component of Future Professionalism: Socio-Cognitive and Creative Factors." Cultural-Historical Psychology 15, no. 4 (2019): 109–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.17759/chp.2019150411.
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The article presents a review of studies on the problem of professional self-determination in adolescence in the aspect of the development of future professionalism, based on the specifics of the laws of age development, which expands the traditional sociological, sociopsychological and differential psychological representations accepted in the literature. Cross-cultural and ethno-cultural differences in the development of professional self-determination are considered. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of the prerequisites for the development of the components of such a megastructure of professional maturity as career adaptability, defined as the ability to respond flexibly to dynamically changing requirements and conditions of professional activity, using psychological resources of self-development. It is shown that in the transition from adolescence to youth, adaptability to a career means a balance between interest in a future profession and a realization of the realism of the realization of professional expectations through awareness of their resources and capabilities. In the framework of the Social Cognitive Theory of Professional Development (SCCT), the analysis of complex systems and the social interaction, the concept of strong and weak ties, nonspecific and specific influence, the article discusses the role of sociocognitive and creative factors as mediators which until now have been little studied in relation to the process of professional self-determination in adolescence and young age. The studies revealed the influence of social intelligence on the interest of adolescents and youths in the subject content and social status of the future profession and in interpersonal professional culture. Also, there is a correlation between social intelligence and the second component of the “career adaptability” mega-structure, such as curiosity and orientation in the requirements of the profession, professional expectations (career curiosity). Modern research shows a significant correlation between creativity and the first component (career concern) — planning your own professional future, especially in the early stages of professional self-determination.
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Cohen, Anjalee. "Youth Gangs, Violence, and Local Culture in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand." Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 47, no. 4 (April 19, 2017): 484–507. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0891241617702196.
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Drawing on twenty-four months of ethnographic research, this article examines the role of violence among northern Thai youth gangs at the intersection of global capitalism and local culture. Contrary to dominant representations that depict youth gang violence as a means for psychologically coping as victims of dramatic social change, I argue that youth violence may be viewed as active and creative ways of negotiating change under conditions of rapid urbanization and modernization. For gang youth in northern Thailand, violence offers an opportunity to “fit in and stick out” in an anonymous cosmopolitan city. While some Chiang Mai youth subcultures draw primarily on global cultural resources as a means of standing out and enhancing one’s “subcultural capital,” northern Thai youth gangs rely more heavily on local culture to achieve status and a sense of self-worth, particularly in relation to enduring Thai values of masculinity centered on notions of invulnerability.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Youth – social conditions – cross-cultural studies"
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Hopkins, Susan. "Pop heroines and female icons : youthful femininity and popular culture." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1999.
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The thesis suggests much feminist theorising on girls' and young women's relationship to popular culture is limited by a 'moral-political' approach which searches for moral and
political problems and solutions in the consumption of popular images of femininity. The thesis offers a critique of such 'moral-political' interpretations of the relationship between youthful femininity and popular culture. Following thinkers such as Friedrich Nietzsche and
Jean Baudrillard, the thesis opposes the political preoccupation with 'reality' and 'truth'. The study follows Nietzsche's and Baudrillard's notion of the 'Eternal-Feminine' which accepts the necessity of illusion, deception and appearances. Through a close textual
analysis of magazines, films, television and music video, this study offers an aesthetic appreciation of popular culture representations of femininity. The thesis comprises six essays, the first of which explains my Nietzschean inspired aesthetic approach in more detail. The second essay looks at images and discourses of supermodels and model femininity in women's magazines. The third looks at image-based forms of 'girl power' from Madonna to
the Spice Girls. The fourth essay examines the 'Cool Chics' of the pay TV channel TVJ,from Wonder Woman to Xena: Warrior Princess. The fifth essay, 'Gangster Girls: From
Goodfellas to Pulp Fiction' considers the 1990s model of the femme fatale, the bad girl who thrives on moral chaos. The final essay 'Celebrity Skin: From Courtney Love to Kylie
Minogue' suggests some of the most powerful feminine role models of our time have built their careers not on notions of authenticity and truth but rather on the successful management of illusion and fantasy. The essay argues that our social world has outgrown the traditional
moral-political approach which aims to lead girls and young women from 'deceptive''immoral' appearances to moral, 'authentic' 'reality'. The pleasures of popular culture, Isuggest, cannot always be linked to deep meanings but may be drawn from superficial appearances and beautiful surfaces.
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Pick, Rachel. "Youth, sex, and the permissive society : South Wales, c. 1955 - c. 1975." Thesis, Swansea University, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.668344.
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Lambert, Heather. "An ethnographic exploration of the relationship between women and development in Ghana." Virtual Press, 2001. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1217377.
