SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

Activity No. 2
Name: Justine C. Ramos
Year & Program: BA Psychology 3A

Instructions: Find at least three (3) researches on Social Psychology. Follow the format below.

RESEARCH TITLE:
Social Interaction in Major Depressive, Social Phobia, and Controls: The Importance of Affect

AUTHORS: Jeanette Villanueva, Andrea H. Meyer, Marcel Miché, Hanna Wersebe, Thorsten
Mikoteit, Jürgen Hoyer, Christian Imboden, Klaus Bader, Martin Hatzinger, Roselind Lieb,
Andrew T. Gloster

HYPOTHESES: (Hypothesis 1) It was hypothesized first that participants diagnosed with MDD
or SP would show a lower frequency of face-to-face social interactions than participants without
these diagnoses (control group, CG), whereas participants diagnosed with MDD or SP would
show a higher frequency of technological social interactions, i.e., phone and internet/chat not
requiring face-to-face contact.
Second, it was hypothesized that emotions impact the frequency of the social interactions across
the different types of social interaction. The direction of the relationship was not specified a
priori for NA (Hypothesis 2a) or for PA (Hypothesis 2b).
Third, it was hypothesized that affect (both PA and NA) would interact with diagnostic group
status and impact the frequency of social interactions across the different interaction types for
NA (Hypothesis 3a) and PA (Hypothesis 3b).

TYPE OF RESEARCH: Quasi-Experimental Research

VARIABLES/KEY WORDS: social interaction, major depressive disorder, social phobia,
affect, technology
INSTRUMENTS/SOURCES OF DATA: Event-Sampling Methodology (ESM). During this
phase of the study, participants were asked to carry a smartphone, which was, for data security
reasons, provided by the research team.
RESEARCH TITLE:
Gender Differentials in Sociability Indices among Undergraduates Psychology Students in
Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Nigeria

AUTHORS: Oluwafisayo A. Adebimpe, Oluwatoba S. Elegbeleye, Matthew O. Olasupo,

Stephen I. Babatunde and Oladayo A. Taiwo

HYPOTHESES:
1. There will be gender differences among male and female students in terms of sociability.
2. There will be no relationship between socio-demographic variables and sociability.

TYPE OF RESEARCH: Descriptive Survey Research

VARIABLES/KEY WORDS: Gender, sociability indices
INSTRUMENTS/SOURCES OF DATA: Self-administered paper and pencil questionnaires
divided. The first part contains the socio-demographic variables such as age, sex, marital status,
religion, tribe, and family type. Questions on information on social profiles determined by their
attitude towards making and keeping friends, gender sensitivity as regards friendship making,
behavioural consistency of friendship making, and self-evaluation of social profile.
RESEARCH TITLE:
Differences According to Sex in the Relationship between Social Participation and Well-Being: A
Network Analysis

AUTHORS: Di Zhao, Guopeng Li, Miao Zhou, Qing Wang, Yiming Gao, Xiangyu Zhao,
Xinting Zhang, and Ping Li
HYPOTHESES:
1. Social participation has a positive impact on an individual’s well-being
2. Different types of social participation have different effects on well-being and its
components.
3. There are differences according to sex between social participation and well-being.

TYPE OF RESEARCH: Cross-Sectional Research

VARIABLES/KEY WORDS: social participation; well-being; sex differences; network analysis
INSTRUMENTS/SOURCES OF DATA: A survey note accompanying the questionnaire
informed participants of their anonymity, ensured voluntary participation in the study, and
provided instructions on how to complete the questionnaire.
 Activity No. 3
Name: Justine C. Ramos
Year & Program: BA Psychology 3A

Instructions: Aside from the examples that can be found in your book, give at least three (3)
example of researches that explain human and society behavior in everyday life. In your own
words, discuss what the research is all about and how did it explain human and society behavior.
Follow the format below.

