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Negative Experiences as Learning Trigger: A Play Experience Empirical Research on a Game for Social Change Case Study
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Mariani, Ilaria; Gandolfi, Enrico – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2016
This study shows the results gathered from 141 subjects playing the persuasive urban game "A Hostile World" via a post-game-experience quantitative questionnaire. The aim is to problematize and deepen the role of negative emotions (e.g., frustration, rage)--explicitly fostered by "A Hostile World" to increase empathy toward…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Social Change, Questionnaires, Affective Behavior
Examining Cross-Cultural Affective Components of Global Competence from a Value Perspective
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Awaida-Nachabe, Nadia – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study was to explore perceived importance of cultural values and affective components in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and their relationships. This study identified which of the nine affective components of global competence and four higher order cultural values were perceived to be important in the MENA…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Global Approach, Values, Affective Behavior
The Measurement and Evaluation of Social Attitudes in Two British Cohort Studies
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Cheng, Helen; Bynner, John; Wiggins, Richard; Schoon, Ingrid – Social Indicators Research, 2012
This paper presents an empirical evaluation of the internal consistency and validity of six attitudes scales assessing left-right beliefs, political cynicism, antiracism, libertarian-authoritarian views, and gender equality (two versions) in two large nationally representative samples of the British population born in 1958 and 1970. In the 1958…
Descriptors: Social Attitudes, Validity, Factor Structure, Social Change
Do Students in Secondary Education Manifest Sexist Attitudes?
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Pozo, Carmen; Martos, Maria J.; Morillejo, Enrique Alonso – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2010
Introduction: Sexism and sexist attitudes can give rise to gender violence. It is therefore important to analyze these variables at an early age (in secondary school classrooms); from this analysis we will have a basis for intervention. Method: The study sample consists of 962 secondary school students. Measuring instruments were used to assess…
Descriptors: Females, Social Change, Sex Fairness, Gender Discrimination
The Sense of Social Well-Being among Young People of the North Caucasus
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Avksent'ev, V. A.; Gritsenko, G. D.; Maslova, T. F. – Russian Education and Society, 2008
Given the region's complex social and political situation, the authors advocate a need for understanding how the young people of the North Caucasus feel about themselves today, and their state of mind as they look to the immediate future. In the autumn of 2006 the Southern Science Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Stavropol State…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Foreign Countries, Social Influences, Well Being
Traditional vs. Emergent - A Study of Value Change
Harrison, Alton, Jr.; And Others – Intellect, 1974
This article describes a study conducted to determine what differences, if any, exist between the traditional emergent values that are held by different school age groups and the direction and amount of those differences. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Groups, Data Analysis, Educational Research, Generation Gap
Values, Authoritarianism, and Alienation among African-Oriented Jamaicans.
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Surlin, Stuart H. – Journal of Black Studies, 1988
Analysis of a questionnaire administered to 168 Jamaican college students reveals that they seem to reflect a societal profile of high authoritarianism. Respondents who do not share this antidemocratic personality perspective exhibit an attitude of powerlessness and alienation, yearn for societal change, and adopt a higher level of…
Descriptors: African Culture, Alienation, Authoritarianism, Black Education