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This study was an attempt to identify the relationship between women and non-governmental organizations in Ghana. It was conducted over a period of one year in the capital city of Accra. Ethnographic and feminist methodology were the framework for the fieldwork and text. Interviews, observations and discussions with aid workers and development recipients determined the perimeters and rendered meaning. Women dominated both sides of development and aid work in Ghana; however, there was limited interaction between them. Female recipients of development were not consulted regarding development projects and were not familiar with the scope and implications of international aid. Female development personnel from both Ghana and the United States were separated from the communities and people they worked for personally and professionally. The development workers did not consider consultation with female clients a necessity or an obligation. Both groups of women struggled to incorporate the concepts and implications of development into their situated reality.Department of Anthropology
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Gupta, Meenakshi 1970. "Mothers' involvement in their children's education : a comparative study of mothers from Canada, India and Mexico." Thesis, McGill University, 2001. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=36946.
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This cross-cultural inquiry focuses on the involvement of mothers in their children's education and the ways in which motherhood impacts the personal identities of mothers. The Second-wave feminism started thirty years ago and questioned the role and position of mothers in society. The objective of this movement was to free women from the exclusive responsibility of childcare. However, three decades later women are still the primary caregivers for their children. The study involves 36 middle-class mothers, 12 each from Canada, India and Mexico. Irrespective of their cultural backgrounds, these mothers participated actively in the domestic work related to childcare and in their children's schoolwork. Participants in this study expressed their views about intensive mothering and how they sought their personal identities from the work of mothering. The majority regarded motherhood as a unique and rewarding role, and wished to continue mothering despite the frustrations and stresses they experienced. The findings concerning the childcare strategies of mothers from Canada, India and Mexico highlight some cultural differences. These cultural differences also had an impact on how these mothers perceived their roles and identities.
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Matsumura, Shoichi. "A study of the second-language socialization of university-level students : a developmental pragmatics perspective." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0016/NQ56585.pdf.
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Choi, Sungkyu. "Cross-cultural attitudes toward deaf culture in a multi- and singular cultural society : a survey of residential school based teachers for the deaf who are deaf and hearing." Virtual Press, 1995. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/941571.
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During the past few years, Deaf culture has emerged as an important philosophy that could lead to a radical restructuring of Deaf education methods. The purpose of this study was to determine attitudes concerning Deaf culture from teachers of residential based schools for the Deaf who are Deaf and Hearing.Prior to initiating direct contact with the teachers, the superintendents or principals of the selected residential schools were contacted via mail, and their permission secured. In the United States, 279 teachers (69 teachers who are Deaf, 210 teachers who are Hearing) from seven midwest residential based schools for the Deaf and in South Korea 310 teachers (26 teachers who are Deaf, 284 teachers who are Hearing) from all eleven residential based schools for the Deaf participated.Two-factor ANOVA procedures with repeated measures on one factor were utilized to analyze the teachers' attitudes toward Deaf culture in America and South Korea from a 30-question survey using a five-point Likert scale.This study concluded that: (a) Deaf culture was a subculture in mainstream society whether it was a multi- or singular cultural society--although attitudes toward Deaf culture were accepted more negatively in a singular society than those in a multi-cultural society; (b) Deaf culture was accepted by teachers of schools for the Deaf who are Deaf more readily than those who are Hearing in both multi- or singular cultural societies; and (c) there was no significant correlation between attitudes of teachers who were employed at different levels of instruction, such as elementary and middle or secondary school.Department of Special Education
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Marinus, Chanel. "Female genital mutilation in Africa :what will encourage its discontinuation." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2009. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_8783_1297850578.
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Between one hundred and one hundred and forty million young girls around the world have reportedly been subjected to some form of genital excision during 2005. Approximately three million young girls are at risk every year of undergoing this harmful procedure (WHO, 2008). Female genital mutilation is reported to occur, and is expected to continue occurring in twenty-eight African countries (London Safeguarding Children Board, 2007). This paper aims to firstly observe the levels of excision in Africa, and then highlight the underlying factors that encourage certain women to continue this dangerous ritual by analysing national datasets, such as the child info database, obtained form the United Nations Children&rsquo
s Fund. By calculating and comparing common indicators, the prevailing ones that dominate FGM appreciation can be further analysed. The final objective will be to suggest strategies that can be put in place to encourage the discontinuation of female genital cutting universally.
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Clifton, Naomi. "Women, work and family in England and France : a question of identity." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1999. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:d39ca1d0-d8fc-4f54-aea3-fba3fd68e984.
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This thesis explores some of the individual attitudes and choices which may explain differing patterns in women's work in England and France. Women's work, however, cannot be considered outside the context of their family lives, and there exist important differences between England and France in terms of the structures in place to facilitate the combining of paid work and family commitments. It is proposed that these are related to broader social and economic structures which characterise the countries concerned, and the family and gender roles assumed by them. The question addressed, therefore, is the relationship between work identity and female identity. This is examined by comparing full-time working women, both single and with families, in the two countries. Since the question concerns meanings rather than frequencies, quantitative methods such as surveys are rejected in favour of a triangulated methodology combining repertory grid, Twenty Statements Test and in- depth interview. The results from each of these are reported separately. There is strong convergence within and clear differences between national groups, regardless of marital status. French and English groups are both committed to working, but this takes different forms in the two countries. The French women define themselves equally in terms of work, personal relationships and social lives, with relatively little conflict between them. For the English women, work identity comes first, there is more conflict between work and family roles and more tension in personal relationships. This may partly be accounted for by the English women's greater concern with career progression and personal advancement, which is more likely to conflict with family roles. The findings are related to broader issues of economic, social and family policy, historical factors, religious traditions and attitudes towards gender and equality. These themselves are seen as reflecting more general ideologies in the countries concerned. Finally, there is a consideration of questions raised by the study, and suggestions for further research.
