Year: 2013
The Influence and Remaining Japanese Cultural Elements in Raku Artworks of Contemporary Non-Japanese Artists/Potters
This research examines the extent to which Japanese cultural elements – specifically the ‘spirit’ or philosophy of traditional Japanese Raku – are retained and evidenced in contemporary artworks by non-Japanese artists/potters in Australia. It focuses on artists/potters producing creative work during the period 1990 to 2011. Unlike conventional ceramic firing approaches, which may take several …
The Influence of Painting Education on Taiwan Folk Art during Japanese Colonial Period – Taking Landscape Painting of Colored Drawing for Building as Example
In general, Taiwan’s folk art tradition is inherited from the local characteristics in Fujian and Guangdong areas of mainland China. However, after the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895, Japan began colonizing Taiwan, and also gradually reformed the education system, language, habituation, custom and religion that existed in Taiwan since ancient times. Moreover, during this period, …
Jurisdictional Issues in Cross Border Hacking
Increase in use of cyber technologies and at the same time increasing trends in the related crimes, compelled the scholars to discuss about the respective. During the regulation of the cyber world, one of the major problems, which was witnessed was the clash between the transnational internet and national law(s) because online activities are not …
Interpreting Basic Policy Concepts Across Cultural Boundaries
The understanding of basic policy concepts between different contexts is a highly important quest. Since we all live in different surroundings and are subject to different traditions, cultures and history, the vocabulary we use is filtered through different perceptions we hold. Special cases for culturally determined explanations are political concepts. Words such as identity, democracy, …
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A study on the traditional costume of the tribal women of the Reang community was conducted in the state of Tripura, India. Tripura, a small state in the North Eastern Region of the country with a population of 31, 91,168, of which 31.05% belonged to the schedule tribe category. The Reang is the second dominant …
A Study on Traditional Javanese-Malay Kampung Structure, Culture and Community Activities in Kampung Sungai Haji Dorani, Selangor, Malaysia
Rural area in Malaysia is mainly populated by Malays. Malay here is defined as someone who speaks Malay Language, Muslim, living in a Malay lifestyle, born or has a parent who was born in Malay Federation before the independence, or races from Indonesia including Javanese, Acheh and Minangkabau. The aim of this study is to …
Intersection of Asian Supernatural Beings in Asian Folk Literature: A Pan-Asian Identity
Asian nations have a rich cultural and literary tradition, through these; we can see the common features that bind these nations. This commonality can be said as the Pan-Asian identity. Folklore, as being mirrored in folk literature, is a rich source of a community’s cultural values. Jansen notes that the other significance of folklore is …
Indonesia’s Cultural Highest Achievement as a Propaganda of the New Order Administration through Pavilion Display at the World Expo 1970 -1993
World Expo is a world-class event where the participating countries uncovered their identity through national, cultural and organizational symbols they possess. For that reason the representation of a nation on the pavilion’s display is of great importance as it offers description on the very existence of the country. Display arrangement is equally significant in a …
Drugs, Racial Stereotypes, and Suburban Dystopia in Showtime’s “Weeds”
U.S. cable television network Showtime’s Weeds became an instant hit when it debuted in 2005, earning high ratings during its eight seasons. The show is a dark American comedy that centers on a housewife whose husband suddenly died, forcing her to find a new source of income. But instead of finding a “real” job with …
The Analysis of The Vientiane 450 Years Anniversary Logo : Reflections of Lao’s Culture and Society
This article is derived from the accumulation of data attained from a field study, content analysis of signs and symbols, culture and historiography. Subsequent to the use of the three methods, all the data are put together, decoded, and interpreted with care. And the Study of the data leads to the conclusion that the …
Spoonerism: a Creative Way of Communication in Thai
Spoonerism is a linguistic phenomenon in which corresponding consonants, vowels, or morphemes are switched. In general, spoonerism exists in 2 manners: 1)an error in speech, which is unintentional and rare, 2)a form of word play, which is intentional and more frequent. Spoonerism in Thai, however, does exist and function in 2 more complicated and interesting …
