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- 2024-12
Subjective well-being of sojourners and its determinants: evidence from Mexico
This study aims to examine the predictors of the psychological adjustment of sojourners in Mexico, focusing on acculturation, individualistic and collectivistic values, contact and social interactions, language proficiency, and sociodemographic characteristics. The adjustment was operationalised as subjective well-being, measured as satisfaction and ill-being. The study focuses on international students, expats and retirees (N = 363, 66.7% women) having lived in Mexico between six months and 10 years (M = 3.38; SD = 2.67).The results of linear regression analyses show that age is the best predictor of the level of adjustment. The study sheds light on the predictors of sojourners’ well-being in the specific and often overlooked context of migration to a collectivist country, i.e. Mexico.Otwarty dostępArtykułyJournal article - 2024-12-18
Climate disinformation on the internet and social media. Analysis of the phenomenon
Climate disinformation is a very serious challenge that modern societies must face. Authors of disinformation content use many tools and methods to interfere with discourse, including social media. They are often created and sponsored by industry representatives who spend millions of dollars on publications and advertising. The aim of the article is to attempt to analyse the phenomenon of climate disinformation on the Internet and social media. An important element here are the narratives exchanged by researchers on the subject, which include denying and disregarding climate change. They take the form of a delaying discourse, the aim of which is to postpone aid activities in the area of climate, or to convince that humans are unable to influence the climate in such a way as to change it. An important role is played by disinformation actors, i.e. a group of people and entities that create and distribute disinformation content. The selected research method is the desk research method based on the analysis of secondary sources regarding the analysed issue. The results of the analysis allow us to build a characterization of the polarized phenomenon of climate disinformation on the Internet and social media, present its components and who is responsible for it.Otwarty dostępArtykułyJournal article - 2024-12-18
Do individuals with a high level of alexithymia get lost in telling the story of their own romantic relationship? The mediating role of self-narrative inclinations
The purpose of the current study was to verify the hypothesis on the role of alexithymia in the narratization of a romantic relationship. Assuming that the skills of experiencing, regulating, and verbalizing emotions constitute an important structural element of a self-narrative with an expressive thread, we hypothesized that the narratives of individuals with high levels of alexithymia, in whom these skills are impaired, would be characterized by a lower clarity of the self-narrative thread, which may be particularly evident when describing romantic relationships. In addition, we assumed that alexithymia would be negatively associated with self-narrative inclinations. The study was conducted online and involved 359 adults who had been in a romantic relationship for at least six months. Two questionnaires were used, namely, the TAS-20 to investigate alexithymia and the IAN to investigate romantic inclinations. In addition, participants described, in accordance with the instructions received, the romantic relationships they were in. The participants’ narratives were then evaluated in terms of the degree of clarity of the self-narrative thread by competent assessors. A significant positive relationship of narrative clarity with self-narrative inclinations was found, as well as a negative relationship of narrative clarity with the level of alexithymia. In addition, the mediating role of narrative inclinations on the relationship between the difficulty in naming emotions and externally oriented thinking and narrative clarity was confirmed.Otwarty dostępArtykułyJournal article - 2024-12-19
Dating a Vegetarian? Perception of Masculinity, Attractiveness, and the Willingness to Date Vegetarians
The study examined how following a vegetarian diet affects the attractiveness of a potential dating partner among those who do not follow a vegetarian diet. Participants, 404 heterosexual meateaters, took part in an online experiment in which they evaluated the dating profile of a target person who was described as following a vegetarian diet for health, ethical, or environmental reasons, and a control condition that had no description of the target’s diet. Participants rated the target in terms of a feeling thermometer, willingness to date, gender congruence, and possession of masculine and feminine traits. Participant’s level of identification as a meat-eater was also measured. A series of two (participant gender) by four (target diet) ANOVAs found significant interactions in the analyses of the feeling thermometer ratings, showing that women viewed ethically motivated targets less positively than men did. We also found significant main effects of target diet in willingness to date, gender congruence, and possession of feminine and masculine traits. Meat-eaters evaluated targets with no diet information more positively than the healthmotivated target. Controlling for identification as a meat-eater, women evaluated ethicallymotivated targets as having less feminine traits than men did. The present results suggest that being a vegetarian makes a person less attractive as a potential partner among omnivores, who constitute the majority of people in most Western, industrialized countries.Otwarty dostępArtykułyJournal article - 2024-12-16
Ambiwalencje międzypokoleniowe w Polsce: wyzwania relacyjne w starzejącym się społeczeństwie
The article offers an analysis of the intergenerational relationships among different age cohorts in Poland, whose context is the social polarization connected to the society’s ageing. The text relies on the material gathered through the individual in-depth interviews conducted in Warsaw in 2023 with young individuals (16–20) and the elderly (68–80). Adopting the generational approach, the article presents the narratives of both cohorts from the two interlinked perspectives: the potential intergenerational conflicts, on the one hand, and the potential for building generational solidarity, on the other. The analysis has allowed to coin the concept of generational ambivalence. Drawing on the sociological concept of ambivalence from a generational perspective, the proposed category allows to capture contradictions in the relationships between different generations’ members. The article shows how the concept of ambivalence can be applied to foster a better understanding of intergenerational relationships in contemporary Poland.Otwarty dostępArtykułyJournal article