Pub Date : 2024-04-21DOI: 10.14738/assrj.114.16741
Mohammed Siibaway, Eric Kojo Majialuwe
Child labour remains one of the key issues hindering the efforts of governments and international organisations to ensure that children across the world achieve quality education. This paper examines the effects of child labour on the educational achievement of basic school students in the Tamale metropolis and how some victims have achieved educational success despite the potential threats of child labour. The research was anchored on human capital theory and social cognitive theory. The design used for this research was a case study. The approach used in gathering the data from forty-two (42) respondents was a qualitative approach. A semi-structured interview guide and a focus group discussion guide were the instruments used to gather the data. The data was analysed using a thematic approach. The research found that poverty, peer influence, cultural and social norms, gender roles and norms, and the culture of fostering are the factors influencing the activities of child labour in the Tamale metropolis. The research also found that reduced learning time, poor academic performance, and school dropout are the effects of child labour has on the educational achievement of victims. The paper also revealed that individual determination and support from families, communities, teachers, NGOs, and state institutions are necessary in facilitating the efforts of victims in overcoming the woes of child labour and achieving educational success. The paper believes that economic interventions alone are insufficient in dealing with child labour and advocates for a holistic approach that challenges gender roles, addresses societal norms, and creates a supportive environment for the education of every child in Ghana.
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Pub Date : 2024-04-13DOI: 10.14738/assrj.114.16779
Zhou Pu
Prior studies of service justice’s influence on customer’s behavioral intention and word-of-mouth have been conducted in many fields, such as business and marketing, while the influence in golf tourism marketing needs to be examined. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to analyze the structural relationship among golf caddies’ service justice, word-of-mouth of golf resorts and behavioral intention of golf tourists in China. 417 data were collected by convenient sampling method and analyzed with SPSS and Amos, using correlation analysis, structural equation model analysis and meditation test. The findings supported (a) the positive influence of golf caddies’ service justice on golf resort’s word-of-mouth and golf tourists’ behavioral intention, (b) the positive influence of word-of-moth on behavioral intention and (c) the partial mediating effect of word-of-mouth between service justice and behavioral intention. Hence, the structural relationship above was explored and empirically proved.
{"title":"The Influence of Golf Caddies’ Service Justice on the Word-of-Mouth and Golf Tourists’ Behavioral Intention in China","authors":"Zhou Pu","doi":"10.14738/assrj.114.16779","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14738/assrj.114.16779","url":null,"abstract":"Prior studies of service justice’s influence on customer’s behavioral intention and word-of-mouth have been conducted in many fields, such as business and marketing, while the influence in golf tourism marketing needs to be examined. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to analyze the structural relationship among golf caddies’ service justice, word-of-mouth of golf resorts and behavioral intention of golf tourists in China. 417 data were collected by convenient sampling method and analyzed with SPSS and Amos, using correlation analysis, structural equation model analysis and meditation test. The findings supported (a) the positive influence of golf caddies’ service justice on golf resort’s word-of-mouth and golf tourists’ behavioral intention, (b) the positive influence of word-of-moth on behavioral intention and (c) the partial mediating effect of word-of-mouth between service justice and behavioral intention. Hence, the structural relationship above was explored and empirically proved.","PeriodicalId":92980,"journal":{"name":"Advances in social sciences research journal","volume":"37 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140708616","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-04-13DOI: 10.14738/assrj.114.16096
Nur Rifhan A. Rahim, Nur Hanisah Mohamad Razali, Zarith Sofia Jasmi, Siti Noorhaslina Abd Halim, Nurfarhana Hassan, Nur Syafiqah A. Rahim
