The life of André Lwoff, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine, as a scientist, a man, a friend and an artist, is commented on here in the light of the works that have been devoted to him, his own writings, personal memories and anecdotes of the author. This French scientist, was first internationally recognized for his work as a pro...
College-aged individuals report having difficulty deciding what and how much information to provide to friends, yet they often turn to one another for information when experiencing relational uncertainty in a romantic relationship. Given the central role friendships have in college-aged individuals’ lives, identifying ways to decrease the difficult...
The current study explores four types of emotions reflecting distinct dimensions of social orientation—interpersonal affiliation vs. distance, and valence—positive vs. negative, that users may experience on Facebook and their relationship to psychological well-being through two distinct routes: perceived relationship harmony and perceived control. ...
Published in Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
Information is lacking on forms and sources of social support for physical activity (PA) received by adolescent girls during various pubertal stages. Two study purposes were to (a) identify the sources and forms of social support for PA perceived by adolescent girls, and (b) examine associations of pubertal stage and social support with PA. A secon...
Antagonism and agonism have become popular concepts, including in the field of Media and Communication Studies, because they capture the logics of conflict, the construction of self and other, and the relationship between conflict and democracy. This chapter aims to deepen the theoretical reflections on these two concepts by combining a discourse-t...
Published in Scandinavian journal of public health
The aim of this study was to find out whether family members' (mother, father, siblings) and best friend's smoking is related to 9th grade pupils' daily smoking in Eastern Finland and in the Pitkäranta district, in the Republic of Karelia, Russia, and whether these relations have changed in these two culturally very different neighbourhood countrie...
Published in Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking
Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) has been included in the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Fifth Edition (DSM-5). In the present study, the relationship among social support, friends only known through the Internet, health-related quality of life, and IGD in adolescence was explored for the first time. For ...
From the aristotelean perspective, the differences between a friend and a flatterer are established, describing the essential elements which constitute a true friendship relationship, where elements of ethics as an essential virtue and self-knowledge come together. In this sense, it is established, following the Stagirite, that one have a friendshi...
Les différents usages de Facebook ont‑ils un impact sur les relations des quadragénaires et comment ? Telle est la question que pose cet article sur la base d’une enquête qualitative auprès d’individus âgés de 37 ans à 43 ans. Ce réseau social numérique modifie quelques aspects de la sociabilité qu’il est important aujourd’hui de préciser. Facebook...
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