Social comparison
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The purpose of this research is to find out what factors influence online conspicuous consumption behavior and how social media usage affects those factors. Applying a quantitative approach, an integrative model is proposed based on social comparison theory and a sample data size of 472 is collected from social media users.
17p vijaychest 16-05-2024 0 0 Download
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This article considers the legal norms regulating the activities of local governments in the field of social services at the federal, regional and municipal levels of government, the activities of municipal social services to provide social assistance and support and issues relating to the separation of powers between state authorities and local governments in social services. In recent years, many social problems have arisen or worsened, resulting in a decline in the population of Iraq. According to the latest data, August - December 2009, the number of Iraqis decreased by 30.
6p longtimenosee10 26-04-2024 3 1 Download
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Research, Sports and Physical Activities are important in determining the contribution of the social skills of courses. A research model for elective sports and physical activities screening to determine their level of social skills among students taking the course and take the 11-14 year olds was designed.
10p viarnault 25-04-2024 2 1 Download
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Ebook "Ringtailed lemur biology: Lemur Catta in Madagascar" is a truly international collaboration, with editors based on four con- nents and first authors from Canada, France, Japan, Madagascar, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Clearly, there is something attractive about studying Lemur catta, the ringtailed lemur. Perhaps it is the lemurs themselves! Why study ringtailed lemurs? Because lemurs are a separate radiation of p- mates from the monkeys, apes, and humans.
385p tracanhphuonghoa1007 22-04-2024 2 1 Download
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Comparison of the quality of life using the human development index based on the global supply chain
Quality of life and methods of its measurement are topics that are quickly becoming the subject of both professional and social discussions based on the global supply chain. The basic idea of this article is to compare the quality of life in the Russian Federation and Germany. These are powerful economies that offer an interesting confrontation. We also contribute to this comparison using Slovakia as an example of the confrontation of large and economically strong countries with a small country.
7p longtimenosee09 08-04-2024 6 1 Download
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In this paper, the authors considered theoretical approaches to family farming as a special form of social-and-economic organization, which is the most reliable mechanism for mass recruitment of rural population into the economy and optimization of material and information flows, cooperative ties of value creating participants in order to satisfy consumers in comparison with large agricultural holdings. The US experience indicates the possibility of harmonious combination of developed industry and commodity family farms in economic complexes.
7p longtimenosee09 08-04-2024 6 2 Download
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Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is increasingly recognized as one of the goals of holistic healthcare. Crohn's disease is the most common inflammatory bowel disease that necessitates long-term management and increases the risk of psychological distress and social disruption, leading to impaired HRQoL in comparison to healthy controls.
13p vilarry 12-03-2024 5 1 Download
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Hepatitis B infection has become a social burden in over the world due to its high prevalence, while the treatments still do not offer the desired effects. Literature showed that combining traditional medicine with modern drugs was able to inhibit the proliferation of the hepatitis B virus, thus making it an effective treatment.
11p vikissinger 21-12-2023 5 2 Download
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Continued part 1, part 2 of ebook "International accounting and transnational decisions" provides readers with contents including: a comparison of various international proposals on inflation accounting; accounting for the effects of changing prices social reporting; employees and the corporate social report; management audit and social indicators; transnational financial decisions and control foreign investment decisions; a synthesis of foreign direct investment theories and theories of the multinational firm capital budgeting and long-term financing;...
248p tuongnhuoclan 27-11-2023 3 3 Download
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Part 1 of ebook "Social and demographic accounting" provides readers with contents including: social accounting - essays in honour of Sir Richard Stone; a SAM for Europe - social accounts at the regional level; interregional SAMs and capital accounts; social accounting matrices and income distribution analysis in Kenya; structure of the Bangladesh interregional social accounting system - a comparison of alternative decompositions;...
118p mocthanhdao0210 19-11-2023 8 4 Download
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This study incorporates a social comparison theoretical framework as well as human psychology topics including self-esteem, jealousy, and sadness. These instances are due to the usage of social media. The poll included 357 students. According to the conclusions of this research, students’ usage of social networks leads to social comparison, which in turn leads to unfavorable psychological feelings
5p vipierre 02-10-2023 4 3 Download
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Continued part 1, part 2 of ebook "Blackwell handbook of social psychology: Intergroup processes" provides readers with contents including: language and influence; social influence in an intergroup context; social comparison; the social psychology of minority–majority relations; cultural influence; changing intergroup relations; intergroup relations and national and international relations; trust and intergroup negotiation;...
293p hanlinhchi 28-08-2023 7 2 Download
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Peer-led interventions for adolescents are effective at accelerating behavioral change. The Sources of Strength suicide preventive program trains student peer change agents (peer leaders) in secondary schools to deliver prevention messaging and conduct activities that increase mental health coping mechanisms.
13p viferrari 28-11-2022 12 2 Download
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We aimed to examine and compare the associations between three HRB clusters: “multi-HRB cluster”, “inactive cluster” and “(ex-)smoking cluster” (identified in previous work based on HRBs including smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity and social activity) and episodic memory trajectories among men and women, separately, in the United States of America (USA) and England.
11p viferrari 28-11-2022 12 3 Download
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This paper describes the development of an educational SN that integrates the social features of SNs with the academic features of educational training. The developed educational SN has shown certain advantages in comparison with the deployment on universal SNs or the usage of Learning Management Systems.
5p vilexus 30-09-2022 7 2 Download
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Demand Response programs have been increasing rapidly in recent years, and it plays a vital role in improving power supply-demand balancing operation. In particular, peak-time-rebate-DR (PTR-DR) is expected to penetrate further because it brings benefit both electric power suppliers and consumers with a smaller burden on the consumer-side in comparison with the other DR types.
4p vistephenhawking 26-04-2022 15 2 Download
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This study aims to investigate the language used for denoting graduation in English literary discourse. Basing on the theoretical framework of Appraisal proposed by Martin and White (2005), it lays its focus particularly on how intensification as graduation is realized via linguistic and stylistic means in English literary discourse. A comparison among expressions for intensification is established to recognize what sub-groups are preferable to be used in this type of discourse.
250p linyanjun_2408 21-04-2022 29 2 Download
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Social Commerce In Vietnam: A Legal Review the research focuses on the operation mechanism of social commerce, with a comparison with e-commerce exchanges. Accordingly, specific, effective and feasible management policies are recommended to promote development of such e-commerce services.
48p huyenhuyen0827 22-03-2022 16 4 Download
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Among the oldest old, aged 80 years and over, the prevalence of disability is higher than in other age groups and can be considered a predictor of mortality. Objective: To evaluate how psychosocial aspects and support networks influence the disability of these oldest-old individuals, performing a comparison between two longevous populations, one living in one of the poorest regions of Brazil, in the backlands of Paraíba, and another living in one of the largest urban centres in Latin America.
13p vinobelprisen 26-03-2022 16 5 Download
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The thesis aims at examining the metaphors of season in English and Vietnamese songs in the light of Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT). Subsequently, a comparison is made to find out the similarities and differences between the conceptual metaphors of season in English and Vietnamese song lyrics when SEASON is treated as a target domain as well as a source domain. Simultaneously, several explanations are given as causes for these similarities and differences.
230p caphesuadathemtieu 02-03-2022 17 3 Download