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Intertemporal decision making is the process by which individuals make judgments or choices regarding outcomes that occur at different times. Although intertemporal decision making is widely investigated, most studies explore it in terms of individual decision making, while neglecting group decision making, which holds more practical significance and adaptive value. This study recommends adopting a "two-process" approach that uses self-assessment questionnaires, audiovisual recordings, and visual decision-making tools to quantify interpersonal interaction processes and information processing in group intertemporal decision-making settings. In this way, studies can reveal the psychological and theoretical mechanisms of the group intertemporal decision-making process. At the level of interpersonal interaction processes, such an approach can identify the differential mechanisms between group and individual intertemporal decision making. In terms of information processing, it can reveal the mechanisms of the decision-making process in group intertemporal decision making. The findings of such work can provide a basis for interventions and nudges that encourage more visionary group intertemporal decision making. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This conceptual article examines the role of team-building in outdoor learning, reviews group development theory in relation to teamwork, and outlines the Behaviour Analysis model as a tool to facilitate team-building. Working with this foundation, the theory and model are combined with discussion about team, leader, and facilitator behaviours at each stage of group development. The applications are valid for all clientele in all outdoor settings. Several strong recommendations for practitioner behaviours and future research are presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introduction. The article reflects the results of the study that made it possible to identify the connection between subjective personality traits and the severity of career orientation, manifested in the desire to improve their knowledge and skills in the chosen field among medical university students. The maturity of the studied career motivation can be an important factor determining the success of future doctors mastering role-related professional behavior. Theoretical analysis. The results of modern research allow us to talk about the importance of the formation of a career orientation “professional competence” for the successful self-realization of young doctors, but do not reveal the features of its relationship with the structural components of the subjective organization of an individual in the conditions of interpersonal interaction. Empirical analysis. Connections were found between motivation for self-improvement in the chosen professional activity, the ability to exercise self-control in communication conditions, as well as manifested ego positions in communication and self-regulation styles. Conclusion. The formation of a career orientation “professional competence” can be an important factor in the successful development of professional role behavior by medical students, subject to the actualization of subjective properties in the conditions of interpersonal interaction: volitional regulation of behavior, the optimal combination of required and demonstrated behavior in communication, the use of optimal styles of self-regulation and interaction strategies.

The article deals with the problem of the effectiveness of correctional work of higher education students with younger students with autism spectrum disorders. The aim of the article is to theoretically substantiate the problem and highlight the results of an empirical study on identifying the level of development of interpersonal interaction skills in primary school children with autism spectrum disorders through the means of theatrical art. The theoretical analysis of the problem has shown that the acquisition of experience of interaction, and skills of contact with children is recognized as one of the priority directions of personality development at the primary school age. In science, communication is considered as the interaction and establishment of contacts between individuals, which results in influencing each other, exchanging information, choosing a certain direction of joint action, as well as perceiving and understanding the interlocutor. It was determined that the artistic and communicative experience gained at the primary school age is a guarantee not only of the child’s general cultural development, but also of his or her liberation, confidence, and personal activity in later life. The emphasis was placed on the fact that theatrical activity proves to be an effective means of socialisation of primary schoolchildren, as it promotes comprehension of the moral implications of a literary work and participation in the game. This form of activity creates favourable conditions for development, focused on the holistic development of the personality of a child with ASD, activation of his/her creativity, and key mental processes. It is emphasised that the solution to the problem will be the implementation of a correctional and developmental program by higher education students aimed at developing interpersonal skills in primary school children with autism spectrum disorders. Under our supervision, students of Oles Honchar Dnipro National University conducted a study of the level of development of interpersonal skills in primary school children with autism spectrum disorders. The study involved primary school children with autism spectrum disorders in grades 1-A: 13 children – experimental group, and 1-B: 14 children – control group. The results of the study allowed higher education students to conclude that the development of interpersonal skills in primary school children with autism spectrum disorders can be successful under conditions of specially organised, systematised, and regular classes in the correctional and developmental program «Young Actors». The empirical study applied methods and strategies for implementing theatrical classes in the educational process with children with autism spectrum disorders. The use of theatrical art helps to improve communication skills, emotional understanding and social adaptation in children with autism spectrum disorders. The results obtained indicate the effectiveness of the correctional work of higher education students with children with autism spectrum disorders. Conclusions have been drawn regarding the effectiveness of the corrective developmental program in shaping interpersonal interaction skills in children with autism spectrum disorders through theatrical art. The practical results of the work can be useful for teachers, psychologists and parents who work with this category of children and seek to improve their quality of life and social interaction. In addition, the educational environment will contribute to social adaptation and the development of interaction skills in children with autism spectrum disorders.

