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Marie Carroll - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The effect of a video character's smoking status on young females' perceptions of Social Characteristics.
Adolescence, 1998Co-Authors: Brett Jones, Marie CarrollAbstract:Despite public warnings of the health risks associated with cigarette smoking, as well as advertising bans and educational programs in schools, the percentage of young females who smoke is on the rise. This study examined the effect of a video character's smoking status on young females' perceptions of Social Characteristics. University students were shown a video of a young woman in a Socially oriented role-play. The video portrayed a smoker for the experimental group and a nonsmoker for the control group; in all other respects the video presentations were identical. Both groups answered a questionnaire pertaining to Social Characteristics they believed she possessed. The experimental group rated the character as more outgoing, more sophisticated, not as easy to manipulate, and less emotional about breaking up with her boyfriend than did the control group. There were no significant differences in ratings of her uncertainty in a crowd, her degree of unpopularity, her ability to be intimidated, the degree others admire her, and her attractiveness. The results are discussed in the light of previous studies, and implications for future research are explored.
Cengiz Isik - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Impact of diabetic foot on selected psychological or Social Characteristics.
Journal of diabetes research, 2014Co-Authors: Ugur Cakir, Ertugrul Kargi, Hakan Sarman, Cengiz IsikAbstract:With great interest, we read the recent paper [1] “Does the diabetic foot have a significant impact on selected psychological or Social Characteristics of patients with diabetes mellitus?”. The authors aimed to compare selected psychological and Social Characteristics between diabetic patients with and without the diabetic foot (DF). They have concluded that patients with DF had a predominantly worse standard of living and patients with DF appeared to have good stress tolerability and mental health and did not reveal severe forms of depression or any associated consequences.
Jelena Skibova - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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does the diabetic foot have a significant impact on selected psychological or Social Characteristics of patients with diabetes mellitus
Experimental Diabetes Research, 2014Co-Authors: Vladimira Fejfarova, Alexandra Jirkovska, Eva Dragomirecka, Frances L Game, Robert Bem, Michal Dubský, Veronika Woskova, Marta Křižova, Jelena SkibovaAbstract:The aim of our case-control study was to compare selected psychological and Social Characteristics between diabetic patients with and without the DF (controls). Methods. 104 patients with and 48 without DF were included into our study. Both study groups were compared in terms of selected psychoSocial Characteristics. Results. Compared to controls, patients with DF had a significantly worse quality of life in the area of health and standard of living as shown by lower physical health domain (12.7 ± 2.8 versus 14.7 ± 2.5; P < 0.001) and environment domain (14.1 ± 2.2 versus 15 ± 1.8; P < 0.01) that negatively correlated with diabetes duration (r = −0.061; P = 0.003). Patients with DF subjectively felt more depressed in contrast to controls (24.5 versus 7.3%; P < 0.05); however, the depressive tuning was objectively proven in higher percentage in both study groups (83.2 versus 89.6; NS). We observed a significantly lower level of achieved education (P < 0.01), more patients with disability pensions (P < 0.01), and low self-support (P < 0.001) in patients with the DF compared to controls. In the subgroup of patients with a previous major amputation and DF (n = 6), there were significantly worse outcomes as in the environment domain (P < 0.01), employment status, and stress readaptation (P < 0.01) in contrast to the main study groups. Conclusions. Patients with DF had a predominantly worse standard of living. In contrast to our expectations, patients with DF appeared to have good stress tolerability and mental health (with the exception of patients with previous major amputation) and did not reveal severe forms of depression or any associated consequences.
Stefano Allesina - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Characterizing a scientific elite: the Social Characteristics of the most highly cited scientists in environmental science and ecology
Scientometrics, 2010Co-Authors: John N. Parker, Christopher J. Lortie, Stefano AllesinaAbstract:In science, a relatively small pool of researchers garners a disproportionally large number of citations. Still, very little is known about the Social Characteristics of highly cited scientists. This is unfortunate as these researchers wield a disproportional impact on their fields, and the study of highly cited scientists can enhance our understanding of the conditions which foster highly cited work, the systematic Social inequalities which exist in science, and scientific careers more generally. This study provides information on this understudied subject by examining the Social Characteristics and opinions of the 0.1% most cited environmental scientists and ecologists. Overall, the Social Characteristics of these researchers tend to reflect broader patterns of inequality in the global scientific community. However, while the Social Characteristics of these researchers mirror those of other scientific elites in important ways, they differ in others, revealing findings which are both novel and surprising, perhaps indicating multiple pathways to becoming highly cited.
Natalie Riedel - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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insomnia and urban neighbourhood contexts are associations modified by individual Social Characteristics and change of residence results from a population based study using residential histories
BMC Public Health, 2012Co-Authors: Natalie Riedel, Kateryna Fuks, Barbara Hoffmann, Simone Weyers, Johannes Siegrist, Raimund Erbel, Anja Viehmann, Andreas Stang, Joachim ScheinerAbstract:Background Until now, insomnia has not been much of interest in epidemiological neighbourhood studies, although literature provides evidence enough for insomnia-related mechanisms being potentially dependent on neighbourhood contexts. Besides, studies have shown differences in sleep along individual Social Characteristics that might render residents more vulnerable to neighbourhood contextual exposures. Given the role of exposure duration and changes in the relationship between neighbourhoods and health, we studied associations of neighbourhood unemployment and months under residential turnover with insomnia by covering ten years of residential history of nearly 3,000 urban residents in the Ruhr Area, Germany.
