{"title":"Unveiling the power of social interactions: A systematic review of student experiences in informal learning space","authors":"Ziqing Liu, Wei Xu","doi":"10.54517/esp.v9i1.1867","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54517/esp.v9i1.1867","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study is to examine the role that social interaction plays in informal learning environments on the part of students, it provides implications for understanding student experiences in informal learning spaces and for policymakers to incorporate more opportunities for social interaction in informal learning spaces. The PRISMA statement was followed when conducting a systematic search of Scopus and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) databases to identify relevant studies published within the past decade. Search strategies for informal learning spaces and social interactions included a combination of keywords and controlled vocabulary. On the basis of predefined inclusion criteria, twelve studies were selected for analysis, including articles published in English and Chinese, scientific articles published in peer-reviewed journals, and studies that examined student experiences in informal learning spaces and social interaction. Among the findings of this study are a description of informal learning spaces, a conceptualization of social interaction, as well as the positive impact of social interaction on student learning and engagement. Based on the results of the study, educators and policymakers need to create environments that foster social interactions that are inclusive and engaging. The study identifies gaps in the literature and suggests directions for future research, including the exploration of a broader range of informal learning spaces and the investigation of specific design elements that optimize student experiences.","PeriodicalId":474190,"journal":{"name":"Environment & social psychology","volume":"7 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136229347","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lei Wang, Hao-Xiang Jia, Su-Juan Cheng, Philip Pong Weng Wong
{"title":"Extending the theory of planned behaviour to foreign students’ perceptions of traditional Chinese medical tourism","authors":"Lei Wang, Hao-Xiang Jia, Su-Juan Cheng, Philip Pong Weng Wong","doi":"10.54517/esp.v9i1.1861","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54517/esp.v9i1.1861","url":null,"abstract":"Medical tourism is becoming an increasingly important component of the international tourism industry, and Chinese medical tourists make up a big percentage of this growing tourism market segment. Most previous studies on Chinese medical tourism have focused on Chinese outbound medical tourism, but there has little research undertaken as yet, on foreign tourists’ perception towards traditional Chinese medical tourism. Specifically, most of the previous studies utilized the measurement scale of destination image in medical tourism research, resulting in a limited representation of the nature of medical tourism. This study aims to examine the relationship between attitude, subjective norm (SN), perceived behavioural control (PBC), familiarity, perceived ease of visa application (PEVA) and intention toward traditional Chinese medical tourism. A quantitative approach was used, adopting a survey methodology involving 344 foreigners which was followed by subsequent empirical testing of the postulated hypotheses. The results suggested that attitude, PBC, familiarity and PEVA positively influence intention. PEVA positively influences attitude, PBC and intention respectively. Results also demonstrated that familiarity influenced attitude and PBC, and SN positively influenced familiarity. This study expands the existing knowledge on how PEVA and familiarity influenced visitation in medical tourism literature which can benefit key stakeholders in the tourism industry.","PeriodicalId":474190,"journal":{"name":"Environment & social psychology","volume":"84 6","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134901558","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A study of impact of inclusive leadership on innovative behaviors and diversity at workplace","authors":"Lochan Sharma, Priyanka Agarwal, Bhavesh P. Joshi, Nitendra Kumar, Sadhana Tiwari","doi":"10.54517/esp.v9i1.1721","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54517/esp.v9i1.1721","url":null,"abstract":"This study focuses on the association of inclusive leadership on innovation and execution of the idea of diversity at the workplace, moreover, this research also assesses the contribution of diversity in the innovative work culture in the banking industry in the national capital region. A conceptual model was designed to assess the association of inclusive leadership on innovation and the idea of diversity and to test the conceptual model, the researcher utilized multi-wave and multi-source data acquired from 5 enterprises 40 respondents each. Inclusionary leadership has a strong good impact on diverse work cultures and innovation, according to the findings. Additionally, diversity was shown to be favorably associated with innovation in the workplace. The researcher has used various scales for Inclusive leadership, diversity at the workplace, and innovative culture. To show the association and impact of factors, confirmatory factor analysis and regression have been used by the researcher.","PeriodicalId":474190,"journal":{"name":"Environment & social psychology","volume":"46 5","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136281426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yue Gong, Yan-Ping Guo, Shan-Shan Zhai, Philip Pong Weng Wong, Lei Wang