The Department of Social Welfare (JKM) reported 5572 child maltreatment cases until November 2022. According to the Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister, Datuk Siti Zailah Mohd Yusoff, the welfare department recorded a total of 336 child maltreatment cases in various categories involving day care centers, register and unregistered nurseries and kindergartens were reported in year 2021 to 2022. Child maltreatment or child abuse is defined as “all forms of physical, emotional ill-treatment, sexual abuse, neglect or negligent treatment or commercial or other exploitation, resulting in actual or potential harm to the child's health, survival, development, or dignity in the context of a relationship of responsibility, trust or power” (World Health Organization, 1999). With alarming statistics nationwide for several years consecutively, child abuse cases have sparks outrage to many; police, media, politicians, authorities, UNICEF representative and Tunku Mahkota of Johor. Taking the concept of IHSAN (care and compassion) under Malaysia MADANI, this study is timely and appropriate. Therefore, this conceptual paper analyzes the concept of integrity and child maltreatment at child care centers in Malaysia
{"title":"Integrity and Child Maltreatment at Child Care Centers : A Conceptual Paper","authors":"Nur Rifhan A. Rahim, Nur Hanisah Mohamad Razali, Zarith Sofia Jasmi, Siti Noorhaslina Abd Halim, Nurfarhana Hassan, Nur Syafiqah A. Rahim","doi":"10.14738/assrj.114.16096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14738/assrj.114.16096","url":null,"abstract":"The Department of Social Welfare (JKM) reported 5572 child maltreatment cases until November 2022. According to the Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister, Datuk Siti Zailah Mohd Yusoff, the welfare department recorded a total of 336 child maltreatment cases in various categories involving day care centers, register and unregistered nurseries and kindergartens were reported in year 2021 to 2022. Child maltreatment or child abuse is defined as “all forms of physical, emotional ill-treatment, sexual abuse, neglect or negligent treatment or commercial or other exploitation, resulting in actual or potential harm to the child's health, survival, development, or dignity in the context of a relationship of responsibility, trust or power” (World Health Organization, 1999). With alarming statistics nationwide for several years consecutively, child abuse cases have sparks outrage to many; police, media, politicians, authorities, UNICEF representative and Tunku Mahkota of Johor. Taking the concept of IHSAN (care and compassion) under Malaysia MADANI, this study is timely and appropriate. Therefore, this conceptual paper analyzes the concept of integrity and child maltreatment at child care centers in Malaysia","PeriodicalId":92980,"journal":{"name":"Advances in social sciences research journal","volume":"57 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140708520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-04-13DOI: 10.14738/assrj.114.15820
Jane Thomas-Tran, E. P. Thomas-Tran, Katherine Eisen, Neda Kharrazi, Daniel Mason
Objective: We investigated the feasibility and acceptability of establishing a therapeutic poetry writing workshop in an acute inpatient psychiatric setting, as well as the impact of participation on measures of mood, hope, and recovery orientation. Methods: Participants were recruited from the inpatient psychiatric units of an academic medical center. As a pre/post measure of effect of the poetry intervention, participants completed the Herth Hope Index (HHI) and the Mental Health Confidence Scale (MHCS) at baseline and follow-up, as well as a Brief Mood Survey (BMS) immediately before and after each instance of participation in the poetry workshop. Student’s t-tests were used to assess for changes on HHI, MHCS, and BMS, as well as to compare the before vs after in these metrics for individuals who attended only one workshop session versus those who attended two or more sessions to assess for dose-dependent effect of the intervention. Workshop participants also optionally completed a satisfaction survey of their qualitative experience of the group. The protocol for leading a workshop is described in detail. Results: There was a statistically significant improvement in multiple subscales of mood according to the pre- and post-measures on the BMS. Results of the HHI indicated a trend toward increased hopefulness. Results of the MHCS showed statistically significant improvement in participants’ confidence in managing day-to-day life with a mental illness. Results of satisfaction surveys indicate that participants had an overwhelmingly positive experience of the group. Conclusions and Implications for Practice: Workshops designed to foster writing and sharing poetry in a group format are likely to be clinically helpful to improve mood for patients in an acute inpatient psychiatric setting. Future research may examine the adaptability of this intervention for outpatient and virtual settings. Impact and Implications: We conducted a poetry workshop for patients in an acute inpatient psychiatric unit. Participation in the workshop even just once provided a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in multiple subscales of mood and confidence in managing day-to-day life with a mental illness. Our study describes in detail the protocol for a mental health clinician to recreate a similar poetry workshop in their own clinic or hospital.