Old Communities, New Buildings: Decoding the Home-imagining Narratives of Taiwan’s Military Communities
After WWII, the Chinese civil war had caused over six hundred thousand military soldiers and their dependents to immigrate to Taiwan, led by the Kuomintang (KMT) government. In order to settle those Chinese soldiers and dependents, the KMT established 886 military communities around the Taiwan island and other off-shore islands. These military communities had become …
Gender and Multiculturalism at School – The Migrant Girls’ Voices
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The Multicultural Celebrities or Asia in Warsaw
The goal of the paper is a multidisciplinary and multicultural analysis and interpretation of the particular aspects of celebrity culture – relations of social actors “known for its well-knownness”. Speaking of celebrities in post-communist countries means speaking of hedonism, narcissism and entertainment as well as cultural and economic power, gender and identity management. Eventually, …
How to be a Chinese Woman? Reflections from Chinese Self-help Literature
A number of prominent studies have been conducted regarding the proliferation of self-help literature in American society since the 1960s. These studies, usually from a feminist perspective, ascribe the genre’s widespread popularity to the growing financial and social independence of women who, as a result, seek to gain greater control over various aspects of their …
Flannery O’Connor in the Filipino Classroom
The Philippines is known as the only English-speaking country in Asia. This reputation makes the country assume to be close to the English-speaking world, most especially the United States. The close cultural and familial ties with the US have perhaps made other people expect that the Filipino culture and society be highly associated with American …
Identity and Values of Malaysian Muslims among Women and Their Metaphors in Fashion (2000-2012)
Identity of the Malays refer to three phases, which are myth, philosophy and functional. The myth reflects the “Malay world”, religion and politics are philosophical and functional reflects the metaphors that visualise identity. Malay when paired with women becomes another 3 identities which are Muslim, Malay and Malaysian. Since Malaysia is a country that clearly …
Ethics and Globalization in the Light of Hinduism
In the world of radical individualism, consumerism and materialism, to understand the ethical responsibility, time is needed. The complexity of modern life has taken the man into ethical dilemmas. This paper attempts to bring out the ethical preaching in the gospels of ‘The Bhagvad Gita’, a religious book of Hindus. Virtuous people live ethically and …
Integration between Teaching and Learning Activities and Public Mind of Nursing Students
This project was the integration between teaching and learning activities and public mind of nursing students at Boromarajonani College of Nursing, Nakhonratchasima. The purposes of this descriptive study were to determine the effects of teaching and learning activities for promoting graduated characteristics of nursing students and to evaluate their behavior of public mind after participation …
The Study of New Ideas for Sustainable Development of Future Children Television Programs of Thai Public Broadcasting Service (ThaiPBS)
The research titled “The study of new ideas for sustainable development of future children television programs of Thai Public Broadcasting Service (ThaiPBS)” is an in-depth interview study to get opinions from twelve experts on child development. The research findings are as follows: 1. Six common characteristics that most experts agreed a good children program must …
“And the gem-black night will come…” – Phraseological Expressions in the Songs of “Kojiki” and “Nihon Shoki”
Traditionally scholars consider only a few idioms to be phraseological units of the «Kiki» songs. Giving an exact example this is多迦比迦流比能美古Takahikaru Hi no miko Divine Child of The High-Shining Sun (Kojiki song # 28,47, 72, 100, 101) or夜須美斯志和賀意富岐美Yasumishishi Wa ga o:kimi (Kojiki song # 28, 66, 97, 98, 104) Mighty lord ruling the land in …
Health Behaviors of Menopausal Women in Nakhon Ratchasima District,Thailand
The purpose of this study is to explore health behaviors of menopausal women in Nakhon Ratchasima district, Thailand. The subjects of the study consisted of 300 women aged 40 – 59 years living in the Nakhon Ratchasima district. Questionnaires were used to collect the data from October 4, 2010 to February 20, 2011. The research …
Audiovisual Translation in the Arab World v 0.3
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Splendor of “Songket” in Freeze-Dried Mangosteen (“Garcinia Mangostana L”) Dye