{"title":"Factors influencing tourists’ intention to adopt classified garbage cans in tourism destination","authors":"Yue Gong, Yan-Ping Guo, Shan-Shan Zhai, Philip Pong Weng Wong, Lei Wang","doi":"10.54517/esp.v9i1.1860","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54517/esp.v9i1.1860","url":null,"abstract":"Tourists who dispose of their trash properly can reduce the environmental problems caused by careless disposal and improve the effectiveness of recycling reusable things, both of which are essential for the pro-environmental growth of tourist attractions. Therefore, it is critical to classify waste in tourist areas so that travelers can practice pro-environmental activity. Few studies, however, have looked on how tourists feel about adopting classified trash cans in tourist destinations. This study examines the relationship between four types of value (altruistic value, biospheric value, collectivistic value, hedonic value), ecological worldview, three types of images (cognitive image, affective image, overall image) and intention to use classified garbage cans. A total of 407 respondents were collected in Taiyuan Ancient County Town via an online survey. Tests of the proposed hypotheses were conducted using SPSS and AMOS, and results showed that altruistic value, biospheric value and collectivistic value positively influenced ecological worldview, and subsequently, influenced cognitive image and affective image respectively. Affective image influenced overall image, while cognitive image has a significant influence on affective image and on overall image. In addition, hedonic value positively influenced cognitive image, and overall image positively influenced intention to use classified garbage cans. Finally, the theoretical, practical implications and limitations were discussed accordingly.","PeriodicalId":474190,"journal":{"name":"Environment & social psychology","volume":"2 7","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136347365","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Destination psychological ownership, environmental awareness and sustainable practices: A study among inbound UK and Chinese adults of Generation Zs","authors":"Fangfang Liu, Anees Janee bin Ali, Qaisar Iqbal","doi":"10.54517/esp.v9i1.1802","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54517/esp.v9i1.1802","url":null,"abstract":"Sketching on psychological ownership-attitude-behavior theory, the present study examines the effect of destination psychological ownership on Generation Z’s tourist environmental attitude, which in turn influences their sustainable behavior. This study also investigates the conditional impact of environmental awareness on the ecological attitude-sustainable behavior relationship. Using a purposive sampling approach, the authors collected data from inbound Generation Z tourists in the UK and China through a survey. The findings concluded with a significant positive impact of destination psychological ownership on Generation Z’s environmental attitude. The current evidence also supports the positive effect of ecological attitude on Generation Z’s sustainable behavior. The present work offered robust evidence that environmental awareness moderates the environmental attitude-sustainable behavior relationship in Generation Z. Concerning UK and Chinese cultural differences, the findings concluded with variations among their Generation Z tourist destination psychological ownership, ecological attitude and sustainable practices. Implications and limitations have also been elaborated on at the end.","PeriodicalId":474190,"journal":{"name":"Environment & social psychology","volume":"110 34","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135137517","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rogelio A. Rogelio A. Murro, John G. Lobo, April Rose C. Inso, Jason V. Chavez
{"title":"Difficulties of parents with low educational attainment in assisting their children in modular distance learning during pandemic","authors":"Rogelio A. Rogelio A. Murro, John G. Lobo, April Rose C. Inso, Jason V. Chavez","doi":"10.54517/esp.v9i1.1957","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54517/esp.v9i1.1957","url":null,"abstract":"A significant role was played by the parents of the students, who had to become homeschoolers within a few days without prior training upon the suspension of face-to-face education. This study investigated the difficulties of Filipino parents (n = 90) with low educational attainment in assisting their children in modular distance learning. In-depth analysis and survey were employed as research instruments to extract responses on the difficulties of parents with low educational attainment and how government should aid them during a global crisis. The study