Drawing on Flow theory and memorable tourism experience, this study explores the relationships between Flow, novelty, and interpersonal interaction and the impact on travelers' satisfaction and memories. By applying a mixed-method approach and the critical incident technique to a once-in-a-lifetime leisure experience, 550 tourists recalled their experiences. The results reveal that Flow has a direct and positive influence on tourists' satisfaction and memories of the experience. The findings highlight the role of novelty and interpersonal interaction in producing positive Flow. However, novelty and interpersonal interaction did not come out as significant to predict memories and satisfaction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Social avoidance refers to active non-participation in social activities, which is detrimental to healthy interpersonal interaction for emerging adults. Social rejection is a kind of negative social evaluation from others making people feel social pain. However, how socially avoidant emerging adults process social feedback information after experiencing social rejection has received less attention. The current study aimed to explore the differences in social interaction feedback processing after social rejection between a socially avoidant group (n = 16) and a comparison group (n = 16) in a human-to-human interaction context. Computer game tasks with two types of interaction (cooperation and competition) were used to record the event-related potentials when receiving social interaction feedback in two conditions (social rejection and control condition). The results showed that (1) the socially avoidant group had lower reward positivity amplitudes than the comparison group when receiving social feedback; (2) the socially avoidant group presented larger P300 amplitudes in the social rejection condition than in the control condition, but the comparison group did not; and (3) social rejection evoked more negative N1 amplitudes in the socially avoidant and comparison groups. The findings suggest that socially avoidant emerging adults may have flaws in reward sensitivity during interpersonal interaction, and they might also exert more attentional and emotional resources to social feedback after social rejection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The relevance of the research is due to the fact that in the modern technogenic world, kindness requires special attention because of several reasons: fi rst, kindness is a gift that contributes to the preservation of the humane in a human; second, it resists the devaluation and depersonalization of human individuality; third, it unites people on the basis of deep spiritual values; and fi nally, kindness helps people develop and improve themselves through the expansion of social ties and activation of prosocial behaviors. The objective of the research is to identify how kindness in interpersonal relationships is specifi c to a person depending on its dominant mode. Hypothesis: the subjective experience of receiving and showing kindness in interpersonal interactions determines its content and the specifi cs of verbal referents. Participants: students (N = 75) of Saratov State University (Saratov) aged between 20 and 22 years (M=21.48; SD=1.12), 83% female. Methods (tools): prototypical methodology for describing the structure of the social concept of kindness (P. Verges); semantic diff erential technique to characterize the semantic space of the construct “kind person” (Ch. Osgood); methodology of kindness modes to determine its dominant mode (D. E. Youngs, M. A. Yaneva & D. V. Canter); self-actualization test for the diagnosis of the self-actualization index (E. Shostrom adapted by A. Jones, R. Crandall); behavioral activity questionnaire to determine its type (L. I. Wasserman and N. V. Gumenyuk). Results: the research reveals the structure of the social concept of kindness, constructs the semantic space of the concept “kind person”, identifies the three groups that diff er in relation to themselves and Others, in relation to the modes of kindness, ideas of kindness, behavioral patterns and the specifi cs of verbal referents. Conclusions. The research has worked out the invariant meaning of the concept of good and kindness in diff erent languages; the study has emphasized intersubjective (caring for the Other) and intrasubjective (caring for oneself) psychological orientations of kindness, which are associated with the responsibility of the individual for the present and future of their own and of the Other’s; the research has identifi ed the tendency to understand kindness one-sidedly reducing it to a helping behavior and identifying it with the proper care of the Other; the study has established that the subjective experience of receiving and showing kindness in interpersonal interactions determines the type of the kindness mode and the specifi cs of verbal referents. Practical significance. The results of the study can be used in counseling and psychological training.

Introduction: the relevance problem of differentiating modes of prosocial behavior is substantiated and the main goal is determined: to identify differences in the recognition and experience of modes of prosocial behavior among psychology students and the role of subjective well-being of the person in them. Theoretical analysis of compassion and kindness made it possible to formulate a hypothesis: the empirical referents of distinguishing between the prosocial scenario of kindness, associated with concern for the future of the Other and the activation of his psychological resources, and the scenario of compassion, aimed at reducing the negative experiences of the Other by providing one’s own resources, are actualized emotions, and the facilitator is the current level of subjective well-being of the person. Empirical analysis. Participants: psychology students (N = 76; M = 24.4; SD = 9.5). Methods: Kindness and Compassion Script Scale (P. Gilbert et al.); Kindness modes technique (D. E. Youngs et al.); Methods of diagnostics of subjective well-being of the person (R. Shamionov, T. Beskova). Conclusions: differences were identified in the recognition of prosocial scenarios of kindness and compassion; emotional markers have been identified that allow them to be differentiated; differences were found in the indicators of subjective well-being of participants with different abilities to recognize kindness and compassion, and a significant connection was established between compassionate kindness and the components of subjective well-being. The results can be used in the educational process for developing the professional competencies of psychology students through training in the practices of mindfulness, compassion, and self-care.