In the past, dyeing Songket with natural dye was the traditional technique used among the Malay dyers in Peninsular Malaysia to express its brilliant colour, natural beauty and aesthetic value of the fabric. The integral processes involved had contributed to the uniqueness of this traditional textile in the Malay culture. However, the activity slowly began …
Botho/Ubuntu: Perspectives of Black Consciousness and Black Theology
Botho or Ubuntu is a philosophy that is as old as humanity itself. In South Africa this is a philosophy and a way of life for black people. It is a call for black people to rally around one another in a communal way. The arrival of colonialists and missionaries in South Africa introduced materialism, …
The Effects of Cross-age Peer Tutoring on English Learning Performance of Taiwanese Elementary School Students
Cross-age peer tutoring is not a new notion but has not yet been extensively used in Taiwan. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the impacts of the cross-age peer tutoring program on the Taiwan EFL English learners’ performance and attitude toward English learning, and further to probe into the feedback from the tutors and tutees …
Examining Critical Success Factors for Medical Device Industry in Taiwan
With the population aging, research indicated that the growing of chronic disease and rapidly increasing costs of healthcare are becoming a burden worldwide. Global medical equipment market size in 2010 is 2.456 billion U.S. dollars. It is a big industry output. In a highly competitive market, how to create effective strategies and set successful marketing …
The Moderating Effect of Work Motivation and Coping Strategies on Job Satisfaction and Psychological Well Being among Fire Fighters
Sources of occupational stress and their impact on work motivation, job satisfaction and well being were examined in a questionnaire survey of 436 UK fire fighters from four fire brigades. The role of coping strategies as a moderating factor was also tested. Levels of occupational stress had a significant negative correlation with job satisfaction. Multiple …
Tragedy aesthetics of Ki-duk Kim film
Ki-Duk Kim (1960 ~) is a very well-known film director in Korea that was awarded the best director award at the Venice Film Festival and the Silver Bear award at the Berlin International Film Festival.In 2012, Kim’s 18th works (Pieta) won the Golden Lion Award for best film at the 69th Venice Film Festival. Venice …
Dealing with Emotional Crisis: A Phenomenological Exploration of Thai Helpers’ Perception and Experiences
Emotional crisis is a state of the mind that signifies the suffering caused by the feeling of insecurity from the environments, personal dilemmas, or psychological distress. Past literature has indicated that some of the tragedies/negative life events happening to students especially those in a university level cause severe distress and emotional crisis. A better understanding …
Cross-cultural Consideration in the Contribution to Somatisation
This article focuses on a discussion of socio-cultural factors contributing to somatisation. Somatisation is a universal phenomenon. People with somatisation often express their psychological distress in a form of bodily complaints, which emphasis the mind-body connection. The experience and expressions of psychological distress varies across different ethnic and cultural groups. A review of cross-national epidemiological …
Negligence in Modern Families Lives
Modern invention of telecommunication devices has made the distance between people in the world closer. People can make contact between one another within seconds,and the cost to communicate is very minimum even free if conducted between the same provider. Ironically such condition has a reverse impact on the interpersonal relations between some family members since …
Preliminary Study of 3D Base Navigation Websites Development – Use 3D Virtual Temple Navigate Websites For Example
From now on, website display still uses interface visual effects as the main appeal, its goal aims to attract user’s browsing interest, but in actuality, the website display is still in 2D images, text-based presentation. Hence this research will build a full 3D base virtual temple website and move the religious spirit of the actual …
Learning to Cope with Hypoglycemia for Patients with Diabetes
Background: The fear of hypoglycemia may be an important barrier to people adopting regimens that closely control blood glucose levels and decrease long-term complications. To develop patient-centered education for people who experience hypoglycemia an understanding of their experiences with hypoglycemia is needed. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to explore the problem-solving of people …
Connectedness between Individual, Community and Environmental Factors in the Process of Recovery People Affected Merapi Eruption in 2010