was conducted in Zamboanga City, Philippines from July 2022 to December 2022. Parents struggled to explain, elaborate, and understand the lessons in the self-learning modules. Simulated teacher roles were another difficulty where parents were clueless on facilitating homeschooling and addressing learners’ needs. Gender roles difficulties were prominent where women assume that homeschooling responsibilities added to their roles in child and home care. Most of the families belong to low-income households and experienced economic difficulties on added expenses incurred in assisting their children in implementing modular distance learning. Results dictated that the government could support the parents by equipping them to be effective collaborative partners in the new modality through developing skillset on learner’s management, strategies on administering learning modules, remote instructional support to bridge the gap in learning and intensify programs venturing in livelihood and entrepreneurial opportunities. This study is vital to map out the difficulties of parents with low educational attainment in modular distance learning. It initiates responses by providing them concrete homeschooling manuals, module guides, training, and programs, establishing effective partners in the collaborative process of continuous learning at home.","PeriodicalId":474190,"journal":{"name":"Environment & social psychology","volume":" 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135192695","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Oliver Ramos-Álvarez, Ana Vieites Lois, Víctor Arufe-Giráldez
{"title":"Levels of physical activity in childhood. Analysis of Family influence, gender, type of school and place of residence","authors":"Oliver Ramos-Álvarez, Ana Vieites Lois, Víctor Arufe-Giráldez","doi":"10.54517/esp.v8i3.1815","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54517/esp.v8i3.1815","url":null,"abstract":"The practice of physical activity is linked to an improvement in the state of health and integral development in childhood. The aim of this research was to determine the levels of regular physical activity carried out by children in the school, out-of-school, family and socio-community environments. A descriptive and correlational study was carried out with a total sample of 320 subjects aged 3 to 6 years. The levels of physical activity were collected through an ad hoc questionnaire completed by the parents. The results show that only 30.3% of the children participate in some extracurricular sporting activity, while 6.9% attend federated competitions. There is a higher participation in schoolchildren in the last year of Infant Education and, especially, boys are those who do more physical activity than girls. The use of daily active transport is characterised by 30.6%. Most of the subjects do not comply with the recommendations provided by the World Health Organisation regarding the practice of 180 minutes of physical activity per day. The competent authorities in education, social and sports policy are invited to promote the practice of physical activity from early childhood.","PeriodicalId":474190,"journal":{"name":"Environment & social psychology","volume":"6 7","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135868794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of empathic skills to social intelligence","authors":"Blerim Hetemi, Kaltrina Abazi, Blerta Kryeziu, Adnan Hoxha, Vjose Hajrullahu, Florim Gallopeni, Besarta Taganoviq","doi":"10.54517/esp.v8i3.2176","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54517/esp.v8i3.2176","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Empathy, or being empathetic, is the meaning of the inner framework of others with the precision and the emotional component and understanding the other was a person, but never lost; as a state. Being empathic, also known as comprehending another’ inner workings precisely and emotionally, and realizing that the other person was once a person but is now a state. Social intelligence is the ability to understand and manage people. The purpose of this research was to evaluate the knowledge that nursing students and students carry about empathic skills and social intelligence. Methods: This research is descriptive and quantitative. It is cross-sectional research. The Empathy quotient (EQ) questionnaire is used to measure empirical skills. The questionnaire Messi Methodology was used to measure social intelligence. The study involved a participant pool of 150 individuals. Results and discussion: From the findings through the correlation analysis, there has been a positive correlation between empathic skills and social intelligence with r = 0.301 and p = 0.010 *. The model explains 12% of variance and is significant with p = 0.028, where from the three explanatory factors only social intelligence with p = is significant 0.007 **, while gender and age do not appear to be significant explanations for empathic skills. Research findings show that there is a link between empathic skills and social intelligence where our first hypothesis is confirmed. Conclusion: In conclusion, this study highlights the necessity to differentiate between different types of empathy while confirming the robust