目的：我们调查了在急诊住院精神病患者环境中建立治疗性诗歌写作工作坊的可行性和可接受性，以及参与工作坊对情绪、希望和康复取向测量的影响。研究方法参与者来自一家学术医疗中心的精神科住院部。作为诗歌干预效果的前后测量，参与者在基线和随访时填写赫氏希望指数（HHI）和心理健康信心量表（MHCS），并在每次参加诗歌工作坊前后填写简明情绪调查（BMS）。我们使用学生 t 检验来评估 HHI、MHCS 和 BMS 的变化，并比较只参加过一次工作坊的人与参加过两次或两次以上工作坊的人在这些指标上的前后变化，以评估干预的剂量依赖效应。工作坊参与者还可以选择填写一份满意度调查，了解他们对小组活动的质量体验。本文详细介绍了领导工作坊的方案。结果根据 BMS 的前后测量结果，情绪的多个分量表在统计学上有明显改善。HHI 的结果显示了希望感增强的趋势。精神健康状况调查（MHCS）的结果表明，参与者在管理患有精神疾病的日常生活方面的信心有了明显改善。满意度调查结果显示，参与者对小组活动的体验非常积极。结论及对实践的启示：旨在以小组形式促进诗歌创作和分享的工作坊很可能对改善急性精神病住院患者的情绪有临床帮助。未来的研究可能会考察这种干预措施在门诊和虚拟环境中的适应性。影响和意义：我们为急诊住院精神病患者举办了诗歌研讨会。即使只参加一次诗歌工作坊，也能在多个分量表上对情绪和管理精神疾病患者日常生活的信心产生有统计学意义和临床意义的改善。我们的研究详细描述了心理健康临床医生在自己的诊所或医院重新开展类似诗歌工作坊的方案。
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Pub Date : 2024-04-05DOI: 10.14738/assrj.114.15892
Kazuo Mori, Satoru Miyazawa, Yuta Morioka, Takahiro Murayama
This study aimed to investigate whether errors made by minority group members could influence the behavior of the majority in a role-reversed version of Asch's conformity experiment. Eighty-five undergraduate students, comprising 51 males and 34 females, were organized into groups of four individuals who were already acquainted with each other. From these groups, we randomly selected twelve, and discreetly instructed the third student in each group (a confederate) to provide incorrect responses on six out of the nine line-judgment tasks, similar to Asch's majority's behavior. The findings revealed that groups with the confederate member did lead to an increase in errors from other group members, although this increase did not reach statistical significance. Nevertheless, further analyses indicated that participants were more likely to make errors when other group members had already responded incorrectly. Consequently, we interpreted these errors as a form of social conformity, where participants intentionally made mistakes to alleviate the awkwardness of having only one member of the group providing incorrect answers. In summary, this study provides insights into the dynamics of social conformity and the impact of minority errors on group behavior in a role-reversed Asch experiment.
{"title":"The Minority Confederate Induced Errors of the Majority Members in the Role-Inverted Asch Experiment","authors":"Kazuo Mori, Satoru Miyazawa, Yuta Morioka, Takahiro Murayama","doi":"10.14738/assrj.114.15892","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14738/assrj.114.15892","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed to investigate whether errors made by minority group members could influence the behavior of the majority in a role-reversed version of Asch's conformity experiment. Eighty-five undergraduate students, comprising 51 males and 34 females, were organized into groups of four individuals who were already acquainted with each other. From these groups, we randomly selected twelve, and discreetly instructed the third student in each group (a confederate) to provide incorrect responses on six out of the nine line-judgment tasks, similar to Asch's majority's behavior. The findings revealed that groups with the confederate member did lead to an increase in errors from other group members, although this increase did not reach statistical significance. Nevertheless, further analyses indicated that participants were more likely to make errors when other group members had already responded incorrectly. Consequently, we interpreted these errors as a form of social conformity, where participants intentionally made mistakes to alleviate the awkwardness of having only one member of the group providing incorrect answers. In summary, this study provides insights into the dynamics of social conformity and the impact of minority errors on group behavior in a role-reversed Asch experiment.","PeriodicalId":92980,"journal":{"name":"Advances in social sciences research journal","volume":"12 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140740459","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-04-05DOI: 10.14738/assrj.113.16632
Medina Srem-Sai
The study assessed how football coaches and players appraised and coped with stressors they experienced or encountered. Specifically, the study assessed the following: (1) stress appraisal mechanisms employed by coaches and players, (2) coping mechanisms adopted by coaches and players, and (3) association between stress appraisals and coping styles among coaches and players in the Ghana national football league. Employing the descriptive survey design, census sampling was used to select 424 footballers and 44 coaches who answered the Stress Appraisal Measure (SAM) and the Modified Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (MCOPE) inventories. Descriptive statistics (means and standard deviation) and multivariate multiple regression were used to analyze the data. The findings showed that football coaches and players reportedly used more controllable-by-self and challenge appraisals and employed more problem-focused coping styles (increasing effort, active coping, and planning) than emotion-focused coping styles (seeking social support for emotional reasons, venting of emotions, and self-blame) during stressful situations. Further, those who used facilitative appraisal mechanisms adopted functional coping mechanisms and vice versa. Sport psychologists are encouraged to organize regular psychological training workshops on a variety of functional coping styles (e.g., cognitive restructuring, planning, increasing effort and active coping) to help football coaches and players deal with the demands associated with competitions to enhance their psychological well-being.