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Bermejo, Emilio Russ Layon. "A constructivist inquiry of the bicultural experiences and social support systems of Southeast Asian refugee youth." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1996. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1193.
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Lachman, Jamie Max. "Building a rondavel of support : the development and pilot randomised controlled trial of a parenting programme to reduce the risk of child maltreatment in low-income families with children aged three to eight years in South Africa." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2016. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:7787ef3c-48f0-4e7f-b9eb-a959d5a50eaf.
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Background: In high-income countries, parenting programmes have been shown to be effective in reducing the risk of child maltreatment. However, there is limited evidence of their effectiveness in low- and middle-income countries. This thesis focuses on the development and pilot randomised controlled trial (RCT) of a parenting programme to reduce the risk of child maltreatment in low-income families with young children in Cape Town, South Africa. Methods: This thesis is comprised of three studies submitted as papers for publication. The first study focused on the development of an evidence-informed, locally relevant parenting programme for families with children aged three to eight years in Cape Town, South Africa. Intervention development took place over three stages: (a) identification of core intervention components common in evidence-based parenting programmes; (b) formative evaluation using qualitative in-depth interviews and semi-structured focus groups with South African practitioners and low-income parents; and (c) integration of evidence-based approaches and local contextual issues to develop the intervention structure, protocols, and manual. The second study used a pilot RCT (N = 68 parent-child dyads) to examine the evaluation feasibility and initial effects of the parenting programme developed during the first study in Cape Town - the Sinovuyo Caring Families Programme. Parents of children aged three to eight years with clinical levels of parent-reported child behaviour problems were randomly allocated to either a 12-session, group-based parenting programme or a wait-list control group. Primary outcomes included parent-report and observational assessments of positive parenting, harsh parenting, and child behaviour problems; secondary outcomes included parent-report of parent depression, parenting stress, and social support. Assessments occurred at baseline and immediate post-test (i.e., 3-months after baseline). The third study was a mixed-methods process evaluation assessing the feasibility of the parenting programme based on three theoretical dimensions: participation, implementation, and acceptability. Quantitative data included attendance registers, fidelity checklists, satisfaction surveys, and parent-report of engagement in home practice activities. Qualitative data included post-programme focus groups with community facilitators (n = 8), individual interviews with a randomly selected group of parents (n = 15), transcripts from parenting sessions, and minutes from supervision sessions with facilitators. Results: In the first study, the formative evaluation suggested that many evidence-based parenting programme components and approaches were compatible with the local cultural context. These included managing child behaviour problems, learning effective discipline strategies, building positive parent-child relationships, and reducing parenting stress. Findings also suggested that programmes may benefit from including additional content on keeping children safe in violent communities, communicating about HIV/AIDS and poverty, involving fathers and alternative caregivers, and incorporating cultural values of social responsibility and respect. The pilot RCT in the second study showed high levels of study recruitment and retention, outcome measurement reliability and response rates, and a minimal effect of clustering due to delivering the intervention in groups of parents. Analyses showed moderate intervention effects for parent-report of increased positive parenting and observations of improved child-led play. However, observational assessments also found reduced frequency of positive child behaviour in the treatment group in comparison to controls. In the third study, quantitative results showed high levels of programme acceptability, implementation, and participation. Thematic analysis of qualitative data identified seven themes related to feasibility: (a) receptivity to strengthening existing parenting practices, (b) initial resistance to new parenting skills, (c) contextualising content within a cultural framework, (d) reinforcing implementation fidelity and improving quality of delivery, (e) challenges delivering content on nonviolent discipline, (f) supporting participant involvement, and (g) engagement in a collaborative learning approach. Conclusion: This thesis is the first in sub-Saharan Africa to use a systematic approach to develop and rigorously pilot a parenting programme to reduce the risk of maltreatment against young children in low-resource settings. Initial results indicate that a parenting programme derived from evidence-based approaches is feasible, culturally acceptable, and has the potential to reduce the risk of child maltreatment by improving positive parenting behaviour. Further intervention development and testing is necessary to strengthen core programme components and determine programme effectiveness.
Books on the topic "Youth – social conditions – cross-cultural studies"
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Vesa, Puuronen, and International Conference on Youth Research in Karelia (3rd : 2000 : Petrozavodsk, Russia), eds. Youth on the threshold of 3rd millennium. [Joensuu]: Joensuun yliopisto, 2001.
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Carmen, Leccardi, and Ruspini Elisabetta, eds. A new youth?: Young people, generations and family life. Aldershot, Hants, England: Ashgate, 2005.