Research Title:
The Effect of a Community-Based Health Promotion Intervention to Change Gender Norms
Among Women in a Rural Community in Sri Lanka

Authors: T. Herath, D. Guruge, M. Fernando, S. Jayarathna and L. Senarathna

Discussion:
This study explores the issue of violence against women and to provide proper solutions
to address it. It discusses the pervasive form of violence of gender violence is abuse of women
by intimate male partners, and this is known as intimate partner violence or domestic violence
for this study. It also explores the Gender Based Violence (GBV) in which defined in this study
as a form of violence that sprouts because of gender, it includes violence in physical, sexual,
psychological or economic harm or suffering for men and women, including threats or such acts,
coercion or arbitrary deprivations of liberty, whether occurring in public or private life as widely
spread global issue. It was stated that having health promotion approaches helps lessen or break
gender norms against women including in Sri Lanka. However, there are still lack of research
evidence that supports to this idea. Making this study assess the effectiveness of a health
promotion intervention in changing the acceptance of gender norms among women. In the end of
the study, it demonstrates the effectiveness of community-based health promotion interventions
targeting gender norms in addressing women's acceptance of gender roles in rural Sri Lankan
villages.
Research Title:
The Impact of Social Media Use on Social Interaction of Students of The Faculty of Medicine,
Jenderal Soedirman University

Authors: Henny Sutikno and Abdul Basit

Discussion:
This research study provides clear information about the rise of using mobile phones
together with the development of internet. These innovations provide great comfort and
convenience in the modern community. Aside from the drastic use of mobile phones and internet
is the different applications that comes with. Social Media was described from this study as
internet-based group application that builds the basis of ideology and web 2.0 technology and
allows the creation and cultivation of content from users who produce. Some of the social media
applications mentioned were: (1) Facebook, (2) Flickr, (3) Foursquare, (4) Goodreads. This study
explores the positive and negative impacts of using social media. The positive impact includes
having easy access communication with anyone regardless of their distance, it also stirs up the
creativity of the individuals the use it especially in creating different types of contents, and many
other more. In contrast, social media when use improperly can also cause negative impact like
internet addiction, when use excessively, internet addicts may experience social isolation and
interact less from other people. Aside from the pros and cons of using Social Media, this study
aims provide a more detail about the impact of social media use on the social interaction of
students. The study concluded that students that use social media increased interconnectedness
since it was given that they can communicate with their friends and colleagues, far and near.
Social media use has changed students’ patterns of communication. They can instantaneously
communicate via direct messages, remarks or group conversations. These encounters, though, are
frequently virtual and may not deliver a social experience that is comparable to face-to-face
interactions. These are various Interpersonal communication abilities can be impacted by
communication patterns in real-world social situations. Other impact includes, having low face to
face interaction, it also affects mental health of students as it may cause addiction, anxiety, stress,
and depression. Lastly, social media and internet provides students easy access information that
expand their knowledge.
Research Title:
Factors Affecting Social Exclusion, Friendship Quality, Social Competence and Emotion
Management Skills and the Effect of Problem Behaviors on Related Characteristics in
Adolescents

Authors: Meral Sert Ağır

Discussion:
This study tackles about the changes encountered by many adolescents as they put social
and environmental aspect at the center of their life. The purpose of this study was to ascertain the
predictive value of the scale scores associated with the factors that affect Adolescents' social
inclusion, friendship quality, social skills, and emotional regulation abilitiesm, smoking,
drinking, being unhappy, feeling hopeless, and self-harming are examples of problematic
behaviors. According to the research on social exclusion, those who have smoker friends, those
who have unkind friends, those who have trouble getting along with their peers, and those who
have unfavorable attitudes toward others Those who are interested in social events and
perceptions of their looks have a stronger impression of social isolation. Alcohol usage was
reported to decrease as a result of social marginalization. The existence of a smoker in the family,
having excellent relationships with their peers, and being interested in social activities were all
found to have an impact on social competence. However, there was no evidence of a relationship
between these factors and problem behaviors. The intimacy component was shown to be
influenced by having predominantly smoker friends, getting along well with peers, and
occasionally or occasionally facing economic difficulties in the household, per the findings on
the factors affecting the quality of friendship. It was found that the security dimension had a
reducing effect on alcohol use, negative moods, and self-harm, whereas the friendship quality
and intimacy had an increasing effect on these variables.
The findings highlighted the significance of peer interactions and teenagers' capacity to
manage strong emotions. Adolescents struggle to manage interpersonal interactions in order to
address their behavioral and adaptive issues. The goal of this study was to contribute to the
reduction of self-harm behaviors, which are more common in situations of abuse and neglect,
and which also increase smoking and alcohol consumption.
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