Narcissistic trauma can lead to disruption of the personality functioning system. Therefore, it is important to study the persons who have it, their traits, the sphere of relationships, and strategies of social adaptation. The research aims to study narcissism indicators among individuals with narcissistic trauma diagnosed during a therapeutic conversation to identify its connection with loneliness, life satisfaction, and communication style. The empirical research involved 32 people who sought psychotherapeutic help. All participants provided written consent to participate in the research. A clinical methodology was used to identify the degree of personal narcissism—the Narcissism Assessment Test. The study of the dominant style of social interaction revealed the dominance of two opposite styles: straightforward-aggressive and responsible-generous. Thus, narcissistic trauma is likely to lead to dysfunction of the self-system, and the ability to enjoy life and communication. The data obtained can be useful for both theoretical psychologists and psychotherapists. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Over the last few years, livestreaming e-commerce has shown rapid growth and has become an important form of e-commerce. However, the potential mechanisms of interpersonal interaction's influence on purchase intention in livestreaming e-commerce have yet to be fully investigated. Based on the SOR (Stimulus-Organism-Response) framework, this study reveals the association between interpersonal interaction (consumer–anchor interaction and consumer–consumer interaction), psychological distance, consumer purchase intention, and the positive role of brand identification and time pressure in this context of influential relationships. The results of analyzing 603 questionnaires show that psychological distance between consumers and products plays a mediating role in the effect of interpersonal interaction on purchase intention. Meanwhile, this study found that consumers' brand identification with the products in the live room was effective in enhancing the direct effect of interpersonal interaction in the model. Additionally, the time pressure associated with limited-time sales was also found to be effective in enhancing the effects of interpersonal interaction and psychological distance on purchase intention. The results of this study reveal the potential influence mechanisms of interpersonal interactions with various identities in livestreaming e-commerce, providing theoretical guidance and practical insights for practitioners in the field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In recent years, student engagement in high-impact educational practices (HIPs) has received significant attention from academics. However, a lack of focus persists regarding the factors responsible for its engagement. Our study utilizes the presage–process–product (3P) model of student learning and engagement to investigate the dynamics between personal and institutional elements, scrutinizing their impact on student interpersonal interaction and its subsequent engagement in HIPs. By applying a moderated mediation empirical model to a group of 2,940 Chinese undergraduates, our findings highlight the significant role of students’ social and emotional skills (SES) in enhancing their engagement in HIPs, mediated by interpersonal interaction. Additionally, school support emerges as a crucial moderating factor, strengthening the effects of SES on interpersonal interaction and the indirect effect of SES on student engagement in HIPs via interpersonal interaction. Our study contributes significantly to theory by confirming students’ personal characteristics (their SES) as facilitators driving their participation in HIPs. It also identifies the mechanisms and boundary conditions of this influential process, offering insights for enhancing HIP participation at both individual and institutional levels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Intertemporal decision making is the process by which individuals make judgments or choices regarding outcomes that occur at different times. Although intertemporal decision making is widely investigated, most studies explore it in terms of individual decision making, while neglecting group decision making, which holds more practical significance and adaptive value. This study recommends adopting a “two-process” approach that uses self-assessment questionnaires, audiovisual recordings, and visual decision-making tools to quantify interpersonal interaction processes and information processing in group intertemporal decision-making settings. In this way, studies can reveal the psychological and theoretical mechanisms of the group intertemporal decision-making process. At the level of interpersonal interaction processes, such an approach can identify the differential mechanisms between group and individual intertemporal decision making. In terms of information processing, it can reveal the mechanisms of the decision-making process in group intertemporal decision making. The findings of such work can provide a basis for interventions and nudges that encourage more visionary group intertemporal decision making.

This study aimed to understand the effect of task motivation on online group creative performance and interpersonal interaction. A total of 150 university students were recruited to collaborate online on creativity tasks in dyads. The Mmembers' task motivation was manipulated, resulting in three groups that differed in their motivation composition. Ratings of creative performance (fluency and originality), hemodynamic inter-brain synchronization, and lag sequential analysis were compared among the three groups. The results showed that groups comprising two highly motivated members conducted an efficient communication mode and achieved the best creative performance. Contrastingly, groups composed of one high- and one low-motivation member demonstrated the closest interpersonal interaction among members. The findings of this study suggest that it is essential to ensure that every member is highly motivated to improve creative performance in online groups. However, this may result in reduced interpersonal interaction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Value co-creation profoundly affects brand experience, human interaction rules, and customer behavior performance and is a recurring theme in research in the field of virtual brand communities. Studies have determined an influence model for value co-creation, but there is a dearth of research on the impacts of value co-creation activities on brand attachment. This study built a mediation theoretical research framework on value co-creation theory, brand experience, and brand attachment. The purpose of this study is to explore the significance of value co-creation activities on brand experience. Furthermore, this study intends to measure the impact of brand experience on brand attachment. Additionally, this study intends to investigate the mediation role of brand experience in the relationship between value co-creation and brand attachment. This study analyzed 512 data collected by structural equation modeling using registered users of the OPPO community as participants. The results of this empirical test show that the three dimensions of value co-creation (interpersonal interaction, feedback, and advocacy) have a positive effect on brand experience and that brand experience has a positive and significant impact on brand attachment and mediates the relationship between value co-creation and brand attachment. The findings of significance for management are the identification of factors that enhance value co-creation in virtual brand communities. Doi: 10.28991/ESJ-2023-07-04-014 Full Text: PDF

In the era of rapid technological development, the integration of artificial intelligence and virtual reality technology has gradually become a research hotspot. Interpersonal interaction, as an important part of virtual reality, also presents opportunities and challenges. The study builds the virtual interpersonal interaction model using the emotion model and hierarchical emotion as the learning algorithm after exploring the key technology of virtual interpersonal interaction based on the UGC model. Finally, the complex interpersonal interaction in virtual reality is simulated to examine the use of virtual community users and the factors affecting interpersonal interaction in virtual communities. According to the results, the percentage of female users of virtual communities is 14.28 percentage points higher than that of male users. The majority of people aged 18-40 who use virtual communities account for 88.01% of the population. In terms of education distribution, the group of bachelor’s degree holders is the group that uses virtual communities the most frequently, accounting for 66.52%. The study concluded that 8 out of the 11 hypotheses it proposed were valid. Among them, hypothesis 3 and hypothesis 11 were supported by 0.01 significance, and hypothesis 9 had a significance of 0.017, which reached 0.05 significance level.