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1971-, Hörschelmann Kathrin, and Colls Rachel 1975-, eds. Contested bodies of childhood and youth. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
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1941-, Büchner Peter, Krüger Heinz-Hermann, and Chisholm Lynne, eds. Kindheit und Jugend im interkulturellen Vergleich: Zum Wandel der Lebenslagen von Kindern und Jugendlichen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und in Grossbritannien. Opladen: Leske + Budrich, 1990.
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Tranberg, Hansen Karen, and Dalsgaard Anne Line, eds. Youth and the city in the global south. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2008.
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Mednarodni, seminar "Mladi ulica prihodnost" (1998 Ljubljana Slovenia). Mednarodni seminar Mladi, ulica, prihodnost: Zbornik predavanj. Ljubljana: Salve, 1998.
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Mednarodni seminar "Mladi, ulica, prihodnost" (1998 Ljubljana, Slovenia). Mednarodni seminar Mladi, ulica, prihodnost: Zbornik predavanj. Ljubljana: Salve, 1998.
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1949-, Herdt Gilbert H., Leavitt Stephen C. 1959-, and Association of Social Athropologists. Conference, eds. Adolescence in Pacific Island societies: Edited by Gilbert Herdt and Stephen C. Leavitt. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1998.
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1964-, Dolby Nadine, and Rizvi Fazal 1950-, eds. Youth moves: Identities and education in global perspective. New York, N.Y: Routledge, 2007.
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Forsberg, Margareta. Brunetter och blondiner: Om ungdom och sexualitet i det mångkulturella Sverige. Göteborg, Sweden: Göteborgs universitet, Institutionen för socialt arbete, 2005.
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Pandolfini, Valeria, Borislava Petkova, and Thomas Verlage. "Youth Aspirations Towards the Future: Agency, Strategy and Life Choices in Different Structural Contexts." In Landscapes of Lifelong Learning Policies across Europe, 63–87. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96454-2_4.
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AbstractThrough a comparative analysis of three case studies built on the intersection of three young adults’ trajectories and three LLL policies in Germany, Italy and Bulgaria, this chapter aims to explore the interplay between opportunity structures and subjective choices. We focus on the educational and professional dimensions, putting them in relation within the LLL policy young adults accessed with their aspirations, self-representations, the living conditions they face in the local context and the welfare (Esping-Andersen, The three worlds of welfare capitalism. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1990) and transition (Walther, YOUNG, 14(2), 119–139, 2006) regimes characterizing their countries. Relying on the Capability Approach (Sen, Development as freedom. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999; Nussbaum, Women and human development. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000), we explore how young people’s capacity to cope with challenges and their ability to actively navigate obstacles are influenced by the wider discursive and institutional opportunity structures in which they unfold their life paths. The analysis reveals how youths make their choices according to their “capacity to aspire” (Appadurai 2004) and the social, cultural and economic factors at play in exercising their navigational capacities; being able (or unable) to define life plans potentially constitutes a “new” factor of inequality. The possibilities of better capturing the complex relationship between structural limits, possibilities and subjective aspirations in shaping individuals’ choices and actions within specific opportunity structures are discussed.
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Hebbar N., Nandini. "Engineering Aspirations and Lives of Youth." In Gender, Caste, and Class in South India's Technical Institutions, 215–32. Oxford University PressOxford, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/9780198914488.003.0007.
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Abstract The concluding chapter revisits some of the key understandings arrived through the ethnographic research and shows the realities of higher education in contemporary India. Despite the manifold increase in the number of institutions and the subsequent entry of a large number of first-generation learners, hierarchies and inequalities are largely reproduced. Women are able to enter education only under conditions that enhance their families’ respectability. Groups that do not have explicit markers of cultural and social capital struggle to find employment. Neither upward mobility nor personal success nor transformations sought through entry into engineering colleges are easily achieved. The case studies help to make clear some of the seeming paradoxes such as why despite a drastic increase in women’s access to higher education, their enrolment in the workforce is at an all-time low; why young men and women struggle to find jobs despite having a professional education degree, and why even marriage choices are often made along the grain of caste.
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Patatas, Teresa de Jesus Portelinha Almeida. "Literacy as a contribution to socioeconomic inclusion: The case of a youth group from Namibe, Angola." In Communication and Culture: Multidisciplinary Perspectives. Seven Editora, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.56238/sevened2024.014-015.
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Educated youth is vitally important for the future of Angola. Youth illiteracy is one of the obstacles to greater socio-economic inclusion. The country is committed to intensifying literacy with the aim of eradicating this complex obstacle with multiple causes (historical, economic, social, cultural, political, etc.). This study aims to show how literacy is transforming the socio-economic inclusion perspectives of a group of young people in the province of Namibe. A bibliographic and documentary research was carried out. This was a case study of a youth group from Namibe, Angola. In the empirical phase, focus groups were applied in November 2021 to 22 young people (13-18 years old) in a class of beginners in literacy, in Moçâmedes (host municipality). The results showed that it is the desire for "functional literacy" for the acquisition of knowledge considered necessary to be able to function socioeconomically in this context. These young people, previously excluded from the school system, felt socially discriminated against, victims of prejudice and some verbal aggression. They decided to start studies to change this reality. Despite the poor infrastructural conditions, schools are motivated and "happier". They believe that this learning will increase their socio-economic inclusion in that specific context.
