the research compares 5-12 year old children of addicted fathers with those of non-addicted fathers. this experiment was carried out on one hundred families of the addict, in comparison to another one hundred non-addicted families. these children have not been subjects for social scientists and health experts because of the following facts: 1) they live with their parents, 2) they are not crimi...

Several recent studies have explored various aspects of animal personality and their ecological consequences. However, the processes responsible for the maintenance of personality variability within a population are still largely unknown. We have recently demonstrated that social personality traits exist in the common lizard (Lacerta vivipara) and that the variation in sociability provides an e...

In this paper we describe the fundamental principles that guide our work process at 5050ltd, in developing concepts and prototypes for personal technology devices. We maintain that in designing personal devices it is critical to address the social interaction elements of the user experience. We introduce the term “social functionality” to refer to those aspects of a device that are specifically...

Conversations among Italians often entail many-at-a-time rather than one-at-a-time speaking. This “talking together” is a deliberate aim of parties and relevant aspect their social life. It variant system for organizing ordinary talk. We describe how simultaneity organized, participants collaborate to maintain the orderliness interaction, how, do so, they listen each other continuously monitor ...

Abstract This contribution of the journal Gruppe. Interaktion. Organisation. (GIO) presents a study on social perception Embodied Digital Technologies (EDTs) and provides initial insights into processes concerning technicality anthropomorphism robots users prostheses. EDTs such as bionic technologies are becoming increasingly common in workspaces private lives, raising questions surrounding the...

BACKGROUND Our previous studies demonstrated that post-weaning social isolation (ISO) in mice induces behavior abnormalities such as deficits of sociability- and attention-like behaviors. These deficits can be attenuated by methylphenidate (MPH), a drug used for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), suggesting that ISO mice offer a potential animal model of comorbid developmental dis...

The trait emotional intelligence and its relation to civil organizational membership, labor market status, gender and age was studied in 725 inhabitants of a Hungarian historic town as part of a tourism destination project with the support of the local government. The research also explored the reasons why people chose to settle in this town. Regarding the research method a firmly reliable and ...

Suicide is a significant public health problem for older adults. Identification of protective factors associated with reduced risk is important. The authors examined the association of positive affect and suicide ideation in 462 primary care patients ages 65 and older. Positive affect distinguished suicide ideators from nonideators, after controlling for age, gender, depression, negative affect...

The present paper explores the importance of designing shared browsing user interfaces to support sociability. In particular, several shared browsing interfaces were empirically tested for the extent to which they helped people achieve a sense of shared understanding--or common ground--while surfing the web. We found a) that people generally preferred a shared browser to an unshared browser whe...

Benefiting from the popularity of Social Network Site (SNS), the Social Network Site based Entertainment Applications (SNSEAs) have been reaching a wide range of users. However, research on design factors in the SNSEAs and the outcomes of incorporating these factors into SNSEAs is still scant, especially for the phenomenon of user stickiness in this context. Studies on SNSEAs are believed to ha...