The process of recovery of people after exposure to a natural disaster usually always is seen as the individual process. However, recently many researches disaster-related found that social, including environmental factors, also influence not only the process of recovery but also how people understand the disaster that they experienced. It is Important for Indonesia as …
Competition Anxiety in Egyptian Children Sportsmen
Studying the anxiety of child sportsmen has increased in the past ten years. A lot of studies aimed to identify the causes of anxiety and how to minimize it. Our hypothesis is that child athletes suffer anxiety resulting from the training and participation in competitions in addition to natural anxiety factors apart from sport. If …
Applying Technology-Mediation to Assist Junior College Students to Learn Japanese as 2nd Language and Improve the Efficiency
This study is based on college students’ as study objects and attempting to explore the application of technology-mediation method for students to learn a second foreign language, such as the effectiveness of the Japanese courses.The research includes two experiments. First experiment; the treated group students using the pre-test method divided into the Japanese language high …
Development of Resilience Quotient (RQ) Support Activities Set for Disabled Students
This research had the objectives to develop a Resilience Quotient Support Activities Set for disabled students, to use the developed Resilience Quotient Support Activities Set to support the resilience quotient for disabled students at the Disability Support Services Center (DSS), Lampang Rajabhat University (LPRU) and to assess the results of the resilience quotient support after …
Psychogeographic Impact on Malcolm Lowry’s Consciousness: From the Zapotec and Aztec Civilizations to Taoism
This paper provides an intercontinental, cross-cultural, multi-disciplinary framework for an analysis of the influence of cultures and civilizations – both east and west – upon literature and national identity. It investigates the evolution of the cosmic consciousness of the English Modernist novelist and poet, Malcolm Lowry (1909-57) by scrutinizing the psychogeographic and subconscious dimensions of …
“El Sueño de Manuela”, or the Dream of Rewriting History
Despite the importance of Children´s literature in Ecuador, little is known about works written in the last 15 years. In this paper I will discuss El sueño de Manuela (‘Manuela´s Dream’) by Edna Iturralde as a review of national history. In this process, I will use a theoretical framework developed by Maria Nikolajeva and Milena …
“Mukouda Kuniko no Koibumi” : A Woman Writer’s Lifelong Secret From Her Family
Mukouda Kuniko no Koibumi (The Love Letters of Kuniko Mukouda), published posthumously in 2002 by the writer’s sister Kazuko, brought to public light the presence of Mukouda’s lover. Koibumi reveals the correspondence between the writer and her clandestine partner, a married man who was thirteen years her senior. Extramarital affairs are a staple theme in …
Connectedness, Identity and Alienation in Some Italian Novels and Films Depicting Contact Between People from Italy and People from Countries Other than Italy in the 21st Century
A number of narratives have been written in Italian in the 21st century by non-European migrants to Italy. Criticism has illustrated aspects of rejection and integration into Italian society. Postcolonial and other categories of interpretation have been adopted. The linguistic sides have also been explored. The paper will initially give a brief summary of these …
The Reflection of the Concept of Alienation on Post-1960 Art
All kinds of information is consumed as quickly as it is produced in the communication era. The greed of the consumption era is reflected in human relations, leads to alienation from our environment and above all from ourselves. In the process of alienation, most clearly, human beings leave their labor and production created by their …
Articuclamation Connected?!: Oral Narrative of Spiderwoman Theater’s “Sun, Moon and Feather”
Transmotion, also visionary motion, according to Christy Stanlake in his depiction of Native American plays “refers to a critical awareness maintained by individuals with regard to the construction of their identities by self and others” (202). The transmotion, containing both mythic motion and material motion, is fast speed and when one looks again, “it’s gone” …
Space for Love: The Triangle Spatial Relationships in Alan Ayckbourn’s “Things We Do for Love”
Alan Ayckbourn is a prolific British playwright whose plays are mostly classified as comedy. Many themes in his plays are about domestic interpersonal relationships. He also employs many spatial movements and placements in his plays. In Things We Do for Love, on the stage, Barbara’s house is divided into three levels. The audience can see …
Simon de Beauvoir: Mother of Modern Feminism?