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Raia-Hawrylak, Alicia. "Understanding Culture to Combat Bullying." In The Sociology of Bullying, 274–92. NYU Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479803873.003.0014.
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Mixed-methods sociological studies of student interactions open possibilities to unveil details surrounding schools’ local organizational cultures, and the cultures of the small groups within them, to effectively intervene and reduce aggression. In order to fully understand and address the cultural factors shaping the context for youth interpersonal aggression, researchers should link quantitative data from schoolwide surveys to observed interactions and student narratives from smaller groups, such as classrooms. In this chapter, the author draws from a comparative study of two high schools, pairing quantitative and qualitative data, to uncover the promise of using multiple data sources to create a process account of culture and its role in shaping bullying behavior. The author argues that qualitative data methods are essential to understanding the content, process, and social significance of aggressive student interactions in schools, while providing clues as to their causes and implications. A triangulated approach to articulating local patterns of youth aggression within an ecological framework supports the design and implementation of appropriate research-based interventions to improve learning conditions for all students.
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Holmes, Robyn M. "Social Relationships." In Cultural Psychology, 288–322. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199343805.003.0008.
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Chapter 8 explores the ways culture shapes our social relationships. It discusses relational models theory, conditions for forming friendships, culture-specific and cross-cultural studies on friendship, physical attractiveness and beauty, cultural constructions, and culture-specific and cross-cultural studies on physical attractiveness and beauty. It addresses mate choice, love, Sternberg’s triangular theory of love, romantic love across cultures, and love and marriage. Finally, it examines the number of possible marriage partners, social practices for choosing a marriage partner, costs and benefits of marriage, intercultural weddings, migration and marriage, culture-specific studies on marriage and cultural change, marital happiness, and child marriages. This chapter includes a case study, Culture Across Disciplines box, chapter summary, key terms, a What Do Other Disciplines Do? section, thought-provoking questions, and class and experiential activities.
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Гладун, Татьяна. "ТЕОРЕТИЧНЕ ОБҐРУНТУВАННЯ СОЦІАЛЬНО-ПЕДАГОГІЧНИХ УМОВ РОЗВИТКУ СОЦІАЛЬНОЇ КОМПЕТЕНТНОСТІ ДІТЕЙ МОЛОДШОГО ШКІЛЬНОГО ВІКУ З АУТИЗМОМ В ІНКЛЮЗИВНОМУ ОСВІТНЬОМУ СЕРЕДОВИЩІ ЗЗСО." In CROSS-CULTURAL STUDIES IN HIGHER SCHOOL PEDAGOGY, 458–77. OKTAN PRINT, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.46489/ccsihsp-23-16.
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The article theoretically substantiates the socio-pedagogical conditions for the development of social competence of children of primary school age with autism in an inclusive educational environment. The need to develop the social competence of children of primary school age with autism in the conditions of inclusive education as a segment of the social orientation of the modernization of the Ukrainian education system is argued. The main studies and publications of domestic and foreign scientists devoted to the problem of the development of social 459 competence of children with autism are analyzed. The presentation of the main material was carried out through a conceptual analysis of the category «conditions» and its socio-pedagogical meaning and essence in the context of an inclusive educational environment. Three main socio-pedagogical conditions for the development of social competence of children with autism have been defined and characterized: involvement of the child in the inclusive environment of special educational institutions (in personally meaningful interaction with the microsociety); organization of individual socio-pedagogical support for younger schoolchildren with autism and their families during the work of the psychological service of SGSE; ensuring the process of education and upbringing of a child with autism in SGSE by means of modern innovative communication technologies.
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Savinova, Natalia, and Kateruna Kuterzhynska. "ШЛЯХИ ПІДГОТОВКИ МАЙБУТНІХ ВЧИТЕЛІВ-ЛОГОПЕДІВ ДО РОБОТИ В УМОВАХ РОЗВИТКОВОГО ІНКЛЮЗИВНОГО ПРОСТОРУ." In CROSS-CULTURAL STUDIES IN HIGHER SCHOOL PEDAGOGY, 815–38. OKTAN PRINT, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.46489/ccsihsp-23-27.
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The article emphasizes that inclusion in social relations and inclusion in the educational process is currently the leading ideological trend in society's attitude to people with special educational needs. At the same time, systemic support for the problem of inclusive education necessitates the formation of a personnel system and the creation of a developmental 816 environment for inclusive education, which ensures compliance with important conditions for the implementation of inclusion itself. The presented didactic model of the formation of the professional readiness of future speech therapist teachers to work in an inclusive development environment is a single, open, dynamic didactic education that allows you to implement a purposeful process of professional training of future speech therapist teachers, to apply ways of realizing goals and tasks based on the final result. The principles of a systematic, activity-based, competence-oriented, practically oriented approach are the theoretical and empirical basis of research on the formation of the professional readiness of future speech therapists to work in the conditions of a developmental inclusive space. The conditions for training future speech therapists to work in the conditions of a developmental inclusive space are defined as: mastering the didactics of work in the conditions of an inclusive space, studying the prospective experience of creating a developmental inclusive space, mastering professionally oriented educational tools and didactic provision of a developmental inclusive space; creation of a card file of experience in the organization of developmental inclusive space; the equipment of the information base for the implementation of promising developments; diversification of didactic forms, methods, techniques, etc. The didactic model of training future speech therapist teachers to work in the conditions of a developmental inclusive space has propaedeutic, theoretical-operational, and productive stages. At each stage, the goal is specified, the content, methods, techniques, organizational forms, and means are determined.