{"title":"Cognitive Appraisals of Organizational Stressors and Coping Styles of Football Coaches and Players in Ghana","authors":"Medina Srem-Sai","doi":"10.14738/assrj.113.16632","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14738/assrj.113.16632","url":null,"abstract":"The study assessed how football coaches and players appraised and coped with stressors they experienced or encountered. Specifically, the study assessed the following: (1) stress appraisal mechanisms employed by coaches and players, (2) coping mechanisms adopted by coaches and players, and (3) association between stress appraisals and coping styles among coaches and players in the Ghana national football league. Employing the descriptive survey design, census sampling was used to select 424 footballers and 44 coaches who answered the Stress Appraisal Measure (SAM) and the Modified Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (MCOPE) inventories. Descriptive statistics (means and standard deviation) and multivariate multiple regression were used to analyze the data. The findings showed that football coaches and players reportedly used more controllable-by-self and challenge appraisals and employed more problem-focused coping styles (increasing effort, active coping, and planning) than emotion-focused coping styles (seeking social support for emotional reasons, venting of emotions, and self-blame) during stressful situations. Further, those who used facilitative appraisal mechanisms adopted functional coping mechanisms and vice versa. Sport psychologists are encouraged to organize regular psychological training workshops on a variety of functional coping styles (e.g., cognitive restructuring, planning, increasing effort and active coping) to help football coaches and players deal with the demands associated with competitions to enhance their psychological well-being.","PeriodicalId":92980,"journal":{"name":"Advances in social sciences research journal","volume":"79 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140740750","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The business model of the press, in general, and radio, in particular, remained almost unchanged until the 1990s; however, the situation changed with the arrival of the Internet. Therefore, this article aimed to investigate the influence of the antecedents of the business model—value creation, people, strategy, technology, convergence, interaction, and people—of radio stations, taking into account the influence of the Internet on their performance. To this end, a quantitative, descriptive study was carried out with data collected through a survey of Brazilian radio stations with an Internet presence. Data were analyzed using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling. According to the quantitative data from the survey, the most important antecedents were convergence, strategy, and interaction, and there is a relationship between the business model and the performance of radio stations with an Internet presence.
{"title":"The Business Model of Hertzian Radio with A Presence on The Internet: From the Perspectives of Administration and Communication","authors":"Henrique Cordeiro Martins, Nair Prata, Kamilla Avelar","doi":"10.14738/assrj.113.16735","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14738/assrj.113.16735","url":null,"abstract":"The business model of the press, in general, and radio, in particular, remained almost unchanged until the 1990s; however, the situation changed with the arrival of the Internet. Therefore, this article aimed to investigate the influence of the antecedents of the business model—value creation, people, strategy, technology, convergence, interaction, and people—of radio stations, taking into account the influence of the Internet on their performance. To this end, a quantitative, descriptive study was carried out with data collected through a survey of Brazilian radio stations with an Internet presence. Data were analyzed using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling. According to the quantitative data from the survey, the most important antecedents were convergence, strategy, and interaction, and there is a relationship between the business model and the performance of radio stations with an Internet presence.","PeriodicalId":92980,"journal":{"name":"Advances in social sciences research journal","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140738462","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-04-05DOI: 10.14738/assrj.113.16725
Nur Farahah Mohd Pauzi, Mohd Ariff Mustafa, Adriana Shamsudin, Khairiah Ahmad, Ainol Sarina Ahmad Zazali, Jalaluddin Mohamad Jailani
The Malaysian government has developed many programmes to encourage entrepreneurial activities among university graduates, aiming to provide them with the necessary information, skills, and mindset to start successful and enduring firms. Despite these efforts, the rate of graduates involved in entrepreneurship remains low. With the rising unemployment rate in the country, worsened by the difficult economic conditions following the COVID-19 pandemic, it is crucial to promote business endeavours. This study aims to assess students' understanding and approval of entrepreneurship-related topics in connection to their personal entrepreneurial tendencies and characteristics due to the pressing nature of the issue. 252 undergraduate students took part in the study by filling out self-administered questionnaires. The study showed a significant link between individuals' perception of their own expertise and their willingness to embrace entrepreneurship-related matters, which in turn impacts students' tendencies and traits associated to entrepreneurship. The pupils showed a strong inclination towards entrepreneurship, displaying characteristics such as open-mindedness, excellent cooperation, self-motivation, and a competitive spirit. These insights will help colleges develop entrepreneurship programmes to provide students with more entrepreneurial education and inspire them to pursue business opportunities.