Given that Chinese society is currently undergoing a comprehensive transitional phase characterized by intensifying stratification and conflicting interests among social classes, which has led to the increase of self-initiated events aimed at interest maintenance. The ensuing collective behaviors consequently pose considerable challenges to maintaining social order and stability in China. With the aim of adequately mitigating and forestalling potentially deleterious collective behavior. It is of great significance to study the evolutionary logic of collective behaviors under different circumstances, and thus provide a scientific reference for effectively controlling and preventing the malignant events of collective behaviors. The evolution of collective behaviors is a complex public-administration problem with nonlinear characteristics. Domestic scholars have put forward a series of explanatory frameworks for grassroots populace involvement in collective behaviors by integrating western theories with Chinese context.However, traditional methodologies of social science research can hardly understand the emergence characteristics and the overall structure of collective behaviors from the perspective of microcosmic units, and it is difficult to accurately analyze the specific social mechanism. Based on the existing theories and research of collective behaviors,and leveraging computational sociological thinking and approaches in an innovative manner,we firstly constructed a comprehensive interpretation framework generalizing the evolution of collective behavior into different dimensions of the rational-irrational and independent-influenced ones, and reconstructs the evolutionary logic of collective behaviors in theory combining with the discussion of information receiving and processing mechanism. Four kinds of the information diffusion mechanisms including the global-complete, local-complete, global-incomplete and local-incomplete evolutions were then formed. The complex network theory and information diffusion models in the field of social computing were further introduced, and the process of the evolved behaviors with the modeling and mathematical expression was built, and then a strong operational overall framework for systematically analyzing collective behaviors was formed. Secondly, under the guidance of the overall framework, the analysis framework and evolution models under different dimensions and diffusion mechanisms were constructed, and their specific process was also analyzed mathematically. The result shows that significant social influence and time limitation were identified as environmental constraints that prevent such self-correction and lead to unpredictability and path dependence of the system. In structured crowds, sparse networks facilitate the dissipation of collective behavior, while scale-free networks enhance the self-reinforcement of social influence. Based on the simulation of computer-generated parameters and the investigation data of migrant workers, the mechanisms of both generalization and specialization of collective behaviors were discussed. The scale-free network structure and formal network structure of migrant workers manifest similar characteristics in collective behavior evolution. Migrant workers at critical positions in the formal network have major impacts on the initiation of collective behavior.The research provides targeted perspectives for government agencies to develop contingency plans for collective behaviors as well as construct a modernized governance system led by the government with multi-stakeholder participation from enterprises, social organizations and citizens. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: The need to belong is a basic psychological need of humans, and physical activities provide contexts in which the need to belong can be satisfied through interpersonal interactions. Therefore, the need to belong is an important psychological factor for systematic study in order to gain a better understanding of participation in physical activities. The purpose of this study was to develop a Chinese version of the Need to Belong scale (Leary et al., 2013; Schreindorfer & Leary, 1996), via reliability, validity, and nomological network investigation, for future research on the need to belong in Taiwanese and Chinese societies. Method: In study 1, the original Need to Belong scale items were translated and back-translated. Exploratory factor analysis, item analysis, and test-retest were performed with data from 177 participants (mean age = 25.20 [SD = 8.94] years, 76 males). In study 2, 314 participants (mean age = 38.77 [SD = 10.06] years, 130 males) filled in the Chinese version of the scale. Confirmatory factor analysis, the invariance test, and the nomological network approach were used to examine the model fit, gender invariance, and construct- and criterion-related validities of the scale. Results: The results of study 1 provided preliminary evidence of a single factor structure of the scale, item discrimination, internal consistency, and test-retest reliability. In study 2, confirmatory factor analysis and nomological network examination confirmed construct- and criterion-related validity and provided further evidence of the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Need to Belong scale. The nomological network showed that the need to belong was associated differently with different personalities and was positively correlated with self-esteem and loneliness to different extents. People who had a high need to belong engaged in solitary activities at a lower frequency and tended to have negative emotions when being alone. Conclusions: The Chinese version of the Need to Belong scale showed high reliability and validity. It appears to be a suitable tool for research on the need to belong in Taiwanese and Chinese societies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Social avoidance refers to active non-participation in social activities, which is detrimental to healthy interpersonal interaction for emerging adults. Social rejection is a kind of negative social evaluation from others making people feel social pain. However, how socially avoidant emerging adults process social feedback information after experiencing social rejection has received less attention. The current study aimed to explore the differences in social interaction feedback processing after social rejection between a socially avoidant group (n = 16) and a comparison group (n = 16) in a human-to-human interaction context. Computer game tasks with two types of interaction (cooperation and competition) were used to record the event-related potentials when receiving social interaction feedback in two conditions (social rejection and control condition). The results showed that (1) the socially avoidant group had lower reward positivity amplitudes than the comparison group when receiving social feedback; (2) the socially avoidant group presented larger P300 amplitudes in the social rejection condition than in the control condition, but the comparison group did not; and (3) social rejection evoked more negative N1 amplitudes in the socially avoidant and comparison groups. The findings suggest that socially avoidant emerging adults may have flaws in reward sensitivity during interpersonal interaction, and they might also exert more attentional and emotional resources to social feedback after social rejection.