The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the role the French author and philosopher Simone de Beauvoir played in the development of women’s movement in general and feminist intellectual achievements in particular. The paper explores Beauvoir’s intellectual struggle to urge women to get rid of the manacles of the patriarchal system, which …
The Narrow Road to a Deeper Understanding of Haibun
In seventeenth century Japan, Matsuo Basho wrote The Narrow Road to the Deep North in an innovative style that is much admired in contemporary English language critical theory, and emulated in various forms of practice. The immense difficulties in integrating sections of prose and poetry, (traditionally haiku), in the same text continues to engage and …
Revisiting Sita: The Subversive Myths of Womanhood in Contemporary South Asian Women Writers
Sita, the heroine of the Indian epic Ramayana, is one of the most defining role models for womanhood in the Indian subcontinent and as such exerts a powerful influence on the collective psyche. This paper proposes to focus on the revisionings of the Sita myth by contemporary South Asian women writers writing in English like …
Walking in the Modern Metropolis: Female Flânerie in Katherine Mansfield and Jean Rhys
This study follows the trajectory of female flânerie and the representations of Western metropolises in women’s writing during the early twentieth century. I shall analyze the transformations of urban subjectivity and alienation in the works of Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) and Jean Rhys (1890-1979). Born in British colonies and later moved to England before turning 20 …
Beyond Books and Cross-Continents: Cataloguing English Printing Copperplates and Woodblocks in American Library Collections
Museums and libraries have already established clear systems for historical objects, printed books and manuscripts. However, there are rarely any cataloguing methods or indeed any items on their catalogues on printing objects, namely engraved or etched copperplates and woodblocks. These objects are often neglected and become hidden collections in museums and libraries. The reason for …
Coming Home to Modern Japan. An Orphic dialogue between East and West in H. Murakami’s “Norwegian Wood”
In her submission to last year’s conference, “Mapping ‘The Underworld’ of Haruki’s Murakami’s Literary World”, A. Suzuki demonstrated that the topography contained in Murakami’s Norwegian Wood can be superimposed on a map of ancient Japan. In my paper, I propose to demonstrate that Murakami’s coming-of-age novel harbours a mythological intertext in the form of an …
Turning to Violence: Science Fiction, Ethics and Difference in Priya Chabria’s “Generation 14”
Today, biotechnology is radically changing the terms of life: in the past human beings manipulated the external, and today humans turned upon themselves, manipulating their own bodies. The dissolution of the boundary between human and technology has raised questions about identity, humanity and our responsibilities towards new life forms. Meanwhile, globalization transforms the reach of …
Challenges of Teaching Caribbean Literature in a Caribbean University Classroom
This paper explores the teaching / learning strategies employed specifically in three courses that focus on the genres of the Caribbean short story, novel, and women’s writing taught at The University of the West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine Campus in Trinidad. These strategies range from interactive lectures, graphic organizers, posters, online forums, web pages, video …
Iraqi Digital Libraries: Based on Problems and their Solutions a new Vision and Future towards E-Society:
The Iraq Universities Started to use automated systems in libraries and information centers since the last century, and suffered periodically from using a few old systems, including Baghdad University Libraries. It was difficult to find fit systems suitable to their multiple needs, in addition to the problems of using equipment material and lack of trained …
Evaluation of Desire under the Elms by Eugene O’Neill Under the Light of Nine Rasas of Bharat Muni
This study indicates how Nine Rasas of Bharat Muni can be applicable to the drama of any language of the world. Nine Rasas literally means ‘essence ‘ ,it is used as the sense of emotional state . These Nine Rasas are the backbone of the Natyasatra (Dramatics). In simple words Nine Rasas are complete nine …
A Deliberate Illumination on Linguistic Traits of Du Fu’s Poems: A Study on the Poetics Criticism of Sung School of Qianlong and Jiaqing Reign (1736-1820)
The Sung School of Qing Dynasty basically inherited the philosophy from Jiangxi School of Sung Dynasty that poetry should be based on talent and poetics. With regard to poetics criticism, the Sung School analyzed the sound patterns, lexical and grammatical traits as well as organizations of the poems of Du Fu, who is one of …
Connectedness: Communities of Crime Fiction Reader
For as long as there have been libraries, librarians have played an integral role in connecting readers to writers. The result has been the construction of communities around the world, onsite and online, as people come together for reading experiences that provide education and enjoyment. This paper explores how crime fiction writers are particularly adept …
Hybrid, Memory and Hybridization of Messianic Time in Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children
In Salam Rushdie’s ‘Midnight’s Children’, Saleem Sinai is the hybrid body which can be defined based on the result of comparison between Robert Young’s and Homi K. Bhabha’s discussion. Born right at the midnight of the independence of India, Saleem Sinai’s personal history constituted of his memory is related with Indian History. Being a multi …
The Courtship Practices among the Talaandig as Depicted in Their Folksongs and Folktales
This is a literary study of the Talaandig folksongs and folktales. Its emphasis is on the courtship practices of the Talaandig people. Using the formalistic approach to criticism, these courtship practices can be gleaned from the literary devices and elements such as rhyme, rhythm, symbols and images, characters, plot, setting and theme. To know how …
The Trauma of the Loss of Identity and Anguish of Alienation: An Appraisal of the Indian Writing in English
This paper explores alienation as a global problem in reference to Indian Writing in English. We all live in a global world today where people with different backgrounds and roots come in contact with one another feeling the difference between home and exile. These individuals are torn between two cultures and are unable to totally …
Censorship and Intellectual Property Focusing on Library Activities
Libraries are expected to be fully available in relation to all kinds of knowledge and information, regardless of social acceptance and the importance given to them in certain social frameworks. In many legal formulations, progressive proclamations, successful standardizations, there are still a number of limitations of civil rights and liberties, to which can sometimes contribute …
We Are Place; Place is Us
The way we see place is the way we see ourselves. Our thoughts, values and identities are shaped by how we perceive place and our relationship to it. Shift in perspective about place can result in a shift in our way of perceiving ourselves – from being isolated to place to being connected. The purpose …
Is Self-Defeating the Self-Fullfilling Prophecy of Judaism?