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Vasylenko, Olena, and Alina Tupytsia. "PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PEDAGOGICAL CONDITIONS OF THE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF FUTURE SOCIAL EDUCATORS FOR THE USE OF HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGIES IN WORKING WITH PRESCHOOL CHILDREN." In CROSS-CULTURAL STUDIES IN HIGHER SCHOOL PEDAGOGY, 388–425. OKTAN PRINT, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.46489/ccsihsp-23-14.
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The article presents the results of the implementation of pedagogical conditions in the process of training future social pedagogues for the use of health-saving technologies in working with preschoolers during a formative experiment in an experimental group. The following pedagogical conditions are substantiated: the first is the application of a reflexive-environmental approach to the selection of the content of such training for the formation of students of higher education holistic ideas about the essence, structure and social significance of the specialist's health-preserving activity and the basic principles of the technology of the corresponding activity in the health-preserving environment; the second is to ensure the subject position of future specialists in the use of health-preserving technologies in work with preschoolers through the use of situational pedagogy tools in the process of professional training, the introduction of interactive educational forms and methods; the third is to direct the educational potential of extracurricular activities to meet the individual needs of future specialists in aspects of health care, enriching their personal health care experience. It is noted that the organization of active and diverse extracurricular work with future social pedagogues has become a leading direction and a necessary condition for their assimilation of relevant knowledge, values, and development of qualities that ensure health-preserving behavior of a young person. Based on the analysis of the practical experience of training future social pedagogues for health-preserving activities in extracurricular forms of organizing student activity in the Municipal Establishment «Kharkiv Humanitarian-Pedagogical Academy» of Kharkiv Regional Council, the author of the article convinces of the need for further research into the extracurricular activities of students of higher education, as well as the direction of their potential on solving the health care problems of the young generation.
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Печериця, Наталія, and Валентина Анголенко. "ДОСЛІДЖЕННЯ ЕФЕКТИВНОСТІ СИСТЕМИ СОЦІАЛЬНО-ПЕДАГОГІЧНОЇ КОРЕКЦІЇ ЕЙДЖИЗМУ СЕРЕД ЗДОБУВАЧІВ ОСВІТИ." In CROSS-CULTURAL STUDIES IN HIGHER SCHOOL PEDAGOGY, 658–94. OKTAN PRINT, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.46489/ccsihsp-23-23.
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The article presents a study of the effectiveness of the implementation of the system of socio-pedagogical correction of ageism among students. It is noted that the relevance of the chosen topic is determined by the importance of finding new ways of social education of education seekers in order to reduce the level of ageism. The purpose of the article is to find out the effectiveness of the system of socio-pedagogical correction designed to eliminate ageism among students. The author defined the essence of the concept of «ageism», described the negative consequences of ageism for the social development of youth and society, manifestations of ageism in education seekers. The features and principles of socio-pedagogical correction of the mentioned phenomenon in the students of education are characterized. The criteria of manifestations of ageism among education seekers (cognitive, motivational-value, emotional-volitional, behavioral) were analyzed and their indicators at the corresponding levels (high, medium, low) were indicated. The main stages of experimental research are outlined and the choice of experimental and control institutions is justified. Verification of the effectiveness of the developed system of socio-pedagogical correction of ageism of education seekers was carried out using the methods of quantitative and qualitative analysis. The effectiveness of the system is proven, as evidenced by the research results. Pearson's statistical test was used to compare the level of ageism among students in the experimental and control groups. In order to check the success of the experiment, the method of comparing average values according to the Student's criterion was used.
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Monteiro, Luciana Bernardes Vieira de Rezende Hersen, Carlos Alberto Figueiredo da Silva, Renata Osborne, and Carla Isabel Paula da Rocha Araújo. "Resilience and sport." In DEVELOPMENT AND ITS APPLICATIONS IN SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE. Seven Editora, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.56238/devopinterscie-135.
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This research aims to investigate in the literature the contributions of sports social projects (PSE) and their connection with the development of the student's body image and the promotion of resilience through sport. This article is a narrative review of the literature, where a path was sought to present studies of PSE strands, collecting, especially, the texts that addressed resilience. For being a current theme, the PSE still has scarce literature. Resilience is also a new topic that needs further study. The issue of resilience in PSE is even lower, with a large gap to be filled. The findings show to a large extent that PSEs provide benefits thanks to the regular practice of sports and collaboration in the moral formation of their students. However, there is also a “shadow side of the sport”, showing that many of the PSEs are palliative, as they have shallow goals and no clear goals. For a better analysis of the contribution of PSE and the development of resilience, more studies are needed that relate to these themes because the material found is still tiny. Even so, this article presents the most used concepts related to these themes, trying to contribute to a more significant discussion. Many youths assisted by the PSE are socially vulnerable subjects who daily suffer traumas linked to their social and cultural conditions. However, they can get out of the immobilization caused by these traumas and overcome these adversities by re-signifying their image body. Hence, there is a need for a reaction potential, a process known as resilience. Thus, PSEs can be an essential tool in promoting their students' resilience, as they are a foundation for overcoming adversities.