Over the last few years, livestreaming e-commerce has shown rapid growth and has become an important form of e-commerce. However, the potential mechanisms of interpersonal interaction’s influence on purchase intention in livestreaming e-commerce have yet to be fully investigated. Based on the SOR (Stimulus-Organism-Response) framework, this study reveals the association between interpersonal interaction (consumer–anchor interaction and consumer–consumer interaction), psychological distance, consumer purchase intention, and the positive role of brand identification and time pressure in this context of influential relationships. The results of analyzing 603 questionnaires show that psychological distance between consumers and products plays a mediating role in the effect of interpersonal interaction on purchase intention. Meanwhile, this study found that consumers’ brand identification with the products in the live room was effective in enhancing the direct effect of interpersonal interaction in the model. Additionally, the time pressure associated with limited-time sales was also found to be effective in enhancing the effects of interpersonal interaction and psychological distance on purchase intention. The results of this study reveal the potential influence mechanisms of interpersonal interactions with various identities in livestreaming e-commerce, providing theoretical guidance and practical insights for practitioners in the field.

The article is devoted to the problem of interpersonal interaction creation by male and female technical profile students. Results of the empirical research showed that male students of a technical profile have a dominant tendency in interaction, while female students have a tendency to be sensitive and friendly. A high level of sociability is common to both male and female students, which contributes to the emergence of attraction. Technical profile students have a high level of desire for people and a relatively significant fear of being rejected. Female students are more eager to establish friendships with others than male students, but they are also more afraid of being rejected in communication and interaction than male students. Male students have an active desire to win leadership positions, social recognition, and a high status in the system of interpersonal relations. They are able to take responsibility and to be persistent in their beliefs, to insist on their own. Instead, female students have an internal desire to accept group standards, values, traditions, the ability to make contact. Such traits as modesty, timidity, shyness, and the ability to forgive are inherent to them. They strive to take care of close people, show tolerance towards others. Thus, male and female technical profile students have different specifics of interpersonal interaction creation, in particular, they are affected by different factors of interpersonal interaction and strategies for creation of interpersonal relationships. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Live streaming commerce is becoming a new trend in e-commerce, offering online retailers tremendous consumer interaction and engagement. However, how to interact with users to improve users' purchase intention is still unclear. To fill the gap, this study explores new dimensions of interpersonal interaction and develops a research model to investigate the effects of interpersonal interaction factors on swift guanxi and subsequent purchase intention based on S-O-R theory. Cross-sectional data was collected from 351 Gen Y consumers in Mainland China who had live shopping experiences on social media platforms. The findings of PLS-SEM analysis show that perceived crowdedness among users is the most significant indicator of swift guanxi, followed by interpersonal interaction factors (expertise, likability, similarity) between streamers and users. Perceived informativeness among users showed a relatively weak relationship. Our findings provide valuable insights for retailers and platforms of live streaming commerce. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In addition to being an important part of modern public consciousness, social media are seen as the basis of information and educational activities in higher education institutions. However, social media have not only social and academic, but also psychological impact (which is important for foreign students during the acculturation process). Furthermore, the Article states that certain social media (e.g. LinkedIn) contribute to the formation of professional and academic directions because they provide interaction with the teaching staff of an educational institution. Thus, the issue of the practical application of social media by universities as part of their activities is relevant. This allowed us to formulate the purpose of our study, i.e. the theoretical substantiation of social, psychological, professional and academic features and analysis of the practice of using social media in the activities of universities in Ukraine (V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University) and the US (New York University). The Article outlines the criteria for selecting countries and universities for the study as well as the methods used such as analysis (when studying the practical application and concept of social media content), synthesis (to aggregate the data obtained and interpret the Outcome (Competencies) category) and statistical method (aimed at working with information and digital data). Having analysed the content of social media such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Telegram, YouTube, LinkedIn, TikTok, we concluded that the Content category is represented in the selected universities by materials of an informational, socio-educational and lecture nature. It should be emphasised that professional video content of New York University is more effective due to its thematic diversity. In turn, the Outcome (Competencies) category is determined by the professional development of students, building emotional and psychological resilience when adapting to a new social or social and cultural (for foreign students) environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this study was to characterise the interpersonal coordination between opponent players during offensive sequences in official matches and to verify if offensive sequences ended in shots to goal present different coordination patterns when compared than those that ended in defensive tackles. A total of 580 offensive sequences occurred during matches resulting in shots to goal (n = 172) or defensive tackles (n = 408) were analysed. The bidimensional coordinates and technical actions of male professional football players (n = 1160) were obtained using a video-based tracking system. Dyads were defined using a network analysis and composed of the nearest opponent. Interpersonal coordination of the dyads was analysed using the vector coding and the frequency for each coordination pattern was computed. In-phase was predominant for all displacement directions and offensive sequences outcomes, and antiphase was the least frequent. For lateral displacements, offensive sequences ending in shot to goal presented lower frequency for in-phase and higher frequency for offensive player phase than ended in defensive tackle. This information about the relationship of opponent players dyads during decisive moments of the matches provides fundamentals for future research and assists coaches to understand the different behaviours in successful and unsuccessful attacks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Recent research has employed outing frequency, referred to in this study as one's frequency of going out of the home, as a condition to define and determine the severity of hikikomori (prolonged social withdrawal). However, there is little definitive evidence on this topic. Furthermore, compared to the previous definition, it is unclear how the scope of hikikomori included in the proposed condition differs. This study aimed to clarify the relationship between hikikomori tendencies and the frequency and quality of outings to bridge this gap in research. Methods: Data included 397 self-rated online samples, 72 self-rated offline samples, and 784 parent-rated samples. Quantitative and qualitative indicators of outings and subjective social functioning impairment were used in the analysis. Results: The cut-off points supported the criteria for the number of days outside the home proposed in previous studies. The results revealed that the outing frequency condition excluded about 14.5-20.6% of those previously considered to have hikikomori. Logistic regression analysis showed that low outings with interpersonal interaction, low frequency of outings, and high subjective social functioning impairment consistently predicted hikikomori. However, outings without interpersonal interaction did not predict hikikomori. Conclusion: These results indicate that outing frequency tends to be suitable as one of the conditions for hikikomori. However, they indicate that we should also focus on the quality of outings, that is, outings with or without interpersonal interaction, to evaluate hikikomori consistently with previous findings. Further research is needed to clarify the appropriate frequency of outings to define hikikomori and determine its severity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this study is to examine the links between interpersonal interaction perception, perceived value and purchase intention in e-commerce live broadcasting in China. The mediating effect of perceived value on the relationship between consumer-anchor interaction (CAI) and consumer-consumer interaction (CCI), and purchase intention is explored. Additionally, the moderating effect of presence on the relationship between perceived value and interpersonal interaction perception is also investigated into. The Hayes' Process macro is utilized as an analysis tool, and the data are gathered via an online survey. It is found that both CAI and CCI are both important in increasing perceived value and purchase intention. Besides, perceived value enhances purchase intention while presence acts as a moderator in the relationship between consumer perceived value and interpersonal interaction perception, making the relationship stronger when presence is high and weaker when presence is low. In this way, the results of the study contribute to the current literature of interpersonal interaction under the mode of e-commerce live broadcasting. Employing interpersonal interaction techniques to improve consumers' perceived value and purchase intention will also be advantageous to enterprises engaged in e-commerce live broadcasting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Prior research suggests that the quality of communication between doctors and patients influences the quality of medical care and adherence to treatment regimens, but little is known about factors that contribute to successful interactions between doctors and patients. Aim: To examine the quality of communication across the different medical specialties. Methods: A survey questionnaire was undertaken at a large metropolitan‐based hospital in Brisbane, Australia. In this initial study we surveyed 67 doctors across various specialties on a range of social cognition and personality measures. We then rated each of the specialties on the degree to which they rely on both procedures and diagnostics, as well as the extent to which they involve patient communication. Results: A regression analysis using spss 26.0 was undertaken to ascertain if doctor's satisfaction with their communication was related to these three aspects of the various specialties. Results revealed that communication satisfaction was negatively related to the degree to which the specialty relies on diagnostics. No relationship emerged between reliance on procedures and communication satisfaction. Last, communication frequency was positively related to communication satisfaction. Conclusions: We propose two possible accounts for this finding regarding diagnostics: (i) the cognitive demands of diagnosis disrupt communication; and/or (ii) diagnoses are interpreted by patients as opinions with which they are sometimes motivated to disagree. Further research is needed to replicate these findings and establish the underlying mechanism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Developing effective tools and strategies to relieve chronic pain is a high-priority scientific and clinical goal. In particular, the brain regions related to pain processing have been investigated as potential targets to relieve pain by non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS). In addition to elucidating the relationship between pain and oscillatory brain activity, transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS), which can non-invasively entrain oscillatory brain