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Pub Date : 2024-04-05DOI: 10.14738/assrj.113.16714
G. Shehata, Nadia F. Jumaa, Karema Z. S. Ahmed, Hanan Muhammad Mustafa, Noha Ramadan Ali
The policy of decreasing the local currency is considered one of the most important policies to achieve external balance by increasing exports and reducing imports. The exchange rate of the Egyptian pound has deteriorated compared to the US dollar in light of the liberalization of the economy from about 2.1 LE/$ in 1990 to about 3.4 LE/$. in 2000, then to about 5.95 LE/$ in 2010, and exceeded LE 8 in 2015, reaching about 8.88 LE/$ in October 2016. The problem of the study is the emergence of positive and negative effects on the national economy in general and the agricultural sector in particular, and the problem of high prices has led to Local demand for goods, especially agricultural and food, and the occurrence of fluctuations in the volume of agricultural trade and the agricultural trade balance affect the national economy, The research generally aims to measure the impact of changing the exchange rate on the production requirements for cotton and sugar beet crops in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate by achieving the following sub-objectives: studying the productive indicators for cotton and sugar beet crops in Egypt and Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate, studying the impact of liberalizing the exchange rate on agricultural production requirements in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate, a study Productive problems of cotton and sugar beet crops in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate The study relied on the descriptive and quantitative analytical method to estimate and explain economic phenomena related to the economic and social effects of liberalizing the exchange rate on production requirements, using the descriptive analysis method to describe the problem, in addition to the quantitative analysis method using some different measurements such as the general trend. Regarding data sources, the study relied mainly on field data by selecting a random sample in the Al-Hamoul center in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate during the agricultural season 2022/2023. The most important results were an increase in the cost of an feddan of cotton from about LE 30,500 during the 2021/2022 production season to about LE 36,380 during the 2022/2023 production season, an increase of LE 5,880, representing about 16.16%. The highest increase was in the items of human labor costs, followed by the cost of pesticides, with percentages amounting to about 35.16%, 10.99%, and it was also shown that the costs of an feddan of sugar beets increased from about LE 20,601 during the 2021/2022 production season to about 28,245 pounds during the 2022/2023 production season, an increase of LE 7,644, representing about 27.06%, and that the highest increase was in the labor cost items. Human work is followed by automated work, with percentages of about 29.39% and 12.79%.
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Pub Date : 2024-04-05DOI: 10.14738/assrj.113.16734
Jaime Grinberg
The United States of America (USA) has no official religion, and its constitution establishes a separation between state and religion. Hence, public schools should maintain such a separation in their relationship to religion. However, historically, legally, and politically, this has been difficult, contentious, challenging, and complicated. Secularism has served as a balance to protect schools from religious intrusion and religion to keep the state from influence and control at bay. This paper briefly explains the seemingly watershed moment created by the US Supreme Court ruling enabling families in the state of Maine to obtain subsidies in the form of school vouchers to be applied toward tuition in religious private schools, thus breaking a legal tradition of denying public funds for their use for tuition covering of educational institutions sponsored by religious organizations. This paper introduces different dimensions for analyzing these relationships and explains a few legal and educational developments, legal rulings, and students’ rights.
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