correlation between social intelligence and empathy. It refutes the notion that empathy varies with age by showing constant values throughout the age spectrum. Despite the fact that gender was not a significant effect, this highlights the significance of recognizing gender differences in empathic abilities.","PeriodicalId":474190,"journal":{"name":"Environment & social psychology","volume":"7 6","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135934923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Identifying the sources and impacts of caregiver fatigue and burnout among mental health caregivers: A qualitative approach","authors":"Fitriana Kurniasari Solikhah","doi":"10.54517/esp.v8i3.1539","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54517/esp.v8i3.1539","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: To identify work-related issues to assist mental health caregivers in identifying sources and effects of caregiver burnout; to establish a dialogue between the participants and identified sources of stress in the workplace to address identified problems; and to make recommendations to local area health services to prevent and manage stressors in a mental health caregiver practice. The proposed study will help the sector by pinpointing the causes of caregiver burnout and burnout in the mental health caregiving profession and offering solutions to those causes. Method: 20 experienced registered caregivers working as mental health caregivers were recruited using the snowball method, and convenience sampling was used to target study participants interested in finding reasons for caregiver burnout and burnout at work. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data, in which questions about relative impact are used to help clients focus on factors outside themselves to solve problems. Results: Emotional stress and burnout are the overarching themes of studies conducted on the effects of burnout on mental health caregivers in various settings: job insecurity and labor casualization; problems with management and systems; challenges with the nature of work; inadequate resources and services; problems with other health care; aggressive and criminal consumers; and belittling consumers and caregivers. Conclusion: The physical and emotional constraints of work all contribute to mental health caregivers’ experiences of caregiver burnout. Employees’ ability to deal with and respond to pressure in the workplace has been shown to be negatively affected by stress.","PeriodicalId":474190,"journal":{"name":"Environment & social psychology","volume":"12 23","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135863225","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Muhammad Umar Nadeem, Ijaz Hussain Bokhari, Anastassia Zabrodskaja, Matthew A. Koschmann, Steve J. Kulich
{"title":"Assessment of university students’ energy saving behavior by integrating stimulus-organism-response (SOR) and the theory of planned behavior (TPB)","authors":"Muhammad Umar Nadeem, Ijaz Hussain Bokhari, Anastassia Zabrodskaja, Matthew A. Koschmann, Steve J. Kulich","doi":"10.54517/esp.v8i3.2071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54517/esp.v8i3.2071","url":null,"abstract":"Concerned about balancing issues of global warming and economic growth, the growing needs of energy consumption in contexts with limited production and resources have created a serious challenge for developing countries like Pakistan. Research approaches that focus mainly on the production or purchase of environmentally friendly products or assessment of the stance of employees and households are not seen as sufficient to present the full picture of any society regarding energy saving behaviors (ESB). The attitudes and behaviors of the student population have generally not been sufficiently presented in energy saving studies to reflect current or emerging realities. Two leading behavioral theories, stimulus-organism-response theory (SOR) and the theory of planned behavior (TPB), and their relevant variables are integrated in this study to unpack the ESB of university-going students in Pakistan. Through an online survey, 410 university students from the four main urban cities of Pakistan participated in the study. The findings revealed that media and organizational climate have significantly created both a sense of social pressure and responsibility among students to cultivate stronger intentions and actions toward saving energy. The results further indicated that these behavioral intentions do indeed have a strong impact on students reported ESB. Overall, the students appeared to have been effectively influenced to be more active in saving energy for their society and country. The findings also validate the selected energy-related constructs and predictive paths in the proposed integrated SOR and TPB model. This study shows the potential for the further testing and application of the variables and this model in other contexts with other populations as the world grapples with energy shortages and global climate change issues.","PeriodicalId":474190,"journal":{"name":"Environment & social psychology","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135871933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}