activity and modulate oscillatory brain communication, has attracted scientific attention as a possible technique to control pain. This review focuses on the use of tACS to relieve pain through the manipulation of oscillatory brain activity and its potential clinical applications. Several studies have reported that tACS on a single brain reduces pain by normalizing abnormal oscillatory brain activity in patients with chronic pain. Interpersonal tACS approaches based on inter-brain synchrony to manipulate inter-brain communication may result in pain relief via prosocial effects. Pain is encoded by the spatiotemporal neural communication that represents the integration of cognitive, emotional-affective, and sensorimotor aspects of pain. Therefore, future studies should seek to identify the pathological oscillatory brain communication in chronic pain as a therapeutic target for tACS. In conclusion, tACS could be effective for re-establishing oscillatory brain activity and assisting social interaction, and it might help develop novel approaches for pain control. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this study, we tested the following hypotheses; Employees with higher Privileged Self (PS) would (1) feel more comfortable working from home than working from office, and (2) perceive the change from working-fromoffice to telecommuting as more positive. The participants were 146 single, living alone, aged 20-49, company employees, who were not working from home before the Corona disaster (January 2020) and were working from home 1-4 days per week at the time of the survey (October 2020). Hierarchical multiple regression analysis was performed with the difference score subtracting the comfort level of working from office from the comfort level of working at home as the response variable (N=133), and found that the higher the PS score, the larger the difference score, even after controlling for age, gender, and Interpersonal Sensitivity score. Next, a hierarchical multiple regression analysis was conducted using the perceived score of the change from working-from-office to telecommuting as the response variable (N=105), and similar results were obtained. These findings supported the hypotheses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article is devoted to the problem of interpersonal interaction of technical profile students. In particular, the results of a comparative study of the peculiarities of interpersonal interaction creation by technical profile students of different genders are described. In the article, interaction is considered as a process of direct or indirect interaction of subjects with each other, which creates their mutual state and relations. According to the results of the empirical research, it was found that male students of a technical profile have a dominant tendency in interaction, while girls have a tendency to be sensitive and friendly. Common to both boys and girls is a high level of sociability, which contributes to the emergence of attraction. Technical profile students have a high level of striving for people and a relatively significant fear of being rejected. At the same time, boys and girls have certain differences in the manifestation of affiliative tendencies. Girls are more eager to establish friendships with others than boys, but they are also more afraid of being rejected in communication and interaction than boys. Determining the peculiarities of the interpersonal interaction creation, which are inherent to male and female technical profile students, proved that male students have an active desire to win leadership positions, social recognition, and a high status in the system of interpersonal relations. They are able to take responsibility and to be persistent in their beliefs, to insist on their own. Instead, girls have an internal desire to accept group standards, values, traditions, a desire to form emotional connections with the surrounding people, that is, the ability to make contact. Such traits as modesty, timidity, shyness, and the ability to forgive are inherent to them. Girls strive to take care of close people, show tolerance towards others. We came to the conclusion that male and female technical profile students have different specifics of interpersonal interaction creation, in particular, they have different factors of interpersonal interaction and strategies for interpersonal relationships creation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The leader is considered to play key roles such as organization or management in promoting group creativity. Previous studies focused more on the psychological and behavioral characteristics rather than on the dynamic behaviors of leaders in group activity. In this study, two experiments were conducted to respectively explore the effects of emergent and elected leaders' problem-solving related utterances and turn-taking in conversation on group creativity. The results of Experiment 1 showed that, for emergent leaders, none of the utterances about problem solving of leaders was different from that of followers and leaders' utterances about retrospective summary were positively related to the appropriateness of group creativity; meanwhile, the frequency of turns of leaders was higher than that of followers and was positively related with the appropriateness of group creativity. The results of Experiment 2 showed that, for elected leaders, the utterances about problem analysis, strategy planning, control and reflection, and retrospective summary of leaders were more than that of followers and leaders' utterances about viewpoint generation were positively related to both novelty and appropriateness, while the frequency of turns of leaders was neither different from followers nor related to the novelty and appropriateness. This study focused on the dynamic behaviors of leaders in interpersonal interaction and revealed the role of leaders in group creativity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The socialisation of (foreign) students is an important component of the social work of a higher education institution. The postmodern world requires the individual to be competitive in academia as well as socially and economically, which requires appropriate training. Such training can be achieved through linguistic and counselling activities that will enable the individual to perform effective interactions in academic and social spaces. To conduct a comprehensive study, we used a set of methods, including analysis (helping to divide the processes of socialisation and media education into areas and components), synthesis (allowing to combine the elements under consideration into a single system), axiomatic method (aimed at designating certain parameters of the study), deduction (conducting research