The challenge of the Re-Ligare and Connectedness ensemble surveys are also the interwoven and tangled form between other conceptual pairs, such as Knowledge and Information, or Mythology and Reason. The estrangement of beings can, though, transport meaningful purposes to their unity (Heidegger): After the rise of the Enlightenment, and Reason worth an Age of its …
Freedom of Speech and Doctrine of Personal Privacy: A Comparative Law Analysis Originating from a South Korean Case
Following up on the ratification of the Free Trade Agreement among Republic of Korea and United States, a judge of the former wrote on his facebook page: “November 22, 2011, a day when a pro-US-to-his-core president and trade officials sold out the working class and the national economy. I will never forget.” No disciplinary action …
The Challenge of Assessment for the Community of Inquiry: Negotiating Individuals and Community
Philosophy has always grappled with the tension between the individual and the community. In the Philosophy for Children (P4C) movement led by Matthew Lipman, this tension remains. Lipman and his followers have always recommended a dialogical model for children to practice philosophy – flowing from the ancient tradition of the Greeks. The increasing desire in …
Therapeutic Alliance and the Prevention of Relapse in Collectivist Malay Family in Malaysia
Being a drug addict makes one’s alienation possible, even if one belongs to a strong interdependent family as it is in the collectivist community. Culturally, he has deviated from his family’s piously held values and norms. By capitalizing the therapeutic alliance (Rogers, 1957) which is a value that flourishes naturally in the Malay collectivist culture, …
Cognitive-behavioral Therapy of Bipolar Depressive Disorder (Manic-depressive): A Case Study
Introduction: The usual treatments of the bipolar depressive disorder, such as medication and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) have negative side effects on memory and cognition and the likelihood of recurrence. Researchers and clinical experts have been trying to design alternative psychotherapeutic methods for treating this disorder. For example, cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) has been shown to …
Measuring Trust in China: Resolving Eastern and Western Differences in Concepts of Trust
Trust has implicit meaning for every person and has different meanings in different cultures, making it difficult to measure across cultures. From an International Psychology perspective, contrary to those who suggest creating “different psychologies” for different nations, this paper builds on scientific knowledge by using tested principles and instruments and applying them with contextual sensitivity …
Personal Communicative Activity in a Cultural Adaptation Process
The personal activity problem is connected with the increasing speed of society life, communication capabilities, which form a special person’s relationship with other people and objective reality. On the one hand, it helps to ensure that the person has more resources and ways of self-realization. But at the same time such a high-speed and full …
Meta-analysis of Intelligence Scores of ‘Street Children’ in Developing Countries
In many developing countries, unsupervised children spend much of their time in the urban environment and in the context of extreme poverty. These ‘street children’ are generally not attending school, psychological traumas are common and rates of substance abuse are high. The multiple deprivations suffered and the exposure to factors mitigating normal neurocognitive development would …
Multiple Creativities: A Task to Set up a New Model to Creative Thinking
This study seeks to provide a new understanding of what is called Multiple Dimensional Creativities by setting up a new model explaining the dynamic process of creativity. This study aims to focus on new arena of psychology by raising the question whether we have one and only one form of creativity or creativity can be …
Taiwanese Parents’ Reaction to the Achievement of Their Children: Vertical Distinctiveness Versus Horizontal Distinctiveness
In Confucian societies, one who has any achievement is always basking his/her Big Self, especially to his/her parents. However, since the Eastern cultures value Vertical Distinctiveness (VD) more than Horizontal Distinctiveness (HD), it is very possible that parents would feel more glorious (having more face) when their children achieve VD than HD and might have …
How to Predict Professional Success in Music and Beyond? Constructing Universal Talent’s Structure for the Best Vocational Choices
The purpose of this paper is to present a universal model for human talent following the example of musical talent. Psychological categories used to describe high achievements’ potential – ‘abilities’, ‘giftedness’, ‘talent’, ‘creativity’, ‘intelligence’ and ‘motivation’ – are shown as parts and elements of an organized structure. A more detailed model for musical talent is …
Consumer Market for Functional Foods in Thailand