Conference papers on the topic "Youth – social conditions – cross-cultural studies"
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Gibbons, Judith. "What We Can Learn about Multiculturalism from Latin American Psychology." In International Association of Cross Cultural Psychology Congress. International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4087/muqu8642.
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Latin American psychology, although greatly under-represented in international journals, can provide important lessons for international psychologists. Mexican psychologist Rogelio Díaz-Guerrero was one of the first to describe would now be labeled an indigenous psychology. Latin American theorists such as Paolo Freire and Ignacio Martín-Baró have provided frameworks for understanding diversity and multiculturalism among groups with unequal power. Only by critical thinking and critical analysis can we understand and challenge disparate conditions. Relatedly, Latin American psychology often focuses on achieving social justice and solving practical real-world problems. Thus, community and political psychology are strengths of Latin American psychology and have made contributions to the understanding of multiculturalism and activism. Finally, the high proportion of youth in Latin American countries makes their well-being a priority and innovative research has worked to identify and promote talent among young people. Examples of Latin American contributions, personal lessons learned, and suggestions for incorporating knowledge and perspectives from Latin America are highlighted.
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Lopez Mateu, Vicente, and Teresa Pellicer Armiñana. ""Design for All” in Architectural Heritage conservation: the technology challenge." In CARPE Conference 2019: Horizon Europe and beyond. Valencia: Universitat Politècnica València, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/carpe2019.2019.10565.
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Among the United Nations 2030 objectives for the sustainable development, stand out those who seek social, economic and cultural equality of people, within the framework of different human settlements, their cultural heritage and the natural environment. This idea raises the need to establish effective strategies, resources and tools aimed to balance the current conditions in most disadvantaged groups, such as people with disabilities. The situation is complicated because the barriers to integration and inclusivity are diverse, the initiatives, legislation and ways of acting are also very different. Therefore, overcoming the situation requires a broad multidisciplinary approach. On the other hand, Heritage resources can be a valuable mean for permanent and sustainable development, if there is a proper combination of different aspects: design, management and maintenance, continuous improvement and dissemination with inclusive criteria. One of the possibilities to afford that difficult task is to promote in the field of university education different activities such as information exchange, cross-cutting networks, research studies, experimental ICT tools development and adequate dissemination. This proposal is structured in this sense to arouse the interest and participation of teachers, students and researchers in these actions, establishing collaborative projects and work proposals.
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Broughton, David. "UKAEA, Dounreay: LLW Long Term Strategy — Developing the Options." In ASME 2003 9th International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Remediation. ASMEDC, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/icem2003-4514.
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UKAEA’s mission at its Dounreay establishment in the north of Scotland is to restore the site so that it can be used for other purposes, with a minimal effect on the environment and requiring minimal attention by future generations. A Dounreay Site Restoration Plan (DSRP) has been produced. It sets out the decommissioning and radioactive waste management activities to restore the site within the next 60 years. Management of solid low level radioactive waste (LLW) that already exists, and that which will be produced as the DSRP progresses is an essential site restoration activity. Altogether around 150,000m3 (5.3Mft3) of untreated LLW could arise. This will then need to be treated, packaged and managed, the resulting volume being around 200,000m3 (7Mft3). A project to develop a long term strategy for managing all Dounreay’s existing and future LLW was initiated in 1999. The identification of complete solutions for management of LLW arising from the site restoration of Dounreay, an integrated reactor and reprocessing site, is novel in the UK. The full range of LLW will be encountered. UKAEA is progressing this specific project during a period when both responsibility and policy for UK decommissioning and radioactive waste management are evolving in the UK. At present, for most UK nuclear operators, there are no recognised routes for disposing of significant volumes of decommissioning LLW that has either lower or higher radioactivity than the levels set by BNFL for disposal at the UK national LLW disposal site at Drigg. A large project such as this has the potential to affect the environmental and social conditions that prevail in the area where it is implemented. Local society therefore has an interest in a project of this scale and scope, particularly as there could be a number of feasible solutions. UKAEA is progressing the project by following UK established practice of undertaking a Best Practicable Environmental Option (BPEO) study. UKAEA has no preconceptions of the outcome and is diligently not prejudging issues prematurely. The BPEO process draws experts and non-experts alike into the discussions and facilitates a structured analysis of the options. However to permit meaningful debate those options have to be at first generated, and secondly investigated. This has taken UKAEA two and a half years in technical assessment of options at a cost of around £23/4M. The options and issues have been investigated to the depth necessary for comparisons and valid judgements to be made within the context of the BPEO study. Further technical evaluation will be required on those options that eventually emerge as the BPEO. UKAEA corporate strategy for stakeholder participation in BPEO studies is laid out in “Restoring our Environment”, published in October 2002. This was developed by a joint approach between project managers, Corporate Communications, and discussion with the regulators, government departments and Scottish