from a general system to specific elements), induction (studying the element application algorithm to form a single system), abstraction (specifying the directions and components of the study in accordance with a given goal), comparison (facilitating the consideration of the components of media education in the context of general socialisation and linguistic training). Thus, the purpose of this article is to analyse the use of the audio component of media education in the socialisation of the student as an individual in the postmodern world. We have come to the conclusion that the audio component of media education is used by higher education institutions as an auxiliary tool for linguistic training (building skills for the use of rhythm, intonation, grammar features during interpersonal interactions as part of individual activities or work in specialised language laboratories; using audio lectures, which is relevant for foreign students who find it difficult to perceive colloquial academic speech) and counselling (counselling activities in specialised psychological recovery laboratories; the use of musical tracks to restore emotional and behavioural balance) of the individual. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of the article is: to provide the experimental research of social intelligence of a teacher as a factor of the stimulation of cognitive interests of pupils. Methods of the research. The following theoretical methods of the research were used to solve the tasks formulated in the article: a categorical method, structural and functional methods, the methods of the analysis, systematization, modeling, generalization. Also in our research we used empirical methods, such as statement study and molding experiment. With the aim to diagnose the level of the development of social intelligence of teachers we used the test of J. Gilford and M. O’Sullivan «Research of Social Intelligence», adapted by O.S. Mykhailova. The results of the research. The data obtained was indicated that women (teachers of the natural sciences) were more sensitive to the nature and various manifestations of human relationships and they were able to show considerable role of flexibility in the situations that were arisen. This may be explained by the fact that education in the paradigm of «love» (passion) for the natural sciences contributes to the development of women’s style aimed at emotional sensitivity, communicative compatibility. Men, on the contrary, are encouraged to develop the ability to hide and suppress their feelings, that is, emotional restraint, competition, activity, the ability to control the situation are encouraged. So, speaking about social intelligence and its role in teaching activities, the latter should be analyzed in terms of the impact on its productivity, efficiency and conditions of optimization. It should be noted that in the pedagogical activity the concept of «productivity» is considered from the point of view of two positions: functional and psychological productivity. The functional productivity of the teacher’s activity is as a clearly constructed system of didactic methods and techniques, the basic updating of which are communicative skills. In such a way psychological productivity is the newness of the personality of a student, the level of his/her social adaptation that will contribute to the process of the development of social intelligence. Conclusions. Taking into account the specifics of each particular object, pedagogical activity is built upon the laws of communication. In any classifications the structure of communication in the foreground appears its cognitive aspect, which largely determines the productivity of teaching activities. Thus, we revealed the regularities of the influence of the level of productivity on the understanding of the behavior of the partner in communication, which indicates the actualization of social intelligence. We found that teachers with a low level of pedagogical activity can only perceive external manifestations of the communication of partners, also their behavior without analyzing its goals and motives. However, teachers with a high level of productivity of pedagogical activities can understand the deep essence of the personality-integrational properties of the person, identifying the goals and motives of his/her behavior. Consequently, the productivity of teaching activity directly depends on the effectiveness of the knowledge of a teacher on the personality of students, that is, it depends on socio-perceptual peculiarities of both – a teacher and pupils. To our mind, social intelligence of a teacher is updated due to the mechanisms of knowledge of a teacher the pupils’ personal qualities and characteristics. One of such mechanisms is pedagogical social-perceptual stereotyping. For the first time this mechanism was investigated in the experiments, in which positive and negative stereotyping of the pupils’ personal qualities and characteristics were determined. Also, we identified the influence of evaluative standard stereotypes on social-perceptual stereotyping. It was proved that the negative influence on interpersonal interaction in the pedagogical process had stereotypes that were taking into account an absolute, unchanging character, but for each teacher there were subjective evaluative stereotypes and the teacher focused on their content for the purpose of the actual subjective assessment of the pupil’s personality. Then subsequently, this mechanism of pedagogical activity will facilitate the study of personal qualities and characteristics from a professional point of view. In turn, all this indicates a significant level of the development of social intelligence of a teacher.

During everyday interactions, cues tend to be weakly related to deception. However, there are theoretical reasons to suspect that such cues will be more prominent during high-risk interactions. The current study explored deception cues during one particular high-risk interaction—911 homicide calls placed by adults. In Sample 1, judges coded 911 homicide calls (n = 82) by Q-sorting 86 cues. Results indicated that deceptive callers tended to display emotional cues (e.g., self-dramatizing, moody, worried, emotional, nervous), appeared overwhelmed, and related narratives that lacked structure, clarity, and focus. Judges coded a separate sample of 911 calls (n = 64), and deception scores were computed using a template-matching approach based on the findings from Sample 1. Results indicated that deceptive 911 callers had higher deception scores than honest callers. The effect sizes yielded in this study highlight the relevance of deception cues during high-risk interactions and the usefulness of the person-centered Q-sort method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]