Functional food is any healthy food claimed to have a health-promoting property beyond the basic function of supplying nutrients. The awareness in developing functional foods is thriving, driven largely by the market potential for foods that can improve the health and well-being of consumers. However, consumer attraction of functional food is starting in Thailand. The …
An Integrated Theory of Behaviour
The objective of the study has been to develop an Integrated Theory of Behaviour,to test the theory on Indian and foreign samples and to test the application of theory in changing, predicting and controlling behaviour. The scientific method for the development of theory stems from the natural sciences and adopted by Bunge and Ardila (1990). …
Is Personality Type a Predictor of Social Network Connections?
Social media platforms have become an integral part of how we live our lives, in particular for those generations who have grown up in the digital world and use these platforms to connect and communicate with many different groups. Behavioral science now underpins many facets of our lives for example digital marketing campaigns target specific …
Social Bond of Indonesian Higher-Education Students Who Access Facebook
Along with technological advances and the rapid flow of information, people’s need to access the Internet is increasing. According to data held by www.internetworldstats.com, a site that continues to monitor internet usage in the world of on-line, internet users in Indonesia, in 2008, reached 25 million people. This is because apart from being a source …
A Developing Second-order Measurement Model of Thai Adolescent’s Desirable Characteristic
Over the past decades in Thailand, some educators fixed the students’ good characters in order to becoming the primary educational indicators for teachers’ measurement. However, those characters did not cover all domains in developmental psychology and had no systematic and scientific research conducted to develop such a measured instrument. So, the present study adopted a …
Creating an Audio-Haptic Narrative Book for Blind Children: The Role of Audio Feedback in Inducing Pleasure
The aim of this study was to create an audio-tactile narrative book for blind children and to assess the role that auditory stimulation played in the feeling of pleasure in a blind child reader. We first explain the features of the audio-tactile book and second we report interviews with 4 blind readers. Our methodology was …
The Role of Empathy in Experiencing of Loneliness of Others and Existential-Behavioral Training in the Empathy Development
Modern life offers many opportunities to keep in touch with each other, but that does not mean the true relationship between people. This relatedness gives us a sense of spiritual belonging in the transcendental meaning; it helps us to maintain our integrity. In the processes of alienation and connectedness the important role belongs to the …
Effect of Transpersonal Psychotherapy in Reducing Symptom of Craving and the Level Dependency in People with Substance Use Disorder
The numbers of young people who are addicted to drugs in Bali, Indonesia has been increasing every year and it has reached very concerning numbers. Not only the prevention of spreading drug use needs to be focused on but also the management for those who are already using drugs, so they can be productive and …
Risk Assessment Tool for Adverse Outcomes of Occupational Stress: Development and Investigation of Psychometric Properties
Objectives: While psychosocial factors at work have been widely mentioned as important contributors to occupational stress, only recent research suggests that some non-work factors (e.g. some socioeconomic, personality and health risks) could also contribute to the adverse outcomes of work-related stress. The aim of our study was to develop a comprehensive instrument that would include …
Emotion Regulation: A Critical Review of Cross-cultural Validity
During the last two decades, research investigations in emotion regulation have proliferated due to the recognition of its significance in mental health and well-being. Theoretical models and measures of emotion regulation have been proposed. The proposals, however, are based on studies conducted within the Western cultural contexts. With recent empirical and theoretical findings, questions emerge …
An Exploratory Study of Core Competencies in Psychological Assessment —A Taiwan Perspective
Psychological assessment is regarded as one of the eight key competence domains at the 2002 competency conference in the U.S. (Kaslow et al., 2004). After discussion during this conference, Krishnamurthy et al. (2004) proposed an eight-factor model that included eight competencies essential to good practice in psychological assessment. The purpose of this research was to …
Children’s Understanding of First- and Second-Order False Beliefs in One Narrative