Executive. An Internal Stakeholder Panel was held in March 2003. The Panel was independently facilitated and recorded. Eight Panel members attended who provided a representative cross-section of people working on site. Two External Stakeholder Panels were held in Thurso at the end of May 2003. A Youth Stakeholder Panel was held at which three sixth form students from local High Schools gave their views on the options for managing Dounreay’s LLW. The agenda was arranged to maximise interactive discussion on those options and issues that the young people themselves considered important. The second External Stakeholder Panel was based on the Dounreay Local Liaison Committee. Additional participants were invited in acknowledgement of the wider issues involved. As the use of Drigg is an option two representatives from the Cumbrian local district committee attended. From all the knowledge and information acquired from both the technical and stakeholder programmes UKAEA will build up the objective line of argument that leads to the BPEO emerging. This will be the completion of this first stage of the project and is planned for achievement in March 2004. Once the BPEO has been identified the next stage will be to work up the applications for the authorisations that will be necessary to allow implementation of the BPEO. Any facilities needed will require planning permission from the appropriate planning authority. The planning application could be called in by a Minister of State or a planning inquiry convened. During this next stage attention will be paid to ensure all reports and submissions are consistent and compliant with regulations and possible future legal processes. Stakeholder dialogue will continue throughout this next stage moving on from disussion of options to the actual developments. The objective will be to resolve as many issues stakeholders might raise prior to the submissions of applications and prior to the regulators’ formal consultation procedures. This will allow early attention to those areas of concern. Beyond the submission of applications for authorisations it is unwise to speculate as nuclear decommissioning will be then organised in the UK in a different way. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority will most probably be in overall control and, particularly for Dounreay, the Scottish Executive may have developed its policy for radioactive waste management in Scotland.
Reports on the topic "Youth – social conditions – cross-cultural studies"
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Elliott, Jane, Maureen Muir, and Judith Green. Trajectories of everyday mobility at older age. Wellcome Centre for Cultures and Environments of Health, January 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.58182/bnec3269.
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Background: This review and exploratory data analysis focuses on everyday mobility at older age; that is, travel outside the house for routine activities. Everyday mobility is an important determinant of health and wellbeing. Although there can be physiological reasons for declines in an individual’s capacity for mobility, trajectories are uneven. A social model of mobility at older age assumes that impairments due to bodily ageing do not inevitably lead to reduced mobility, and that policy and environmental interventions (such as transport provision, quality of built environment) can and should support mobile later lives. We scope the potential for a study of the conditions which foster trajectories of maintained or increased mobility over time, in an equitable way. Aims: With a focus on corporeal mobility in the UK (in particular England), and on social and environmental, rather than physiological factors, our aims were to: 1) scope the existing evidence on trajectories of mobility at older age; 2) assess the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) as a possible source of data on changes in mobility over time; 3) outline the potential for further research through identifying candidate analytical approaches and; draft an initial logic model to inform a study. Literature review findings: Literature on mobility at older age documents physiological, lifecourse, social, and environmental factors that shape trajectories of declining mobility, and the health and wellbeing consequences. There are complex and bidirectional relationships between determinants and consequences of mobility. Points of disruption in the lifecourse are points where mobility practices may change and are therefore potential points for interventions to promote greater mobility. A body of research demonstrates this through the case of concessionary bus travel for older adults in the UK, which both promotes greater mobility and appears to improve health status. There is a more mixed body of research on the environmental factors that can foster greater mobility: more research is needed on how to support mobility in place in the UK, particularly in settings outside urban centres. Compared to research on physiological factors, there is a relative dearth of evidence on population level interventions, with the exception of free bus travel. ELSA summary: The main strength of using the ELSA for understanding what influences trajectories of everyday mobility is that it is an eighteen-year longitudinal study with data collection every two years, focussing on those aged 50 and over. The sample is drawn from across England, detailed contextual information is available via linked geographical identifiers, and longitudinal and cross-sectional weights enable adjustment of the sample for non-response and attrition. The weaknesses (for studies of mobility) are the lack of fine-grained measures of ‘ability’ for many mobility indicators and the potential for reporting biases that intersect with measures of social and cultural capital. In this descriptive analysis, we document six separate measures of everyday mobility that can be derived from ELSA data, and map these to our logic model. Implications: The review identified the potential for studying the conditions for mobility at older age that could help identify and develop population level interventions. Focusing on points of disruption in the lifecourse is a potentially fruitful and tractable area of investigation. We have mapped indicators available from ELSA as a foundation for future study, and as a resource for other researchers. ELSA has some disadvantages for a study, but also many strengths. Given the complexity of causal pathways linking different conditions for maintained or increased mobility, an analysis approach directed specifically at multiple pathways (such as Qualitative Comparative Analysis) could well be fruitful."