We have developed and evaluated RoamWare, a mobile physical/virtual meeting support system intended to support knowledge management (KM) in mobile CSCW (Computer Supported Cooperative Work). The design of RoamWare was based on a previous empirical study of knowledge management and mobility at Telia Nära [12]. The evaluation of RoamWare was done in two ways: (1) by exercises and, focus groups an...

BACKGROUND In contemporary China, most parents are dual-earner couples and there is only one child in the family. We aimed to examine the associations of parents' work stress with suicidal ideation among the corresponding adolescent. We further hypothesized that low parental support experienced by adolescents may mediate the associations. METHODS Cross-sectional data from school students and ...

The present study introduces a theoretical framework on negotiated media effects. Specifically, we argue that feedback of peers on thin-body ideal media images and individual dispositions guide effects on adolescent girls' psychosocial responses to media exposure. Therefore, we examined the thin-body ideal as portrayed in media and peers' feedback on such thin-ideal images in their combined eff...

NONNATIVES’ PERCEPTIONS OF GROUP WORK: A STUDY OF THEIR ATTITUDES AND EXPERIENCES IN THE GROUP WORK SETTING by Ellen Nogueira Rodrigues