The recent arrival of smartphone-sensing methods has made it possible to objectively track consequential everyday health-related behaviors rather than rely on self-reports. To evaluate the viability of using sensing methods to monitor such behaviors in detail, the present research used a smartphonesensing application to describe the patterns of stability and change that characterize a cohort of...

In this paper, we propose a three component CSCL design evaluation framework of usability, sociability, and learnability. Usability refers to the ease of use and subjective learner satisfaction with CSCL systems. Sociability refers to the CSCL system support for social interactional processes such as conversation, cooperation, deliberation, and/or argumentation. Learnability refers to the evalu...

A substantial literature on the association between sociability and drinking level exists, but it has produced inconsistent and unremarkable results. The purpose of this study was to provide evidence for the multidimensionality of sociability and to test the hypothesis that the various dimensions are differentially related to drinking level. Measures of six dimensions of sociability were derive...

The sociability and quality of behavior settings, according to general psychology data, are the most significant environmental values, measuring which helps to assess the success of environmental and architectural aspects. The present study was aimed at investigating the efficient environmental characteristics for the achievement of sociability in educational space. This issue has been addresse...

Student-athletes were studied over 4 years at a highly selective liberal arts college and an Ivy League university. Students spending 10 or more hours per week in athletic activities had lower entering academic credentials and academic selfassessments than non-athletes, but the academic performance of athletes was not below what would be expected based on their entering profiles. Athletes surpa...

We propose a conceptual framework based on input-process-output models adapted from traditional group research for the systematic analysis of virtual teamwork. A research agenda contains a list of research questions that will be investigated in a controlled field study in the context of “The ShanghAI Lectures”, a global teaching and international student collaboration project. The research ques...

Sociability is an essential trait for dogs to successfully interact with humans. In this study, the relationship between sociability and physiological stress was examined. Additionally, whether differences exist between companion dogs (C group) and shelter dogs (S group) was examined. Overall, healthy 37 dogs (C group=21 and S group=16) were examined. After 5 min of walking, the dog and the own...