The results of false belief tasks show that children acquire second-order false beliefs (B thinks that A thinks X is Y) a few years later than first-order false beliefs (A thinks X is Y) (ex. Hayashi, 2002). Although different tasks are used to investigate these two false beliefs, it was unclear whether the story of …
Altruism Among Teachers in Jakarta
Altrusim is an important aspect in a teacher. Altruism is an attitude to pay attention on other’s well-being without concerning the self (Baston, 1987). Teachers need to pay more attention to their students’ well-being rather than their personal well-being. Altruism in education is associated with connectedness in interpersonal relationships and involvement in physical and emotional …
An Analysis of Film Voice-Over and Sound Interpretation Techniques from a Cross-Cultural Perspective
One of the filming approaches is cross-cultural perspectives. Many cross-cultural works, however, are susceptible to controversies and often subject to heated discussions about whether a certain culture is adequately respected or fully understood. This article will focus on the issues in that respect to explore the functions of “voice-over” and “sound” in enhancing the screen …
Factoring in the Correct Answers Ratio in a Psycho-Educational Program
Various prevention programs fall short when it comes to practical application of learned skills. Students should be able to grasp and easily apply these skills in real life. Our psycho-educational program uses familiar conflict scenarios, where students are encouraged to answer assertively. Many students’ high/low correct answers ratio varies with the scenarios. We believe the …
Relations Between Intention to Self-Change and Cognitions of Benefit and Cost to Self-Change in University Students
The purpose of this study was to examine relations between intention to self-change and cognitions of benefit and cost to self-change in university students. Although it is well known that many university students desire to change themselves, only few studies have examined how they perceive the benefits and costs to their self-change. The hypothesis of …
Explaining Context Effects through the Perspective of Preference Uncertainty
Context effects indicate that when evaluating a set of choices, consumers consider the alternatives not only in isolation, but also in relation to other possible options (Highhouse 1996; Herne 1999). To capture the behavior of consumer choice by considering context effects, many theoretical models have been proposed, such as elimination by aspects (EBA) (Tversky, 1972a, …
Validation of Psychological Capital Questionnaire in Thai employees
Although the construct psychological capital was first introduced by Luthan, the concept has been developed in attaining competitive advantage and supporting unity between employee and organization within a western context. There is much less attention in Asia, especially in Thailand. This current study therefore aimed to develop and initially validate a Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ) …
Medical Morality in Islamic Civilization
The position of science and scholars in religious doctrines and encouraging people to learn required sciences have provided a proper bed for the emergence and growth of the different branches of traditional and rational sciences in Islamic civilization that we can point to medical sciences among them. As medical sciences emerged and evolved, doctors’ morality …
Social Policy and Female-Headed Household in the Post Revolutionary Iran
In the recent three decades Iran bears various changes such as revolution, war and socio-economic development which have also brought changes in Iranian families. One of the most dramatic of these changes in the Iranian family in these years has been the increase in the prevalence of female-headed households. Purpose: The main purpose of this …
Bilingualism Helps Asian Families Flourish
In my personal experience as an Asian Canadian, many Asian families no longer pass on their native language to their children. I feel this may be detrimental in terms of young people losing their cultural identity. This presentation investigates the phenomenon of bilingualism in Asian families. From the cultural perspective, the advantages of passing on …
The Indonesian Moslem Marital Quality Scale: Development, Validation, and Reliability
The development of the Indonesian Moslem Marital Quality Scale (IMMQS) is presented. In the first study, data from 258 respondents were subjected to an exploratory factor analysis. Exploratory factor analysis uncovered 3 factors: friendship, harmony, and satisfaction with children. In the second study, data from 370 respondents were subjected to a confirmatory factor analysis, which …
Modeling Choice Behavior of Delivery Provider of Online Auctioneer
Digital technology has provided a new paradigm of our society and changed our life’s interaction with the Internet. As an efficient and flexible sales channel, companies can use auction sites to liquidate unwanted inventory, as well as to assist in pricing new products, acquiring new markets for low-margin items, and reaching markets that would be …